Der Weg durch den Gespensterwald. Das Volkstümlicheim Roman Rabenliebe von Peter Wawerzinek

The path through the eerie forest. Folk elements in Peter Wawerzinek’s novel Rabenliebe The subject of this article concerns the role and the meaning of elements borrowed from the folk literature which appear in Peter Wawerzinka’s novel Rabenliebe. In his book, which was based on his own autobiographical motifs, the author includes the elements taken from both fairy tales and legends and also interweaves fragments of nursery rhymes and folk songs with the events of the story. Therefore, the conducted analysis aims at finding out how the author employs the folk texts and motifs in his novel and also what is their purpose and function as the elements of the literary creation as well as particular “tools” for dealing with personal trauma in moral and psychological way.