The Tin Drum
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The Tin Drum is a landmark 1959 novel by Günter Grass that follows the surreal, darkly satirical life of Oskar Matzerath against the backdrop of Nazi Germany and postwar Europe.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Tin Drum canonical | 10 |
| The Tin Drum (film) | 1 |
| The Tin Drum (novel) | 1 |
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Target entity: The Tin Drum Context triple: [Günter Grass, notableWork, The Tin Drum]
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Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage and Her Children is a landmark anti-war play by Bertolt Brecht that follows a canteen woman profiting from and ultimately devastated by the Thirty Years' War.
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The Reader
The Reader is a 2008 romantic drama film, based on Bernhard Schlink’s novel, that explores guilt, memory, and moral responsibility in post-World War II Germany through the relationship between a young man and an older former concentration camp guard.
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Maus
Maus is a Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that portrays his father's experiences during the Holocaust using anthropomorphic animal characters.
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D.
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks is a 1901 novel by Thomas Mann that chronicles the decline of a wealthy German merchant family across several generations and helped establish him as a major figure in modern literature.
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief is a historical novel by Markus Zusak, narrated by Death and set in Nazi Germany, that follows a young girl's relationship with books amid the horrors of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Tin Drum Target entity description: The Tin Drum is a landmark 1959 novel by Günter Grass that follows the surreal, darkly satirical life of Oskar Matzerath against the backdrop of Nazi Germany and postwar Europe.
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A.
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage and Her Children is a landmark anti-war play by Bertolt Brecht that follows a canteen woman profiting from and ultimately devastated by the Thirty Years' War.
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B.
The Reader
The Reader is a 2008 romantic drama film, based on Bernhard Schlink’s novel, that explores guilt, memory, and moral responsibility in post-World War II Germany through the relationship between a young man and an older former concentration camp guard.
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C.
Maus
Maus is a Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that portrays his father's experiences during the Holocaust using anthropomorphic animal characters.
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D.
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks is a 1901 novel by Thomas Mann that chronicles the decline of a wealthy German merchant family across several generations and helped establish him as a major figure in modern literature.
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E.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief is a historical novel by Markus Zusak, narrated by Death and set in Nazi Germany, that follows a young girl's relationship with books amid the horrors of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Tin Drum
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Tin Drum (film)
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| author | Günter Grass ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Nobel Prize in Literature context work ⓘ |
| centralMotif | tin drum ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
guilt and responsibility
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memory and history ⓘ postwar German identity ⓘ the rise of Nazism ⓘ |
| controversy | challenged and banned in some regions for sexual content ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| EnglishTranslator | Ralph Manheim ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Volker Schlöndorff ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| firstEnglishPublicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Cat and Mouse
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Dog Years ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
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magic realism ⓘ picaresque novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | about 700 pages (varies by edition) ⓘ |
| influenced | postwar German literature discourse ⓘ |
| laterEnglishTranslator | Breon Mitchell ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar German literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
key work of German Vergangenheitsbewältigung
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landmark of 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Oskar Matzerath ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
dark satire
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surreal elements ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Die Blechtrommel ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | Günter Grass’s debut novel ⓘ |
| protagonistAbility | glass-shattering scream ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | refusal to grow physically ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| publisher | Luchterhand Literaturverlag ⓘ |
| series | Danzig Trilogy ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Gdańsk
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surface form:
Danzig
Free City of Danzig ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Nazi era
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World War II ⓘ postwar Europe ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
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