Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 3,0, University of Vienna (Anglistik), course: Popular Literature in Canada, language: English, abstract: The following paper is concerned with the artist Wayde Compton and the African-Canadian background of his work. In the beginning, Comptons life as well as some insights into the historical and socio-cultural background that characterize the authors life and his works will be described. A discussion on Comptons view on topics such as Black Englishes, Hip Hop oralities and Turntable...

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: "Through sheer numbers, women writers have dominated the contemporary literary scene in the South - that is, since World War II" (Bennett 987). Among them is the talented Pulitzer Prize winner Shirley Ann Grau, who sheds a fresh, new light to common southern themes incorporating them into narratives touched not only by her personal perspective, but also the collective southern heritage and consciousness. The subject matter of my...

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: The New York Times described Roth's novel Call it Sleep as "One of the few genuinely distinguished novels written by a twentieth-century American" (Roth blurb). The book tells us about David Schearl, child of Jewish immigrants in the first decades of the 19th century. Similarities between the author's biography and David's life are quite obvious. This paper will give a short overview of the author's life and point out a few...

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: The following paper is concerned with the short story Spring is Now" by Joans Williams, which was published 1968. In the beginning, some of the most important events in the authors life as well as some insights into the historical and sociocultural background that characterize the authors life and the story will be described. After a short discussion of the plot and the protagonists of the story, the main part of the paper will...

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: Ernest Callenbachs Ecotopia consists of the reports and diary entries of William Weston, a reporter who is actually the first person to enter the newly modelled country, consisting of Washington, Oregon and Northern California, which broke from the USA in 1980. Seen from 1974, the story is set 25 years in the future in the year of 1999. Ecotopian citizens are described as creative, free-thinking, liberal and energetic people, who...

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: The following paper is concerned with the artist Wayde Compton and the African-Canadian background of his work. In the beginning, Comptons life as well as some insights into the historical and socio-cultural background that characterize the authors life and his works will be described. A discussion on Comptons view on topics such as Black Englishes, Hip Hop oralities and Turntable Pluralities follows, after which the paper will...

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: The following seminar paper is concerned with the presentation of a hybrid identity in Fred Wahs Diamond Grill and the cultural significance of food. In the beginning, the most important stages of the authors life shall help to embed the story in its historical and socio-cultural context. After a detailed discussion on the symbolic meaning of food, with various examples providing insight into the many functions that food takes in...

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, University of Vienna (Anglistik), language: English, abstract: The main questions that arise given this way of thinking about the connection between metaphor and culture are on the one hand -To what extent do people share their metaphors?-, which at first seemingly trivial becomes much more significant and interesting if we ourselves -To what extent do people around the world share their understandings of images and aspects of the world they live in?-. These questions are of...