TY  - JOUR
A1  - Söder, Thomas
T1  - Stefan Zweig: "Die Schachnovelle" - Das Spiel
T2  - Germanistische Beiträge
N2  - The Chess Story, written at the end of 1941, is considered internationally to be Stefan Zweig‘s greatest success. At the center of the novella is undoubtedly Dr. B. He comes from a distinguished Austrian family, was the head of a law firm in Vienna, which advised monasteries and part of the imperial family in property matters. When the Nazi occupation of Austria was imminent, the activity became dangerous. A day before Hitler invaded Austria, he was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned in the Hotel Metropole. The isolation and monotony wore him down. Shortly before a new interrogation is scheduled, Dr. B. discovers a book with a collection of one hundred and fifty chess games. To escape the threat of nothingness, he plays chess games blind. Playing chess is not understood by Dr. B. as a mere pastime, but as meaning; it has an existential significance.
KW  - game
KW  - chess game
KW  - imagination
KW  - nothing
KW  - sense
Y1  - 2023
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/80524
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-805243
UR  - http://uniblaga.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/GB49_Soeder_136.pdf
SN  - 2247-4633
SN  - 1454-5144
VL  - 49
SP  - 136
EP  - 155
PB  - Lehrstuhl für Germanistik an der Lucian-Blaga-Universität Sibiu/Hermannstadt
CY  - Sibiu / Hermannstadt
ER  -