Vom Eros des Alters oder senile Bilder der Liebe. Martin Walsers Physik und Metaphysik der Altersliebe in ausgewählten Romanen

Abstract

The article analyses selected male protagonists of literary works of Martin Walser created in the 20th and 21st century, their spiritual, emotional and physical aging and problems of sexual nature, the deepening gap between elderly man and the young generation, or loneliness and lack of understanding connected with aging. The subject of transience, aging, declining vital force, existential dilemmas which accompany the last years of life, has been present in Walser’s works for decades, not only in those created recently the motif of the fear of life, ageing, loss of love and inevitable death, determining the attitudes and actions of the protagonists has been particularly foregrounded.

Keywords

• aging
• loneliness
• love
• sexuality
• Martin Walser