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Zusammenfassung von Ein Ereignis an der Owl-Creek-Brücke

Ambrose Bierce
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Überblick über die Zusammenfassung von Ein Ereignis an der Owl-Creek-Brücke

Bierces Meisterwerk der psychologischen Spannung gipfelt in einer Wendung, die das Publikum so sehr verblüffte, dass sie einen Oscar gewann. Die Untersuchung von Wahrnehmung und Realität in dieser Erzählung aus dem Bürgerkrieg faszinierte Hitchcock so sehr, dass er sie für seine ikonische Fernsehserie adaptierte.

Kernthemen der Zusammenfassung von Ein Ereignis an der Owl-Creek-Brücke

  • subjective time perception
  • deathbed hallucinations
  • psychological denial
  • civil war sabotage
  • distorted sensory awareness

Die besten Zitate aus der Zusammenfassung von Ein Ereignis an der Owl-Creek-Brücke

  • A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below.

  • If I could free my hands,” he thought, “I might throw off the noose and spring into the stream.

  • To be hanged and drowned,” he thought, “that is not so bad; but I do not wish to be shot. No; I will not be shot; that is not fair.

  • The power of thought was restored; he knew that the rope had broken and he had fallen into the stream.

  • Peyton Farquhar was dead; his body, with a broken neck, swung gently from side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge.

Figuren in der Zusammenfassung von Ein Ereignis an der Owl-Creek-Brücke

  • Peyton FarquharA wealthy Alabama planter and Southern supporter
  • The Federal ScoutA Union soldier in disguise who baits Farquhar
  • Ambrose BierceThe author of the short story

Über den Autor

Über den Autor von Ein Ereignis an der Owl-Creek-Brücke

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842–1914?) war ein amerikanischer Kurzgeschichtenautor, Journalist und Bürgerkriegsveteran, der „An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge“ (Ein Ereignis an der Owl-Creek-Brücke) verfasste, eine der am häufigsten in Anthologien aufgenommenen Erzählungen der amerikanischen Literatur. Dieser Psychothriller verbindet meisterhaft seine persönlichen Schlachtfelderfahrungen mit Themen wie Tod, Wahrnehmung und dem Übernatürlichen – Markenzeichen seines düster-sardonischen literarischen Stils.

Bierce diente von 1861 bis 1865 mit Auszeichnung in der Unionsarmee und kämpfte in bedeutenden Schlachten wie Shiloh und Chickamauga, bevor er am Kennesaw Mountain schwer verwundet wurde. Nach dem Krieg wurde er ein prominenter Journalist und Literaturkritiker in San Francisco und erhielt aufgrund seines ätzenden Witzes den Spitznamen „Bitter Bierce“.

Zu seinen wichtigsten fiktionalen Sammlungen gehören „Tales of Soldiers and Civilians“ (später unter dem Titel „In the Midst of Life“ neu aufgelegt), die „An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge“ enthält, sowie „Can Such Things Be?“. Er wird zudem für „The Devil's Dictionary“ (Des Teufels Wörterbuch) gefeiert, ein satirisches Lexikon, das zu den „100 größten Meisterwerken der amerikanischen Literatur“ gezählt wird.

Bierce verschwand 1913 während der Revolution auf mysteriöse Weise in Mexiko und hinterließ ein rätselhaftes Erbe, das Leser weltweit weiterhin fasziniert.

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