englischThe biographical caesurae generated by human failure are the subject of the sociology of failure. From the perspective of literary studies and gender theory, this study connects to the interdisciplinary research of these discontinuities and elaborates the narrative techniques of failure of [...]
more informationenglischIn this book, using an interdisciplinary approach, Nino Osepashvili describes how processes of translating literature in Georgia in the early 20th century contributed to the manifestation of a national identity. By means of a combination of approaches from translation studies, the social [...]
more informationenglischHuman dignity is one of the topic areas that Ferdinand von Schirach has dealt with in literature like no other contemporary writer.
This study is situated at the nexus between literary, legal and media studies. By analysing numerous passages from von Schirach's literary texts as well as [...]
more informationenglisch1992 marked the 500th anniversary of Columbus' arrival in the 'New World'. When the Spanish government announced its plan to hold large-scale commemorations to mark the occasion, it sparked a storm of controversy: Did 1492 mark the beginning of the encounter of two worlds — or the largest [...]
more informationenglischThe misogyny of the protagonists in Thomas Bernhard's work seems to be largely agreed upon in the relevant research. This work is not satisfied with the generalities and develops a much more differentiated picture of the female characters. It focuses on the figure of the wife. It becomes [...]
more informationenglischThis study deals with the life of the Wallachian voivode Vlad III. In addition to a biographical sketch, the focus is on two sources that ascribe monstrous characteristics to the prince: the "Geschicht dracole waide" and Michel Beheim's "Trakle waida". Similar strategies of othering are also [...]
more informationenglischAndjelka Krstanović shows the emergence and establishment of a new German literary language during the first two decades of Peter Handke's artistic work, which remained formative in form and content through the establishment of a concrete narrative framework for his entire oeuvre. The author [...]
more informationenglischThe idea of the sublime is a key concept in Friedrich Schiller’s later dramatic aesthetic. This study demonstrates how the concept of the sublime in Schiller’s plays is implemented and transformed, starting from dramatic theory and then progressing to the written text before being portrayed [...]
more informationenglischAround 1900 there was a generation of female authors who saw themselves as such, even without forming closer groups and combined this self-image with new beginnings and innovation. By analysing generationality as a characteristic of female narration Johanna Wybrands examines to what extent [...]
more informationDie Arbeit verbindet Ödön von Horváths Spätwerk mit Grundfragen aus der antiken Ethik Platons und der Moralphilosophie Immanuel Kants.Dabei interessiert sie sich maßgeblich für Fragen der Wertebildung des Individuums und seiner ambivalenten Verortung im Spannungsfeld von Freiheit und Determination [...]
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