PARADIGM OF GUILT AND MEMORA IN BERNHARD SCHLINK’S NOVELS THROUGH THE PRISM OF A. GUGNINS’S HISTORICAL-CONTEXTUAL METHOD
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The article examines the evolution of the paradigm of guilt and memory in modern German literature using the example of Bernhard Schlink’s novels The Reader, Olga, and The Granddaughter. The analysis of the material is carried out through the prism of the historical-contextual method developed by the literary scholar A.A. Gugnin. Particular attention is paid to the poetics of recurring motifs in the novels. The author of the article argues that female characters become the central element of the intergenerational dialogue with the traumatic past. Through the decoding of tangible evidences of memory and the overcoming of communication breakdowns, B. Schlink’s prose builds a model for integrating historical experience, overcoming guilt, and protecting humanistic ideals in modern society.
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