619 KB52 KB197820252020Osmanović, Sabinaštevilka:3letnik:43str. 199-218ISSN:0351-1189DOI:10.3986/pkn.v43.i3.11COBISSID:46375427URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-XW63QEOTenSlovensko društvo za primerjalno književnostPrimerjalna književnostiskanje smislakriza srednjih letnemška književnostWalser, MartinThe search for meaning and the illusion of escaping| Martin Walser's Runaway Horse - a novella about the midlife crisis|This paper is an analysis of Martin Walser's novella Runaway Horse (1977) about the midlife crisis. It describes the search for meaning of a man in his mid-fifties, his imprisonment in futility and the illusion of a possible flight from this abyss. With this novella Walser embarked on the broad field of philosophy, the ambiguity of postmodern existence and the questioning of traditional lifestyles. In addition, Walser is one of the first writers to artistically address the challenges and crises of age - especially in times of demographic change and the "aging of society", a highly controversial topic. The question that runs through Walser's novella is: how to live and how to love? Walser does not offer simple answers to all these questions, but he exacerbates the problems that we perceive only vaguely in our everyday life, at the highest level in literature and philosophy. That is why Walser's characters appear so credible and why Runaway Horse represents a palpable example of the expressive power of literatureČlanek analizira novelo Runaway Horse Pobegli konj (1977) Martina Walserja o krizi srednjih let. Opisuje iskanje smisla človeka v srednjih petdesetih letih, njegovo brezplodno eksistencialno ujetost in iluzijo o morebitnem begu iz tega brezna. Walser se je z novelo podal na široko polje filozofije, znotraj katerega raziskuje dvoumnost postmoderne eksistence in dvom v tradicionalni način življenja. Poleg tega je eden prvih pisateljev, ki se je na umetniški način lotil zelo kontroverzne teme - starostne krize in s tem povezanih izzivov, zlasti v času demografskih sprememb in "staranja družbe". Vprašanje, ki se v noveli vztrajno zastavlja, je, kako živeti in kako ljubiti. Walser ne ponuja enostavnih odgovorov na vsa ta vprašanja, temveč izostruje težave, ki jih v vsakdanjem življenju le bežno zaznavamo, na najvišji literarni in filozofski ravni. Zato se zdijo njegovi liki tako verodostojni in zato je Pobegli konj tako očiten primer izrazne moči literatureTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaSlovensko društvo za primerjalno književnost