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Papers On German Literature
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How War is Portrayed in Erich-Maria Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front"
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A 5 page paper which examines Erich-Maria Remarque's classic 1929 novel, "All Quiet on the Western Front" by specifically considering how German soldiers understand the origins of the war, the impact of technology and industrialization on World War I, and how and why the romantic illusions about combat disintegrate, and why Paul Baumer and
his comrades see themselves as part of a lost generation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TGaqwf.wps
Kafka's In The Penal Colony
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This 6 page paper examines the symbols and meaning of Franz Kafka's 1924 short story, In the Penal Colony and compares them, briefly, with plays by Brecht and Wenders. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTkfkpen.wps
Kafka/Style in "The Metamorphosis"
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An 8 page research paper that analyzes the surrealistic writing style of Franz Kafka as demonstrates in his famous short story "The Metamorphosis." The writer also includes basic biographical information. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khkafws.rtf
Love and Lovers as Found in “A Farewell to Arms” and “The Sorrows of Young Werther”
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This is a 6 page paper comparing the lovers theme in “A Farewell to Arms” and “The Sorrows of Young Werther”. Ernest Hemingway and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe both developed stories which defied conventional thought for the sake of the lovers, love and passion within their time. Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms” tells of a pair of lovers during World War I who decide to live and love unconventionally without marriage. Goethe’s main character in “The Sorrows of Young Werther” shows a man who shows unconventional passion and obsession and who thinks of himself as the lover in an unrequited relationship with a woman he can never have and kills himself because of the agony he feels.
Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: TJFarew1.rtf
Madame Bovary
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4 pages. An analysis of Emma Bovary. Examines to what extent she is a victim of early 19th century social constraints on women. Also considers whether she is personally responsible for her downfall, and what type of character she is. Conclusion states whether she could be a happy, successful person in today's America or whether she would have the same problems. This paper demonstrates thorough knowledge of Emma Bovary's character. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: JGAembov.rtf
Modernism in Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway,” Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis,” Andre Gide’s “The Counterfeiters,” Thomas Mann’s “The Joker” and “Death in Venice”
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A 5 page paper which examines the texts as a way of illustrating and defining literary modernism. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: TGmodlit.rtf
No Compassion During The Hard Times
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This five-page-paper presents a
discussion about novel , "Billiards At Half Past Nine," by HEINRICH
BOLL , and the lack of compassion that the era portrayed. Bibliography
lists one source.
Filename: CWbillia.wps
Paris / Expatriates In
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A 10 page research paper and essay exploring the issue of why, how and who were self-exiled in Paris. The writer focuses on a philosophical introduction to the mindset of the Parisian public and explores the works, politics and lifestyles of Gertrude Stein, Anais Nin, and Henry Miller. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Parisex.wps
Poetry of the Holocaust
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A 5 page overview of Holocaust poetry. This paper emphasizes how poetry like that of Don Pagis, Paul Celan, and others have added significantly to our understanding of the horrors of this time in history, not through rote historical fact, but through the moving words of their poems. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PPholoPm.rtf
Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front"
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A five page paper looking at Remarque's novel in terms of the degree to which it functions as either a confession or an accusation. The paper concludes that -- despite the author's statement to the contrary -- it does function in both those ways; what saves it from being propaganda is the blunt realism of its depiction of war. Bibliography lists six sources.
Filename: KBremarq.wps
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