Traces of the Second World War, the German author Heinrich Böll’s Short Stories Cover Image

Alman Yazar Heinrich Böll’ün Kisa Hikayelerinde Ii. Dünya Savaşi’nin İzleri
Traces of the Second World War, the German author Heinrich Böll’s Short Stories

Author(s): Fesun Koşmak
Subject(s): Military history, Social history, Short Story, German Literature, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: Heinrich Böll; the Second World War; Short Story; “Die Botschaft”; “Mein teures Bein”;

Summary/Abstract: German author Heinrich Böll narrates the Second World War in his short stories and expresses the problems which people have to face after the war. As he experienced the war, Böll deeply understands how lives changed after the war. Böll, writes about people in desperate situation. The war changed lives of people from each social class negatively. However, Böll underlines the fact that it were children and elderly who were affected severely by the war. The aim of this paper is to display how the traces of war are reflected in Heinrich Böll’s “Die Botschaft” and “Mein teures Bein”.

  • Issue Year: 17/2011
  • Issue No: 66
  • Page Range: 23-28
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Turkish