Original scientific paper
FICTIONAL WORLD OF HEINRICH BÖLL Themes, traumas and forms
Ivica Petrović
orcid.org/0000-0001-8301-1300
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mostar
Abstract
The paper speaks about fictional world of Heinrich Böll, which is greatly
marked by traumatic war experience, National Socialism and postwar
German confronting with its own history and finding a way out for its
own and others’ pain. Some key topics of Böll’s poetry were crystallized
from those traumas: war, politics moral and religious dilemmas and – as
the prevailing one – a man with his fears and helplessness, but also with
unexpected vitality, courage or goodness in the war whirlwind and postwar
misery or modern welfare. Especially interesting is poet’s searching
for support in humanity, love, faith opposite to tragic of life in the hard
times, in the area of insensitive, unscrupulous and sometimes dangerous
people and institutions. Böll gained deserved attention in our areas as
well, which is proved by numerous translations of his works which are
mentioned at the end of this article.
Keywords
Heinrich Böll; fictional world; National Socialism; translation
Hrčak ID:
229719
URI
Publication date:
7.12.2011.
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