Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Stuttgart, course: American short fiction, language: English, abstract: The beauty of the ordinary stuff is an important element of minimalist literature. Especially Frederick Barthelme used elements like brands, surfaces, malls, parking lots - ordinary stuff - in his short stories. His special way of writing concerning things of everyday life is analyzed in this term paper.

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, University of Stuttgart (Institut f r Linguistik: Anglistik), course: Hauptseminar: Language Contact, language: English, abstract: This paper wants to examine the two processes of acquisition and learning, compare them to find differences and possible similarities and try to find ways to make use of the processes by taking influence on them through intelligent teaching. The field contains multiple approaches and positions among the different researchers. Within this paper, I want...

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,3, University of Stuttgart (Institut fur Literaturwissenschaft - Amerikanistik I), course: Cultural Studies: Dickinson & Whitman: The Near and Far in 19th-Century American Geography, language: English, abstract: Die Welt im Neunzehnten Jahrhundert befindet sich im Wandel - vor allem auf dem amerikanischen Kontinent. Die Erschliessung neuer Gefilde durch Siedler lasst die Welt grosser werden, wahrend die Industrialisierung, ein expandierendes Wissen der Menschheit sowie vor allem neue Methoden der...