German Theses: Recent submissions
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The reception of Friedrich Hebbel in Germany in the era of National Socialism
(University of St Andrews, 1984) - ThesisThe following thesis examines the impact on the interpretation of Hebbel's personality and works of National Socialist ideology and propaganda. It comprises six chapters. The first five of these explore different areas of ... -
The theme and poetic function of space in Theodor Fontane's works
(University of St Andrews, 2010-06) - ThesisThis thesis proposes a new view of space in Theodor Fontane’s writing as both a mode of literary expression and an object of literary inquiry: space serves a poetic function and is a thematic concern. The research draws ... -
The formation of a European identity through a transnational public sphere? The case of three Western European cultural journals, 1989-2006
(University of St Andrews, 2009-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis analyses processes of discursive European identity formation in three cultural journals: Esprit, from France, the British New Left Review and the German Merkur during the time periods 1989-92, and, a decade ... -
Translating Brecht : versions of "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder" for the British stage
(University of St Andrews, 2009-11-30) - ThesisThis study analyses five British translations of Bertolt Brecht's 'Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder'. Two of these translations were written by speakers of German, and three by well-known British playwrights with no knowledge ... -
The specificity of Simenon: on translating 'Maigret'
(University of St Andrews, 2009-06-23) - ThesisThe project examines how German- and English-speaking translators of selected Maigret novels by the Belgian crime writer Georges Simenon have dealt with cultural and linguistic specificity, with a view to shedding light ...