Viaggio lungo il Danubio come esperienza esistenziale del protagonista magrisiano

• Authors: Natalia Chwaja
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The aim of this article is to explain the meaning and analyse the role of the journey along the Danube river in the novel Danube by Claudio Magris. The analisys presents two separate interpretations of the literary odyssey. The first one emphasizes the importance of the journey understood as georgaphical, philosophical and sociological research of the novel’s protagonist (the author’s alter-ego: a scholar, a germanist and a traveller in one). The second one highlights it’s meaning for the development of the protagonist’s identity, illustrating the ways in which the unique “hapsburg” manner of travelling affects his life and his personality. In order to underline the existential dimension of the journey, the article presents and analyses the scenes where the main character in shown as a disciple, who follows his spiritual guides to learn about himself and about the human nature.

Keywords

PL

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Romanica Cracoviensia
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2009

online

2009-10-06

Contributors

author

Natalia Chwaja