Georg Büchner

Zusammenfassung

Das an expressionistische Dramen erinnernde Verhalten der Bühnenfiguren des Arztdichters Georg Büchner (1813—1837) zeigt in mehrfacher Hinsicht Übereinstimmung mit der Instinktlehre des Physiologielehrbuches von Magendie, das in vier Auflagen 1809—1836 erschien und dessen psychologische Kapitel von Vorstellungen der Ideologen (Condillac, Cabanis, Destutt-Tracy) ausgehen.

Summary

Büchner's dramas, written at the beginning of the nineteenth century (he lived from 1813 to 1837) in many ways resemble the expressionistic dramas of this century. The attitudes and behaviour with which Büchner endowed his characters were probably greatly influenced by the instinct theories propounded by Magendie in his textbook of physiology (several editions were published between 1809 and 1836), which were well known to Büchner during his medical studies. The psychological chapters of Magendie's textbook were, in turn, derived from the concepts of the Ideologists (Condillac, Cabanis, Destutt-Tracy).

Resumen

Georg Büchner

Las conductas de los personajes del médico-poeta Georg Büchner (1813—1837), que recuerdan los dramas expresionistas más posteriores, ofrecen muchos puntos coincidentes con la teoría de los instintos del Manual de Fisiología de Magendie. Este libro apareció en cuatro ediciones entre 1809 a 1836, hallándose inspirados los capítulos psicológicos en las teorías de los ideólogos Condillac, Cabanis, Destutt-Tracy.