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5. The «unfolding» of Time as a textbuilding principle in W.G. Sebald’s prose («Schwindel. Gefühle») (OPEN ACCESS)

The «unfolding» of Time as a textbuilding principle in W.G. Sebald’s prose («Schwindel. Gefühle») (OPEN ACCESS)

Sokolova E.V.

Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, lizak2000@mail.ru

Abstract

The paper considers some functions of historical Time as well as individual time and their interaction in literary work of a famous German writer W.G. Sebald (1944–2001). It shows how time periods or even exact dates chosen by the author are made to play roles of “seeds” containing all those meanings which later intertwine, branch out and thus grow into the literary text as a whole. The general scheme of such an “unfolding” of Time into Text by Sebald is brought to light through examples from his “Schwindel. Gefühle” (1990). The specific and central role of the year 1913 in this text is also clearly demonstrated.

Keywords

20th century; German literature; European culture; the Big History and individual stories; historical Time and individual time; spaces and time in literature; W.G. Sebald’s «Schwindel. Gefühle»

For citing: Sokolova E.V. The «unfolding» of Time as a textbuilding principle in W.G. Sebald’s prose («Schwindel. Gefühle») // Human being: Image and essence. Humanitarian aspects. Мoscow, 2019. Vol. 3(38): Lozinskaya, E. (ed.) A human being in the time and space of culture, pp. 132-150. DOI: 10.31249/chel/2019.03.00

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