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This study examines the memories of different generations within the framework of reminiscence literature in the novel Crabwalk (Im Krebsgang, 2002) by Gunter Grass, one of the important First-generation writers of German literature after World War II. The theme of the work is based on the story of Wilhelm Gustloff ship that was torpedoed by the Soviet Submarine in 1945. Gunter Grass reconstructs the story with reference to collective and cultural memories to convey the narrative in context of this historical event, which refers to the recent history of Germany with the example of the Pokriefke family. This study also investigates how the past or history is aestheticized in literature through three different generations in accordance with the memory theories of Jan and Aleida Assmann and Harald Welzer. |
