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Falk, Eugene Hannes was born on August 10, 1913 in Czechoslovakia. Son of Herman and Helen (Kircova) Falk. came to the United States, 1946, naturalized, 1953.
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The author subjects 3 important French novels: Gide's La Symphonie Pastorale, Camus' L'Etranger, and Satre's La Nausee, to a rigorous textual analysis. In so doing he gives the reader and student an acute awareness of the structure and meaning of these works. "Theme" in the author's system, refers primarily to the ideas that emerge from the structure of such textual elements as actions, gestures, or statements. These textual elements are here termed "motifs." By identifying motifs within a given work and revealing their thematic significance, the author provides a new basis for the evaluation of literature.
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Falk presents the first comprehensive exposition of this great Polish phenomenologist's views of literature as art, drawing on Ingarden's writing that are relevant to the ontology of the literary work of art and to reading and the experiencing of reading. Falk explains the differences between the presented world and the real world, between presentation and representation, and between the reader's cognitive functions and his intuitions of aesthetic qualities. Originally published in 1981. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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Renunciation as a Tragic Focus was first published in 1954. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Norman J. DeWitt explains, in an introduction to this volume, that these essays are written in terms of a personal humanism. "Personal humanism," Mr. DeWitt says, "comes from an awareness of a world in which pain is real, and it leads to the traditional virtues of wisdom and justice, terms that are seldom heard in academic circles today." Traditionalist though he may be in the basic virtues, Professor Falk, in these studies, challenges a traditional concept. By analyzing the conflicting values in five plays, he demonstrates why the traditional definition of tragedy should be broadened. He shows that martyrdom and self-sacrifice, when they involve an act of renunciation, should be included in the realm of tragedy. The older concept ruled out these elements by its insistence that the death of a martyr is not the defeat but the victory of an individual. The five plays studied here are Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Antigone,Corneille's Polyeucte,Maeterlinck's Aglavaine and Selysette,and Samain's Polypheme.In all of them, the tragic experience of man's defeat in an unequal struggle against destiny is examined in the light of the conflict between his worldly and his spiritual aspirations. The plays illustrate the tenet that renunciation becomes a tragic experience only if the character's devotion to both worldly and spiritual values is genuine. In succession, the five plays represent a progression from authentic to seeming renunciation. The studies are pertinent to many interests in the broad academic field of the humanities as well as to such specific disciplines as comparative literature, drama, French literature, and the classics.
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Foreign language educator emeritus
Falk, Eugene Hannes was born on August 10, 1913 in Czechoslovakia. Son of Herman and Helen (Kircova) Falk. came to the United States, 1946, naturalized, 1953.
Doctor of Philosophy in French, Victoria University, Manchester, England, 1942. Master of Arts (honorary), Dartmouth College, 1966.
Assistant, then assistant lecturer German, U. Manchester, England, 1939-1942; master French, Alcester (England) School, 1943-1946; member of faculty, U. Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1946-1953; professor foreign languages, U. Bridgeport, 1948-1953; department chairman foreign languages, U. Bridgeport, 1947-1953; visiting professor French, University of Minnesota, 1953-1954; member of faculty, University of Minnesota, 1954-1963; professor French, University of Minnesota, 1957-1963; department chairman comparative literature, University of Minnesota, 1956-1963; department chairman Romance languages, University of Minnesota, 1960-1963; member of faculty, Dartmouth College, 1963-1967; department chairman Romance languages, Dartmouth College, 1964-1967; Edward Tuck professor French, Dartmouth College, 1964-1967; professor French and comparative literature, U. North Carolina, 1967-1986; chairman comparative literature, U. North Carolina, 1972-1980; Marcel Bataillon professor comparative literature, U. North Carolina, 1973-1986; emeritus, U. North Carolina, since 1986. Fulbright professor, Brazil, 1981.
(Falk presents the first comprehensive exposition of this ...)
(The author subjects 3 important French novels: Gide's La ...)
( Renunciation as a Tragic Focus was first published in 1...)
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Member Modern Language Association, American Association of University Professors, American Association Teachers French, Association International d'Etudes Francaises, American Association Comparative Literature, Academy des Sciences, Belles-Lettres and Arts de Lyon (correspondent).
Married Ellen Wien, 1938 (divorced). Children– Ingrid Helen, Ronald Jonathan.