Tra “Heimfahrt” e “Zeitreise”: la temporalità nel racconto d’esilio “Der Ausflug der toten Mädchen” di Anna Seghers

This article deals with the time dimensions of the short story Der Ausflug der toten Mädchen by Anna Seghers, a masterpiece of exile literature. According to the state-of-the-art, this text is not only a mere account of the destinies of the participants to the journey, but the literary elaboration o...

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Main Author: Giovanni Palilla
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Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2021-12-01
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Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/13269
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description This article deals with the time dimensions of the short story Der Ausflug der toten Mädchen by Anna Seghers, a masterpiece of exile literature. According to the state-of-the-art, this text is not only a mere account of the destinies of the participants to the journey, but the literary elaboration of the writer’s personal story as well, and it is characterized by a surrealistic patina. Linguistic analysis shows that this is also due to a specific use of the time connectives and verb tenses, in particular the so-called future past and epic preterit.
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spelling doaj.art-424179157b83429599e6b204fe7e15942022-12-22T03:37:36ZengFirenze University PressLea1824-484X2021-12-011010.13128/lea-1824-484x-13269Tra “Heimfahrt” e “Zeitreise”: la temporalità nel racconto d’esilio “Der Ausflug der toten Mädchen” di Anna SeghersGiovanni Palilla0Università di FirenzeThis article deals with the time dimensions of the short story Der Ausflug der toten Mädchen by Anna Seghers, a masterpiece of exile literature. According to the state-of-the-art, this text is not only a mere account of the destinies of the participants to the journey, but the literary elaboration of the writer’s personal story as well, and it is characterized by a surrealistic patina. Linguistic analysis shows that this is also due to a specific use of the time connectives and verb tenses, in particular the so-called future past and epic preterit.https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/13269Epic PreteritExile LiteratureFuture PastGerman Time ConnectivesGerman Verb Tenses
spellingShingle Giovanni Palilla
Tra “Heimfahrt” e “Zeitreise”: la temporalità nel racconto d’esilio “Der Ausflug der toten Mädchen” di Anna Seghers
Lea
Epic Preterit
Exile Literature
Future Past
German Time Connectives
German Verb Tenses
title Tra “Heimfahrt” e “Zeitreise”: la temporalità nel racconto d’esilio “Der Ausflug der toten Mädchen” di Anna Seghers
title_full Tra “Heimfahrt” e “Zeitreise”: la temporalità nel racconto d’esilio “Der Ausflug der toten Mädchen” di Anna Seghers
title_fullStr Tra “Heimfahrt” e “Zeitreise”: la temporalità nel racconto d’esilio “Der Ausflug der toten Mädchen” di Anna Seghers
title_full_unstemmed Tra “Heimfahrt” e “Zeitreise”: la temporalità nel racconto d’esilio “Der Ausflug der toten Mädchen” di Anna Seghers
title_short Tra “Heimfahrt” e “Zeitreise”: la temporalità nel racconto d’esilio “Der Ausflug der toten Mädchen” di Anna Seghers
title_sort tra heimfahrt e zeitreise la temporalita nel racconto d esilio der ausflug der toten madchen di anna seghers
topic Epic Preterit
Exile Literature
Future Past
German Time Connectives
German Verb Tenses
url https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-lea/article/view/13269
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