Märchenträume der Gesellschaft. Jakob Arjounis "Idioten. Fünf Märchen"
Fairy-Tale Dreams of Society: Jakob Arjouni’s "Idioten. Fünf Märchen"

Author(s): Maciej Jędrzejewski
Subject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Jakob Arjouni; fairy tale; Idioten. Fünf Märchen
Summary/Abstract: This article examines Jakob Arjouni’s short-story collection "Idioten. Fünf Märchen" in the context of its socio-critical orientation and the fairy-tale elements it contains. "Idioten. Fünf Märchen" is not a fairy tale in the typical sense of the genre, but it does have fairy-tale elements. The work criticises society and has a didactic orientation.

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