Scholarly Paper (Advanced Seminar) aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Kultur und Landeskunde, Note: 1,3, Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Veranstaltung: A Survey of American History, 13 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Englisch, Abstract: Texts written during the time of the settlement in America often include descriptions of Indian tribes and Native Americans. In these descriptions the Indians are often called "Savages" because of their outer appearance and their behaviour. But were those Indians really savages, barbarians or devils? Were they as uncivilized as often...

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Duisburg-Essen, course: Pragmatics, 8 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In 1987 Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson's book Politeness. Some Universals in Language Usage was published. They analyzed the pragmatically term politeness and the concept of face. But it was not only them who worked on that topic. Other persons who dealt with pragmatics too started to write books about politeness, mostly in reference to Brown's and Levinson's theory....

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 1,7, University of Duisburg-Essen, 60 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: "Predictively, any attempt at abstracting from the plethora of relevant publications something even faintly resembling a definition of the 'Dream' is doomed to failure." Peter Freese As Peter Freese precisely points out, defining the American Dream is a difficult if not irresolvable task. The reason for this is that "beyond an abstract belief in possibility, there is no one American Dream."...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Sonstiges, Note: 2.5, Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Jahr 2001 erscheint der von Ron Howard produzierte Film A Beautiful Mind, welcher auf Sylvia Nasars Bestseller A Beautiful Mind: The Life Of The Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash basiert. Beide behandeln das Leben des Mathematikers John Nash, wobei sich der Film hauptsachlich mit seiner Krankheit, der Schizophrenie, auseinandersetzt. Nur kurz wird hierbei auf seine mathematischen Leistungen eingegangen. Im Gegensatz dazu beschaftigt...

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1.7, University of Duisburg-Essen, language: English, abstract: In 2002, Unity Dow's book The Screaming of the Innocent was published. It deals with the topic of ritual murder in Botswana and gives detailed descriptions of the South African belief in witchcraft, traditional healing and ritual murder. Since the book is not based on a true story it is interesting to find out whether the themes Dow writes about are fictitious as well or if they can be related to Botswana's every-day life....

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1.3, University of Duisburg-Essen, language: English, abstract: The main aim of children's literature is to be readable for young people, to be amusing, exciting, to have a good story and to make readers enjoy it. Some books do not only fulfill this aim but also have a message. Young children should learn something important by reading those books. Those books are relevant for children's literature because the children enjoy learning when the story is good and interesting. But what makes a book a relevant...

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: 1.7, University of Duisburg-Essen, language: English, abstract: In the United Kingdom there are mainly two types of newspapers, namely the Quality Papers and the Tabloids. The question is in how far these two types of newspapers differ from each other, if they differ at all, and what the differences are, if any. How are Tabloids and Quality Papers defined and do they only differ in appearance or in content, too? To answer all these questions it is important to first give a...