The blatant fox
Der krasse Fuchs is a student novel by Walter Bloem published in 1906 . The autobiographically oriented novel describes student life in the fictional Corps Cimbria in Marburg at the time of the empire around the turn of the century. The title of the book is derived from the student-language term Krasser Fuchs for a student in the first semester. The crass fox became one of the most famous student novels, had several editions and was made into a film by Conrad Wiene in 1924/25 .
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The novel begins with a scene in which the fresh and fox in a fraternity , the fictional Corps Cimbria, occurred protagonist Werner Achenbach with another, slightly older Fuchs of his corps to his first Pauktag goes. The ambitious, educated middle-class oriented Achenbach sees himself with the manners and customs of the communal life, such as He is confronted, for example, with the fencing of lengths , alcohol consumption, etc., which irritates him and raises questions. Achenbach, when confronted with his sex drive, intends to masturbate, but abandons it after seeing the student cap belonging to the couleur of the connection . A second conflict episode follows, in which Achenbach is irritated by the way the connection with people of the female sex is dealt with. Achenbach comes up against the brothel visits that are customary in the connection and the behavior of a connection member that led to the suicide of his pregnant sexual partner. After overcoming this phase of conflict by stopping his criticism, Achenbach is confronted with the scale , which he initially rejects because of the self-mutilation involved. His friend Klauser teaches him the mensur as an instinct-regulating initiation ritual and brings Achenbach away from his doubts. The conclusion of the novel describes Achenbach, who went from his starting point as an ambitious educated citizen to a typical liaison member who is identified as a member of a ruling elite by the scars he suffered in the course. The final scene depicts Achenbach's visit to his parents, again points to Achenbach's assimilation into the communal milieu and depicts Achenbach's separation from his parents.
literature
- Holger Zinn: The blatant fox . In: Einst und Jetzt , 2003, Volume 48, pp. 327–336.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Der krasse Fuchs on filmportal.de
- ^ Dietrich Heither: Allied men. The German Burschenschaft - Weltanschauung, Politics and Customs. PapyRossa-Verlag, Cologne 2000, ISBN 978-3-89438-208-7 , pp. 255-260