Scientific Essay from the year 1998 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2 (B), Ruhr-University of Bochum (English Seminar), course: Literature III: Literature Translation, 3 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: "Trainspotting" is the title of a novel, written by the contemporary Scottish author Irvine Welsh. The plot is set in contemporary Edinburgh, i.e. Leith, and deals with the lives and experiences of a group of heroin junkies. The chapter we are looking at deals with a nightly walk through the meadows that three of the...

Seminar paper from the year 1999 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1 (A), Ruhr-University of Bochum (English Seminar), course: Advanced seminar: types of modern english comedy, 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: 1. Introduction There are certain characteristics in Joe Orton's plays that are very typical and of distinctive significance. The aspect of gender roles is one of those characteristics. The purpose of this paper is to explain, why the aspect of gender roles is so important, which different concepts of gender roles we...

Seminar paper from the year 1998 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2 (B), Ruhr-University of Bochum (English Seminar), course: Literatur III, 5 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Introduction This essay is going to deal with telling and writing as a means of liberation in the novel The Color Purple. Liberation in this context means, of course, women's liberation. The paper comprises the analysis of the protagonist's motivation for writing, its effects on her and the significance of different dialects. Furthermore the effects of the literary form of...

Seminar paper from the year 1998 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1 (A), Ruhr-University of Bochum (English Seminar), course: Seminar: Introduction to african-american Literature, 4 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Introduction In this essay we are going to deal with Black American English and its specific features and differences to Standard English. The analysis includes an introduction to the grammar of BAE, its specific vocabulary, the African elements in BAE and the ethnographic speech behaviour connected with the use of BAE. At the beginning...

Seminar paper from the year 1999 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1- (A-), Ruhr-University of Bochum (English Seminar), course: Proseminar: Pragmatics, 3 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: includes 5 sided presentation handout, abstract: Introduction In this paper we are going to deal with different theories concerning apology strategies. As there exists a variety of different theories, I chose just three of them for this paper. I will introduce their concepts, compare their differences and try to give a final evaluation of the...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 1997 im Fachbereich Russistik / Slavistik, Note: 2, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (Seminar fur Slavistik), Veranstaltung: Seminar: Methodologie: Komplexitat und Kultur, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Hausarbeit soll die Bedeutung von Komplexitat fur die Kulturvermittlung herausgearbeitet werden. Als Grundlage dienen hierzu ein Aufsatz von Lotman zum Thema Kulturvermittlung im zweiten Band des Buches Semiotica sovietica, die Ergebnisse des Seminars sowie selbst Recherchiertes."

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 1998 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Kultur, Technik und Volker, Note: 1, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (Seminar fur Slavistik), Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar: Kulturvermittlung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 1. Einleitung Im Rahmen dieses Referates soll eine Einfuhrung in die Kultursoziologie gegeben werden. Auf der Grundlage des Artikels von Friedhelm Neidhardt sollen zunachst einmal Definitionen des Begriffs der Kultur gegeben werden. Weiterhin sollen ihre Bedeutungsbestandteile und die Eigenschaften von Kultur als komplexem System aus der Sicht der Kultursoziologie erortert...

Seminar paper from the year 1999 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2 (B), Ruhr-University of Bochum (English Seminar), course: Hauptseminar: Modern American Drama, 14 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In this written paper I am going to deal with the topic of soft people in Tennessee Williams' dramas. First I will give a general introduction to the quality of soft people. It will be explained what kind of characters are described with this term. A general characterization of them, of the other characters and the general idea and image of the world...

Diese Hausarbeit beschaftigt sich mit der Erzahlstruktur des Romans Trainspotting und deren Bedeutung fur den Roman. In diesem Zusammenhang sollen die formale Struktur des Romans, die einzelnen Erzahler und Erzahlperspektiven sowie das raumlich-zeitliche Gefuge, Figurenrelationen und -konstellationen und die verschiedenen Aspekte des im Roman geschaffenen Wirklichkeitsmodells untersucht werden. Formale Grobstruktur: Zunachst einmal wirkt der formale Aufbau des Romans recht ungewohnlich. Was auf den ersten Blick wie eine gangige Einteilung in Hauptteile und einzelne Kapitel aussieht, stellt...