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From Swing King To Swing Kids: The Jazz Era Of ‘Big Band Orchestras’ In World War Ii, Katie Victoria Burnopp Apr 2018

From Swing King To Swing Kids: The Jazz Era Of ‘Big Band Orchestras’ In World War Ii, Katie Victoria Burnopp

Student Scholar Showcase

Known as the ‘King of Swing’, clarinetist and band leader Benny Goodman (1909-1986) threatened the Nazi cause during WWII. With intent of improving music pedagogy, the purpose of this research was to investigate swing music during World War II. The particular problems of this study were to: (1) identify how the swing music of Benny Goodman (1909-1986) influenced adolescents in the United States of America, United Kingdom, and Germany; (2) explore the Nazi party view on ‘swing’ music of the era; (3) examine how the music of Charlie and his Orchestra became used as a tool for Nazi propaganda; and …


The Art Of "Reading-To" And The Post-Holocaust Suicide In Schlink's The Reader, Michael Lackey Apr 2018

The Art Of "Reading-To" And The Post-Holocaust Suicide In Schlink's The Reader, Michael Lackey

English Publications

In Bernhard Schlink's The Reader, former Nazi perpetrator Hanna Schmitz commits suicide, and scholars have not yet answered the question why. When Michael visits Hanna's cell after her death, he notices books on her shelf by Primo Levi, Elie Wiesel, Tadeusz Borowski, Jean Améry, Rudolf Höss, and Hannah Arendt. By citing works from these authors, I argue that Hanna kills herself because she discovers that Michael has become what she once was. I also demonstrate that through her suicide, Hanna fulfills a major demand found in the works of Améry, and by fulfilling that demand, Améry and Hanna are …


“Marie” And “An Unusual Recourse”: English Translations Of German Early Romantic Stories, Meghan Leadabrand Mar 2018

“Marie” And “An Unusual Recourse”: English Translations Of German Early Romantic Stories, Meghan Leadabrand

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

This project consists of English translations of two German early Romantic stories, “Marie” (1798) by Sophie Mereau and “Seltner Ausweg” (1823) by Luise Brachmann, as well as an introductory discussion of the authors, their significance in the Jena Circle of Romantic writers, and the translation process. The introduction incorporates research on both Mereau and Brachmann and German early Romanticism, as well as some research on translation theory. Overall, the project aims to make “Marie” and “Seltner Ausweg,” which have not previously been translated, available to an English-speaking audience and to highlight the work of two little known Romantic women writers. …


Heidegger And Hölderlin On Aether And Life, Babette Babich Feb 2018

Heidegger And Hölderlin On Aether And Life, Babette Babich

Articles and Chapters in Academic Book Collections

No abstract provided.


Slumming With Cindy: Class, Precarity, And Performance In Cindy Aus Marzahn’S Trash Comedy, Kathrin M. Bower Feb 2018

Slumming With Cindy: Class, Precarity, And Performance In Cindy Aus Marzahn’S Trash Comedy, Kathrin M. Bower

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications

The restructuring of unemployment and welfare benefits under Hartz IV hit former East Germans already suffering economically since unification particularly hard, forcing many into a condition of precarity for which the governing ideology held them responsible. Frustrated in her search for suitable work, Ilka Bessin adapted the self-management model advocated by the reforms to transform her story of marginalization and failure into a comedy success as Ossi trash princess Cindy aus Marzahn. Cultivated by commercial television, Bessin’s Cindy was a product, purveyor, and critic of Germany’s neoliberal economic policies, illustrating the fraught, collusive relationship between politics and popular culture.


“’To Abuse And Enjoy’: Frankenstein And German Literature”, Carol A. Leibiger Jan 2018

“’To Abuse And Enjoy’: Frankenstein And German Literature”, Carol A. Leibiger

Posters and Presentations

No abstract provided.


