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Are Edgar Allan Poe's pathological characters to be identified with the authors own “tortured psyche”?
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Constance, course: American Literary and Cultural Theory – Leslie Fiedler, language: English, abstract: In 1960, Leslie A. Fiedler published his most influential and controversial book “Love and Death in the American Novel”. Elaborating on a theory he had developed as early as 19481, Fiedler proclaimed his thesis of an “innocent interracial homosexuality”and the generally dysfunctional treatment of American authors of the love between man and woman. In contrast to the New Criticism-school that had been prevailing until the 1940s, and saw the text alone as the sole basis for lite...
Joseph Conrad’s "An Outpost of Progress" and "Heart of Darkness". Influences on the Colonizer
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Constance, course: Post-colonial Short Stories, language: English, abstract: On the basis of two of Joseph Conrad's early writings, this paper tries to examine the effects of colonialism on the Westerner, as Conrad depicted them. The first object of this analysis will be the short story “An Outpost of Progress”. Questions that will be addressed are the origin of the influences, their nature and their results as well as the depiction of the protagonists, their environment and their interaction. Secondly, this paper will attempt to compare the occurring patterns of the short story to Conrad’s most prominent work, the novel “Heart of Darkness”. The question whether the short story can actually be compared to the novel at all, and finally the reconsideration of the popular thesis that “An Outpost of Progress” merely represents a sketch for “Heart of Darkness” will form the latter part of the analysis.
Stephen Greenblatt's New Historicism. A Viable Theory?
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Literature - Comparative Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Constance, course: Kulturkontakte: Theorien in den Geschichts- und Literaturwissenschaften, language: English, abstract: By the 1990s, New Historicism and its main progenitor Stephen Greenblatt rose to the attention of scholars worldwide, and it is now a widely accepted theory. If one can speak of a theory, since New Historicism has often been accused of lacking a distinct theoretical program. However, this did not remain the sole critical reproach New Historicism had to deal with. As with many a radically new idea, the approach provoked discontent as well. Inaccuracy and “armchai...
Pagane Aspekte in „Sir Gawain and the Green Knight“
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Ältere Deutsche Literatur, Mediävistik, Note: 1,0, Universität Konstanz, Veranstaltung: Wildheitsdiskurse in der Literatur des Mittelalters, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Es ist natürlich kein Geheimnis, dass „Sir Gawain and the Green Knight“ der keltischen Tradition der Britischen Inseln bzw. Frankreichs verpflichtet ist, und verschiedene Motive aus dieser aufgreift. Von einem literarischen Werk des 14. Jahrhunderts erwartet man jedoch eine weitaus distinktivere Adaption des Stoffes im christlichen Verständnis. Denn ein zeitgenössisches Verständnis des Mythos vom „Wilden Mann“ bedingt gleichzeitig zwingend eine Art vo...
Edgar Allen Poe’s influence on Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Their personalities, literary styles and concepts
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Constance, course: American Literature and Culture II, language: English, abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to trace Edgar Allen Poe’s influence on H. P. Lovecraft, to prove coincidences or expose differences, whether it is of style, topic, literary concepts or biographical respectively personal similarities. As Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s life and work are less known than it is the case with Edgar Allen Poe, the paper is divided into two main parts, one of them exclusively dedicated to Lovecraft, the other one trying to draw the above mentioned comparison.
Edgar Allen Poe's Influence on Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Their Personalities, Literary Styles and Concepts
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Constance, course: American Literature and Culture II, language: English, abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to trace Edgar Allen Poe's influence on H. P. Lovecraft, to prove coincidences or expose differences, whether it is of style, topic, literary concepts or biographical respectively personal similarities. As Howard Phillips Lovecraft's life and work are less known than it is the case with Edgar Allen Poe, the paper is divided into two main parts, one of them exclusively dedicated to Lovecraft, the other one trying to draw the above mentioned comparison.
Spooky love
Romans, że aż strach! Stare domy – pełne historii, niepowtarzalnego uroku i… mrocznych tajemnic. Jeden z nich miał stać się własnością Lidki. Miał, bo niestety narzeczony, który kupił go dla niej w sekrecie, nieoczekiwanie zmarł. W testamencie zapisał swojej niedoszłej żonie tylko połowę posiadłości przy ulicy Klonowej. Druga część przypadła w udziale jego bratu. Problem w tym, że Lidka i Sebastian, delikatnie mówiąc, nie darzą się sympatią, a wspólne mieszkanie to dla nich scenariusz jak z horroru. Jedyne, co mogą zrobić w tej sytuacji, to jak najszybciej sprzedać nieruchomość. Do tego jednak niezbędny będzie gruntowny remont, co okazuje się trudnym zadaniem, i to wcale nie z uwagi na konflikt między właścicielami. W starym domu zaczynają dziać się rzeczy niewytłumaczalne, jakby komuś – lub czemuś – obecność Lidki i Sebastiana była bardzo nie na rękę. Grozę potęgują jeszcze zasłyszane od sąsiadów historie o mrocznej przeszłości domostwa. Lidka sama już nie wie, co jest wytworem jej wyobraźni, a co przerażającą prawdą. Czy może liczyć na pomoc ze strony Sebastiana? Jaki sekret skrywają mury starego domu?
