Judaeus ex machina a „židovské perpetuum mobile“ Technika, anebo demontáž jednoho typu literárního antisemitismu? // Judaeus ex machina and ‘Jewish perpetuum mobile’

The article deals with the topic of literary antisemitism in German-speaking literature. Most of the studies concentrating on this subject do not go deeper and only focus on the ‘images of the Jews’, in the mere registration or vague, non-reflected literary thematology. It is necessary to examine the specific literary techniques of the representation of the Jews and Jeweshness. These are narrative strategies, presentations of the characters, configurations of the style and metaphors; in order to demonstrate how these literary configurations are used to construct patterns, ideological emblems and form the cultural memory. This should be a task for future research. The article focuses especially on the mechanical scenes Judaeus ex machina as well as the Jewish Perpetuum mobile. Here comes into play the figure of the Jew as a soulless creature only activated mechanically