Browsing Germanic and Slavic Studies by Issue Date

Heritage Languages: The Case of German in Kitchener-Waterloo

Heffner, Lori (University of Waterloo, 2002)

This thesis investigates the assimilation and/or integration of German families in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario into Anglo-Canadian culture. By administering questionnaires to and interviewing members in three three-generational ...

Vernichtetes Geld und vernichtendes Geld Das Geldmotiv in den zwei zeitgenössischen Romanen "Die Nacht der Händler" von Gert Heidenreich und "MOI" von Heiko Michael Hartmann

Martin, Christine (University of Waterloo, 2004)

The present work deals with the motif of money in contemporary German literature, taking as examples the two novels Die Nacht der Händler (1995) by Gert Heidenreich and MOI by Heiko Michael Hartmann (1997). ...

Ding-Diskurs - die Darstellung der Dingwelt bei Wilhelm Genazino, beispielhaft an Ein Regenschirm für diesen Tag und Eine Frau, eine Wohnung, ein Roman

Fischer, Melanie (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, ...

Wie lebendig ist die Popliteratur um die Jahrtausendwende? Judith Hermanns "Nichts als Gespenster" in Gegenüberstellung zu Christian Krachts "Faserland".

Klopprogge, Vera (University of Waterloo, 2005)

The focus of this master?s thesis is on determining whether Judith Hermann?s book of collected short stories, Nichts als Gespenster (2003) can be assigned to the so-called category Popliteratur which had ...

Inszenierungen von Erinnerung und kollektivem Gedächtnis. Hermann Hesses Das Glasperlenspiel als Gedächtnisroman.

Hamann, Jessica (University of Waterloo, 2005)

This thesis examins various representations of individual memories and collective memory in Hermann Hesse?s Das Glasperlenspiel (1946). The analysis of Hermann Hesse?s novel basically pursues three different ...

Das Motiv der Werbung in deutscher und russischer Gegenwartsliteratur - dargestellt anhand Raumers Viktor Vogel und Pelevins Generation P.

Durczok, Gregor (University of Waterloo, 2005)

This thesis is a the comparative analysis of the motifs of advertising concepts as found in the German novel Viktor Vogel, by Alexandra Raumer, and the Russian novel Generation P. , by Viktor Pelevin. ...

Patrick Süskind's Die Taube und Die Geschichte von Herrn Sommer - innere Zwänge, Selbstabgrenzung und Objektivierung als Konstituenten von Außenseiteridentitäten

Fleischer, Muriel Myriam (University of Waterloo, 2005)

The following thesis examines Süskind?s novella Die Taube (1987) and his short-story Die Geschichte von Herrn Sommer (1991) with respect to the literary identities of the outsiders Jonathan Noel and Herr ...

?Zur Zeit Maler und Dichter? ? DER DOPPELTE GEORGE GROSZ: INTERMEDIALE BEZÜGE ZWISCHEN GROSZ? LYRISCHEM WERK UND AUSGEWÄHLTEN ZEICHNUNGEN

Holzheimer, Sandro (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 ...

Getrennt schreiben oder zusammenschreiben? Eine Untersuchung zu den Regeln der Getrennt- und Zusammenschreibung der zusammengesetzten Verben

Kern, Beate Maria (University of Waterloo, 2005)

This thesis explores the usage of the new spelling rules in the complex area of separate and compound spelling. This area was a main topic in the reform of German orthography 1996/98. The old rules can be characterized ...

Die Motivik und Struktur der Quest in Doris Dörries Geschichte und Film Paradies

Addala, Michael (University of Waterloo, 2006)

In the thesis at hand I will analyze to what extent Doris Dörrie constructed her story and film Paradies according to the structure of the quest. First of all, some background information will be provided ...

Uebersetzungsentscheidungen im kulturellen Kontext: Drei deutsche Uebersetzungen von J.D. Salingers Catcher in the Rye

Thiele, Ulrich (University of Waterloo, 2006)

This master's thesis examines the three German translations of J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951): Der Mann im Roggen, published in 1954 by Diana Verlag and translated by Irene Muehlon; ...

Die ?asexuelle Witwe? im Identitätskonflikt am Beispiel von Arthur Schnitzlers ?Frau Berta Garlan? und ?Frau Beate und ihr Sohn?

Murbeth, Susanne (University of Waterloo, 2006)

The role of women in society was an important socio?cultural discourse explored in the literature of the late 19th century. The Austrian author Arthur Schnitzler was a key contributor to this discourse. He was well ...

Learner Beliefs and their Implications for Language Learning

McGregor, Janice (University of Waterloo, 2006)

In this thesis, learner beliefs and their implications for second language learning were examined. Individual learner differences have traditionally been measured statistically by using age, motivation and other variables ...

Re-(en)visioning Salome: The Salomes of Hedwig Lachmann, Marcus Behmer, and Richard Strauss

Chapple, Norma (University of Waterloo, 2006)

Oscar Wilde overshadows the German reception of Salome (1891), yet his text is a problematic one. Wilde's one-act drama is a mosaic text, influenced by the abundance of literary and artistic treatments of the ...

Die ,globale Provinz' ? Der Globalisierungsdiskurs am Beispiel von Arnold Stadlers Roman Ein hinreissender Schrotthändler (1999) und Andreas Maiers Roman Klausen (2002)

Stengel, Julia (University of Waterloo, 2006)

This thesis demonstrates how two literary works ? Arnold Stadler's Ein hinreissender Schrotthändler (1999) and Andreas Maier's Klausen (2002) ? can be read as part of the globalization discourse. As a ...