German Studies Senior Individualized Projects
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This collection includes Senior Individualized Projects (SIP's) completed in the German Department. Abstracts are generally available to the public, but PDF files are available only to current Kalamazoo College students, faculty, and staff. If you are not a current K College student, faculty, or staff member, email us at dspace@kzoo.edu to request access to this material.
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Revision and Repetition : Uncovering the Feminine Aesthetic in the Work of Gerlind Reinshagen and Friederike Roth
(1992)The author presents original translations of two 20th Century German plays, "Die Clownin: ein Spiel" ("The Clown") by Gerlind Reinshagen and "Das Ganze ein Stuck" ("The Whole a Piece") by Friederike Roth. She includes ... -
Die größten Einflüsse auf die deutsche Industrie
(2015)The author reviews the influence and role of industry in Germany from the Industrial Revolution to the modern era. She considers four periods: the Nineteenth Century Industrial Revolution through World War I; the post-war ... -
Der Mythos Der Stunde Null Und Die Erinnerung Im Film
(2015)“The Myth of the Zero Hour and Memory in Film." The author reviews three films --Die Brucke (The Bridge, 1959), Abschied Von Gestern (Yesterday Girl, 1966), and Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum, 1979)-- and discusses how ... -
Der Mann zwischen zwei Frauen bei Gerhart Hauptmann: Dichterische Gestaltung in ausgewälten Werken
(1980)An introduction to the works of Hauptmann, a short analysis of three of his works (Bahnwaerter Thiel, Fuhrmann Henschel, and Rose Bernd) as well as a look at the Naturalism in his writings. -
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The Art of Goaltending: Its Theory and Application
(1975)This paper is a compilation of the knowledge I have acquired in the field of soccer goal-tending. It is a combination of my own ideas, accepted training regimen and applications of appropriate techniques. Personal ... -
Beginning Conversational German for Adults: an Experiment in Foreign Language Teaching
(1975)During the Winter Quarter of 1976, I taught a Continuing education class at lake Michigan College, Benton Harbor, Michigan, in 'Beginning Conversational German' or "German for Travelers.' Enrollment was available to ... -
Translation of the Preface, Introduction, and Chaters I and II of Dr. Irmgard Kowatzki's Book Entitled The Concept of Play as an Aesthetic Phenomenon
(1974)I began the research project with the intention of · finding an unambiguous definition for Schiller's concept of the aesthetic instinct of play. First of all I became engrossed in the "Letters Concerning the ... -
Selected Norwegian Fairy Tales in German Translation
(1973)The stories presented here in English translation have been taken from a collection of Norwegian fairy tales edited and translated into German by Klara Stroebe and Reidar Th. Christiansen. Selecting only those stories ... -
A Selection of Short Stories from the Collection "The Television War" by Fritz Rudolf Fries
(1973)From Fries' second major literary effort, The Television War and Other Short Stories, 1969, I have selected three stories for translation. All three concern the problem of war and its effects both on the active participants ... -
Tales from Tibet: Translated from the German
(1973)The tales presented here are excerpts from a volume of die Maerchen der Weltliteratur, this particular volume being entitled Maerchen aus Tibet Hoffmann and published by the Eugen Diederichs Verlag of Dusseldorf/Llon ... -
A Translation of Ellernklipp by Theodor Fontane
(1973)Ellernklipp was written in the years 1879/80 and first appeared in published form in 1881. Though Theodor Fontana was sixty years old when he began work on this "Novelle", it is nonetheless one of his earliest works. ... -
Two Radio Plays: Buttons and Guests from Germany
(1972)A translation of Buttons by Ilse Aichinger and Guests from Germany by Christian Ferber -
Hofmannstahl's View of the Role of the Individual in Society and a Look at Das Salzburger Große Welttheater
(1972)The paper is divided into two major parts. The first section focuses on the development of Hofmannsthal's concept of a "new reality" which will serve as a model for a future European society, and the meaning of this ...