This dissertation examines Heinrich Böll’s novel Billiards at Half-Past Nine (1959), with the aim of highlighting the complexity of the narrative and symbolic layers that structure the work. The analysis considers key structural and symbolic elements, such as the game of billiards as an existential metaphor, the space of the Prince Heinrich Hotel, and the definition of the family novel as a literary genre. Particular attention is given to the relationships among the members of the Fähmel family, marked by silence, trauma, and the failure to process the past. The study also explores the representation of religion and the Church, critically interpreted as a compromised institution, notably through the symbolic opposition between victims and perpetrators, embodied in the figures of the “buffalo” and the “lamb.”
Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht den Roman Billard um halb zehn (1959) von Heinrich Böll mit dem Ziel, die Komplexität der narrativen und symbolischen Ebenen aufzuzeigen, durch die sich das Werk strukturiert. Die Analyse bezieht sich auf zentrale strukturelle und symbolische Aspekte, etwa das Billardspiel als existenzielle Metapher, den Raum des Hotels Prinz Heinrich sowie die Definition des Familienromans als literarisches Genre. Besonderes Augenmerk gilt den Beziehungen innerhalb der Familie Fähmel, die von Schweigen, traumatischen Erfahrungen und der fehlenden Aufarbeitung der Vergangenheit geprägt sind. Darüber hinaus wird die Darstellung der Religion und der Kirche kritisch beleuchtet – als kompromittierte Institution –, insbesondere anhand der symbolischen Gegenüberstellung von Opfern und Tätern, verkörpert durch die Figuren des „Büffels“ und des „Lamms“.
Verwobene Symbolik und Erinnerungsmuster in Billard um halb zehn (1959) von Heinrich Böll
MONTATO, NICOLÒ
2024/2025
Abstract
This dissertation examines Heinrich Böll’s novel Billiards at Half-Past Nine (1959), with the aim of highlighting the complexity of the narrative and symbolic layers that structure the work. The analysis considers key structural and symbolic elements, such as the game of billiards as an existential metaphor, the space of the Prince Heinrich Hotel, and the definition of the family novel as a literary genre. Particular attention is given to the relationships among the members of the Fähmel family, marked by silence, trauma, and the failure to process the past. The study also explores the representation of religion and the Church, critically interpreted as a compromised institution, notably through the symbolic opposition between victims and perpetrators, embodied in the figures of the “buffalo” and the “lamb.”| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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