Published: 2017-12-28

“A Conversation about Trees”. A Short History of One Misunderstanding

Robert Rduch Logo ORCID

Abstract

The article outlines the history of the literary topos “Gespräch über Bäume” (“a conversation about trees”) in German-language literature. The author analyses Bertolt Brecht’s poem, An die Nachgeborenen (To Those Who Follow in Our Wake), which is the source of the phrase “Gespräch über Bäume,” and presents the functioning of this topos on the chosen examples in various historical and literary contexts after 1945. The author also points to the fact that misinterpretations of the poem contributed to the popularity of this topos.

Download files

Citation rules

Rduch, R. (2017). “A Conversation about Trees”. A Short History of One Misunderstanding. Wortfolge. Szyk Słów, (1), 99–113. https://doi.org/10.31261/WSS.2017.01.06

Cited by / Share

No. 1 (2017)
Published: 2020-10-14


eISSN: 2544-4093
Ikona DOI 10.321261/WSS

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

This website uses cookies for proper operation, in order to use the portal fully you must accept cookies.