Two sisters. Archaeology of myths and reality in Sibylle Lewitscharoff's novel: Apostoloff Cover Image

Две сестри. Археология на митове и реалност в романа на Сибиле Левичаров: Апостолов
Two sisters. Archaeology of myths and reality in Sibylle Lewitscharoff's novel: Apostoloff

Author(s): Snezhana Boycheva
Subject(s): Bulgarian Literature, German Literature
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: own and foreign; literary provocation; drastic hyperbole

Summary/Abstract: The present article studies Sibylle Lewitscharoffs interpretation of own and foreign. The attitude of criticism of the novel resembles the literary works of the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhardt, not in style, melody or linguistic structures, but in intensity and power of literary provocation towards the readers. The art of exaggeration (Ubertreibungskunst), in which Bernhardt excels, is not an end in itself in Lewitscharoffs novel. Both authors use the drastic hyperbole in order to twist (zur Kenntlichkeit entstellen) the poverty of spirit imposed by the myths, maybe in an attempt to make it...surmountable, until it becomes recognizable.