The Social Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6125ISSN: Print 1818-5800
Abstract
The researchers of modern Austrian writer Barbara Frischmuth have been commended by numerous literary rewards. The genre peculiarity of her researches is based on the traditions of classical Austrian literature. The study discusses the functioning of fantastical elements in the literary researchers by B. Frischmuth “Sophie Silber’s Mystification”, “The Moon Women”. The researcher of the study gives generic characteristics of the genre of fiction literature and considers the researchers by Frischmuth in this context. In writing, the study the author was guided by biographic, cultural-historic, receptive, hermeneutic research methods in the study of literature. Frischmuth carries on the traditions of the Austrian classics but creates her own image of “the fantastic reality”, she precisely renders the reality by combining lyricism with irony and humor. In her researchers the problems of modern times are reflected there. Different in their composition, style of writing the books, united by common goal, help not only convey to the reader the ideas of the writer but energize him. At the end of XX century in the German language literature the fantasy was in great demand, the Austrian authors appealed to old myths, interpreted them, however in a new way. Therefore, there arise various variants of narration about the unusual. Barbara Frischmuth has been reckoned among the most popular authors as before. She chooses penetration in the fabulous world as one of the forms of narrating. In her literary researchers “Sophie Silber’s Mystification”, “The Moon Women” there exists a magic world, one can meet the fantastic motifs along with the real events. These literary researchers are reality and fable simultaneously. That is a peculiarity of Barbara Frischmuth’s narrative strategy. The authoress succeeded in making contact with the reader. In the mind’s eye of the latter there may appear variants of scenarios which are absent in the text of the literary work. The characteristic peculiarity of the researchers of Austrian authoress Barbara Frischmuth of the 1980s-1990s is the using of fantastic motifs in describing contemporary reality. Over a period of many years Frischmuth has been narrating the things that exist in her soul and heart. She attempts to convey her feelings and thoughts to the reader by using various narrative strategies. The Frischmuth’s fantastic reality helps adequately interpret the reality and not lose the faith into the bright future.
How to cite this article:
Lyudmila V. Trophimova. “Fabulousness” as a Feature of Poetics by Barbara Frischmuth.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/sscience.2015.919.925
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