Diabeł w operze. „Pajac” Tomasza Manna w kontekście „Fausta” Johanna Wolfganga Goethego

• Authors: Pilipowicz, Andrzej

Title variants

PL

The devil in the opera: “The clown” by Thomas Mann in the context of “Faust” by Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Abstracts

EN

The protagonist of Thomas Mann’s short story "The Clown" ("Der Bajazzo") cannot became an artist because he hasn’t got enough talent. He is also unable to live among people as an ordinary citizen because his social competencies haven’t been completely developed. That is why he can be regarded as a literary figure who tries to leave the real world and to penetrate the literary world. The devil who appears in Charles Gounod’s opera "Faust" based on Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s drama "Faust" and who is watching the protagonist from the stage during the opera performance seems to be the only person who can help him to find his existential space.

Keywords

EN

German Literature; French Opera; Mann; Goethe; Gounod

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Germanica
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 11

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Pilipowicz, Andrzej

other

Katedra Filologii Germańskiej, Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie, ul. Kurta Obitza 1, 10-725 Olsztyn

Identifiers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11089/18582

DOI

10.18778/1427-9665.11.15