Abstract:

In his novella "Die Büste des Kaisers" (1934) and his unfinished novel Erdbeeren, Joseph Roth explored the decline of aristocratic models of gift-giving in the Austro-Hungarian empire. In both works, Roth engages with rituals of "largesse," the practice of standing on a balcony and tossing coins or sweets to the public below. "Die Büste des Kaisers" is oft en taken to be a product of Roth's most conservative phase, a work of imperial nostalgia written during his exile in Paris aft er Hitler's rise to power. Contrasting it with his unfinished novel Erdbeeren, however, reveals an astute analysis of modernity and its transformation of existing models of authority.

摘要：

在他的中篇小说“Die Büste des Kaisers”（1934 年）和他未完成的小说Erdbeeren 中，约瑟夫·罗斯探讨了奥匈帝国贵族送礼模式的衰落。在这两部作品中，罗斯都参与了“慷慨”的仪式，即站在阳台上向下面的公众扔硬币或糖果的做法。“Die Büste des Kaisers”通常被认为是罗斯最保守时期的产物，这是他在希特勒上台后流亡巴黎期间写下的帝国怀旧作品。然而，与他未完成的小说Erdbeeren相比，它揭示了对现代性及其对现有权威模式的转变的精明分析。