"To dream, or not to dream" – "Sofies Welt", eine philosophische traum-lese-reise

Authors

  • Kathrin Svenja NEIS Universität des Saarlandes, GRK "Europäische Traumkulturen"

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_ondina/ond.201823042

Abstract

 

Jostein Gaarder’s philosophical novel Sophie’s World was extremely popular in the 1990s, not only among children. The essay seeks to trace the peculiarity of the text by focusing specifically on the aspect of the journey and the dream. In doing so, I argue that the very combination of these two elements in conjunction with the teaching of the history of philosophy reveals basic characteristics of narration itself, such as illusion and world construction. In addition to an ‘educational journey’, readers will thus experience the illustration of philosophical questions such as the ontological basic idea of the ‘world as a dream’.

Keywords: philosophical novel, Constructivism, Ontology, Dream, Journey, Narration

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Published

2019-03-18

Issue

No. 2 (2018): Sueños de viaje - viajes soñados en la literatura infantil y juvenil / Rêves de voyage - voyages rêvés en littérature de jeunesse

Section

3. La novela filosófica juvenil moderna desde el sueño y el viaje

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How to Cite

NEIS, K. S. (2019). "To dream, or not to dream" – "Sofies Welt", eine philosophische traum-lese-reise. Ondina - Ondine, 2, 133-154. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_ondina/ond.201823042
Received 2018-09-14
Accepted 2019-03-18
Published 2019-03-18