At this point, one should bear in mind that the dare that literature lets itself in on has ended up in an environment where the industry of culture has long since remodelled itself into an industry of adventure that leaves the artists in the circus dome: stumped.

Second draft, although I'm temped to change the ending to "leaves the artists in the lurch", but then again, that may be going a bit too far.

just another option

How about the sentence as a whole?

helpless, perplexed

Dictionary: ratlos*

At this point, one should bear in mind that the dare that literature lets itself in on has ended up in an environment where the industry of culture has long since remodelled itself into an industry of adventure that leaves the artists in the circus dome clueless.

Bitteschön!

SCNR

Bin ja selbst eher technisch orientiert.

Danke schön!

"Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel - ratlos" ist doch der Titel eines Films aus dem Jahr 1968. Wurde der in den englischsprachigen Raum exportiert? (Ich weiß es nicht.) Wenn ja, unter welchem englischen Titel? Könnte der vielleicht helfen - sofern es ihn gibt?

Ach so! Das macht die Sache zumindest ein wenig weniger abstrus.