5. The Tin Drum: Implications of Unreliability in Günter Grass's Die Blechtrommel

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Death in Venice: Narrative Situations in Thomas Mann's Der Tod in Venedig 16
6. 2. The Trial: Paradigms of Indeterminacy in Franz Kafka's Der Froze ft 39
7. 3. Harry Haller's Records: The Ludic Imagination in Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf 57
8. 4. Auto da fé: Reading Misreading in Elias Canetti's Die Blendung 76
9. 5. The Tin Drum: Implications of Unreliability in Günter Grass's Die Blechtrommel 97
10. 6. Two Views: The Authority of Discourse in Uwe Johnson's Zwei Ansichten 117
11. 7. The Goalie's Anxiety: Signs and Semiosis in Peter Handke's Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter 138
12. 8. The Lime Works: Narrative and Noise in Thomas Bernhard's Das Kalkwerk 156
13. Conclusion 175
14. NOTES 179
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 189
16. INDEX 201