„Aber was, […] wenn es nicht so ist?“ Ambivalente Figurationen der Zeit in Daniel Kehlmanns ‚Mahlers Zeit‘

Abstract Daniel Kehlmann’s novel Mahlers Zeit questions the role of time as a fundamental tool through which humans access world. While novel’s protagonist believes that he can debunk linearity time, narration text remains ambiguous about whether or not is right. As oscillates between different conceptions time—each presented plausible only to be denied again—it develops an image world inscrutable place where cannot transcend sphere phenomena because they are always thrown back their sensorium. The unmediated juxtaposition incompatible prevents obtaining metaphysical certainty implies rejection concepts Magical Realism well Surrealism, both presuppose knowledge structure narrated Therefore, requires classification: Gebrochener Realismus (Broken Realism). Moreover, strict functionality moments uncertainty, category even more appropriate than Todorov’s fantastic.