Erinnerungs- und Identitätsverlust in Große Szene am Fluss (1999) und Othoon (2002) von Tankred Dorst
Loss of Identity in Tankred Dorst’s Große Szene am Fluss (1999) [The Great Scene on the River] and The Othoon (2002)

Author(s): Katarzyna Michalak
Subject(s): Cultural history, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: identity; memory; Dorst
Summary/Abstract: In his works, Tankred Dorst deals with the problems and weaknesses of the modern society. One of them is the inability to remember, which is directly connected with the loss of identity. One might refer to it as the subjective and collective culture of memory. It is clearly visible in both his texts: the protagonists cannot recognise relations and contexts in society because they have no memories. They are not able to retain elements of the past in their consciousness. Thus their lives are pointless, devoid of a fundamental pillar: memory.

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