Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "German"
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„Alles was mit Nachdenken verbunden ist“: Pünktchen und Anton in Buch und Film. Ein Medienvergleich der „Nachdenkereien“ bei Erich Kästner, Thomas Engel und Caroline Link
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-24)Erich Kästner’s novel for children, Pünktchen und Anton (1931), has been twice adapted for the screen, first in 1953 by Thomas Engel and then again in 1999 by Caroline Link. Both directors were also responsible for the ... -
Also meine freundin sie kommt aus schwaben: Use of the German particle "also" in a study abroad context
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-02)English abstract: Conversation is at the core of human interaction, and has long been studied. Upon analysis, conversation proves to be highly regular and organized, and governed by an array of unconscious practices (see ... -
An Analysis of Peer Activities to Inform Foreign Language Learning: Word Searches, Voice, and the Use of Non-Target Languages
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-04)This empirical study investigates language use and collaborative learning in informal non-classroom settings by learners of German as a Foreign Language (GFL). I examine learner interactions resulting from a language course ... -
Analyzing narrated language use: What does it mean to be a German speaker?
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-22)This thesis seeks to investigate what it means to be a German speaker, and how this identification can emerge, and change, as a person is describing their language use throughout different contexts of their lives. Using ... -
Anna Seghers' Roman Transit und Volker Brauns Drama Transit Europa: Der Ausflug der Toten--Ein Vergleich
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-22)Abstract Anna Seghers’ novel Transit (1948) and Volker Braun’s play Transit Europa: Der Ausflug der Toten (1988) have not received as much attention as their other works. The topics transit and transition have not been ... -
Anne-Thérèse de Lambert und Sophie von La Roche als Innovatorinnen der weiblichen Erziehungsdebatte im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-18)France played a leading role in the European Enlightenment, influencing other European countries in their thinking and development of philosophical ideas based on the emerging ideals of liberté, égalité and fraternité. ... -
Being a South Tyrolean: Examining Identity in Conversation and Linguistic Landscapes
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-26)In this dissertation, I examine the role of language in the enacting of identity in the German-speaking community in the province of South Tyrol, Italy. Within this province on the border between Austria and Italy, the ... -
Bernhard Schlinks Roman The Reader im nordamerikanischen Holocaust-Diskurs
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-19)This master’s thesis deals with the reception of Bernhard Schlink’s novel The Reader (1997, original Der Vorleser 1995) in North America and its role in the North American Holocaust discourse. Two questions dominate the ... -
Brave New World: The Correlation of Social Order and the Process of Literary Translation
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-16)This comparative analysis of four different German-language versions of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1932) shows the correlation between political and socio-cultural circumstances, as well as ideological differences, ... -
A Chinese Intellectual's Journey: Lin Shen's adaptation of Daoban Fushide (The Pirated Faust 1999)
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-27)This thesis has as its focus Daoban Fushide 盗版浮士德 (The Pirated Faust), a Chinese staging of Goethe’s Faust I and II, which premiered in Beijing in 1999. The research questions of the study are how the adaptation remains ... -
Das Verhältnis von Mutter und Tochter in Theodor Fontanes Schach von Wuthenow und Effi Briest
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-22)Theodor Fontane’s famous novel Effi Briest (1895) has been widely discussed in secondary literature, and every single aspect of the novel’s complex content and style seems to have been analysed; however, the similarities ... -
Das Wissenschaftskollektiv in den Romanen "Respektloser Umgang" und "Im Schatten des Regenbogens" von Helga Königsdorf
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-27)The author Helga Königsdorf, a scientist herself, deals in several of her literary works with the situation of the scientist in the GDR. The aim of this thesis is to explore the image of the scientist within the two novels ... -
„Denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun...“ - Opfermythos und Sündenbockritual in Hermann Brochs Die Verzauberung
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-21)In this thesis I try to examine the role and function of victim and sacrifice in Hermann Broch's novel Die Verzauberung. Since this text has been widely interpreted both with a political and religious approach, my aim is ... -
Der Roman als Schlachtfeld der Islaminterpretationen. Die Funktion des Islam in Feridun Zaimoglus Leyla
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-19)Although modern Germany is a multicultural and multireligious society, a fact reflected by the growing number of works on the lives of migrants to Germany by authors from non-German backgrounds, it is still difficult to ... -
Der Stotterer als Sündenbock: Eine marginalisierte Figur in drei deutschen Prosawerken
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)The character of the stutterer in three works of German literature is the focus of this master’s thesis, Der Stotterer als Sündenbock: Eine marginalisierte Figur in drei deutschen Prosawerken. Two novels and one story were ... -
Die Motivik des mittelhochdeutschen Tageliedes in neuhochdeutscher Lyrik
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)This thesis investigates the medieval genre of the Tagelied or dawn-song to examine its diachronic development from the Middle Ages to today. The genre in its origin is best represented by the Middle High German songs, ... -
"Dies ist deutsche Literatur, nur ohne Komma und Punkt" - Entwicklung, Methodologie und Analyse von Deutschrap
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-01)As the most recent manifestation of youth culture, hip hop culture, including rap music, has attracted attention from scholars in a broad range of fields. Most of this work, however, has originated from the English-speaking ... -
“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 ... -
Disability Drama: Semiotic Bodies and Diegetic Subjectivities in post-WWI German Expressionist Drama
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-05)In this dissertation, I examine discourses on disability and the body in three German Expressionist dramas written directly after WWI both for the discursive work they do in this context and for their relevance today: Ernst ... -
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 ...