Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1, University of Frankfurt (Main) (Amerikanistik), course: Introducing Tod Browning, language: English, abstract: Ever since the horror genre has established, it has fascinated viewers around the world. Despite (and to some degree also because of) its controversial status, the horror film has gained much popularity. At the same time it has also been the target of critics. Especially in academic writing the horror film seems to have been neglected. Nonetheless, the horror film has this one...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Linguistik, Note: 1, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main, Veranstaltung: Sprechakttheorie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Hausarbeit nimmt verschiedene Aspekte der Sprechakttheorie unter die Lupe. Das Verhaltnis von Lokution und Illokution wird analysiert. Diskrepanzen bei der Taxonomie von Bach und Harnisch werden enthullt. Die Begriffe Ironie und Luge werden mit Hilfe von Searles Terminologien systematisch auseinander genommen. Es wird ausserdem illustriert, wie relevant die Aspekte Hoflichkeit und...

The application of unani medicine in the presentation and cure of disease is more than five thousand years old. However this system of medicine flourished in Indo-Pak sub-continents since 12th century AD. Till to date a huge amount of information in the form of published material has been accumulated by unani practitioners out of lot of books available, the book on Qarabadhins (pharmacopoeias) are of importance from medical and treatment point of view. This book will provide its reader a comprehensive knowledge about all the unani pharmacopoeias. A comparative clinical study on amoebiasis has...