Zwischen Kanon und Unterhaltung/ Between Canon and Entertainment

The essays in this volume explore the ways in which the dichotomy between highbrow and lowbrow literature manifests itself. When Goethe's Faust appears as an action figure in Japanese manga or Grimms' fairytales are turned into films, cultural and media boundaries are inevitably, often strikingly, crossed. However, how does this adaptation into a different medium and/or a different cultural context affect the way the work in question is viewed? In not a few cases the difference between canonicity and entertainment is blurred, resulting in a variety of hybrid forms.

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Die in diesem Band versammelten Beiträge beschäftigen sich mit den Erscheinungsformen der Dichotomie von hoher und niederer Literatur. Wenn Goethes Faust im japanischen Manga agiert oder Grimms Märchen verfilmt werden, handelt es sich um kulturelle und mediale Grenzüberschreitungen. Welchen Einfluss hat jedoch der Transfer in ein anderes Medium und/oder in einen anderen Kulturkreis auf die Wertung des betreffenden Werkes? Die Unterscheidung von Kanon und Unterhaltung scheint in nicht wenigen Fällen einer hybriden Vielfalt zu weichen. // The essays in this volume explore the ways in which the dichotomy between highbrow and lowbrow literature manifests itself. When Goethe s Faust appears as an action figure in Japanese manga or Grimms fairytales are turned into films, cultural and media boundaries are inevitably, often strikingly, crossed. However, how does this adaptation into a different medium and/or a different cultural context affect the way the work in question is viewed? In not a few cases the difference between canonicity and entertainment is blurred, resulting in a variety of hybrid forms.