"Das Unheimliche" as a Hermeneutical Key in the Short Stories of M. L. Kaschnitz
Abstract
Marie Luise Kaschnitz introduces in her short stories das Unheimliche as an essential element, from which the characters undergo a transformation: it expands their self-awareness (Bewusstsein) that becomes moral conscience (Gewissen). The "uncanny" contains supernatural or magical elements. This is disturbing as soon as normality becomes something strange. The origins of this concept have been studied by Heidegger (radical anguish), Jentsch (intellectual insecurity to distinguish the animate from the inanimate) and Freud (suppression of an internal conflict).
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