On Defamiliarization In Blechtrommel Of Günter Grass

Gunter Grass refers “Defamiliarization” many times when he talks about theproduce of Blechtrommel. His representative works Blechtrommel is one of thework, which use “Defamiliarization” successfully. We can find influence of“Defamiliarization” in language, narrative strategy, thema and structure ofBlechtrommel, However, there is a few scholars research “Defamiliarization” inBlechtrommel in its entirety.Blechtrommel applicate “Defamiliarization” in Characterization, narrativestrategy and the subject.“Defamiliarization” in Blechtrommel shows in the heroine,who is different from ordinary people and over a normal. He is an ugly oaf and also agifted superman, he is a lonely, depressed and traitorous rebel and also an evilcriminal; the role of father and son is very confused:the father is unidentified, thebloodline of son is also a secret; the mother character is dissimilated: the naturalmother is beautiful and vanity, the step-mother acts mother and lover at the same time;“Defamiliarization” in narrative strategy shows in: narrative person changes immediately,other narrator appearance without any prompt; narrative perspective is strange: bottom-upperspective, child-perspective; invert detailed and brief advisedly: describes thereason in detail but describes the result briefly, choose the unimportant theme;Alienation effect:insist the Astonishment principle, create uncertainty.“Defamiliarization” in theme shows in nonwar war-theme: war-theme without hero,avianize war-theme; anti-nazi theme with non-nazi hero:the masses are accessary of Nazi,promote morals selfs-communion.The study of “Defamiliarization”in Blechtrommel is a new perspective, new field,in order to research the charm of artwork in multi-dimensional and to provide reference forsimilar works.