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Full-Text Articles in German Literature
What Makes A Woman "Pious And Good": The Function Of Several Grimm Brothers' Cautionary Fairy Tales, Hannah Montante
What Makes A Woman "Pious And Good": The Function Of Several Grimm Brothers' Cautionary Fairy Tales, Hannah Montante
English (MA) Theses
This thesis explores how several of the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales, “Little Snow-white and the seven dwarfs,” “The Juniper Tree,” and “Cinderella” exhibit patriarchal expectations of women that fairy tale protagonists strive to uphold, while female villains feel driven to violence and artifice because of their inability to fit into this role. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published these stories in nineteenth-century Germany, which was predominantly Protestant and held the belief that women should be nurturing homemakers who took care of their husbands and children. These cautionary tales instruct women on how to behave and appear physically, likely because these stories …
Perfume: The Tragedy Of Humanity, Abby Hodge
Perfume: The Tragedy Of Humanity, Abby Hodge
e-Research: A Journal of Undergraduate Work
This article examines two adaptations ‐‐ film and novel ‐ of the story Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Through comparing these mediums this article explains themes within each, and how they vary based on the limitations of the mediums in describing a story that revolves primarily around scent and smell. The themes are consistent when the most prominent lessons of evil and broken societies come forth, though both are expressed in their respective ways.
Casanova's Homecoming [Casanovas Heimkehr], Mark Axelrod
Casanova's Homecoming [Casanovas Heimkehr], Mark Axelrod
English Faculty Books and Book Chapters
The Babel Guide to fiction in translation reviews and lists novels and short stories available in English. This chapter discusses Arthur Schnitzler's Casanova's Homecoming.
Aladdin's Problem [Aladins Problem], Mark Axelrod
Aladdin's Problem [Aladins Problem], Mark Axelrod
English Faculty Books and Book Chapters
The Babel Guide to fiction in translation reviews and lists novels and short stories available in English. This chapter discusses Ernst Jünger's Aladdin's Problem.
Man In The Holocene [Der Mensch Erscheint Im Holozän], Mark Axelrod
Man In The Holocene [Der Mensch Erscheint Im Holozän], Mark Axelrod
English Faculty Books and Book Chapters
The Babel Guide to fiction in translation reviews and lists novels and short stories available in English. This chapter discusses Max Frisch's Man in the Holocene.
Concrete [Beton], Mark Axelrod
Concrete [Beton], Mark Axelrod
English Faculty Books and Book Chapters
The Babel Guide to fiction in translation reviews and lists novels and short stories available in English. This chapter discusses Thomas Bernhardt's Concrete.