A few remarks about the literary intermediality and cinematic interfigurativeness of the sculpture “The Book Reader” (Sansibar oder der letzte Grund by Alfred Andersch) Cover Image

Einige Bemerkungen zur literarischen Intermedialität und zur filmischen Interbildlichkeit der Plastik des „lesenden Klosterschülers“ (Sansibar oder der letzte Grund von Alfred Andersch)
A few remarks about the literary intermediality and cinematic interfigurativeness of the sculpture “The Book Reader” (Sansibar oder der letzte Grund by Alfred Andersch)

Author(s): Jacek Kowalski
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: literary Intermediality; cinematicInterfigurativeness; Alfred Andersch; Walter Benjamin; Sculpture of “The Book Reader”

Summary/Abstract: This article consists of four parts: the first, which briefly outlines the interdependence of liter-ature and media such as film and photography in the context of narrative strategies related to World War II; the second is the intermedical location of “The Book Reader” as an expressionist sculpture by Ernst Barlach in the story of novel A. Andersch “Sansibar oder der letzte Grund” (relation: ka-leidoscope of characters – sculpture) in the context of the concept of “Aura” by W. Benjamin, the third – cinematic interimage of the sculpture “The Book Reader” (sculpture–film relationship) and a summary of the considerations taken.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 79-92
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: German