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Shibboleth: Judges, Derrida, Celan [Toc], Marc Redfield Dec 2020

Shibboleth: Judges, Derrida, Celan [Toc], Marc Redfield

Philosophy & Theory

In the Book of Judges, the Gileadites use the word shibboleth to target and kill members of a closely related tribe, the Ephraimites, who cannot pronunce the initial shin phoneme. In modern European languages, shibboleth has come to mean a hard-to-falsify sign that winnows identities, and establishes and confirms borders; it has also acquired the ancillary meanings of slogan or cliché. The semantic field of shibboleth thus seems keyed to the waning of the logos in an era of technical reproducibility—to the proliferation of technologies and practices of encryption, decryption, exclusion and inclusion that saturate modern life. In the context …


Empathy And Community In The Age Of Refugees: Petzold’S Radical Translation Of Seghers’ Transit, Margarete Landwehr Dec 2020

Empathy And Community In The Age Of Refugees: Petzold’S Radical Translation Of Seghers’ Transit, Margarete Landwehr

Languages & Cultures Faculty Publications

Petzold’s film constitutes a radical translation of Seghers’ novel by transforming her tale of political refugees in Vichy France into an existential allegory depicting the fluidity of identities and relationships in a globalized world. The transitory existence of Petzold’s war refugee serves as an extreme example of the instability of modern life, which allows spectators to identify and empathize with migrants’ unpredictable journeys. Moreover, the director conveys the universality of his protagonist’s story by portraying him as an Everyman bereft of distinctive personality traits, by intermingling the past (Seghers’ plot) with the present (contemporary settings), and by situating his experiences …


Divertimento For Piano, Clarinet, Viola And Cello In B-Flat Major, Anna Amalie Von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel Nov 2020

Divertimento For Piano, Clarinet, Viola And Cello In B-Flat Major, Anna Amalie Von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

Poetry

No abstract provided.


Frieda Freiin Von Bülow, Anna Brunneman Nov 2020

Frieda Freiin Von Bülow, Anna Brunneman

Prose Nonfiction

No abstract provided.


Menschen, Die Den Pfad Verloren…, Henriette Arendt Nov 2020

Menschen, Die Den Pfad Verloren…, Henriette Arendt

Prose Nonfiction

No abstract provided.


Echte Wiener, Ada Christen Nov 2020

Echte Wiener, Ada Christen

Prose Fiction

No abstract provided.


Leibeigen, Hanna Christaller Nov 2020

Leibeigen, Hanna Christaller

Prose Fiction

No abstract provided.


Herr Im Hause, Margarethe Von Bülow Nov 2020

Herr Im Hause, Margarethe Von Bülow

Prose Fiction

No abstract provided.


Irdische Liebe, Frieda Freiin Von Bülow Nov 2020

Irdische Liebe, Frieda Freiin Von Bülow

Prose Fiction

No abstract provided.


Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!, Helene Böhlau Nov 2020

Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!, Helene Böhlau

Prose Fiction

No abstract provided.


Band 1. Inhalt Der Bände, Helene Böhlau Nov 2020

Band 1. Inhalt Der Bände, Helene Böhlau

Prose Fiction

No abstract provided.


3 Letters, Maria Wolkenstein Oct 2020

3 Letters, Maria Wolkenstein

Essays

No abstract provided.


Familienbriefe Mit Einem Biographischen Anhang, Maria Theresia Kaiserin Von Österreich Oct 2020

Familienbriefe Mit Einem Biographischen Anhang, Maria Theresia Kaiserin Von Österreich

Essays

No abstract provided.


Weiteres Von Den Zwei-, Vier- Und Sechsbeinigen Bewohnern Unseres Missionshügels, Sophie Spieß Oct 2020

Weiteres Von Den Zwei-, Vier- Und Sechsbeinigen Bewohnern Unseres Missionshügels, Sophie Spieß

Essays

This transcription was prepared for the Sophie website by Cindy Brewer’s German 201 class during Fall Semester 2006 at Brigham Young University. Student contributors were: Kimberly Allred, Ryan Clark, Alicia Cutler, Sara Forsyth, Hans Gaul, Tyler Hills, Brenna Jackson, Chante King, Kristen McGregor, Phillip McKinney, Taylor Merkley, Julia Moore, Mary Ann Olsen, Emma Owens, Trevan Reeves, Savanna Sessions, Katherine Smith, and Emily Velardi.


