Die Rättin
E621537
Die Rättin is a dystopian novel by German author Günter Grass that portrays an apocalyptic future through the allegorical perspective of a talking rat.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allegorical work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Günter Grass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
biblical allusions
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dream sequences ⓘ fairy-tale motifs ⓘ intertextual references ⓘ visions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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political fiction ⓘ post-apocalyptic fiction ⓘ |
| hasAllegory |
decline of Western civilization
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humanity replaced by animals ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
Noah’s Ark inversion
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film within the novel ⓘ flood and deluge ⓘ rats as survivors ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Cold War anxiety
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Holocaust memory ⓘ apocalypse ⓘ critique of civilization ⓘ environmental destruction ⓘ gender relations ⓘ human self-destruction ⓘ media criticism ⓘ memory and guilt ⓘ myth and history ⓘ nuclear war ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
experimental
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grotesque ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
talking female rat
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unnamed male filmmaker ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | talking rat ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure |
frame narrative
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Günter Grass bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Baltic Sea region
NERFINISHED
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Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ post-apocalyptic future ⓘ |
| title | Die Rättin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOf | Günter Grass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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