Seminar paper de l'annee 2013 dans le domaine Etudes des langues romanes - Francais - Litterature, note: 1,7, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz, langue: Francais, resume: Dans cet essai, je vais essayer de creuser qu'on peut vraiment identifier certains aspects de la tragedie dans le roman africain francophone contemporain en prenant en compte le roman "African Psycho" d'Alain Mabanckou. Tout d'abord je vais presenter quelques definitions des mots "tragique" et "la tragedie." Ensuite, il y a des traits de caractere qui caracterisent un personnage tragique dans la litterature. Apres, on va...

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, language: English, abstract: "In response to the industrial revolution of the late 18th century" (Scheese 6) a new field of literary studies has been established. Derived from former pastoralism, authors now engage into what is called 'nature writing'. Addressing the concerns of life in the country, attention is directed to the different forms of nature as well. One of these nature writers can be found in Mary Hunter Austin, an American writer who expresses her...