Conclusion (literature)
The end is the end of a literary work, for example a novel or a play . Here, literary studies differentiate between different forms: First, the so-called "open ending", in which the reader does not learn how the story continues. This also includes the texts of the Romantic period , which were deliberately designed as fragments (e.g. Kater Murr from ETA Hoffmann ). Second, the happy ending , in which all conflicts are happily resolved. And third, the tragic end. Often the actual ending is followed by an epilogue .
Exceptions are works that end with several possible conclusions. A literary ending presupposes a beginning .
literature
- Hannes Niepold: The fantastic series. Indecision, delusion of meaning and open ends: methods of narration in series such as "Twin Peaks", "Lost" and "Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron". transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2016.
- Barbara Herrnstein Smith: Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End , University of Chicago Press 1968. ISBN 0-226-76343-9
- DH Roberts, FM Dunn, DP Fowler : Classical Closure: Reading the End in Greek and Latin Literature . Princeton 1997.
Radio
- Erich Klein : Last words - the final in literature , long version of a contribution from the Ö1 series Diagonal , June 20, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ Last words - the finale in literature on orf.at
- ↑ "Everything has an end, just ..." - "Diagonal" ends , Radio Ö1, June 20, 2020