• Original research article
  • May 10, 2010
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CONTRAST POETICS IN G. GRASS'S NARRATIVE "CAT-AND-MOUSE"

Abstract

The article tackles the structuring role of the compositional technique of opposition in the narrative Cat-and-mouse. Contrast technique is brightly expressed both in the narrative plot and in G. Grass's style: the manifestation of the antinomy of his creative thinking is the combination of two elements: tragical and farcical. The esthetic regularity of the writer's artistic world is the usage of oxymoron structural schemes while creating personages images.

References

  1. Грасс Г. Кошки-мышки: в 4 т. / пер. с нем. Харьков: Фолио, 1997. Т. 3. С. 7-118.
  2. Neuhaus V. Günter Grass. Stuttgart, 1979. VIII. 182 S.

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Irina Viktorovna Kruchenok

Volzhskiy Humanitarian Institute (Branch) of Volgograd State University

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  • Published: May 10, 2010.

Keywords

  • антитеза
  • противопоставление
  • контраст
  • смех
  • трагизм
  • трагифарс
  • драматизм
  • комизм
  • юмористический
  • ирония
  • гротеск
  • antithesis
  • opposition
  • contrast
  • laughter
  • tragedy
  • tragic-farce
  • dramatic effect
  • comic effect
  • humorous
  • irony
  • grotesque

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