How to Cite
Geulen, Eva: Über Raoul Schrotts „Erste Erde. Epos“, in König, Peter and Schlaudt, Oliver (Eds.): Kosmos: Vom Umgang mit der Welt zwischen Ausdruck und Ordnung, Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2023, p. 407–415. https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.857.c15265
Identifiers (Book)
ISBN 978-3-96822-093-2 (PDF)
ISBN 978-3-96822-094-9 (Hardcover)
Published
01/12/2023
Über Raoul Schrotts „Erste Erde. Epos“
Abstract In the first part, this contribution discusses the literary traditions to which Raoul Schrott alludes in his voluminous Erste Erde. Epos and foregrounds the analogies and similarities between literary and scientific modes of visualizing prehistoric events. The second part uses Freud’s reflections from Moses and Monotheism to provide a tentative explanation of Schrott’s use of the term “epic” in the context of the Anthropocene.
Keywords Epic; Anthropocene; literature; history of science; Sigmund Freud; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Arno Holz
