REFLECTION OF THE THEME OF GERMAN UNIFICATION IN MODERN GERMAN LITERATURE

Abstract

The article examines the reflection in the works of modern German writers (G. Grass, P. Suskind, J. Frank, B. Schlink and others) of the division of Germany into the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic, its subsequent unification, and also evaluates the changes in the political, economic, spiritual and cultural plan of the both states. After the unification process of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic in 1990, a huge number of issues come to the fore: the value content of the public consciousness of the Germans, the prospects for the further joint existence of the united states, mental differences, the cultural heritage of the united states in the period 1949-1990, etc. The fiction plays a leading role. The article considers the social models of consciousness of East and West Germans formed over the years and unlike each other, which served as the reason for the division of people into “we” and “they”. In addition, the researchers analyze different views on the way of life and political order of each of the countries. The article emphasizes the special role of fiction – the formation of collective memory and consciousness.