Liebe als Prüfung und Prüfstein der Sprache.

In her pastoral work Faunus, Sibylla Schwarz reproduces the male discourse exactly, but with a female voice, which is, therefore, different and new. The author knows how to stylize different kinds of texts and tailor them to different speech acts. In the search for self-assurance and the suitable literary style, she stages a difficult dialogue of perspectives and voices. This paper investigates the extent to which her own and another's voice interpenetrate, and the way in which meaning positions of speaker, addressee, and of what is discussed are expressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]