Browsing Department of German and Russian Studies (MU) by Thesis Semester "2009 Spring"
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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 ...