This study explores the concept of Stimmung in literary and
philosophical texts of the modern age. Signifying both 'mood' and
'attunement', Stimmung speaks to the categories of affective
experience and aesthetic design alike. The study locates itself in
the nexus between discourses on modernity, existentialism and
aesthetics and uncovers the pivotal role of Stimmung in 19th- and
20th-century European narrative fiction and continental philosophy.
The study first explores the philosophical and aesthetic origins
and implications of Stimmung to, then, discuss its role in the
narrative fiction of three key authors of modern literature: Fyodor
Dostoevsky, Samuel Beckett and Thomas Bernhard. These readings
demonstrate a significant shift towards an aesthetic of affective
intensity and immediacy, in which the experience of the reading
process takes centre stage as each author develops an aesthetic
philosophy of Stimmung in their own right. Through its focus on the
concept of Stimmung, the study thus unearths a fundamental link
between existentialist concerns and narrative practice in modern
literature.
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