Surrealistische Spuren in Walter Serners Kriminalgeschichten. Beispiele aus dem Band “Zum blauen Affen (1921)”
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper examines surrealist traces in selected stories from Walter Serner's Zum blauen Affen (1921). The first section addresses humor as a core feature of Serner's narrative strategy, while the second explores Eros as a central motif. The final section engages with the theoretical perspectives of Walter Benjamin and the French surrealists, probing whether Serner’s use of surrealist elements serves merely as a critique of dada or extends to challenge the avant-garde more broadly—including surrealism itself—by counterposing his own vision of the relationship between reality and fiction, a vision that Serner consistently grounds in parody.
Source: Otago German studies
Author: Silvia Ulrich
Institution: University of Turin
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408158058