<p>This paper investigates the relationship between Büchner's Novelle and its principal source, and determines the extent to which Büchner relies on this source in the composition of the Novelle. An attempt is made to define characteristic patterns in<br />Büchner's process of adaptation from the material in the Aufzeichnungen.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>Das Haus in der romantischen Erzählkunst stellt sich bei näherer Betrachtung als ein Paradox heraus, denn es kann keine Geborgenheit schenken. Es ist dafür ungastlich, unbetretbar, exzentrisch, utopisch, nicht dauerhaft, unfest, aus Glas oder bewegt. Insofern ist es eine Hanifestation der romantischen Unruhe oder Sehnsucht, die das Subjekt forttreibt, mit anderen Worten eine Manifestation des Selbstverlusts des Ich.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times} span.s1 {font: 6.0px Times} span.s2 {font: 7.5px Helvetica}</p> <p>This study presents an examination, in chronological order, of the martyr dramas of Andreas Gryphius, the German poet and dramatist. The dominant themes of 'Eitelkeit' and the 'Bestandigkeit ' of the martyr figures are traced through the dramas, and an attempt is made to evaluate Gryphius' contribution to this genre.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>In this thesis nine dramatic works (eight radio plays and one drama) of Heinrich Bő;; are discussed in detail. An attempt has been made to show, with Menschlichkeit as a criterion, that many of the characters are heroic figures. In addition Bőll is presented as one of his own heroes.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Times} span.s1 {font: 9.0px Helvetica} span.s2 {font: 13.0px Times}</p> <p>This thesis analyses the role of magic and superstition in one of Grimmelshausen's least studied novels, Das wunderbarliche Vogel-Nest, Teil II. Their effects upon the main character are examined, illustrating the author's moral stand against the use of magic and superstition; the same attitude which is shown to be reflected in his other novels. The various functions of these beliefs and practices within the novel itself are also determined, and it is suggested that Grimmelshausen's employment of magic and superstition advances the didactic purpose of the novel in several important ways.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>The thesis is an independent and personal examination of Keller's collection 'Die Leute von Seldwyla'.The collection is considered as a complete work in itself, but the procedure adopted takes account of the individtuality of each component work. Two chapters deal respectively with the structure of the individual works and with the image presented throughout the collection of the Seldwyla people, and two further chapters present interpretations of each work in turn. The conclusion emphasises the variety which is to be found in the collection, as well as a certain degree of unity.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times}</p> <p>Das Hauptgewicht dieser Arbeit liegt auf der problematischen Charakterbeschaffenheit des Schriftstellers Gustav von Aschenbach und dem inneren Konflikt, der sich für ihn daraus ergibt. Zu diesem Zweck wurde der gesamte Werdegang dieses Künstlers bis zu seinem Tode verfolgt. Dabei wurde festgestellt, daβ die verschiedenen Entwicklungsstufen, die Aschenbachs Charakter sowohl als auch seine Kunst durchlaufen, im Grunde Stationen auf dem vJeg vom Extrem der Geistigkeit zum Extrem der Sinnlichkeit sind. Es wurde gezeigt, daβ Aschenbach für kurze Zeit den vollkommenen Ausgleich der Gegensätze von "Geist und</p> <p>Sinnlichkeit", eine Art künstlerischen Idealzustand, erreicht; eine wichtige Tatsache, die bisher in der Kritik nur wenig Beachtung fand. Auch wurde der Versuch gemacht, die Funktion des Knaben Tadzio und vor allem die Bedeutung seines Verhältnisses zu Aschenbach, ein allzuoft auf nur-sinnlicher Ebene interpretiertes Verhältnis, zu berichtigen.</p> <p>Bei diesem Versuch einer Konsequent durchgeführten Interpretation der Künstlerproblematik Aschenbachs wurden, neben der Flut von Sekundärliteratur, vor allem Thomas Manns Äuβerungen über den Beruf des Schriftstellers schlechthin mit herangezogen, was sich als äuβerst erhellend und aufschluβreich erwies.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>This thesis examines Libertas und ihr Freier, a political satire in the form of an allegorical fairy-tale, in the context of Eichendorff's other works, both poetic and polemic, and of his political views before, during and after the German Revolution of 1848-49. The satire demonstrates quite clearly the quality of the poet's mind at the time of its composition, and reveals a basic dualism within the poet, a mixture of Romanticism and literary Realism.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

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<p>This study offers a detailed analysis of the main character of Bertolt Brecht's play Schweyk im zweiten Weltkrieg. The play has, to a large extent, been neglected, criticised and generally regarded as a second-rate Hork. One of the objects of this study is to destroy that view. Schweyk is seen as conforming to a typically Brechtian pattern, in that he is basically a character made up of two conflicting, socially conditioned sides. This study attempts to bring these two sides into perspective, thus showing Schweyk in his true light. Schweyk is basically seen to be following a campaign of "opponierendes Mitläufertum" and as such is closely linked with Brecht's most significant political publication "Fünf Schwierigkeiten beim Schreiben der Wahrheit". At the end of the character analysis a definition of Schweyk is formulated based on the qualities of the aforementioned political treatise, so that some observations can be made on the terms "Schweyk figure" and "Schweykian philosophy", both terms which seem to have been abused by the critics. From these observations and the character analysis of Schweyk, it then becomes quite obvious that Schweyk im zweiten weltkrieg is of fundamental importance, since in the character of Schweyk Brecht seems to express his philosophy of life in the clearest, most unequivocal manner.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)