Deutsche und Tschechen in ausgewählten Werken von Ferdinand von Saar

Abstract

The article focuses on the aspect of the Czech characters and their relations to Germans in the work of Ferdinand von Saar. Four works that reflect the development of the theme in the author’s work were used to analyse this issue. ‚Innocens‘ represents the early phase of Ferdinand von Saar’s work. His view of Czech characters here differs greatly from the view of Czechs presented in the epic ‚Hermann und Dorothea‘. This work is most strongly devoted to the nationality conflict between Czechs and Germans at the turn of the 20th century. The novella ‚Die Familie Worel‘ emphasises the social component of German Czech relations. In the last case, the focus of this study is on the novella ‚Die Troglodytin‘, which is one of the author’s best and most representative works. The focus here is on a Czech socially disadvantaged character whose fate is portrayed against the background of German-Czech relations.