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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"PT Germanic literature"”.
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The sins of the sons: a comparative analysis of guilt, atonement and redemption in Kafka's Die Verwandlung and Thomas Mann's Der Erwahlte with reference to Hartmann von Aue's Gregorius
… the complex issues of guilt, atonement and redemption addressed in both texts, through their consideration within a familial context. Like Hartmann‟s „good sinner‟, Kafka and Mann‟s protagonists occupy a curious position between guilt and innocence, suffering for sins for which they are, at most, …
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The experience of restlessness: a study of movement in the shorter fiction of Franz Kafka
… deploys this central conflict productively to capture a wide spectrum of states of mind. As he explores restlessness in ever wider circles of life, he explores psychological, social and ideological structures, as well as some of the grand narratives of life, death and myth. This differentiated …
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An analysis of the structure and themes of Der Stricker's Pfaffe Amis
… of the poet and his background, the manuscripts of Pfaffe Amis, the virtues and shortcomings of modern editions of the work and the position of research so far (Chapter l), Chapter II looks at the genre "Schwank" and Pfaffe Amis as a "Schwank" collection, and considers each or the individual …
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Time, pain and myth in Ingeborg Bachmann's “Das Buch Franza” and Anne Duden's “Übergang”
… and Duden approach this claim differently. Chapter One proposes that Das Buch Franza and Übergang engage with modern German history as part of a time construct, which fails to capture the silences. Historic accounts exclude certain voices and therefore contradict what constitutes collective …
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Myths of War: Constructing and Challenging Literary Myths of War in Germany, 1914-1930
This thesis focuses on the role of literature in interpreting the First World War in Germany from 1914 to 1930 and the myths of war that were manifested within and created by such narratives of war. Beginning with an exploration of 'myth' and its relationship to the Great War, it progresses to a …
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A study of various Nationalist appropriations of Nietzsche in the Weimar Republic
… of all Values. Following this, the concluding chapter summarises the arguments presented throughout, conceding that Nietzsche’s inherent ambiguities allow for liberal interpretation in many cases, but that the Nazi examples often overstepped this boundary. Furthermore, it reviews the point that …
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A poetics of dwelling: the prose work of Botho Strauß and late thought of Martin Heidegger
… the nature of the debt, highlighting Strauß’ adoption and adaptation of ideas central to the philosopher, including his thinking on the work of art, technology, language and poetry. The body of the thesis examines Strauß’ views through detailed exegeses of Beginnlosigkeit, Wohnen Dämmern Lügen …
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The function of self-awareness in selected novellen by Theodor Storm
Abstract available: p. [2]
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"Das Lebend'ge will ich preisen" : from Ästhetik to Humanität : a comparative study of Byron and Goethe with special reference to Don Juan and the West-östlicher Divan
… Manfred having been exhausted. The initial chapter of this thesis examines this debate before proceeding, in Chapters 2 and 3, to an examination, first of all Goethe's reception of Byron as revealed in his letters, journals, conversations and reviews and then, similarly, to Byron's reception of …
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The concept of typology in Schiller, Nietzsche and Jung: an historical and comparative study
… In order to analyse fully the typological concepts present in Schiller, Nietzsche and Jung’s works, and to compare them in both their synchronic and diachronic contexts, it was necessary to examine chronologically their own differing conceptions of typology, and to study the extent to which they …