Religion im Werk von Maarten ’t Hart
Eine narratologische Untersuchung in praktisch-theologischer Perspektive
von Christina BickelDer Erfolg Maarten ’t Harts gründet darin, dass er mit seinen Romanen und Erzählungen in origineller subjektiver Aneignung unterschiedliche religiöse Anschlussmöglichkeiten anbietet. Die Studie untersucht, mit welchen Erzähltechniken ’t Hart dies leistet. Sein literarischen Umgang mit Religion zeichnet sich durch spielerische Leichtigkeit aus, die den in Dogmatismus erstarrten Calvinismus seiner Kindheit verflüssigt. Dadurch laden seine Bücher gerade auch die „schwebenden Gläubigen“ (Joep de Hart) ein, den ästhetisch-religiösen Reichtum der literarischen Welt ’t Harts zu erproben. In der ästhetischen Transformation einer dogmatischen Frömmigkeit liegt auch das Potential von ’t Harts Œuvre für eine zeitgemäße, poetische und suchenden Predigtsprache.
[Religion in Maarten 't Harts work. A narratological investigation from a practical theological perspective] Maarten ’t Harts success is based on the original and subjective adaption of religion present in his novels and stories, which provides a variety of approaches for the reader. This study examines the narrative techniques ’t Hart uses to achieve this. His literary access to religion is characterised by a playful lightness that liquefies the Calvinism of his childhood, which had ossified into dogmatism. In this way, his books also invite the “floting believers” (Joep de Hart) to discover the aestetic-religious abundance of ’t Harts literary world. The aesthetic transformation of a dogmatic piety furthermore buries the potential of ’t Harts œuvre for a contemporary, poetic and uncertain language of homiletics.
[Religion in Maarten 't Harts work. A narratological investigation from a practical theological perspective] Maarten ’t Harts success is based on the original and subjective adaption of religion present in his novels and stories, which provides a variety of approaches for the reader. This study examines the narrative techniques ’t Hart uses to achieve this. His literary access to religion is characterised by a playful lightness that liquefies the Calvinism of his childhood, which had ossified into dogmatism. In this way, his books also invite the “floting believers” (Joep de Hart) to discover the aestetic-religious abundance of ’t Harts literary world. The aesthetic transformation of a dogmatic piety furthermore buries the potential of ’t Harts œuvre for a contemporary, poetic and uncertain language of homiletics.
