The important position of German literature

/kloc-in the 6th century, folk story books played an important role in folk literature, and their predecessor was folk jokes. Joke stories are loose, while folk story books have been arranged around a person or an event, and initially have the structure of novels. Thiel Oren Spigel, The Life of Dr. John Faust and The Story of the Hill Citizen are the most famous story books. In particular, the life of Dr. John Faust was not only deeply loved by people at that time, but also circulated among the people, and it was also the source of material for many writers in later generations.

/kloc-the catastrophe of the 30-year war in the literature of the 0/7th century further consolidated Germany's economic depression, national division and feudal autocracy. This situation has greatly hindered the development of citizen literature. Most writers who are citizens did not inherit and develop the civic literature tradition of16th century, but relied on the imperial court to serve the princes. They blindly imitate foreign countries and play regular games, forming the so-called "Baroque" style. This kind of palace literature dominated the literary world in the whole17th century and lasted until the first half of18th century.

German literature also made many achievements in the17th century. Martin opitz devoted himself to establishing a new form of poetry, and his On German Poetry (1624) was the first influential literary theory work in German literature. He also actively supported the activities of "Linguistic Society" established by poets and scholars to purify German. The poems of Fleming, Locke and Griffith mark the new development of civic literature, and Griffith's sonnets and carols are the peak of this development.

The works of novelists Grimhausen, Moske Roche and Bell are different from the popular court novels at that time. Inspired by Spanish vagrant novels, most of them are based on jokes and folk story books. Grimaihausen's Adventures of Idiots (1668) is the most valuable work in German literature in the 7th century. The writing techniques of 12 and 13 century palace epics were developed, which opened a precedent for the so-called "development novel" in the future. Griffith and Wei Ze are important writers in drama creation.