Řeč zvířecího pohledu v povídce Kondor Adalberta Stiftera

Animals have a peculiar place in the works of Adalbert Stifter, a 19th century Czech and Austrian writer. He describes them in his prose, but also in an unpublished essay ‘Zur Psichologie der Thiere’, where he bases his concept of the animal on both likeness and difference. In Stifter’s short story Der Kondor, the animal gaze represents this duality, allowing an imagined conversation. As a result, the cat in the story becomes a subject, anticipating the philosophy of Martin Buber and Jacques Derrida that explored the language of the animal’s gaze.