MUSES UNDER ARMS: AESTHETIZATION OF WAR IN THE SPEECHES OF MAVRO ŠPICER

This paper presents a discourse analysis of the public speeches of Mavro Špicer (1862 – 1936), a distinguished Croatian esperantist, lexicographer, translator, literary anthologist and officer in the army of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. In this survey a semiological analysis of the topics, motives...

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Main Author: Kristian Novak
Format: Article
Language:Bulgarian
Published: University of Rijeka. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 2011-01-01
Series:Fluminensia: Journal for Philological Research
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Online Access:http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/122624
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description This paper presents a discourse analysis of the public speeches of Mavro Špicer (1862 – 1936), a distinguished Croatian esperantist, lexicographer, translator, literary anthologist and officer in the army of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. In this survey a semiological analysis of the topics, motives and argumentation strategies was conducted in order to specify the fetaures of recontextualisation of two social practises – warfare and artistic creation. Analysis has shown that the contents of the speeches incorporate two levels: on the one hand, the speeches present art historical overwievs over major works and poetics of world literature, music and visual arts, respectively. On the other hand, there is a noticeable explicit persuasive intent to mediate several political concepts and opinions, such as the positive effects of military education and the need for recruitment and military buildup. The symbolic interface between these two levels is the leitmotif of all the analyzed speeches – the concept of an unbreakable and interactive connection between artistic creation and warfare throughout the history of mankind.
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spelling doaj.art-e46a98c8dbfe42a78f28b98ae38f61952022-12-21T19:26:40ZbulUniversity of Rijeka. Faculty of Humanities and Social SciencesFluminensia: Journal for Philological Research0353-46421848-96802011-01-01232MUSES UNDER ARMS: AESTHETIZATION OF WAR IN THE SPEECHES OF MAVRO ŠPICERKristian NovakThis paper presents a discourse analysis of the public speeches of Mavro Špicer (1862 – 1936), a distinguished Croatian esperantist, lexicographer, translator, literary anthologist and officer in the army of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. In this survey a semiological analysis of the topics, motives and argumentation strategies was conducted in order to specify the fetaures of recontextualisation of two social practises – warfare and artistic creation. Analysis has shown that the contents of the speeches incorporate two levels: on the one hand, the speeches present art historical overwievs over major works and poetics of world literature, music and visual arts, respectively. On the other hand, there is a noticeable explicit persuasive intent to mediate several political concepts and opinions, such as the positive effects of military education and the need for recruitment and military buildup. The symbolic interface between these two levels is the leitmotif of all the analyzed speeches – the concept of an unbreakable and interactive connection between artistic creation and warfare throughout the history of mankind.http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/122624Mavro ŠpicerWorld war I.aesthetization of warmilitarismdiscourse analysis
spellingShingle Kristian Novak
MUSES UNDER ARMS: AESTHETIZATION OF WAR IN THE SPEECHES OF MAVRO ŠPICER
Fluminensia: Journal for Philological Research
Mavro Špicer
World war I.
aesthetization of war
militarism
discourse analysis
title MUSES UNDER ARMS: AESTHETIZATION OF WAR IN THE SPEECHES OF MAVRO ŠPICER
title_full MUSES UNDER ARMS: AESTHETIZATION OF WAR IN THE SPEECHES OF MAVRO ŠPICER
title_fullStr MUSES UNDER ARMS: AESTHETIZATION OF WAR IN THE SPEECHES OF MAVRO ŠPICER
title_full_unstemmed MUSES UNDER ARMS: AESTHETIZATION OF WAR IN THE SPEECHES OF MAVRO ŠPICER
title_short MUSES UNDER ARMS: AESTHETIZATION OF WAR IN THE SPEECHES OF MAVRO ŠPICER
title_sort muses under arms aesthetization of war in the speeches of mavro spicer
topic Mavro Špicer
World war I.
aesthetization of war
militarism
discourse analysis
url http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/122624
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