German and Russian Languages and Literatures


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German and Russian Languages and Literatures

THE SENIOR PROGRAM

Recent projects include topics such as:

  • The image of the Wall in German Literature
  • Thomas Mann's "Magic Mountain"
  • Questions of identity in Max Frisch's works
  • Günter Grass' "My Century" as Autobiography
  • Heinrich Böll
  • Anna Segher's view of the world
  • Three Austrian women writers in the nineteenth century
  • Politics and Literature in Christa Wolf's works
  • Ingeborg Bachmann's Lost Utopia
  • Feminism, Love, and Sexuality in Elriede Jelinek and Verena Stefan
  • The Figure of Mephistopheles in Goethe's Faust: First Part of the Tragedy
  • Christa Wolf's "Blichwechsel" -- Discussion and Translation
  • Faust: Goethe's Denial of Superstition and the Acceptance of pure Christianity
  • Hesse's Search for Unity: Parallels with Siddhartha
  • Grosz and Brecht in Pandemoniumland: Two Views of the Weimar Republic
  • The Image of America in Current German Literature
  • German Exile Literature after Hitler's Grab for Power: The Shattered World of Safety
  • Freedom and the Middle-Class Daughter in 18th Century Tragedy
  • Fontane's Effi Briest as Critique of Prussian Society
  • Tieck's Inner Organization, Journeys and Crises: "Der blonde Eckbert" and "Der Runenberg"
  • Christa Reinigs "Muessiggang ist aller Liebe Anfang:" An Attempt to Determine Identity
  • Emancipation Strategies: Christa Wolf and Women's Autobiography
  • Opinions of Christa Wolf before and after the Wende
  • The Short Story in the Wirtschaftwunder: Rolf Schneider's 'Metamorphosis'
  • Criticism of War and Society: Remarque and Borchert
  • The Relationship between Naturalism and Socialism