Die Aufarbeitung des Falls Ballersdorf (Februar 1943) in Hansjörg Schneiders Kriminalroman „Hunkeler und der Fall Livius“
The elaboration of the “Ballersdorf Case” (February 1943) in Hansjörg Schneider’s crime novel “Hunkeler und der Fall Livius”
Author(s): Ján JamborSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: Ústav svetovej literatúry, Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Hansjörg Schneider; “Hunkeler und der Fall Livius”; Swiss literature; Crime novel; Ballersdorf Case; World War II;
Summary/Abstract: The contribution deals with the crime novel Hunkeler und der Fall Livius (2007; Hunkeler andthe Livius Case) by the Swiss author Hansjörg Schneider (born 1938). Its goal is to analyze the aesthetically effective incorporation of the historically authentic events of the World War II into the novel’s fictional world, in which the author applied the oral history method (interviewing contemporary witnesses) and partially relied on written sources.
Journal: World Literature Studies
- Issue Year: 12/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 14-25
- Page Count: 12
- Language: German