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dc.contributor.authorIsapchuk, Yulia
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-03T16:43:22Z
dc.date.available2022-11-03T16:43:22Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.identifier.citationИсапчук Юлия. „Стена” Марлен Гаусгофер: австрийский вариант изоляции // XV International Symposium Contemporary Issues of Literary Studies: Literature and Pandemic. Historical and Thematic Experience. Tbilisi, Vol. 15. 2021. C. 142-159.uk_UA
dc.identifier.issn1987-5363
dc.identifier.urihttps://archer.chnu.edu.ua/xmlui/handle/123456789/4915
dc.description.abstractThe novel „The Wall” („Die Wand”, 1963) by the Austrian writer Marlen Haushofer (1920-1970) is analyzed from the perspectives of modern literary anthropology. Attention is focused on the poetics of everyday life and the ways of communication during total isolation. The phenomenon of the barrier that separates the nameless heroine from the usual coexistence with people is considered. The adaptation means of the female protagonist to the new reality with the oppositions „city – village”, „civilization – nature” are studied. The role of animals for human survival is emphasized on the physical and mental levels. The chain of events after the catastrophe, presented by the heroine in a memory diary with flashbacks into the „common” past, demonstrates attempts at self-reflection of the person in a crisis, where the wall is only a trigger of existence. The open ending of the novel, which seems to be the most life-affirming episode in the general narrative, intensifies the protagonist's antisocial character, readiness for loneliness and the struggle for survival. The Austrianness of the situation in the novel reveals in the author’s figure and its socio-historical context. M. Haushofer creates a typical image of an ordinary 40-year-old Austrian, recently widowed mother of two daughters. Moreover, her sporadic family’s memories are either neutral (husband) or negative (problem teenagers). The Alpine valley and meadow – the limited heroine’s area could be regarded as a symbol of Austria in the middle of the 20th century – a small tourist country on the huge geopolitical map of the world.uk_UA
dc.language.isootheruk_UA
dc.publisherTbilisiuk_UA
dc.subjectMarlen Haushofer, „The Wall”, Isolation, Literary Anthropology, Literary Animal Studies, Poetics of Everyday Life.uk_UA
dc.title„Стена” Марлен Гаусгофер: австрийский вариант изоляцииuk_UA
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