Questioning Validity in Austerlitz Through Grammatical Pecularities
When I was reading Sebald’s Austerlitz I was surprised to have noticed an absence of quotation marks. Because of this lack of quotation marks, I felt that the story of Austerlitz the narrator was giving to us lacked validity. Through evocative language in the narrative structure, Austerlitz’s recollection of his past was brought to a rich […]
Architecture and Memory
Yo guys, hopefully last post of all wooohooooo!! I have to say that this book dedicates particularly long passages to architecture and the description of buildings for a book that is seemingly about the holocaust. Evidently, the book’s context and deeper content reveal that Austerlitz is more than a heartfelt post-holocaust story, one of […]
Tongue Twisters: The Spoken Langauge in Austerlitz
As hard as I tried, I could not make myself like W.G. Sebald’s novel Austerlitz. It was predominately the long, descriptive, and digressive style that contributed to my distaste for the book, as, by writing in this manner, Sebald effectively confused me and, as a Austerlitz’s story gradually became more complicated, made me want to finish the novel less … Continue reading “Tongue Twisters: The Spoken Langauge in Austerlitz”
Austerlitz by W.G Sebald
While reading the book Austerlitz by W.G Sebald one of the things that stood out to me the most was the style and the structure of the novel. The novel had extremely long and intricate sentences that would go on for pages and pages. When Austerlitz was describing Theresienstadt the sentence was almost nine pages […]
Some Basic Thoughts on Austerlitz
There is no doubt that the stylistic choice of long narratives in Austerlitz is a pain to the reader. However, once you get into the pace of reading, I found that the narrative would begin to be a bit easier to … Continue reading →