Atala (novella)

Atala is a romantic novel by François -René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848) from the year 1801. Atala When is the story of a young Halbindianerin. She finds herself in a conflict between her love and chastity, which she praised her devout mother and kills himself. Atala, together with René one unit: In the former, the Indians Chactas reported the Frenchman René of his unrequited love for Atala, the latter contains René's autobiography. Atala is one of the most important historical works of the French romance and covers essential aspects of this literary movement: exoticism, passion and pathos, Catholicism. Extremely important this work is related to the debate about the " noble savage ".

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• In German: F. de Chateaubriand 's Atala. René. The adventures of the last Abencerrages. Series: Selected Works. RUB # 976, 977 free trans. v. Friedrich Rückert Fr. Reclam, Leipzig, nd; frequent Neuaufl. in various publishing houses with differnet. translators; last ibid., Stuttgart 1995 ( without subtitles ) ISBN 3150009766; Neuausg. angek.: European Higher Education Publishing, 2011 ISBN 9783862670901 Bremen