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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 ... -
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, ... -
Gender and propaganda at the crossroads (the case of Svetlana Alexievich)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Soviet women played an important role during World War II, both in combat, and on the home front. The purpose of this thesis is to examine their role ... -
Remaining relevant in the digital age: the role of the writer in contemporary Russia (the case of Tat'iana Tolstaia)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)The present thesis studies Facebook publication activity of a popular contemporary Russian writer, Tat'iana Tolstaia. I argue that her posting contributes to the development of social capital (Bourdieu, 1986) among her ... -
The quarrel as a "living word" in Chekhov's early short stories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)This thesis focuses on Chekhov's early stories written in the period from 1879 to 1886. It argues that Chekhov's quarrel is a particular literary type through analysis of its functions, uses and role in the development of ... -
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 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 ... -
Recreation of Chernobyl trauma in Svetlana Aleksiyevich's Chernobylʹskaya molitva
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Little has been written about the literary methodology of the contemporary Belarusian writer Svetlana Aleksiyevich. The main purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the aesthetic manipulation of factographic content ... -
Vom Buch zum Film: zur Frage der Adaptation bei Sternberg, Schlöndorff und Tykwer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)My thesis deals with the problem of adaptation from literature to film through three German examples. I explore this question in the following novels and films: Professor Unrat by Heinrich Mann, Die Blechtrommel by Günter ... -
Time and space as artistic conventions in Chekhov and Dostoyevsky
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)Artistic categories of time and space have been studied extensively. There are certain conventions accepted for different genres in terms of time and space organization. Arrangement of time and space in Chekhov's plays is ... -
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, ... -
Freedom and self-knowledge in the dramatic works of Anton Chekhov
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)In his five major dramatic works, Anton Chekhov crafts characters who struggle with existential despair as a result of their inability to perform such actions. This focus on action and inaction raises analogous questions ...