Subjectivity and existential problems in The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Reiner Maria Rilke, and in A Moment of True Feeling by Peter Handke Cover Image

Subiektywizm i problemy egzystencjalne w "Zapiskach Maltego Lauridsa Brigge" Reinera Marii Rilkego oraz w "Godzinie prawdziwych odczuć" Petera Handkego
Subjectivity and existential problems in The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Reiner Maria Rilke, and in A Moment of True Feeling by Peter Handke

Author(s): Piotr Majcher
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Austrian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Reiner Maria Rilke; Peter Handke; modernism; existentialism; subjectivism; modern Austrian literature;

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (1910) by Rainer Maria Rilke and A Moment of True Feeling (1975) by Peter Handke, aiming to demonstrate that the protagonists of the two works are trying to overcome existential problems through the subjectivist perception of reality. The article demonstrates how Rilke and Handke referred to subjectivity in their works listed above. The comparison of The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge and A Moment of True Feeling reveals Handke’s attitude to the concept proposed by Rilke.

  • Issue Year: 33/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 187-196
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish