A Disturbing Image of a Horse in the Selected Examples of German-Language Literature – Symbolism and Meaning Cover Image

Niepokojący wizerunek konia na wybranych przykładach literatury niemieckojęzycznej – symbolika i znaczenie
A Disturbing Image of a Horse in the Selected Examples of German-Language Literature – Symbolism and Meaning

Author(s): Estera Głuszko-Boczoń
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: horse; anxiety; death; elements; crisis;escape;

Summary/Abstract: Literature usually represents a horse as a loyal companion of a man, a noble and intelligent animal. The image of a horse in some works, however, relies on their mystery, it evokes anxiety, fear. It symbolizes an internal unease or a drive to escape. Sometimes a horse is equated to the messenger of death; it personifies dark, incomprehensible forces that cannot be understood by a human mind. This aspect of the unexplored equine nature in Germanlanguage literature is addressed in this study.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 161-170
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish