Schuldbeladene Erinnerungen in der Tetralogie von Urs Faes: „Sommerwende“, „Augenblicke im Paradies“, „Und Ruth“ sowie „Liebesarchiv“
Guilt-ridden memories in the tetralogy of Urs Faes: „Sommerwende“, „Augenblicke im Paradies“, „Und Ruth“ and „Liebesarchiv“

Summary/Abstract: Urs Faes in his literary work deals with the analysis of the history of his country and his own past. Memories are the main driving force of his work, therefore he focuses on the phenomenon of memory and its functions in relation to the literary possibilities. The key task of the author is to look at the facade of everyday life and indicate what actually lies behind the normality and order. In this way, he discovers repressed memories,unfulfilled longings, unresolved guilt and escape from the existential shocks. This article is based on his four novels „Sommerwende“, „Augenblicke im Paradies“, „Und Ruth“ and „Liebesarchiv“ which could be called a tetralogy. It is an attempt to characterize typical features of the poetics written by this Swiss author

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