Dante S Prado
Biographic Data
| ID | 4459515 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dante S Prado |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dante S |
| FAMILY NAME | Prado |
| SIGNATURE | PRADO D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2977-569X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Karolina Watroba. Mann’s Magic Mountain
Queering the Benjamenta Institute
While scholars have focused extensively on philosophical and pedagogical disruption in Robert Walser’s Jakob von Gunten (1909), laughter has remained an underexplored element, presumably because it would serve only to highlight the text’s often-commented-on disobedience. The novel’s laughter is, however, not always evidence of disobedience. Showing how the authority figures instrumentalize laughter, I argue that a simultaneity of obedience and di…
Against illustration
Building on recent specialised studies on the critique of illustration in individual authors or periods, this article develops a new methodology for a large comparative study of the critique of literary illustration. Notably, this article argues for the benefits of developing a catalogue of basic arguments levelled against the pictorial illustration of literary texts. By distinguishing between these arguments and by tracing these arguments throug…
The Crisis of Sociability and Laughter in Thomas Mann's Der Zauberberg
The article explores the significance of laughter in Thomas Mann's Der Zauberberg . While laughter is a prominent feature in the novel, it has not received sufficient critical consideration either in Mann scholarship or, more generally, in studies of modernism. Through close examination of selected episodes of laughter, this study establishes the importance of laughter in the novel, both quantitatively and qualitatively. The analysis examines the…
Laughing with Bergson
Laughter has a prominent position in "Der kleine Herr Friedemann" (1897). While quantitatively scarce, laughter appears in the narrative climax and conclusion, signalling the end of the titular character and the novella. Despite being a distinctive feature of crucial scenes in the novella and an important topic in the period, laughter has not yet been analyzed in the novella nor, in turn, this novella in modernist studies on laughter. Addressing …
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Laughing with Bergson
Laughter has a prominent position in "Der kleine Herr Friedemann" (1897). While quantitatively scarce, laughter appears in the narrative climax and conclusion, signalling the end of the titular character and the novella. Despite being a distinctive feature of crucial scenes in the novella and an important topic in the period, laughter has not yet been analyzed in the novella nor, in turn, this novella in modernist studies on laughter. Addressing …
Against illustration
Building on recent specialised studies on the critique of illustration in individual authors or periods, this article develops a new methodology for a large comparative study of the critique of literary illustration. Notably, this article argues for the benefits of developing a catalogue of basic arguments levelled against the pictorial illustration of literary texts. By distinguishing between these arguments and by tracing these arguments throug…
The Crisis of Sociability and Laughter in Thomas Mann's Der Zauberberg
The article explores the significance of laughter in Thomas Mann's Der Zauberberg . While laughter is a prominent feature in the novel, it has not received sufficient critical consideration either in Mann scholarship or, more generally, in studies of modernism. Through close examination of selected episodes of laughter, this study establishes the importance of laughter in the novel, both quantitatively and qualitatively. The analysis examines the…
Queering the Benjamenta Institute
While scholars have focused extensively on philosophical and pedagogical disruption in Robert Walser’s Jakob von Gunten (1909), laughter has remained an underexplored element, presumably because it would serve only to highlight the text’s often-commented-on disobedience. The novel’s laughter is, however, not always evidence of disobedience. Showing how the authority figures instrumentalize laughter, I argue that a simultaneity of obedience and di…
Karolina Watroba. Mann’s Magic Mountain
Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · German Literature and Culture Studies (3 works) · Laughter (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Art Education and Development (1 work)