Browsing Germanic and Slavic Studies by Type "Master Thesis"
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“Dieses Unterlases ist zu einem Kreiswichs geworden” An SFL-based investigation of the Anti-language of r/kreiswichs “Dieses Unterlases ist zu einem Kreiswichs geworden” Eine SFL-basierte Untersuchung der Anti-Sprache von r/kreiswichs
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-02)Reddit is a social-news-aggregator and online community with a large and active user-base from around the world. Although the main language of discourse on the site is English, Reddit’s highly diverse membership has enabled ... -
Ding-Diskurs - die Darstellung der Dingwelt bei Wilhelm Genazino, beispielhaft an <i>Ein Regenschirm für diesen Tag</i> und <i>Eine Frau, eine Wohnung, ein Roman</i>
(University of Waterloo, 2004)The following thesis examines the topos of "things" in literature. Herein we discuss concrete objects and how they are used and presented in contemporary prose. The primary works analyzed are both by Wilhelm Genazino, ... -
The Discursive Construction of Punk: Language and Identity in Russia’s Punk-Rock ‘Subculture’
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-01)Beginning in the mid 1980s the practices of Soviet youth became a scene of heightened academic interest as western scholars eagerly turned their attention to the changing ‘subcultural’ realities of youth in the wake of the ... -
The Discursive Construction of Russian-German Identity in Interviews with Russlanddeutsche University Students
(University of Waterloo, 2007-06-28)In this sociolinguistic study, qualitative interviews were used in examining discursive identity construction among russlanddeutsche Aussiedler. The interview group was composed of russlanddeutsche university students ... -
Diversity Management: Der programmatische Umgang mit kultureller Vielfalt. Eine sprachwissenschaftliche Analyse/Diversity Management: The Programmatic Treatment of Cultural Diversity. A Linguistic Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-30)Germany is a country characterized by diversity: many international companies are based in Germany and numerous German enterprises operate abroad. With 20.5 percent of the popula- tion being of migrant background, Germany ... -
"Don Juan ist ein anderer" Peter Handkes Don Juan (erzählt von ihm selbst) in der literarischen Tradition des Don Juan-Stoffes
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-25)The figure of Don Juan with its numerous variations and adaptations has been widely discussed in secondary literature. However, one of the most recent adaptations of the character, Peter Handke’s novel Don Juan (erzählt ... -
Dystopian Present and Future: The Temporal Orientation of Evgenii Zamiatin’s We and Andrei Platonov’s The Foundation Pit
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-03)A recent genre study by Erika Gottlieb (2001) divides dystopian literature into two temporal categories, which she calls West and East. Within this framework, Gottlieb places Evgenii Zamiatin’s We (1921) within her Western ... -
Ecological modernisation? An ecolinguistic analysis of German, Canadian and European techno-fix approaches to climate change.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-26)Analyzing how climate change is situated in ‘discourse,’ the socially constituted and constitutive use of language, can tell a great deal about how the human subject sees itself in relation to nature and what problematic ... -
Endlich frei? Die Darstellung des Endes der DDR in Thomas Brussigs Helden wie wir und Wie es leuchtet
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-02)This thesis focuses on an analysis of the representation of the German Democratic Re-public (GDR) in two literary works by Thomas Brussig. The year between the summer of 1989 and the fall of 1990 was very eventful in ... -
Entwürfe selbstbestimmten Frauenlebens in Theodor Fontanes L’Adultera und Mathilde Möhring
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-25)Few authors in the second half of the nineteenth century wrote in such a decisive way on the subject of women as Theodor Fontane, who produced literary studies on women’s lives, determined both by others and by the women ... -
Erzählen über Genozid in der neusten deutschsprachigen Afrikaliteratur am Beispiel von Lukas Bärfuss' "Hundert Tage" und Rainer Wocheles "Der General und der Clown"
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-26)In this thesis, I set out to examine how Lukas Bärfuss’ Hundert Tage and Rainer Wochele’s Der General und der Clown represent the Rwandan genocide. I argue that narrative structures foreground the protagonists, their ... -
“Es kommt nur naturally”: Language use of sixth grade students in an English-German bilingual program
(University of Waterloo, 2010-12-17)This thesis discusses language use by sixth grade students in the English-German bilingual program in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This bilingual program started out as a heritage language program in the early 1980s, and continues ... -
Ethnic Identity of Russian Germans in Interaction: Attitudes towards Food Habits
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-05)In this sociolinguistic study, qualitative interviews were used in examining discursive identity construction among Russian Germans. The interview group was composed of Russian German university students attending different ... -
Evaluation of Computer Aided Translation (CAT) Tools in the Translation Process: A Plea for Complementing CAT-Tools with Corpus Linguistical Tools and Methods
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-01)The demand for translations of high quality is on a peak while the budget and time resources are low. Consequently, translators need technological support and use Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools. Using the ... -
Fallen and Changed: Tracing the Biblical-Mythological Origins of Mikhail Bulgakov's Azazello and Korov'ev
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-08)In his analysis of Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, Elliot Mason explores the biblical and mythological ancestry of two of the novel’s most under-studied demonic characters: Azazello and Korov′ev-Fagot. Both ... -
The fascination of apocalypse: A cultural comparison of Canadian and Central European imaginations
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-28)The modern time seems to be fascinated by the imagination of apocalyptic scenarios. This master thesis aims to analyse apocalyptic fiction from authors of Canada, Austria and Germany and draw a comparison between the ... -
Female Masochism in Michael Haneke’s La Pianiste and Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)The figure of the female masochist, along with her desires and experiences, has been largely ignored within theories of masochism and examinations of masochistic aesthetics. With the rise of more graphic and challenging ... -
The Fifteenth-Century Middle High German Tale The Queen of France: Diplomatic Edition and Annotated Translation of Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek, Heid. Hs. 1012, fol. 249r-254v
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-05)This thesis treats one version of the anonymous, Middle High German, rhymed couplet text known as The Queen of France, as extant in the manuscript Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek, Heid. Hs. 1012, fol. 249r-254v. It ... -
Funktionen von Lachen in Gesprächen: eine konversationsanalytische Studie
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-28)This thesis looks at laughter in conversations in order to find out what functions laughter can fulfil. The data that are used for the analysis are conversations involving four different families and one or two researchers. ... -
„Gender fluidity“: Die Identitätskrise als Aufbrechen der Geschlechterrollen in Annemarie Schwarzenbachs 'Flucht nach oben'
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-02)The Swiss author Annemarie Schwarzenbach created literary figures that resist being classified according to a gender binary and heterosexual norm. She thereby, already in the 1930s, imagined something akin to the recent ...