BETWEEN THE GUARD AND THE TRAMP. PATRICK SÜSKIND'S 'THE PIGEON' (Miedzy straznikiem a kloszardem. O Golebiu Patricka Süskinda)

• Authors: Jokiel Irena
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Patrick Süskind's grotesque novel 'The Pigeon' is read by the authoress as a brilliant parable on the existential condition of today's human being who is enslaved by civilisation and culture-related oppressions whilst longing for freedom. Jonathan Noel, an employee at a Paris bank, experiences an inner transformation at a decisive moment in his life. Having found himself in a symbolic space between a guard and a tramp, he frees himself from his childhood-time trauma and regains his own identity. Similarly as other characters from Süskind's works, Noel is alienated and lonely, and, in search for the truth about himself, he repeats the gesture of mythical wanderers who - from the Odyssey through the Heart of Darkness to Ulysses - made their symbolic journeys of self-cognition.

Keywords

EN

SÜSKIND PATRICK -'THE PIDGEON'

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of Literary Research, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Teksty Drugie (Second Texts)
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 5(113)
• Pages: 153-162
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jokiel Irena

• Irena Jokiel, Uniwersytet Opolski, Instytut Filologii Polskiej, ul. Oleska 48, 45-052 Opole, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA05602