ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Tin Drum, picaresque novel by Günter Grass, a purported autobiography of a dwarf who lives through the birth and death of Nazi Germany, published in 1959 as Die Blechtrommel. The work’s protagonist, Oskar Matzerath, narrates the novel from an asylum for the insane.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Tin Drum, picaresque novel by Günter Grass, a purported autobiography of a dwarf who lives through the birth and death of Nazi Germany, published in 1959 as Die Blechtrommel. The work’s protagonist, Oskar Matzerath, narrates the novel from an asylum for the insane.

Detailed explanation-3: -Symbol or no, Oskar first uses his drum as a protest against growing up and becoming part of the corrupt and ridiculous world inhabited by the adults in his life. He “drums out” the sights and sounds of this world; it’s his protection against what’s going on around him.

Detailed explanation-4: -The city of Danzig/Gdańsk and its alternating German and Polish affiliation serve as the background in several of his writings. Characteristic of his literary style is the way he mixes autobiographical and historical elements with fictional events that together form an ironic social satire.