Browsing by Thesis Department "German and Russian studies (MU)"
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Comparison of the Iphigenias, Euripides, Racine and Goethe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1900)The legend of Iphigenias is one of the most touching of its kind and its theme has been a favorite with dramatists at various times. The story of the young girl, so gentle and forbearing, so modest and submissive to her ... -
Die epische zwischenrede in Goethes erzahlungen
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)This piece explores Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's epic works. -
Die Judenbuche: an epically inspired anti-epic?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Annette von Droste-Hulshoff's 1842 Novella, Die Judenbuche is considered one of the richest pieces of German literature. An author between Romanticism and Realism, Droste-Hulshoff combines vivid aspects of the Romantic ... -
Die theorie des einakters
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)Discusses various dramas and the techniques of one-act plays. -
Fact or fiction? What a multidirectional analysis of Heinrich Bornstein's novel Die Geheimnisse von St. Louis (Mysteries of St. Louis) tells us about the German immigrant experience in the mid-nineteenth century
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)The utilization of various supporting materials to reconstruct the context of mid-nineteenth century St. Louis, shows that Bornstein's novel crystalizes German Immigration experiences. The purpose of this study is to ... -
Gothic art and German modernism: Max Beckmann and "Transzendente objektivitat"
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)The present study suggests that the German Expressionist artist Max Beckmann historicized and individualized in his painting the Descent from the Cross the religious Passion theme, as compared to Nithard's Isenheim Altarpiece, ... -
Infinitive in the Nibelungenlied
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1899)The Nibelungenlied, or the Great Middle High German Epic, was written in the form we now have it in the first half of the 13th century, and contains over 8,000 lines written in form-line strophes in Hexameter. Its original ... -
Inwiefern Lessing in seinem wortschaftz vom modernen neuhochdeutschen sprachgebrauch abweicht
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)Discusses Lessings works and their influence on German language. -
Literary art of Schiller : with especial reference to the use of "effects" or emotional inference in his dramas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1901)In this thesis there has been no attempt made to reach new conclusions. In fact, the subject would scarcely admit of that, since the emotions we experience have all been felt before. The sole purpose has been to analyze ... -
Literature didactics : how to use literature in a foreign language classroom (with examples for the German Andenglish language classroom)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Literature plays an important role in people's lives, and it has an equally important function in language learning. Reading helps children, ... -
Luther uber literatur : I. Seine gedanken uber deutsche dichtung
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)Discusses Luther's usage of literary forms drama, tragedy, and comedy to make the Bible more relatable to the people. -
Nach pädagogischen überlegungen texte für den daf-unterricht chronologisch neu strukturieren
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The following thesis will present a new method of teaching German literature for a beginning-level German language course. It follows six main ideas ... -
Novalis' religioese stellung
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)It is the object of this work to get a short, defined picture of the religious mystic, poet, and philosopher Novalis. -
Precedent phenomena: the role of cultural reference in Dostoevsky's novel Demons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)The thesis addresses the questions of precedent phenomena (culturally specific language units) functioning in a literary text. Analyzing Dostoevsky's novel Demons, the research demonstrates precedent phenomena as a tool ... -
The pronoun of address in Schiller's dramas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)This thesis represents practical knowledge gained by a critical study of the pronoun of address, as Schiller used it in his dramas. As far as the writer knows no one has ever written anything concerning Schiller's use of ... -
Pseudo-classicismus in der deutschen litteratur
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1901)Discusses the pseudo-classicism themes in German literature during the 17th and 18th centuries. -
The root of all evil? : the Mandrake myth in German literature from 1673 to 1913
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)From its first appearance in the Ebers Papyrus to its reference in Goethe's Faust II and Hanns Heinz Ewers bestseller Alraune at the beginning of the 20th century, the plant-human mandrake has been notorious for its presence ... -
Staging Hitler myths
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)In my thesis Staging Hitler Myths, I analyze the depiction of Adolf Hitler in the contemporary German movies Der Untergang (2004) and Mein Fuhrer-die wirkliche wahrste Wahrheit uber Adolf Hitler (2007). Both movies have ... -
Theodor Fontanes "Effi briest", eine studie im realismus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)This study of the German realist novel "Effi Briest" by Theodor Fontane, is an elaboration on the principles put forth in the book "Die Rolle des Erzählers in der Epik", or The Role of the Narrator in the Epic, by Dr. ... -
A thesis on the genitive case in Hartmann von Aue's Armer Heinrich
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1899)The Genitive Case in Mid. High German, as in the other related languages, has been partially traced to adjective origin, denoting by its form the various relations which are now more generally expressed by the derivative ...