W. G. Sebald’S Austerlitz : Architecture As A Bridge Between The Lost Past And The Present, Rumiko Handa Jan 2018

W. G. Sebald’S Austerlitz : Architecture As A Bridge Between The Lost Past And The Present, Rumiko Handa

Architecture Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity

Architecture has a way of bringing the past to the present for us. It is an important asset, for the experience of the past constitutes a positive moment in our everyday conduct of life, allowing a contemplation on our existential meaning. It is an often neglected aspect, as it lies outside of architecture's aesthetic, functional, or structural realms. Mechanisms at work in effectuating this feature can vary, among which the following are notable: A building may commemorate a particular event or individual by being a monument. A building may refer to the time of its origin by way of its …


Simon Brenner: Wolf Haas (1960—), Heike Henderson Jan 2018

Simon Brenner: Wolf Haas (1960—), Heike Henderson

World Languages Faculty Publications and Presentations

Conceived in defiance of a literary establishment that had for fifteen years refused to publish Haas's novels, the quirky ex-policeman turned private investigator Simon Brenner is now celebrated by literary critics and readers alike. Cranky, ambitionless, and often underestimated, Brenner (whose name translates as "Burner") is a reluctant hero who embodies many stereotypical Austrian traits while at the same time undermining traditional images of Austria as an unspoiled tourist destination with a rich cultural heritage, traditional values, and wholesome inhabitants.


Dying For Foie Gras: Murder, Politics And Ethical Food Production, Heike Henderson Jan 2018

Dying For Foie Gras: Murder, Politics And Ethical Food Production, Heike Henderson

World Languages Faculty Publications and Presentations

In recent years, culinary mysteries have enjoyed immense popularity in Germany. Marketed to both fans of detective fiction and food aficionados, they enjoy a large crossover appeal, which at least partially explains their commercial success. Ella Danz is the author of the Georg Angermüller mystery series (started in 2006, nine books so far) set in the Northern German Lübeck area. While this series, whose main protagonist is a police inspector who likes to cook and eat, did not start out as a culinary mystery series per se, it has developed into one of the most popular manifestations of this subgenre. …


Verschiedene Deutungen Des Gleichen Krieg: Wie Jünger Und Remarque Den Zweck Ihrer Grabenerfahrungen Ausgraben, Olivia R. Simmet Jan 2018

Verschiedene Deutungen Des Gleichen Krieg: Wie Jünger Und Remarque Den Zweck Ihrer Grabenerfahrungen Ausgraben, Olivia R. Simmet

Student Publications

Two Perspectives on one Great War: Remarque and Jünger This work looks at two prominent texts in the German war novel canon, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque and Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger. These very different books represent the attempts of two Great War soldiers to recall their trench war experience and assign meaning to the slaughter and destruction of the first truly modern war. During the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), All Quiet and Storm of Steel contributed to the two dominant cultural narratives regarding the war, one which rejected war as dehumanizing and immoral …


Agency And Political Engagement In Gide And Barrault's Post-War Theatrical Adaptation Of Kafka's The Trial, Yevgenya Strakovsky Sep 2017

Agency And Political Engagement In Gide And Barrault's Post-War Theatrical Adaptation Of Kafka's The Trial, Yevgenya Strakovsky

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article, "Agency and Political Engagement in Gide and Barrault's Post-war Theatrical Adaptation of Kafka's The Trial" Yevgenya Strakovsky considers the political themes of André Gide and Jean-Louis Barrault's Le Procès (The Trial, 1947), the first theatrical adaptation of Franz Kafka's Der Prozess (The Trial, 1914). Strakovsky demonstrates that Le Procès, written and staged in the immediate aftermath of World War II, levels a critique against the passive complicity of citizens in unjust persecution in both its script and its staging. The paper also considers the elements of Kafka's prose that lend themselves to …


An Artist As Soldier: Seeking Refuge In Love And Art, Barbara S. Heisler Aug 2017

An Artist As Soldier: Seeking Refuge In Love And Art, Barbara S. Heisler

Gettysburg College Faculty Books

At the center of this book are the World War II letters (Feldpostbriefe) of a German artist and art teacher to his wife. While Bernhard Epple’s letters to his wife, Gudrun, address many of the topics usually found in war letters (food, lodging conditions, the weather, problems with the mail service, requests for favors from home), they are unusual in two respects. Each letter is lovingly decorated with a drawing and the letters make few references to the war itself. In addition to many personal communications and expressions of love for his wife and children, Epple writes about …


To See For Herself: Maria Sibylla Merian’S Research Journey To Suriname: 1699-1701, Catherine Grimm Aug 2017

To See For Herself: Maria Sibylla Merian’S Research Journey To Suriname: 1699-1701, Catherine Grimm

Resources

No abstract provided.


