Artistic peculiarites of the novel «The meeting at telgte» by Gьnter Grass

Abstract

The article analyzes the artistic peculiarities of the novel «The meeting at Telgte». The narrative in the novel revolves around a fictional meeting for writers and poets during the Thirty Years' War. The story is an analogy for the post-World War II society in Germany. The author of the article studies the methods by means of which G?nter Grass depicts the dramatic events, comprehends two historical tragedies – the Thirty Years' War and the Nazi past.