Diabeł w operze. Pajac Tomasza Manna w kontekście Fausta Johanna Wolfganga Goethego
The devil in the opera: The clown by Thomas Mann in the context of Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Summary/Abstract: The protagonist of Thomas Mann’s short story The Clown (Der Bajazzo) cannot became an artist because he hasn’t got enough talent. He is also unable to live among people as an ordinary citizen because his social competencies haven’t been completely developed. That is why he can be regarded as a literary figure who tries to leave the real world and to penetrate the literary world. The devil who appears in Charles Gounod’s opera Faust based on Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s drama Faust and who is watching the protagonist from the stage during the opera performance seems to be the only person who can help him to find his existential space.

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