Literary nonsense

As nonsense (English nonsense "nonsense" ) or nonsense literature is called a literary genre which, in contrast to the everyday notion of " nonsense " is characterized by a rule- driven way meaning refusal.

The concept

Language design forms of nonsense, such as corruption or the Schüttelreim are centuries old. The term used today to refer to a literary genre goes, however, to Edward Lear's " Book of Nonsense " from 1846 back.

Features

" Nonsense ", " rubbish " or " futility " did not take the operated both in verse and in prose nonsense, as his " non-sense " usually is a systematic and thus installed a new reality or simulated, which by their own laws works and in itself is consistent. Nonsense literature deviates from the principles usual, empirical probability. It makes use of paradoxical statements, empty comparisons, metaphors and other unknown alogischer stylistic devices, including fictional nouns, such as Christian Morgenstern " Fingur " belong. The nonsense text confronted with the expectation of meaning the reader to facts which are only correct within the text itself.

Representative

As a classic nonsense author applies not only to Edward Lear Lewis Carroll. Nonsense can be found in the early 20th century, particularly in the work of Christian Morgenstern and Ringelnatz, in the 1950s, at Heinz Erhardt and since the 1960s in the work of the New Frankfurt School. In the 21st century nonsense is maintained in the sections of the satirical magazine Titanic.

In the Viennese popular theater there was nonsense couplets, also called " gibberish " (French incongruous nonsense - allegedly caused by rotation of Gallus Matthiae, the cock of Matthias, in Galli Matthias, Matthias of the Rooster ) were called and about by actors like Wenzel Scholz were sung with great success.

Dadaism is also referred to as nonsense art, such as the onomatopoeic poems by Hugo Ball and the Zurich Dadaists Hans Arp.

Examples

• Dark it was, the moon shone bright
• Robert Gernhardt: The parable