무기를 든 늑대 (Der Wehrwolf) 독일어 문학 시리즈 042
- 독일어로 제작된 책입니다. - 가장 악명 높은 소설은 헤르만 뢴스(Herman Lons)의 『무기를 든 늑대 Der Wehrwolf』(1910년)였다. 이 소설은 30년 전쟁을 배경으로 마치 늑대처럼 도시의 압제자들에게 덤벼드는 농민을 그리고 있다. - 국내에는 잘 알려지지 않았지만 영미문학권에는 매우 유명한 소설이다. _____________________________________________ Der Wehrwolf (English: Werewolf; a portmanteau combining the words for "defence" and "wolf" to Wehrwolf in the German language - c.f. Werwolf, "werewolf", usually translated into English as Warwolf) is a novel by journalist Hermann Lons, first published in 1910. Plot summary The Thirty Years' War is at its height and the peasantry suffers under countless marauders, which roam the lands. The main protagonist Harm Wulf, a peasant, already lost his family in the first years of war and becomes the defending Wulf (wehrender Wulf) by defending a hill fort and its surrounding carr, where some local peasants hide from the pillaging hordes. Harm Wulf gathers more and more allies until 121 men are in the Alliance of the Wehrwolf. When peace is finally restored Harm Wulf is an old and grim man.