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Abstract. The article tackles the structuring role of the compositional technique of opposition in the narrative Cat-and-mouse. Contrast technique is brightly expressed both in the narrative plot and in G. Grass's style: the manifestation of the antinomy of his creative thinking is the combination of two elements: tragical and farcical. The esthetic regularity of the writer's artistic world is the usage of oxymoron structural schemes while creating personages images.

Key words and phrases: антитеза, противопоставление, контраст, смех, трагизм, трагифарс, драматизм, комизм, юмористический, ирония, гротеск, antithesis, opposition, contrast, laughter, tragedy, tragic-farce, dramatic effect, comic effect, humorous, irony, grotesque