Germanic and Slavic Studies: Recent submissions
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Literarische Wege zum Glueck: Die Repraesentation des Gluecks in gegenwaertiger deutscher Literatur in Kristine Bilkaus Die Gluecklichen und Schau mich an, wenn ich mit dir rede! von Monika Helfer
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-31)In this thesis, I set out to examine how two contemporary authors portray the motif Glueck in their novels. The analysis is based on the novel Schau mich an, wenn ich mit dir rede! written by Monika Helfer and Die Gluecklichen ... -
Can women have it all? The (in)compatibility of work and family in Kristine Bilkau’s Die Glücklichen and Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-29)The aim of this thesis is to examine the portrayal of women in contemporary German literature and film against the backdrop of German public discourse on women in the first half of the 2010s. The works selected for this ... -
“We call them Tracht”: Transcultural Positioning through Code-Switching and Repair
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)This thesis examines instances of language alternation and code-switching in the context of recorded face-to-face interviews. The participants in this study include two groups: German speaking immigrants who left Europe ... -
Badges: Abzeichen als sprechende Objekte
(De Gruyter, 2017-05)This article presents early findings regarding the interplay between script (text) and image on medieval badges, which are small, brooch-like objects made from lead-tin alloy (pewter) and adorned with familiar images drawn ... -
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 ... -
Investigating Learner Beliefs Using the Lego Serious Play Method
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)The study of L2 learner beliefs explores the attitudes, knowledge, and assumptions students adopt when they learn a language (Kalaja & Barcelos, 2006). Previous research had focused on learner differences in areas like ... -
Migration and Adolescence: The (Im-)Possibility of Transnational Agency in Alina Bronsky’s "Scherbenpark" (2008), Steven Uhly’s "Adams Fuge" (2011) and Martin Horváth’s "Mohr im Hemd oder wie ich auszog, die Welt zu retten" (2012)
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)This dissertation project examines the depiction of migration experience and adolescence in Alina Bronsky’s "Scherbenpark" (2008), Steven Uhly’s "Adams Fuge" (2011) and Martin Horváth’s "Mohr im Hemd oder wie ich auszog, ... -
Approaches to “interculturality”, “transculturality” and “culture reflexivity” in self-help literature
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)Intercultural competence which is to be achieved via intercultural trainings has become in-creasingly relevant during the last decades: globalization is one factor to the reason why the necessity to include intercultural ... -
Television in Literature
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)In this master thesis I discuss a topic which is highly neglected. We do see people reading all the time. When we see a person holding a book in his or her hands in the bus, we associate this person as being smart and ... -
I ought-to learn a language, but it’s not ideal: Motivation in learners of German
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)Abstract This study aids in understanding language learning motivation and its interaction with multilingualism. In light of both rising levels of multilingualism in Canada and falling enrollment in language courses, I ... -
Communicative practices of resistance in psychotherapy interactions: Patients resistance to solution-oriented questions
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)In this thesis, I investigate the practices of linguistic resistance in psychotherapeutic interactions to uncover which communicative practices of resistance patient use in these interactions. I study this interactional ... -
Kommunikative Praktiken des Widerstands in psychotherapeutischen Gesprächen: Patientenwiderstand durch reaktive Ich-weiß-nicht-Konstruktionen / Communicative practices of resistance in psychotherapy interactions: Patients' resistance through reactive Ich-weiß-nicht-constructions
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)In recent years, there has been an increase in conversation analytic research on psychotherapeutic interactions (Marciniak, Nikendei, Ehrenthal, & Spranz-Fogasy, 2016), particularly on the practices of patient resistance ... -
Arthur Schnitzlers Traumnovelle - Stanley Kubricks Eyes Wide Shut. Das Geheimnis der Ehe.
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)This Master’s Thesis is a compared analysis of Arthur Schnitzler’s Traumnovelle which was published in 1925 and its cinematic adaption by Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut in 1996. The story focuses on a married couple ... -
Keeping it simple. Short stories written by the young generation in post-war Germany.
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)This thesis deals with selected short stories written by the so-called “young generation” in post-war Germany. To emphasize the importance of the historical, social and political background for the popularity of the short ... -
Contesting the centre: Low German-speaking Mennonite identity, language, and literacy constructions
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-01)We make sense of who we are by talking about ourselves with others, telling stories about ourselves, our experiences, and our feelings. When we do this, we construct sociolinguistic spaces in which we speak, live, work, ... -
Embedded Librarianship Einbindung von Wissenschafts - und Informationskompetenz in Schreibkurse / Ein US-amerikanisches Konzept
(Berufsverband Information Bibliothek e.V., 2016-04)Beim US-amerikanischen Strategiekonzept "Embedded Librarianship" werden Bibliotheksbestände und pädagogische Angebote zur Informationskompetenz unmittelbar dort eingesetzt, wo sie benötigt werden. Dies schafft Chancen für ... -
"Biste etwa einer von den roten Gebhardts?" - Identities between Family and Society in Klaus Kordon's "Trilogie der Wendepunkte"
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-20)This thesis deals with the "Trilogie der Wendepunkte" ("Trilogy of Turning Points") by Klaus Kordon. The trilogy, consisting of "Die roten Matrosen" (1984), "Mit dem Rücken zur Wand" (1990), and "Der erste Frühling" (1993), ... -
Language Shift Processes in the German-speaking Community of Waterloo Region
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-06)This Master’s Thesis is an analysis of the language shift process in the German-speaking community in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Through the analysis of 110 transcripts of interviews with members of this community, the ... -
A. Schopenhauer and F. Dostoevsky: Some Philosophical and Literary Parallels
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-29)This thesis juxtaposes the philosophical theories of Arthur Schopenhauer with themes and characters in Fyodor Dostoevsky's major fictional works of the middle post-Siberian period (1863-1871). Of particular interest is the ... -
Recent German Memorials to Jewish Victims of World War II
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-15)The following thesis examines four 21st-century German memorials that commemorate the deported and murdered Jewish people of Europe during World War II: Jochen Kitzbihler’s Glaskubus (2003) at Paradeplatz in Mannheim, Janet ...