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The Role of Religion - Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Jewish American Literature
Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2009 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2, University of Frankfurt (Main), language: English, abstract: In der Magisterarbeit handelt es sich um die Rolle der Religion in der modernen jüdisch-amerikanischen Literatur. Die Suche nach den Wurzeln ist ein Trend in der amerikanischen Gesellschaft geworden. Dieser Trend widerspiegelt sich auch in Kunst und Literatur. Die Gesellschaft wandelt sich von einem “Schmelztiegel” in eine multiethnische und multikulturelle Gesellschaft. Viele Autoren wenden sich in ihren Werken an die Kultur ihrer Vorfahren. Die jüdisch-amerikanische Literatur ist auch ein Beispiel hierfür. Es ist fast unmöglich, die K...
Mukherjee's "Jasmine" and Kincaid's "Lucy". First generation immigrant novels
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, Tel Aviv University (Department of English), course: American Women Writers after World War II, language: English, abstract: I decided to write about the two first generation immigrant novels because I felt that as a woman and a first generation immigrant, I could in a way identify with the protagonists and respond to the problems raised by both authors. The authors, sharing the common cultural space, also share similar experiences and face similar problems. Coming from quite different backgrounds they might have more in common than it would seem at a first glance. In the age of globalization migration has become a world wide issue. Its problems spread from traditionally immigrant countries, like the United States and Canada to Europe. Refugees from the Third World countries fill the pages of magazines and cannot be ignored in cities throughout the world. In this paper I would like to see what problems are raised, what are similarities or differences between the ideas represented in the novels and how autobiographical features influenced the writing.
Witnessing history - Jewish immigrant women's autobiography
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, Tel Aviv University (Department of English), course: Jewish American Autobiography, language: English, abstract: In my paper I would like to compare two books which are written by women immigrants and which belong to the same historical period. These are “The Promised Land” by Mary Antin and “Out of the Shadow” by Rose Cohen. The authors, sharing the common cultural space, also share similar experiences and face similar problems. Although they have completely different destinies and live in different places, they might have more in common than it could seem at a first glance.
Parsing Psychology: Statistical and Computational Methods using Physiological, Behavioral, Social, and Cognitive Data
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Blending Future and Past -Jewish Tradition and Feminism in Contemporary American-Jewish Women's Writing
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1, University of Frankfurt (Main), course: Cross-cultural translation, 22 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In this paper I would like to explore how the Jewish tradition is represented in modern Jewish American feminist women's fiction. I chose as examples Marge Piercy's novel "He, She and It" and Cynthia Ozick's story " Putermesser and Xanthippe" from "The Putermesser Papers". The attitude towards Judaism has changed significantly since the beginning of immigrant women's writing at the threshold of the 20th century when writers like Anzia Yezierska or Mary Antin began new lives in ...
Black, jewish, interracial - a contradiction?
Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1, University of Frankfurt (Main), language: English, abstract: During the semester we read a lot of texts by different authors. There were a lot of questions that we raised in class about race, gender, identity and religion. We found out that there was a lot of prejudice on both the Black and the Jewish side. It was important for me to know whether it is possible to unite both black and Jewish parts of one’s identity or one has to give up one part of his or her heritage in favour of the other. In my paper I would like to try to find out if there is a contradiction in being both black and Jewish from the point of view of Jewish religion. I want to try to show that there is no contradiction to be found and that the prejudice against people of colour does not come from the Jewish tradition.
Besessenheit, Geistervertreibung und Seelenwanderung im Judentum
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Judaistik, Note: 2,9, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Judaistik), Veranstaltung: Kabbala in Safed im 16. Jahrhundert: Cordovero- Luria- Vital, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In meinem Referat habe ich angefangen mich mit dem spannenden Thema der jüdischen Magie zu befassen. Der Platz, den Mystik und Magie im Judentum hat, scheint viel wichtiger zu sein, als man sich vorstellen könnte. Selbst in der Folklore findet man viele Geschichten über Dämonen und Dybbuk- Besessenheit. In der Vorbereitungsphase für meine Hausarbeit habe ich in meinem jüdischen Bekanntenkreis eine kleine Umfrage durchgeführt. Alle befragten waren e...
Common Features in Contemporary American Novels
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Frankfurt (Main), course: Contemporary american novels, 16 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Comparison of three novels: : "The Time of our Singing" by Richard Powers, "Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri and "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides. The authors, sharing the common cultural space, share also similar experiences and face similar problems. Coming from quite different backgrounds they might have more in common than it could seem at a first glance.
Frauen - ein anderes Volk
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Judaistik, Note: 2, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Veranstaltung: Der Tanna - wo steht er, daß er lehrt...? Einführung in die Talmudim, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Seminar „Der Tanna- wo steht er, daß er lehrt...?“ (Einführung in die Talmudim), haben wir über die beiden Talmudim gesprochen. Sie sind ein wichtiges Bestandteil des Judentums. Man kann sich das Judentum ohne Talmud überhaupt nicht vorstellen. Die wichtigsten Gelehrten in der Geschichte des Talmuds waren alle männlich und die Tradition war immer vom Vater zum Sohn übermittelt. Frauen waren vom Lernen der Tradition jahrelang ausgeschlossen. Erst ...
Jewish New York in Abraham Cahan and Henry James
Essay from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, Tel Aviv University (Department of English), course: Place in modern American literature, language: English, abstract: I have decided to write my paper about Jewish New York and in particular the Lower East Side because it is a very important place in the history of Jewish America. This is a place which is inseparable from general American history, because it was influenced and shaped by immigrant culture. Jewish and American cultures merged and influenced each other on different levels. The Jews in America had more freedom than anywhere else in the world, Anti-Semitism was milder and could not be compared to its Eastern European form. The English language was influenced by Yiddish, and Yiddish absorbed English words and expressions. New York became the gateway for immigrants at the end of the nineteenth century.
