Abstract:In this article the author deals with dramatic art of West and East Germany in the first postwar years and studies the issue of fathers and sons in works "The Man Outside" ("Draußen vor der Tür") by W. Borchert (1947, West Germany) and "Wie Tiere des Waldes" by F. Wolf (1948, East Germany). The main topic of both plays is the war issue, the motive of guilt and responsibility growing into a generation gap. The representatives of the younger generation try to find out how their "fathers" could let fascism and w… Show more
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