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AI InsightAs a result, it was determined that the story contains a lot of information about the period it tells, almost like a document.
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Abstract
Hans Fallada, whose real name is Rudolf Ditzen, witnessed the First World War, the Weimar Republic, the National Socialism and the Third Reich. In his works, he uses the period he lived in as a historical background in a sense. The author, who witnessed sensitive periods, also has a sensitive structure in terms of spirit. This can be understood from the addictions he fell into and the depression he struggled to get rid of. In his novels Fallada addresses the social crises of the period and makes a sense of social criticism. In this study, Fallada’s story Das Gross-Stankmal Bericht aus einer deutschen Kleinstadt von 1931 was examined from a cultural historical perspective. First of all, the social history of literature, which examines the social situations and relations found in literary works, was discussed. Afterwards, information was given about the important historical events and periods that Fallada lived in, namely the First World War, the Weimar Republic, the National Socialism and the Third Reich periods. In the context of this information, Fallada’s story, which is a literary document that shows the reader the situation of Germany before the Second World War and both the mental and spiritual structure of the period through the example of a small town, was discussed from a cultural-historical perspective. As a result, it was determined that the story contains a lot of information about the period it tells, almost like a document.