Frauen In Der Deutschen Literaturgeschichte: Die Ersten 800 Jahre. Ein Lesebuch, Albrecht Classen Aug 2017

Frauen In Der Deutschen Literaturgeschichte: Die Ersten 800 Jahre. Ein Lesebuch, Albrecht Classen

Resources

No abstract provided.


Bekenntnisse Einer Schönen Seele, Von Sich Selbst Geschrieben, Friederike Helene Unger Aug 2017

Bekenntnisse Einer Schönen Seele, Von Sich Selbst Geschrieben, Friederike Helene Unger

Resources

No abstract provided.


Using Digital Commons To Highlight A Digital Collection: The Adventures Of Sophie, Rebecca Mckown May 2017

Using Digital Commons To Highlight A Digital Collection: The Adventures Of Sophie, Rebecca Mckown

Digital Initiatives Symposium

This poster will detail the experience of migrating the Sophie Digital Collection of Literary Works by German-Speaking Women from a website into an interactive site on Digital Commons by the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. The Sophie Project is named for Sophie von LaRoche and includes poetry, fiction, drama and film, song and music composition, essays, nonfiction writings and biographies all in native German language. It will highlight the structure built within Digital Commons to exhibit the richness of the content in the Sophie Collection and the interactive linking within the metadata fields.


Lorelei, Clara Schumann Apr 2017

Lorelei, Clara Schumann

Poetry

No abstract provided.


Er Ist Gekommen In Sturm Und Regen, Clara Schumann Apr 2017

Er Ist Gekommen In Sturm Und Regen, Clara Schumann

Poetry

No abstract provided.


O Der Weinenden Kinder Nacht, Nelly Sachs Apr 2017

O Der Weinenden Kinder Nacht, Nelly Sachs

Poetry

No abstract provided.


Einsamkeit, Nelly Sachs Apr 2017

Einsamkeit, Nelly Sachs

Poetry

No abstract provided.


An Euch, Die Das Neue Haus Bauen, Nelly Sachs Apr 2017

An Euch, Die Das Neue Haus Bauen, Nelly Sachs

Poetry

No abstract provided.


An George Sand, Ida Von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, 1815-1876 Apr 2017

An George Sand, Ida Von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld, 1815-1876

Poetry

No abstract provided.


Vorläufig, Renate Rasp Apr 2017

Vorläufig, Renate Rasp

Poetry

No abstract provided.


Russisch Leder, Renate Rasp Apr 2017

Russisch Leder, Renate Rasp

Poetry

No abstract provided.


Bildnis, Renate Rasp Apr 2017

Bildnis, Renate Rasp

Poetry

No abstract provided.


Glas, Louise Von Plönnies Apr 2017

Glas, Louise Von Plönnies

Poetry

No abstract provided.


Auf Der Eisenbahn, Louise Von Plönnies Apr 2017

Auf Der Eisenbahn, Louise Von Plönnies

Poetry

No abstract provided.


Gedichte An Eine Frau, Elisabeth Paulsen Apr 2017

Gedichte An Eine Frau, Elisabeth Paulsen

Poetry

No abstract provided.


Die Amazone, Elisabeth Paulsen Apr 2017

Die Amazone, Elisabeth Paulsen

Poetry

No abstract provided.


Klöpplerinnen, Louise Otto, 1819-1895 Apr 2017

Klöpplerinnen, Louise Otto, 1819-1895

Poetry

No abstract provided.