Elective Affinities: Christa Wolf's "Störfall" and Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"

Elective Affinities: Christa Wolf's "Störfall" and Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"

Christa Wolf's "Storfall: Nachrichten eines Tages" is compared to Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness." The two authors share an awareness of civilization's dual nature; Wolf's book signifies the return of Conrad's African "heart of darkness" to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Comparative literature studies (Urbana) 1992-07, Vol.29 (3), p.238-258
1. Verfasser: Saalmann, Dieter
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Comparative literature
Comparative studies of works
Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924)
Deconstructionism
History and sciences of litterature
Imperialism
Linguistics
Literary criticism
Metaphysics
Narratives
Optic disk
Sciences of litterature
Socialism
Wolf, Christa
Wolves
Writers
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Zusammenfassung:Christa Wolf's "Storfall: Nachrichten eines Tages" is compared to Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness." The two authors share an awareness of civilization's dual nature; Wolf's book signifies the return of Conrad's African "heart of darkness" to its European origins.
ISSN:0010-4132
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