Published: 2020-12-29

A Disturbing Image of a Horse in the Selected Examples of German-Language Literature – Symbolism and Meaning

Estera Głuszko-Boczoń Logo ORCID

Abstract

Literature usually represents a horse as a loyal companion of a man, a noble and intelligent animal. The image of a horse in some works, however, relies on their mystery, it evokes anxiety, fear. It symbolizes an internal unease or a drive to escape. Sometimes a horse is equated to the messenger of death; it personifies dark, incomprehensible forces that cannot be understood by a human mind. This aspect of the unexplored equine nature in Germanlanguage literature is addressed in this study.

Keywords:

horse , anxiety , death , elements , crisis , escape

Citation rules

Głuszko-Boczoń, E. (2020). A Disturbing Image of a Horse in the Selected Examples of German-Language Literature – Symbolism and Meaning. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (6), 161–170. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2020.06.11

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No. 6 (2020)
Published: 2020-12-30


ISSN: 2719-2687
eISSN: 2451-3849
Ikona DOI 10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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