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Boyko, M. E.
The Problem of 0-Personality in Robert Musil’s Novel ‘The Man Without Qualities’
// Philology: scientific researches.
2013. № 3.
P. 248-253.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=63571
Boyko, M. E. The Problem of 0-Personality in Robert Musil’s Novel ‘The Man Without Qualities’
Abstract:
The article is devoted to the problem of 0-personality (or ‘zero personality’) which is usually put in the following
way: is there a narrative form which does not express any information about personal qualities of some actors
(characters)? There is no such problem in real life because each person expresses a number of qualities and characterological
features. But diegetic persons, both fictional and actual, are a completely different case. 0-personality is
typical for all actors (characters) who are only mentioned in a plot. Robert Musil’s novel ‘The Man Without Qualities’
can be viewed as a fundamental attempt to create a character with the zero personality. If this is what Musil’s intention
was, it eventually turned out to be a failure because Ulrich’s personality is quite evident. However, Musil very well
showed that we tend to interpret the character’s behavior and words in a wrong way if we do not know his motives
and thoughts. It means that the terms ‘personality’ and ‘type of personality’ cannot be defined behavioristically even
with regard to diegetic persons.
Keywords:
philology, psychological literary studies, actor, diegetic person, character, Robert Musil, structuralism, characterological feature, personality, The Man Without Qualities.
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