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Cervantes, Wieland and the transition to a new reading model in eighteenth-century Germany

OCNOS, ISSN: 2254-9099, Vol: 18, Issue: 3, Page: 79-89
2019
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The eighteenth century constitutes a clear transitional period in the history of German novel-writing. From a preponderance of idealistic narrative models which demanded an immersive kind of reading from their readers, the novels of this period will progressively effect a transition towards more realistic and self-conscious narratives demanding a distanced reader, aware of his/her own process of reading. This article analyses the role played by Wieland's first novel, Die Abenteuer des Don Sylvio von Rosalva (1764) in the path towards the formation of a new type of reader, but also the fundamental role played by Cervantes in this process. Through the dramatization of various reading processes, Wieland articulates a novel in which the different possibilities for reader reception are very present, thus effecting a reading pedagogy which tries to foster the emergence of a new type of reader willing to understand and enjoy a purely aesthetic way of reading.

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