The Problem of Historical Choice in East German Literature: Johannes Bobrowski in Context of the Postwar Literature of the 1950s-1970s

Dilyara A Salimzanova,Gulnara T Gilfanova

doi:10.7596/taksad.v6i5.1253

Abstract

<p>The article tells about works of the famous German writer Johannes Bobrowski (1917-1965) born 100 years ago; the world literary community celebrates his 100 anniversary as in 2017. The poetic speech of Bobrowski, difficult for perception, reflected the main perspective of his poetry: history of the people and communication of the person with the nature. Art development of history, author’s cycle of stories and two novels of the original narrative technique in the conditions of totalitarian regime and continuous censorship, in many respects predetermined development of a genre of the historical novel in literature of the East German space of the "middle" of the last century. The creativity J. Bobrowski opens the new truth about the German life and history, thereby expanding a framework of art judgment of the past country. </p>

Highlights

The ideological situation of post-war Germany was characterized by the essential moment: Writers antifascists proceeded from the idea of uniform democratic Germany which had to revive after condemnation of Nazi criminals and eradication of Nazi ideology on an anti-fascist and anti-Hitlerite basis
The author of Levin's Mill opens sources of fascism origin in the German society, shows how from the daily conflicts there is an alienation ideology, partially based on the structurally functional theory of historical and social sciences in which the fascism is described as "a special form of domination in the societies which are in a critical phase of their transformation in process of industrialization" (Albert, 1990: 165) arises
The crucial role is played by historical outlook of the writer

Summary

Introduction

The ideological situation of post-war Germany was characterized by the essential moment: Writers antifascists proceeded from the idea of uniform democratic Germany which had to revive after condemnation of Nazi criminals and eradication of Nazi ideology on an anti-fascist and anti-Hitlerite basis.From anti-fascist emigration the German writers who are spiritually enriched with life experience endured and learned, played a significant role in formation of the German culture, in particular - national literature returned to the homeland exempted from the fascist power. "Wine of my people before the people of Eastern Europe from emergence of the Chapter of the German knights and prior to events of the recent past" (Bobrowski, 1974: 32), - he formulated the subject in the first poetic collection "Time of Sarmatians", and developed in the historical prose.

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