Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener

Japanese: ラーベナー（英語表記）Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener

1714‐77
A representative satirist of the German Enlightenment. Born near Leipzig, he studied at a university there, became a tax official, and died in Dresden. He was a member of the Bremer Beiträger, a group of Bremen contributors, and contributed prose to their magazine satirizing the behavior of rural aristocrats and the principles of life of citizens. These were collected in Satires (1751-55) and, along with the fables of his friend Gellert, are considered to be the most widely read literary works of the time. However, his satire, which refrains from attacking political or ecclesiastical power, does not go beyond the limits of what was permitted by those authorities, namely the moral education of citizens, and lacks critical sharpness.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1714‐77
ドイツ啓蒙主義の代表的風刺作家。ライプチヒの近郊で生まれ，同地の大学に学んだ後，税務官吏となり，ドレスデンで没す。ブレーメン寄与派Bremer Beiträgerの一人で，同派の雑誌に田舎貴族の行動様式や市民の生活原理を風刺する散文を寄稿。それは《風刺文集》(1751‐55)に収められ，知友ゲレルトの寓話と並んで当時もっとも広く読まれた文学作品とされる反面，政治権力や教会権力への攻撃を控える風刺は，市民の道徳的教化という権力が許容した域を出ず，批判的鋭さを欠く。

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