„Wenn ich die Karrenspur fräße …“ – Zur Artikulation von Gefühlen in meineidiger Sprache in einigen Gedichten Paul Celans
„Wenn ich die Karrenspur fräße …“ – Zur Artikulation von Gefühlen in meineidiger Sprache in einigen Gedichten Paul Celans

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the articulation of emotions in Paul Celan’s poetry. Emotions such as love or grief are shown as language and literary codes each poem has to deal with. Celan’s speech The Meridian entails the dialogical structure of poetry as its exposure towards the Other, which understandably implies a critical attitude towards any kind of codification of emotions. Particularly weighty is the historical context: not only the abuse of language during the National Socialism and the suppression of the Past, but moreover his own doubts related to the ineffability of experiences and emotional states in this singular historical setting make him question the symbolic function of language. Interrogated but shielded is furthermore the position of the lyrical I.

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