At the beginning of the end of World War II, a kind of fantasy and grotesque literature
the Second World WarIn the first few years after the end of the war, some writers in West Germany published literary works to describe the rubble and psychological trauma left by the war disaster.For example, the poem "Inventory" by Et Eich and the radio play "Beyond the Gate" by Bauchelt are called "ruins literature".
Because people's language became rigid in the war, German literature after the war was also literature seeking language.Of this periodliterary languageObviously stiff, lacking vitality, people are trying to find the lostLanguage featuresHowever, the language in the works is still stiff.The post-war ruins literature mainly reflects the pain of war life, and almost all of its content comes from real life.Obviously, the literature content of this period was more important than words. People suffering from war bravely picked up the pen, resolutely put their inner depression and oppression on paper, and used even rigid language to express the complex inner world of this lost generation in a special and special way.For example, John Johnson's All sorts of Speculations about Yakuobu (1956), Burr's Billiards at 9:30 (1959), Boshelte's Bread (1946), Grass's Tin Drum (1959), and Walser's Intermittence (1960).These novels can either liquidate the recent tragic history of our nation, or revealCapitalist commerceThe oppression of the distribution mechanism on people, or the description of the misfortune of national division, has a strong sense of reality.In terms of narrative methods and means, it also has a considerable expansion, generally using fantasy, grotesque, symbolicStream of consciousness, montage, inner monologue, time space inversion and other means.
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German literature in the ruins is hard to find language, and has outstanding literary achievements in the difficult process.The society has created a generation of writers and a generation of literature. This special historical period has also created a special generation of works.Standing on the road of the 21st century, we should also look back on the bitter ruins, learn history from those writers who have suffered a lot and created immortal works, and reflect on history.Perhaps, the past can't bear to look back, but we must engrave the memory and reflection of the past in the soul of our literature, so that history can lead us to the future and a higher literary paradise.