Lessing and Marmontel

"Oskar Blumenthal and the Lessing Theater in Berlin, 1888-1904"

Oskar Blumenthal (1852-1917) was Berlin’s most feared theatre critic in the early years of the new German Reich. He had the audacity of referring to Goethe as “an egghead” who had no understanding of what made plays effective for audiences, and in other critiques he ridiculed Kleist, Hebbel, and other “important” playwrights—prompting an adversary publicly to call him a “one-man lynch mob.” In ...

A re-evaluation of the aesthetics of Jean-Baptiste Dubos and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

a study of the concept of tolerance by lessing in minna von barnhelm and the jews

tolerance with the people with other beliefs is one of the ethical issues that are focused on in enlightenment europe. since lessing is known as a scout enlightenment in german literature so this article studies the concept of tolerance by him in the dramas minna von barnhelm and the jews. for this purpose, first the history of enlightenment europe from the beginning up to lessingʼs time that i...

a study of the fifth child and ben in the world by doris lessing in the light of julia kristevas psychoanalytic concepts

این مطالعه به بررسی عوامل روانشناختی کریستوادردو رمان دوربس لسینگ،فرزندبنجم و بن دردنیای واقعی می بردازد.موفقیت یا شکست کاراکترهادر تکمیل شکست تتیزی یه کمک بدر وهم از مهم ترین دغدغه محقق می باشد.به بررسی تحلیل روانشناختی تمامی کاراکترها خصوصا بن برداخته و به دنبال نشانه هایی از جامعه شیشه ای کریستوا می باشد.

Sufi Novels and Parables: A Significant Change in Doris Lessing's Writing

Doris Lessing, the Persian-born, African-raised and London-residing novelist enjoys a writing career which has spanned more than 50 years. Critics have labeled her as Marxist, feminist, Sufist and even psycho-analyst. It is my contention to prove that latent Sufi characteristics are inherent in her works, and this premise marks a difference between my study and other research on Lessing. To pro...