Aspekte der Raumdarstellung in der Prosa Andreas Birkners
Aspects rregarding Space-Representation in Andreasd Birkner's fiction

Summary/Abstract: Andreas Birkner (1911-1998) is one of the five Romanian German-language authors which were publicly condemned in the Brașov writers’ process (1959). In his stories and novels, he presents multiple facets of the detention years. The present study is centered on the analysis of the story Die Katzengeschichte [Cats’ Tale], which literary transfigures the author’s traumatic experiences. It describes the everyday life in a village consisting of huts built of mud, characterized by harsh living conditions and psychological consumption at the highest level. The trauma of the concentration camp is rendered by selecting the most appropriate linguistic and stylistic means. The analyzed story focuses on a concrete space with historical significance. Based on his own experience, the author retrospectively constructs a fictional literary space bearing the characteristics of the experienced space. The latter overlaps the spatial fictional model.

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