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Erinnern und Vergessen in Christian Krachts Romanen

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Wałowski P.
Literatura i Kultura Popularna
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2014
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vol. 20
115 - 129
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The article discusses the issues of remembering and the process of forgetting in the novels by Christian Kracht. Each of the three texts chosen for discussion here has a different nameless first-person narrator whose memory, and sometimes no-memory, determines the style and the direction of the narrative. When the memory is disturbed, the identity of the characters becomes a problem. In the novel, Faserland, readers meet a dandy who leads a life of luxury, whose days are filled with parties and various stimulants. The protagonist’s memories, beliefs, and judgements reflect the so-called “Generation Golf” and record the hollowness, aimlessness, and alienation of the young aesthete. The novel 1979 deals with the process of purposeful forgetting and the attempt to create a new identity. Its tone is rather ironic, since the protagonist surrenders to totalitarian ideology, a step which in practice leads to self-destruction. The last text analysed here, Ich werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten [I will be here, in sunshine and in shadow], is a counterfactual vision of the world devoid of letters and memory. Its protagonist, a native African, is “converted” into a party official. Consequently, his childhood, memories, and value system are manipulated.
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METAPHOR FOREVER – EINIGE (WENN AUCH NICHT BAHNBRECHENDE) BEMERKUNGEN ZUR GESCHICHTE UND ZUM WESEN DES (LITERARISCHEN) PHÄNOMENS

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Wałowski P.
Concordia Discors vs Discordia Concors: Researches into Comparative Literature, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross-Cultural and Translation Strategies
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2010
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vol. 2
17-37
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Firstly, the analytic finger is pointed towards difficulties arising in the attempt to precisely define metaphor. The importance of the broadly understood context in which it appears is emphasized as indispensable for the emergence of (a given) metaphor’s meaning. Moreover, two theories, which appear to be the most essential points of reference in the discussion, are addressed: the ‘substitution theory’, which reverts to Aristotle’s model, and Max Black’s ‘interaction theory’, which presents the modern approach. Furthermore, the metaphor’s interpretative potential, including both its positive and negative connotations, is outlined. Finally, the role of metaphor in the literary discourse is discussed with reference to Paul Ricoeur’s texts.
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Ich-Erzählung als Ich-Werdung. Notizen zu Gegenzauber, Adolf Muschgs Zweitroman

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Wałowski P.
Studia Germanica Posnaniensia
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2006
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vol. 30
171-187
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