Weltuntergang und Doppelmonarchie Politische Dimensionen des Katastrophendiskurses in Kometenromanen von Maurus Jókai

The study mediates between two literary thematic fields: the discourse on disasters, with special attention to the comet theme, and the literature about the future or the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. In this context, we ask about the political issue of the comet material or motif. The topic will be explained using the works of Camille Flammarion, Vincenz Chiavacci, Karl Kraus, Hannes Stein and Maurus Jókai as examples. KEYWORDS novels about comets, discourse on disasters, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy