Raum- und zeitsemantische Oppositionen als Analysekriterium: Beispiellektüren skandinavischer Gedichte (Staffeldt, Ibsen, Christensen, Tranströmer)

Abstract

Zusammenfassung The analysis of space-semantic oppositions – as developed by Jurij Lotman and extended by Karl Renner and Hans Krah – plays a much greater role in analysing prose than poetry. However, the focus on spatial and temporal oppositions, the connection of topological and semantic features of subspaces, as well as possible borders and their potential crossing can make a significant contribution to the interpretation of lyrical texts and also guide the interpretation of non-spatial text structures – such as word choice, motifs, and perspective – in appropriate poems. This is illustrated in the analysis of the poems “Indvielsen” (A. W. Schack von Staffeldt, 1804); “Borte!” (Henrik Ibsen, 1871); “Hvis jeg står” (Inger Christensen, 1962) and “Resan” (Tomas Tranströmer, 1962). The paper further makes a general point about a specific space semantics for lyrical texts.