DAS ENDE EINES „GOLDENEN TRAUMES“ UND DAS
VERLORENE PARADIESGÄRTLEIN IN DÖBLING.
ANNÄHERUNGEN AN FERDINAND VON SAARS
NOVELLE DER „EXZELLENZHERR“
THE END OF A „GOLDEN DREAM“ AND THE LOST LITTLE GARDEN OF PARADISE IN DÖBLING. APPROACHES TO FERDINAND VON SAAR’S NOVELLA DER „EXZELLENZHERR"
Author(s): Margarete WagnerSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature, Drama
Published by: Editura Conspress
Keywords: intertextuality ; multiple role models ; masculine roles ; imaginative narratives ; Austrian culture and history of the 19th century monarchy
Summary/Abstract: Ferdinand von Saar's novella Der „Exzellenzherr“ is a very compact text, depicting thecomplexity of the culture and history of the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy during the 19thcentury. This text hints to ancient myths and uses onomastic symbols from the Bible to showhow the idealistic visions of the protagonist, his „golden dream“ and his „paradise garden“ breakdown under the historical reality. Indirectly the novella also depicts the final period of theAustrian-Hungarian Empire. Although apparently it deals with love and marriage, the realintention of the novella is to depict the ethical and cultural history of the Austrian-Hungarianmonarchy.
- Issue Year: XIII/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 23-35
- Page Count: 13
- Language: German