Γερμανικός Ρομαντισμός

Πρόσληψη και Κριτική

Abstract

This volume documents selected papers from the international conference entitled “German Romanticism: Reception and Criticism,” organized by the Department of German Language and Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in December 2012. The volume examines German Romanticism as a complex aesthetic and theoretical phenomenon, focusing both on less explored aspects of Romantic poetics and on their reception and critical engagement, particularly in the Greek and broader European contexts. It foregrounds Romanticism as a radical movement that redefines the relationship between art, philosophy, and life, introducing key concepts such as fragmentation, the open-ended nature of artistic production, and the autonomy of creative expression.

The contributions examine central features of Romantic aesthetics alongside its dynamic reception in Modernism and, in particular, in Greek literature. Special emphasis is placed on Greco-German literary relations, highlighting processes of creative appropriation, critical engagement, and transformation of Romantic motifs and ideas. Through comparative and interdisciplinary approaches, the volume presents Romanticism not as a closed historical period but as an ongoing field of dialogue that continues to shape contemporary literary and cultural thought.