A Woman By Heinrich Heine,
2013
Southwest Minnesota State University
A Woman By Heinrich Heine, Susan Mclean
Transference
Translated from the German by Susan McLean.
Commentary On Translating Rose Ausländer, Ingeborg Bachmann, And Nelly Sachs,
2013
Western Michigan University
Commentary On Translating Rose Ausländer, Ingeborg Bachmann, And Nelly Sachs, Rebekah Wilson
Transference
Notes by Rebekah Wilson on translating four German poems into English.
If Only I Knew By Nelly Sachs,
2013
Western Michigan University
If Only I Knew By Nelly Sachs, Rebekah Wilson
Transference
Translated from the German by Rebekah Wilson.
To Say Dark Things By Ingeborg Bachmann,
2013
Western Michigan University
To Say Dark Things By Ingeborg Bachmann, Rebekah Wilson
Transference
Translated from the German by Rebekah Wilson.
At The End Of Time By Rose Ausländer,
2013
Western Michigan University
At The End Of Time By Rose Ausländer, Rebekah Wilson
Transference
Translated from the German by Rebekah Wilson.
The Picket Fence By Christian Morgenstern,
2013
University of Chicago
The Picket Fence By Christian Morgenstern, John Perry
Transference
Translated from the German with commentary by John Perry.
Transference Vol. 1, Summer 2013,
2013
Western Michigan University
Transference Vol. 1, Summer 2013
Transference
Transference is published by the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Western Michigan University. Dedicated to the celebration of poetry in translation, the journal publishes translations from Arabic, Chinese, French and Old French, German, Classical Greek and Latin, Japanese, and Russian into English verse. Transference contains translations as well as commentaries on the art and process of translating.
Ann Tizia Leitich And American Mass Culture,
2013
Brigham Young University
Ann Tizia Leitich And American Mass Culture, Kari Marie Stolzenburg, Dr. Robert Mcfarland
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Ann Tizia Leitich was one of the most widely read Austrian newspaper article authors of the 1920’s and 1930’s. Her articles kept in dialogue with the other leading authors of her time including Stefan Zweig, Siegfried Kracauer, and Antonio Gramsci who are synonymous with criticism of mass culture. Though she participated heavily in these dialogues her works have generally been lost from public knowledge. Through this mentored research project, Dr. McFarland and I seek to bring Ann Tizia Leitich back into her rightful place in the mass culture dialogue.
Correlation Between Language Maintenance And Post-Graduation Plans Of International Students From Russian-Speaking Countries,
2013
Brigham Young University
Correlation Between Language Maintenance And Post-Graduation Plans Of International Students From Russian-Speaking Countries, Alyona Viktorovna Friedman, Dr. Tony Brown
Journal of Undergraduate Research
As an international student, I have observed what I thought to be a trend among my fellow students from Russian-speaking countries. I noticed that those who had a definite plan to remain in the U.S. after graduation spoke less Russian than those who were planning to return to their respective home countries. This observation turned into a hypothesis: the less Russian students speak, the more likely they are to plan to stay in the U.S. after completion of their degrees.
Elisabeth Franke: A German Missionary’S Perspectives On Women’S Liberation In The Context Of Racial And Religious Prejudice,
2013
Brigham Young University
Elisabeth Franke: A German Missionary’S Perspectives On Women’S Liberation In The Context Of Racial And Religious Prejudice, Rebekah Mcknight, Dr. Cindy Brewer
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Elisabeth Franke was a female German missionary in Turkey in the early 20th century. Her unique experience as a woman, a Christian, and a humanitarian offers a valuable perspective on religious and racial prejudice between Christian missionaries and Muslims at the time. Studying Franke’s text, Hinter dem Schleier: Ein Schrei der Not aus der mohammedanischen Frauenwelt (Behind the Veil: A cry of need from the world of Muslim women) enabled me to better understand and explain the incongruousness between typical Christian prejudice towards Islamic peoples and her particular interest in the liberation of Muslim women in Turkey.
Crossing More Than The Street: Johanna M. Lankau’S Dresdner Spaziergänge And The Walking Woman As Outsider,
2013
Brigham Young University
Crossing More Than The Street: Johanna M. Lankau’S Dresdner Spaziergänge And The Walking Woman As Outsider, Bess Hayes, Dr. Robert Mcfarland
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Germany, it was ideologically inappropriate for women to walk unaccompanied through the city. Because of these gendered strictures, women’s narratives of city walks are extremely rare. Johanna M. Lankau’s Dresdner Spaziergänge (“Dresden Walks”) is one of these rare exceptions. Though recent scholarship is divided about the historical reality of writing women walkers, her book shows that there were indeed women walkers who wrote about the city. In her 1912 book, Lankau writes:
“Humanism And The Role Of Women In The Fifteenth Century In Relation To Die Denkwürdigkeiten Der Helene Kottannerin (1439-1440)”,
2013
Brigham Young University
“Humanism And The Role Of Women In The Fifteenth Century In Relation To Die Denkwürdigkeiten Der Helene Kottannerin (1439-1440)”, Colter Kennedy, Dr. Robert Mcfarland
Journal of Undergraduate Research
When I first started at BYU I was approached by Prof. Robert McFarland about studying the relatively unknown text, Die Denkwürdigkeiten der Helene Kottannerin (The Memoirs of Helene Kottanner) to fulfill requirements for his class covering Cultural History of Germany. Eventually this assignment grew under his supervision to an ORCA project, a conference paper, and an honors Thesis. Originally I began researching the feminist aspect of the text and how it was far more progressive than any other text written by a woman for its time. The scope of my study of this text has grown immensely to show how …
Vocabulary Acquisition On Study Abroad,
2013
Brigham Young University
Vocabulary Acquisition On Study Abroad, Jillian Fritz, Laura Catharine Smith
Journal of Undergraduate Research
My project is part of a larger, college-wide study that is seeking to quantify the progress students make in acquiring the German language while on study abroad, specifically in the areas of vocabulary acquisition, pronunciation, writing composition, and language comprehension. My own research attempts to determine if language immersion in a study abroad setting better enhances vocabulary learning than in Foreign Language Student Resident or classroom settings.
