Original scientific paper

Transgressing the Boundary and Thirdspace in Marlen Haushofer’s Novel Die Wand

Johanna Chovanec ; University of Vienna

Abstract

Cut off from a suddenly frozen, immobile civilisation, the protagonist of Marlen Haushofer’s novel Die Wand finds herself trapped behind an invisible wall. This material boundary allows her to live a life characterised by the transgression of inner limits. Against the background of Edward Soja’s ‘thirdspace’ theory it is argued that various binary oppositions are being deconstructed in the novel: isolation and socialisation, man and woman, civilisation and nature as well as human and animal

Keywords

Thirdspace; Marlen Haushofer; Edward Soja; boundary; wall; deconstruction

Hrčak ID:

210862

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/210862

Publication date:

4.12.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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