A 5 page paper looking at Friedrich Durrenmatt s twentieth-century German play The Visit in terms of its significance in the genre of black comedy. First black comedy is defined, and then darkly comic aspects of Durrenmatt s play are examined. Bibliography lists three sources. A five page paper looking at this play by Bertolt Brecht, in terms of its meaning and significance in the twentieth century theater. Topics discussed include modernism, expressionism, the anti-hero, and Epic Theater.
Bibliography lists seven sources.
A 5 page paper discussing classic works by these German authors. Both Heine and Grass portray a dark and nearly hopeless Germany in their works. Heine's Deutschland, a Winter's Tale is older than Grass' The Tin Drum by more than 100 years, a century in which Germany rose to command world attention twice. Grass portrays a Germany with much similarity to that of Heine's time. Heine was threatening and ominous in much of his epic-length verse.