Abstract
In his article "Aesthetics, Opera, and Alterity in Herzog's Work" Jacob-Ivan Eidt analyses Werner Herzog's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo. Eidt's analysis is executed in the context of opera, cinema, and aesthetics. Eidt argues that Herzog uses opera as a romantic motif with which he creates a self-critical process whereby elements of the Romantic vision are called into question thus providing a nuanced reading of the main character and the Indigenous world he encounters. This process, Eidt argues, produces a complex narrative of colonial alterity where colonial self-inscription upon an Other is ultimately doomed to failure.
Recommended Citation
Eidt, Jacob-Ivan.
"Aesthetics, Opera, and Alterity in Herzog's Work."
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
14.1
(2012):
<https://doi.org/10.7771/1481-4374.1924>
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