How do I into German literature?

>>8692006
Start with the medieval epics

>>8692006
OV or translated?

>>8692043
>OV or translated?

Translated, really. I'm just learning German, so if you can also recommend books for beginners, that would be cool. But for right now, I'm just focused on reading some of the German classics.

>>8692006
Grimms Märchen are nice and gory and you get a taste in classic german/ central european culture.

>>8692073
>Germany
>Central European

>>8692069
I think Grimms Märchen and such classic tales like Struwwelpeter would be relatively easy in their language use.

If you're into that, you might like a collection of Deutsche Heldensagen (german hero tales).

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>>8692078

>>8692139
Germany is still part of Western Europe, mate. Central Europe is, like, Poland, Austria, Czech Republic, etc.

>>8692006

You've Göthe read Faust

>>8692149
How is Germany Western Europe but Austria not?

You either go with the Iron curtain dividing it in East and West, or you divide it geographically like >>8692139

>>8692149
Germany is culturaly central europe, especially if we're speaking about Grimms Märchen which are collected tales from the dark green area. We might think of it as western, thanks to the last century but that doesn't change the culture which evolved through millenia.

Being "central" it of course _can_ also be seen as western, just as poland can be seen as eastern. Get your Erkunde together.

>>8692168
>>8692172
But what about the Germans in Western Germany, near France, Belgium, and the Netherlands? Do they identify as Central European?

>>8692181
You do know that such "borders" aren't absolut? Especially in the last centuries culture didn't really change through whole europe, besides small local quirks. The only reason to speak about such arbitrary categories like western, central etc is to have a rough perimeter.

So yes, people living in Aachen (D) are still part of central europe, as can people in Venlo (NL) say that. You're thinking too geopolitical.

>>8692153
>ye gerrta read Faust

FUCKERS STUPIDS GAY LITTLE PS

>thread devolved into autism
At least you tried, OP.

>>8692073
Thanks for derailing faggot.

>>8692091
Not OP but I am learning German and i can read it quite fine, I am looking for some entry level books that have some depth to it but ill try the Heldensagen, danke

All you need.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0934034435/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0140265422/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0486461793/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0198645023/

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>>8692677
Just make sure that the Nibelungensaga/ Niebelungenlied is in there, which if written in modern german should be understandable with moderate language skills.