Os dois Oskar Matzerath

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to analyze the narrative structure of the novel by Günter Grass DieBlechtrommel, and the film with the same title, by Volker Schlöndorff, observing, on the one hand, the way the writer articulates the construction of his narrative point of view and, on the other hand, how the movie maker builds the structure of his film, which then results in different ways of perception and interpretation on the part of the character-narrator and the universe of which he is part. The article emphasizes the intertextual relationship between the film adaptation and the original novel, focusing on the selection of elements for the filmic process and for turning the visual aspects of the literary text concrete.

German literature; film; narrative structure; Günter Grass