H. C. Andersen’s fairy tales as a possible source for the genesis of “A Dream Play” by A. Strindberg Cover Image

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H. C. Andersen’s fairy tales as a possible source for the genesis of “A Dream Play” by A. Strindberg

Author(s): Elizaria Ruskova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: the “uncanny”; Andersen; Strindberg; the functions of a narrative/stage object

Summary/Abstract: The article compares Strindberg’s “A Dream Play” with two tales by H. C. Andersen – “The Galoshes of Fortune” and “The Nightcap of the Pebersvend” – focusing on the concepts of space-time and the function of the stage or narrative object. Central to the analysis is the category of the “uncanny”, defined by Tsvetan Todorov as “experience of the borders”. The emphasis on spatial motifs and their dynamics creates the effect of “the uncanny”, which becomes an aesthetic category connecting Andersen’s Romanticism with Strindberg’s Modernism.

  • Issue Year: 4/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 130-144
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bulgarian
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