Semiotics of everyday life of 19th and 20th century in the artistic image (selective reconnaissance) Cover Image

Semiotizácia každodennosti 19. a 20. storočia v umeleckom obraze (selektívna rekognoskácia)
Semiotics of everyday life of 19th and 20th century in the artistic image (selective reconnaissance)

Author(s): Mariana Čechová
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: reality; imagery; author’s fairy tale; H. Ch. Andersen; K. Skalbe;

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on the interpretation iconic (semiotic) portrayal of everyday reality in fairy tales from two northern authors - the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (19th cent.) and Latvian writer Karlis Skalbe (20th cent.), on the comparative background of opposition realistic / historically factual / believable – fictional / magic / fantasy.

  • Issue Year: 19/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 318-324
  • Page Count: 7
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