20.500.12556/RUL-179641 Kafka und der Habsburgische Mythos "Eine kaiserliche Botschaft" "Kafka in habsburški mit" Cesarsko sporočilo Claudio Magris’ Konzept vom Habsburgischen Mythos war wohl das wirkmächtigste Kon-zept zu Spezifika der österreichischen Literatur. Bereits 1963 formulierte Magris darin ein Bündel von literarischen Motiven und thematischen Traditionen, darunter Bürokratismus, Kaiserkult, Eskapismus, Hedonismus und Todessehnsucht. Gerade was Bürokratie angeht, wird Kafka als einzigartiger Experte zitiert – insbesondere mit den Romanen Der Prozess(1925) und Das Schloss (1926), womit sich Kafka eigentlich hervorragend in den Mythis einreihen würde. Doch bezüglich des Habsburgischen Mythos wird Kafka von Magris nur marginal genannt, obwohl sich der Germanist der Bedeutung des Autors bewusst war. Die Gründe dafür sowie der erst spät erfolgte Einbettung von Kafkas Texten in die Ge-schichte des Habsburger Reichs werden exemplarisch an „Eine kaiserliche Botschaft“ und „Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer“ gezeigt. Koncept habsburškega mita Claudia Magrisa je bil verjetno najmočnejši koncept specifike avstrijske literature. Magris je že leta 1963 oblikoval snop literarnih motivov in tematskih tradicij, med katerimi so birokracija, imperialni kult, eskapizem, hedonizem in hrepenenje po smrti. Predvsem, ko gre za birokracijo, Kafko navajajo kot edinstvenega strokovnjaka – predvsem z romanoma Proces (1925) in Grad (1926), s čimer bi se Kafka pravzaprav odlično ujemal z mitom. Glede habsburškega mita pa Magris Kafko omenja le obrobno, čeprav se je zavedal avtorjevega pomena. Razloge za to, in pozno vključitev Kafkovih be-sedil v zgodovino habsburškega cesarstva, ponazarjata »Cesarska ambasada« in »Gradnja Kitajskega zidu«.Claudio Magris’s concept of the Habsburg myth was probably the most powerful concept regarding the specific nature of Austrian literature. As early as 1963, Magris formulated a bundle of Austrian literary motifs and thematic traditions, including bureaucracy, impe-rial cult, escapism, hedonism and a longing for death. When it comes to bureaucracy in particular, Kafka is cited as a unique expert – especially with his novels The Trial (1925) and The Castle (1926) – which would make Kafka an excellent fit for the myth. But with regard to the Habsburg myth, Magris only mentions Kafka marginally, although he was aware of the author’s importance. The reasons for this and the late embedding of Kafka’s texts in the history of the Habsburg Empire are exemplified by “An Imperial Embassy” and “The Building of the Great Wall of China.” Habsburgischer Mythos Donaumonarchie österreichi-sche Literatur habsburški mit Donavska monarhija avstrijska literatura true false true Nemški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-02-18 15:09:37 2026-02-18 15:09:44 2026-02-21 03:46:51 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 TITLE:Kafka and the Habsburg Myth:“An imperial message”/ ABSTRACT:Claudio Magris’s concept of the Habsburg myth was probably the most powerful concept regarding the specific nature of Austrian literature. As early as 1963, Magris formulated a bundle of Austrian literary motifs and thematic traditions, including bureaucracy, impe-rial cult, escapism, hedonism and a longing for death. When it comes to bureaucracy in particular, Kafka is cited as a unique expert – especially with his novels The Trial (1925) and The Castle (1926) – which would make Kafka an excellent fit for the myth. But with regard to the Habsburg myth, Magris only mentions Kafka marginally, although he was aware of the author’s importance. The reasons for this and the late embedding of Kafka’s texts in the history of the Habsburg Empire are exemplified by “An Imperial Embassy” and “The Building of the Great Wall of China.” / KEYWORDS: Habsburg myth, Danube Monarchy, Austrian literature Str. 105-116 [št.] 1 [Letn.] 58 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-01-01 821.112.2(436).09Kafka F. 0567-784X 10.4312/an.58.1.105-116 245626115 RAZ_Lughofer_Johann_Georg_2025.pdf RAZ_Lughofer_Johann_Georg_2025.pdf 1 8B0A13778437A97BB0E34F1556302177 9513a022f1f2823e5958b0c85b820c8d0615934a3de066e18b4a1196a5eb67d9 ebc6e384-0cd6-11f1-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=228400 https://journals.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/19775 1 3c3a1fa2-0cd3-11f1-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=228398 Filozofska fakulteta Acta neophilologica 0 0 0