Play and Literature: "Ludus" in Michael Ende’s "Der Spiegel im Spiegel"
Play and Literature: "Ludus" in Michael Ende’s "Der Spiegel im Spiegel"

Author(s): Małgorzata Filipowicz
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, German Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: play; cultural record; fantasy; ludic elements; intertextual games
Summary/Abstract: In the present paper, the terms ‘game’ and ‘play’ are used interchangeably and analysed on the basis of "Der Spiegel im Spiegel" by Michael Ende (1986). In this collection of short stories, the exploration of play with reference to the form, structure and composition of the work of literature should only be considered as a side issue, since play as “cultural record” or Bakhtinian dialogism appears to occupy a central role here.

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