Klaus Böldl’s prose works explore the Scandinavian North offering a narrative construction of a remote, lonely and forlorn place, which cannot produce any empathy. The persons moving in his writings are displaced figures, German “travellers” whose perception of the Nordic reality can produce only fractal images of the immediate surroundings. By treating two of Böldl’s texts, Studie in Kristallbildung (1997) and Südlich von Abisko (2000), my paper aims at analysing the recurring patterns of Nordic topography to start out from the descriptions of the environment and from the distinct ways how the protagonists experience the landscape and map cultural geographies.

Nordic topographies in contemporary German literature: Klaus Boldl's studie in Kristallbildung and Sudlich von Abisko / M. Paleari (DI/SEGNI). - In: Bridges to Scandinavia / [a cura di] A. Meregalli, C. Storskog. - Prima edizione. - Milano : Ledizioni, 2016 Jun. - ISBN 9788867054121. - pp. 217-228 (( convegno Ponti con la Scandinavia = Bridges to Scandinavia tenutosi a Milano nel 2013.

Nordic topographies in contemporary German literature: Klaus Boldl's studie in Kristallbildung and Sudlich von Abisko

M. Paleari
2016

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Klaus Böldl’s prose works explore the Scandinavian North offering a narrative construction of a remote, lonely and forlorn place, which cannot produce any empathy. The persons moving in his writings are displaced figures, German “travellers” whose perception of the Nordic reality can produce only fractal images of the immediate surroundings. By treating two of Böldl’s texts, Studie in Kristallbildung (1997) and Südlich von Abisko (2000), my paper aims at analysing the recurring patterns of Nordic topography to start out from the descriptions of the environment and from the distinct ways how the protagonists experience the landscape and map cultural geographies.
letteratura tedesca contemporanea; rappresentazione del paesaggio
Settore L-LIN/13 - Letteratura Tedesca
giu-2016
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