Dream of Gustav von Aschenbach in Thomas Mann’s
Narrative Death in Venice Cover Image

Сан Густава Ашенбаха у приповеци Смрт у Венецији Томаса Мана
Dream of Gustav von Aschenbach in Thomas Mann’s Narrative Death in Venice

Author(s): Olivera Žižović
Subject(s): Serbian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Институт за књижевност и уметност

Summary/Abstract: In the narrative Death in Venice, Thomas Mann depicts how „Apollonian”writer Gustav von Aschenbach is overcome by the „Dionysian” principle, among other ways, in the mythological-psychological manner, and this is significantly high-lighted by an archetypal dream of the main character.Apart from completing the psychological profile of the artist and shedding light to the process evolving in his soul, this dream also provides a deeper insight into the social and historical context of the time, i.e. anticipates certain general, collective events.

  • Issue Year: 45/2013
  • Issue No: 149
  • Page Range: 121-133
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Serbian