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Article: Systems Theory and Literary Studies in the 1990s.(Critical Essay)
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- The Germanic Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 1999
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From the difference between symbolic and social system to the difference between consciousness and communication
The 1980s were a decade of intense research into the chances and challenges offered by systems theoretical adaptations and redescriptions in the field of literary studies.(1) With some exceptions, the discussion has so far been limited to the German speaking world.(2) The debate has continued into the 1990s with the development of two innovative approaches to the subject. Matthias Prangel and Henk de Berg (Leiden/Netherlands) present a model of interpretation by contextual marking:
Es zielt auf die originare historische ...