Photography as a treasury of literary metaphors in Nino Haratischwili’s novel "Lack of Light" Cover Image

Fotografie als literarischer Metaphernfundus in Nino Haratischwilis Roman "Das mangelnde Licht"
Photography as a treasury of literary metaphors in Nino Haratischwili’s novel "Lack of Light"

Author(s): Ralitsa Ivanova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, German Literature
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: photography as a metaphor in literature; concepts of realism; Nino Haratischwili; Lack of Light

Summary/Abstract: The everyday presence of visual media has long influenced human perception and led to shifts in the hierarchy of representation and communication forms. In the context of this visual turn, the present article focuses on the literary metaphorization of photography in Nino Haratischvili’s novel Lack of Light. Various metaphorical concepts of photography and their overlap with the techniques of restoration and drawing are discussed.

  • Issue Year: 3/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 177-192
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: German