That one narrows the critically popular quest theme to one of wholeness does not axiomatically assure a tapered, pertinent monograph. For that reason I have taken some care to construct my approach to D. H. Lawrence's shorter fiction with three chapters which canalize Setting, Structure, and Imagery toward this quest for wholeness. And to attenuate further, the three essays which connect with each of these are titled "Landscape and Point of View," "The Whole Story," and "Triangle Versus the Individual Consciousness." In the case of the first and last, I use two of Lawrence's own essays to kindle the examinations of certain short stories and novellas. Chapter I endeavors to relate the apparent influence of post-Impressionist painting on the writer's creation of landscape, and to illustrate how closely point of view allies itself with setting in the character quest for wholeness. The third chapter recognizes the difference between structural and concrete Imagery, then uses the triangle image as an example of the first kind to show how this image remains antithetical to Lawrence's idea of the individual consciousness—for him the epitome of wholeness. The middle chapter attempts to locate a unique contribution by Lawrence to the short story art of the twentieth century, and to demonstrate successful and unsuccessful quests by characters who attain archetypal scope which lifts them beyond the more naturalistic figures in the author's other shorter fiction. Of course, character success or lack of it in the search for wholeness remains the purpose in the discussion of each story, regardless of chapter. And what the Introduction does, in part, is define the nature of that wholeness as relates to Lawrence's polemic essays; for the rest, it reviews evaluation of the shorter fiction by the critics. / Arts, Faculty of / English, Department of / Graduate

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Ob alleine, gemeinsam, virtuell oder analog: Spielen ist eine wohl universelle Erfahrung und eine Konstante im menschlichen Leben. Und doch scheinen zweckfreie Aktivitäten mit zunehmendem Alter an Stellenwert zu verlieren und in ein diametrales Verhältnis zu produktiven, zweckgerichteten Aktivitäten zu geraten. Wenn erwachsene Menschen verkleidet auf dem Boden herumtollen, bellen und auf allen Vieren gehen, kann dies zunächst irritieren. Das gemeinsame Interesse der Akteur:innen dieser empirischen Studie ist ein solches Rollenspiel: als Puppies imitieren sie das Verhalten von (Jung-)Hunden und versuchen, sich auch gedanklich in das als unbeschwert empfundene (Er-)Leben der Tiere hineinzuversetzen. Anhand dieses ganz konkreten Spiels mit eigenen Regeln und Praktiken fragt der Autor nach dem Verhältnis von Arbeit und Spiel in spätkapitalistischen Gesellschaften. Das Forschungsfeld Pup Play mit seinen spezifischen Räumen und Akteur:innen zeigt dabei anschaulich, wie spielerisch Werte ausgehandelt und kuratiert werden, Familien (neu) entstehen und die Perspektive auf eine Welt abseits von Leistungsdruck und Wettbewerb geschaffen wird. / Pup play is a rather new and unresearched phenomenon: young, mostly gay male, adults dress and behave as puppies and find joy in this kind of roleplay. I present some key aspects of my own research with and within the German pup play-community. As my findings suggest, pup play is cherished by its practitioners for allowing them to temporarily forget their daily life and enjoy the pure and laid-back mindset of a young dog. These self-appointed puppies describe their play in pure contrast to their everyday life which is often associated with (wage) labor. Therefore I discuss the significance of playing in modern society, also taking into consideration the difference between game and play. Pup Play, I argue, can be seen as a way to explore and shape the world(s) we live in.

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