Browsing Germanic and Slavic Studies by Title
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Writing identity - Negotiating Gender in Leopold von Sacher Masoch's "Venus im Pelz" and Robert Musil's "Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß"
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-29)The age of the Industrial Revolution has led to a variety of changes in human society. One of these changes was a shift in gender-roles for men and women. The social role and the behavior of people became a consequence of ... -
Writing the Self: An Examination of Self-narration and Identity Construction in Alina Bronsky’s Scherbenpark and Julya Rabinowich’s Spaltkopf
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-19)Through a close reading of Alina Bronsky’s Scherbenpark (2008) and Julya Rabinowich’s Spaltkopf (2008), this thesis examines the process of identity building as it is articulated and produced in self-narration. The goal ... -
?Zur Zeit Maler und Dichter? ? DER DOPPELTE GEORGE GROSZ: INTERMEDIALE BEZÜGE ZWISCHEN GROSZ? LYRISCHEM WERK UND AUSGEWÄHLTEN ZEICHNUNGEN
(University of Waterloo, 2005)The following thesis examines the poetic oeuvre of George Grosz in relation to selected drawings from the same period of time. A survey of the research on George Grosz shows that the scholarly focus has so far mainly ... -
Zwei Skandalstücke im Kontext von Antisemitismus: Thomas Bernhards Heldenplatz und Rainer Werner Fassbinders Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-26)In the 1980s Rainer Werner Fassbinders Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod (1976) and Thomas Bernhard’s Heldenplatz (1988) caused two of the biggest theatre scandals in the history of German-language literature, leading to ... -
Zwischen Vater und Mann. Die Krise von Familie und Männerrolle in Breaking Bad.
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-31)In my thesis I examine the crisis of masculinity and family in AMC’s TV series Breaking Bad. In prior research, the protagonist Walter White has been analyzed as a man who wants to escape his responsibilities and the ... -
Zwischen Zucht und Zärtlichkeit – Die Vaterfiguren in Theodor Storms Erzählwerk/Between Discipline and Tenderness – The Father Figures in Theodor Storm's Novellas
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-08)This paper analyzes and compares the various constructions of fatherhood in Theodor Storm’s later novellas Carsten Curator (1878), Hans und Heinz Kirch (1882) and Bötjer Basch (1887). More specifically, I focus on examining ...