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The Storyteller - Cornell University
TheStorytellerReflectionsontheWorksofNik olaiLeskovWalterBenjaminIFamiliarthoughh isnamemaybetous,thestorytellerinhislivin g immediacy is bynomeansa presentsomeonelike Leskov asa storytellerdoesnotmeanbringinghimclosert ousbut,rather, certaindistance,thegreat,simple outlineswhichdefinethestorytellerstandou tinhim,orrather, they becomevisible inhim,justasina rocka humanheadorananimal s bodymayappeartoanobserverat almosteveryday. It teachesusthattheartofstorytellingis taleproperly. Moreandmoreoftenthereis embarrassmentallaroundwhenthewishtoheara storyis is asif somethingthatseemedinalienabletous,these curestamongourpossessions, looksasif it is a newspaperdemonstratesthatit hasreacheda new low,thatourpicture,notonlyoftheexternalw orldbutofthemoralworldaswell, [First]WorldWara notnoticeableat theendofthewarthatmenreturnedfromthebatt lefieldgrownsilent not richer, but poorerin communicableexperience? hasexperiencebeencontradictedmorethoroug hlythanstrategicexperiencebytacticalwarf are,economicexperiencebyinflation,bodily experiencebymechan-icalwarfare,moralexpe riencebythoseinpower.
In consequence we have no counsel either for ourselves or for others. After all, counsel is less an answer to a question than a proposal concerning the continuation of a story which is just unfolding. To seek this counsel one would first have to be able to tell the story. (Quite apart from the fact that a man is receptive to
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