Abstract:

There have been a lot of researches on social memory literature in Germany in recent years. For writers, Germany is a state with a wide range of materials in terms of historical matters. Especially the historical process that Germany went through between 1933 and 1945 is still on the agenda. The writers of historical novels, who take the subject from the historical events of this period, interpret these events from their own point of view and also attach importance to the individual's narrative. In this way, the historical facts narrated in the family as a whole destroy the taboos through literary expression. The way of the reassessment of the history which was forgotten or was made to forget has been opened with this trend called Erinnerungsliterat in Germany while Social Memory in Turkey. Tanja Dückers' historical novel "Himmelskörper" in German Literature is characteristic of social memory literature. The theme of the novel was based on the Wilhelm Gustloff German military transport ship called, which was submerged by Russian submarine in the Second World War. We aimed with this research to study this novel and to reflect a social reality of Germany experienced in the World War II.

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