THE HISTORY OF GERMANY IN CONTEMPORARY GERMAN DRAMA

The article deals with the subject of the perception of German history of the twentieth-century in German drama of the turn of XX - XXI centuries. After the Second World War, German writers often refer to historical facts in their works. The theme of guilt and responsibility becomes the key, which is reconsidered in the literature over the past 60 years. In the last decade to the forefront of the drama come not so much historical events and attitude towards them, but a person inside these events. This article analyzes the plays "Vatersprache ("Language of the father," 2002) by A. Ostermaier, "Der Stein" ("The Stone", 2008) by M. von Meyenburg and "Kein Schiff wird kommen" ("No Ship will come", 2010) by N.-M. Stockmann. The central theme of these works becomes the reflection of past events - the Second World War and the Holocaust, divided Germany and the "revolutionary" 60-ies, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of the country. Analysis of dramas allows to conclude that young people are abandoning their past, which causes the crisis of personality of the characters. In addition, on the background of the ousting of the past arises the problem of German identity. Renouncing the history, the heroes abandon their parents, language, native country.