Zugl.: Tübingen, Universiẗat, Habil.-Schr., 2002.

Habilitationsschrift--Münster. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-282) and index.

Zugl.: Berlin, Humboldt-Univ., Diss., 2008

Univ., Habil.-Schr.--Tübingen, 2002. / Literaturverz. S. 195 - 203.

Texte remanié de la thèse de l'auteur: Philosophy--Berkeley, 1973. / Bibliogr. p. 184-191. Index.

Thèse--Uppsala. / "Bibliographie": p. [251]-255.

The doctoral thesis 'Comme un roman policier: Daniel Pennacs Malaussène-Serie als Spielart des Kriminalromans' delivers a thorough analysis of a popular French series consisting of five novels which are rooted in crime literature. The contemporary French author Daniel Pennac makes a playful use of elements characteristic both of the detective novel als well as the thriller. Aspects of the analysis include the structure of the novels, techniques of narration, depiction of society, methods of detection and use of language. Based on René Girard's scapegoat-theory Pennac creates the tragicomic hero of Benjamin Malaussène. Besides the exceptional protagonist, the rest of the Malaussène-universe can be divided into a 'good' in-group and a 'bad' out-group. Pennac draws rough sketches of the characters by using stereotypes and the inversion of stereotypes. By these means Pennac reveals by which absurd and paradoxical mechanisms the contemporary Western society often works. Concerning the detection, the author does not stick to traditional methods, but extents the intruments of knowledge to the supernatural. Theses variations of detective novel and thriller regarding the contents are presented in an elaborated and metaphorical style which furthermore contains innumerable reflections on language and literature. The thesis concludes with a classification of Pennac's Malaussène-Saga within the frame of modern French as well as crime literature.

Will German car advertisings be successful in a French environment if translated literally and vice versa? This study elaborates an analysis methodology for print advertising that results from a broad overlook over related issues. Advertising is seen as a mirror of society that reflects its specific culture. As such, significant data about the German and the French culture can be extracted from advertisings by analyzing the verbal and non-verbal content. This study relates research in semiology, text gendres, verbal and non-verbal communication, and content analysis. The extracted information is useful in synthesizing qualitative and quantitative aspects of current research in the domain of advertisings. The results indicate that nowadays advertisings show important differences in the appeal as well as in the stylistic design/execution in form of written texts and images. The conclusion of this research is antagonistic to the influencial thesis of the world as one global market (Levitt, 1983).

Zugl.: Trier, Univ., veränd. Habil.-Schr., 2004

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago. 1914. / Published also as Linguistic studies in Germanic, edited by E. A. Wood. no. III. Also available on the Internet.