Anna Oehler: Mission Literature,
2013
Brigham Young University
Anna Oehler: Mission Literature, Lisa Jensen, Dr. Cindy Brewer
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Thank you for awarding me the ORCA grant. I have used it to travel to Vienna, Austria with Professor Brewer to research the works of Anna Oehler. Anna Oehler was a mission author of children’s literature in the early 1900s. Her work is important because it provides insights on the racial positions of Europeans at this time.
Wandering Women: Fontane’S, Romantic And Enlightenment Influences On Walking Women Writers,
2013
Brigham Young University
Wandering Women: Fontane’S, Romantic And Enlightenment Influences On Walking Women Writers, Bess Hayes, Rob Mcfarland
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Before applying for this ORCA grant, I worked with Professor McFarland on a project about Johanna M. Lankau, a German author who wrote a hundred years ago about her walks throughout Dresden and the surrounding countryside. As an aspect of this research, I searched through newspaper microfiches in Berlin, July 2008, looking for stories and articles by author Johanna Lankau. I came across literature reviews of the popular German writer Theodor Fontane. His most beloved work is his encyclopedic Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (“Hikes through the Region of Brandenburg”). This caught my attention because Lankau also wrote about walking …
Travel Journals Of Elisa Von Der Recke,
2013
Brigham Young University
Travel Journals Of Elisa Von Der Recke, Margaret Ebeling
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Travel journalism was one of the most popular forms of literature in the early nineteenth century. Because it was so widely read, it affected many people and therefore had significant historical impact. In addition, it was one of the few literary genres that women were allowed to participate in. Elisa von der Recke (born 1754) was one of the first females to take advantage of this publically acceptable genre. Although her work includes poetry, an exposé and other writings, her travel journals play a central role in her literary and journalistic production. As a part of the Sophie Project, an …
Critically Annotated Collected Works Of Elisa Von Der Recke Introduction To Recke’S Autobiography,
2013
Brigham Young University
Critically Annotated Collected Works Of Elisa Von Der Recke Introduction To Recke’S Autobiography, Mallorie Guerra, Dr. Michelle S. James
Journal of Undergraduate Research
For a number of years, students within the German Department have been working with professors on The Sophie Digital Library and Resource Center project. This project, known affectionately within the German Department as “the Sophie project”, involves the transcription, translation, and web posting of works by German-speaking women. The Sophie project, simply put, is massive. There are hundreds of texts which have already been posted online, but there remains still quite a bit of work to be done.
Restoring Forgotten Talent: A Scholarly Edition Of Luise Greger’S Ganseliesel,
2013
Brigham Young University
Restoring Forgotten Talent: A Scholarly Edition Of Luise Greger’S Ganseliesel, J. Briton Anderson, Dr. Michelle James
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Luise Greger, a talented and accomplished composer in Germany during the 20th Century, has largely been overlooked as an important voice in music history. Her impressive opus of art songs, in addition to an operetta, was quite popular during her day, as is evidenced by several contemporary newspaper reviews. The Sophie Project sponsored a well-received performance of Greger’s collected art songs in 2003, which established the value of performing her music. Because of the significance and quality of Greger’s music, my ORCA proposal was to help fill the lack of serious research on Greger’s life and music by preparing a …
Christianity, Civilization, And Commerce: A Look At The Roles Of German Missionaries In 19th And 20th Century Tonga,
2013
Brigham Young University
Christianity, Civilization, And Commerce: A Look At The Roles Of German Missionaries In 19th And 20th Century Tonga, Kasia Cook, Dr. Cindy Brewer
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In Tonga, a group of islands deep in the South Pacific Ocean, religion is an important element of life for all of the islanders. In addition to protestant missionaries from England who helped Tonga establish their constitution, Tongan culture was also deeply influenced by Catholicism. Due to the large population of German businessmen living in Tonga and the close proximity of Tonga to the German colony in Western Samoa, it was supposed that German missionaries must have also traveled to the Tongan islands and contributed to the establishment of some of the schools and other relics of religious influence there. …
Depicting Otherness Representations Of Black Africans In German-Language Serials Between 1880 And 1920,
2013
Brigham Young University
Depicting Otherness Representations Of Black Africans In German-Language Serials Between 1880 And 1920, Ruth Dittli, Dr. Cindy Brewer
Journal of Undergraduate Research
In the era of imperialism Germany came late to the scene, but quickly attempted to catch up to its colonist neighbors and established colonies throughout the “heathen” lands such as China, India, and Africa. To generate interest and support for the colonist efforts a new genera of literature emerged called “colonial literature”. The literature was written by Europeans for Europeans. For my research I wished to discover how those publications dealt with and portrayed the character of the native in African literature.
