Browsing Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Graduate Theses by Title
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Heimat Im Spannungsfeld Globalisierung: Studien Zu Zeitgenössischen Heimatfilmen Und Heimattexten
(2009-09-23)This thesis explores the representation of Heimat in contemporary German novels and films by authors and directors born in the 1960s and 1970s within the context of globalisation. The following texts and films are examined: ... -
Imagen y pliegue: en torno a una teoría de la cultura en "Paradiso" de José Lezama Lima
(2010-12-08)Estudio de la teoría de la cultura en la novela Paradiso (1966) del escritor José Lezama Lima en relación a las menciones a obras de pintura, escultura, arte-objeto, arquitectura y música, así como a los aspectos claves ... -
Ökologische Weltbilder in den Werken Adalbert Stifters - Einheitserfahrung und Herrschaftswille
(2015-07-29)It is an undeniable fact that Adalbert Stifter paid detailed attention to his natural surroundings. Yet in the 1980s and 90s Stifter research focused on the author’s use of language: scholars endeavoured to emancipate the ... -
Reise An Den “Gedächtnisort” Polen in Romanen Zeitgenössischer Deutscher Autorinnen
(2009-04-22)This thesis explores the significance of the journey to Poland in contemporary German literature by women. The texts are Bronjas Erbe (2001) by Beate Rygiert, Himmelskörper (2003) by Tanja Dückers, Pawels Briefe (1999) by ... -
Tiersymbole Im Realismus. Die Schwarze Spinne, der Schimmelreiter Und Effi Briest Als Beispiele der Chiffrierten Wirklichkeit des 19. Jahrhunderts
(2008-09-15)This thesis analyses the role of animal symbolism as a reflection on the zeitgeist of the 19th century. The three works Die schwarze Spinne (1842) by Jeremias Gotthelf, Der Schimmelreiter (1888) by Theodor Storm and Effi ... -
Unter Dem Deckmantel Von Ich Und Er: Stefan Zweig Im Vergleich Zu Henry Adams. Autobiographie als Geschichtsschreibung oder Geschichtsschreibung als Autobiographie?
(2011-08-29)Stefan Zweig had an extraordinary gift for mirroring the complexity of humankind and the human mind, and was undoubtedly one of the most translated authors in the 1930s, but he is still considered a “poor cousin” in the ... -
Where the Body touches the Spirit: the Role of Imagination in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s 'Emile: or On Education' and Christoph Martin Wieland’s 'Geschichte des Agathon'
(2012-10-15)This dissertation offers a re-evaluation of the role of the imagination in Jean- Jacques Rousseau’s 'Emile: or On Education' (1762) and Christoph Martin Wieland’s 'Geschichte des Agathon' (1794). My central claim is that ... -
Wilhelm Busch: The Art of Letting Off Steam Through Symbolic Inversion
(2013-04-19)In the aftermath of the failed revolution of 1848, which had been sparked by demands for democracy and constitutional reform, Germany’s princes reluctantly introduced new freedoms regarding print and the right to assembly. ...