K estetike smrti v novele Smrť v Benátkach od Thomasa Manna
The aesthetics of death in the novella Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
Author(s): Tamara HeribanováSubject(s): Music, German Literature
Published by: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave, Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie
Keywords: literature; Thomas Mann; Death in Venice; novella; death; Charon; Aschenbach; Gustav Maler; German literature; homosexuality; Tadzio; love; Greek mythology;
Summary/Abstract: The aesthetic of the forthcoming of death is not thoroughly acknowledged while studying the majority of universally renowned literature. How - ever, the Nobel Prize winner, Thomas Mann meticulously engages with this topic in his prominent novel, Death in Venice. Whether in love or death, we are confronted with ourselves and Mann’s novel describes the final encounter of an elderly man Aschenbach, who is vanishing in a city, which is also predestined to fade away. My following work revolves around a literature analysis, portraying motifs of death, decline and destruction.
Journal: European Journal of Media, Art and Photography
- Issue Year: 1/2013
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 92-99
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Slovak