Diploma Thesis from the year 2001 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: Good, University of Vienna (Anglistics-American Studies), 135 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: When during the 1980s short novels like Jay McInerney's 'Bright Lights, Big City' (1984), Bret Easton Ellis' 'Less Than Zero' (1985), Tama Janowitz' 'Slaves of New York' (1986) or Michael Chabon's 'The Mysteries of Pittsburgh' (1988) became talked-about bestsellers in short succession, conservative critics were shocked. Their rejection of these novels was mainly grounded in the discrepancy...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 1997 im Fachbereich Romanistik - Spanische Sprache, Literatur, Landeskunde, Note: sehr gut, Universitat Wien (Institut fur Romanistik), Veranstaltung: Literaturwissenschaftliches Seminar: Ehre, Rache, Blut - Mentalitaten im Drama der spanischen Klassik, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit mochte ich das Ehrendrama 'El medico de su honra' in Bezug auf seine weiblichen Hauptrollen aufarbeiten. Zuerst, um einen geeigneten Rahmen zu schaffen, stelle ich eine Auswahl sozialhistorischer Kriterien dar, die die Situation der Frau in der fruhen Neuzeit umreien...

Seminar paper from the year 1998 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: Good, University of Vienna (Anglistics/American Studies), course: The Image of German Speaking Countries in American Texts from 1860 to 1930, 28 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The first chapter of this paper presents a survey of Henry James' biography. Special emphasis is given to his experiences in Germany. The reader has to take into consideration that especially his early experiences in relation with Germany shaped his attitude and influenced his image of the country throughout...

Seminar paper from the year 1998 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: very good, University of Vienna (Anglistics/ American Studies), course: Journalism and Fiction in the United States, 18 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the relationship between fiction and traditional and New Journalism. I have taken Norman Mailers novel 'The Naked and the Dead' as an example of fiction influenced by New Journalism and my paper intents to show the relationship on the basis of this novel and other contemporary texts. The first chapter deals...