Thomas Mann’s "The Magic Mountain" (1924): A questioning of health, rationality, and the romantic tradition

Krzysztof Kosecki

doi:10.18778/8142-988-7

Thomas Mann’s "The Magic Mountain" (1924): A questioning of health, rationality, and the romantic tradition

Krzysztof Kosecki

University of Łódź, Poland

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Categories and Units in Language and Linguistics

Series: Lodz Studies in English and General Linguistics

Pages: 83-90

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-988-7.08

Keywords: narrative structure, semiotic systems, phonological oppositions, cognitive grammar, axiology, validation, descriptive grammar, lexical semantics

Published: 30 December 2020

Categories: Foreign language studies, Open Access

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Thomas Mann’s (1875–1955) epic novel The Magic Mountain (1924/1996) turns upside down the conventional axiology of the experiential categories of health and rationality, as well as of the romantic idea of a Bildungsreise or educational journey. The complex narrative describes a profound personal change of the main hero Hans Castorp, which takes place in opposition to the values of the conventional bourgeois society and against the background of the social and political condition of Europe on the verge of World War I.

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Kosecki, Krzysztof. 2020. “Thomas Mann’s ‘The Magic Mountain’ (1924): A Questioning of Health, Rationality, and the Romantic Tradition”. In Categories and Units in Language and Linguistics, edited by Janusz Badio, 10:83-90. Lodz Studies in English and General Linguistics. Poland: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8142-988-7.08.