Enge - Labyrinth - Murder: Bern Literary

Description

A literary tour through Bern

Bern is not considered a literary city – a more nuanced view, however, does not confirm this prejudice. The course offers a tour through literary texts that use the federal city as a stage – from praise hymns to critical voices, from Commissioner Bärlach's apartment in Altenberg to Casanova's Badgasse and the Kindlifresser to Wachtmeister Studer's apartment on Thunstrasse: Together we discover the city of Bern in a literary context and learn to see it anew. The following focal points are planned: Bern – Labyrinth and Narrowness: Dürrenmatt and Paul Nizon; tracking the perpetrator with Bernese commissioners: Friedrich Glauser, Schlump Erwin Murder and Dürrenmatt, The Judge and His Hangman; A novel in Bern: Jacques Chessex, The Kindlifresser; Wanderers in and around Bern: Kurt Marti, Högerland, and others. Finally, short texts from more recent times are also discussed.

For book lovers and Bern enthusiasts: Register on the Volkshochschule Bern website and get to know Bern anew.

Highlights

• Literary walk through Bern with reading
• Focus on works by Dürrenmatt, Nizon, Glauser, and Chessex
• Discover the city in a new literary context

General Information

The course explores literary texts that have Bern as their setting. Participants discover the city through readings and walks that illuminate various authors and epochs. The offer is aimed at book lovers and Bern enthusiasts.

Location

Lerchenweg 36, 3012 Bern, Schweiz

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