GUNTER GRASS BETWEEN SELF THERAPY AND SELF CREATION. (Gunter Grass zwischen Autokreation und Autotherapie)

• Authors: Kochanowska Agata
• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

EN

Gunter Grass's Book Peeling the Onion created confusion when published in Germany. By writing it the author has revealed that during the Second World War he had been enlisted into the Waffen SS. This is a book oscillating between self therapy and self creation. Grass says he has written an autobiography because he wanted to have the last word, but how should it be understood? On one hand we could assume the reason why Grass has written a book like this was to deal with his past, to get rid of feelings of remorse and guilt that had tormented him. On the other hand it is possible that this book came into being in order to create an image of Grass the way he would like to be seen. This article is an attempt at considering both options.

Keywords

EN

AUTOBIOGRAPHY; DEALING WITH THE PAST; GUILT; SELF CREATION; SELF THERAPY

• Publisher: Wydział I Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych PAN, Społeczna Akademia Nauk w Łodzi
• Journal: Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 57
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 431-440
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kochanowska Agata

• Agata Kochanowska, Uniwersytet Im. Adama Mickiewicza, Instytut Filologii Germanskiej Zaklad Historii Literatury, Al. Niepodleglosci 4, 61-874 Poznan, Poland

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CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA096112