More About The Two-, Four-, And Six-Legged Inhabitants Of Our Mission Hill, Sophie Spieß Oct 2020

More About The Two-, Four-, And Six-Legged Inhabitants Of Our Mission Hill, Sophie Spieß

Essays

This translation was prepared for the Sophie website by Cindy Brewer’s German 201 class during Fall Semester 2006 at Brigham Young University. Student contributors were: Kimberly Allred, Ryan Clark, Alicia Cutler, Sara Forsyth, Hans Gaul, Tyler Hills, Brenna Jackson, Chante King, Kristen McGregor, Phillip McKinney, Taylor Merkley, Julia Moore, Mary Ann Olsen, Emma Owens, Trevan Reeves, Savanna Sessions, Katherine Smith, and Emily Velardi.


Ein Frauenbildnis: Dr. Eugenie Schwarzwald, Eugenie Schwarzwald, Helene Scheu-Reisz Oct 2020

Ein Frauenbildnis: Dr. Eugenie Schwarzwald, Eugenie Schwarzwald, Helene Scheu-Reisz

Essays

No abstract provided.


Der Sittenrichter, Maria Droop Oct 2020

Der Sittenrichter, Maria Droop

Essays

No abstract provided.


Das Paradies Meiner Kindheit, Luise Westkirch Oct 2020

Das Paradies Meiner Kindheit, Luise Westkirch

Prose Nonfiction

No abstract provided.


Vom Weg Meiner Jugend, Clara Viebig Oct 2020

Vom Weg Meiner Jugend, Clara Viebig

Prose Nonfiction

No abstract provided.


Zwischen Gestern Und Heute, Hermine Cloeter Oct 2020

Zwischen Gestern Und Heute, Hermine Cloeter

Prose Nonfiction

No abstract provided.


Dulden, Dr. Hedwig Bleuler-Waser Oct 2020

Dulden, Dr. Hedwig Bleuler-Waser

Prose Nonfiction

No abstract provided.


Thirty-Third Annual Bibliography 2019 (Mike Lützeler Contemporary German Literature Collection), Walter Schlect, Theresa Sambruno Spannhoff, Paul Michael Lützeler Oct 2020

Thirty-Third Annual Bibliography 2019 (Mike Lützeler Contemporary German Literature Collection), Walter Schlect, Theresa Sambruno Spannhoff, Paul Michael Lützeler

WashU Libraries Publications

The 33rd bibliography of 717 volumes added to Washington University Libraries' Mike Lützeler Contemporary German Literature Collection. All published in 2019, these acquisitions include novels, poetry, short story collections, graphic novels, essays, autobiographical works, and literary and cultural periodicals from publishers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Organized by author or editor, the bibliography includes local call numbers as well as subject and genre descriptors. This Collection serves as the research arm for the Department of Germanic Languages and Literature's Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature. A bibliography of items added the previous year is compiled each year …


Begegnung In Montreal, Edith Borchardt Oct 2020

Begegnung In Montreal, Edith Borchardt

German Publications

No abstract provided.


Kind Und Tier, Eugenie Schwarzwald Sep 2020

Kind Und Tier, Eugenie Schwarzwald

Essays

No abstract provided.


Japan: Das Land Des Nebeneinander, Alice Schalek Sep 2020

Japan: Das Land Des Nebeneinander, Alice Schalek

Essays

No abstract provided.


Das Haus, Lou Andreas-Salomé Aug 2020

Das Haus, Lou Andreas-Salomé

Prose Nonfiction

No abstract provided.


Vor Dem Erwachen, Lou Andreas-Salomé Aug 2020

Vor Dem Erwachen, Lou Andreas-Salomé

Prose Fiction

No abstract provided.


Eigenes Land, Augusta Supper Aug 2020

Eigenes Land, Augusta Supper

Poetry

No abstract provided.


An Eine Orange (Poem), Francisca Stoecklin Aug 2020

An Eine Orange (Poem), Francisca Stoecklin

Poetry

No abstract provided.


An Ein Mädchen (Poem), Franziska Stockman Aug 2020

An Ein Mädchen (Poem), Franziska Stockman

Poetry

No abstract provided.