Contents

           THESES COMPLETED IN 1997


           A LANGUAGE
           A1     General linguistics
           A2     Germanic languages generally
           A 3     German language
           B LITERATURE
           B 1 General and comparative studies
           B 3 German literature
           B 3.1 To 1500
           B 3.3 The eighteenth century and the Classical Age
           B 3.4 The Romantic Age
           B 3.5 1830-1890
           B 3.6 1890-1945
           B 3.7 Post-1945
           B 6 Yiddish literature
           C HISTORY, SOCIETY, INSTITUTIONS
           C 1 History, politics, sociology
           C 1.2 From 1900
           C 3     The press, the media, the arts

THESES COMPLETED IN 1997
A

LANGUAGE

A1     General linguistics



Die Konstruktion von Geschlecht und der Einfluß auf die gesellschaftliche und sprachliche Identität ost- und westdeutscher Frauen im Zuge der Wende (M Phil Cardiff) K. Reiss

A2     Germanic languages generally



Intercultural education of the children of migrant workers: examples from Europe and implications for policy (MA Anglia Polytechnic University) C. Maignan

A 3     German language



Kölsch und die Idealisierung vergangener Gesellschaften und Traditionen: eine Analyse der Kölner Mundart in den Werken ausgewählter Kölner Schriftsteller (MA Galway) V. O'Connell

Motivation and attitudes of German language learners at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth: an empirical study (MA NUI, Maynooth) B. Grimes

Learning through theatre: the role of the German play in Irish third level education (MA Cork) A. Murray

The use and application of vowel gradation in the Germanic languages (PhD Bristol) N. J. Laker

Zur Verwendung von Literatur im sekundarschulischen DaF-Unterricht in Irland (MA NUI, Maynooth) C. Creighton

The language of the Nuremberg manuscript of Hans Schiltberger's Reisebuch(M Litt Newcastle upon Tyne) Z. Erol

B

LITERATURE

B 1 General and comparative studies



Counterfeit magic: a comparison of Thomas Mann's Der Zauberberg and André Gide's Les Faux-monnayeurs (PhD Edinburgh) N. Todd

B 3 German literature

B 3.1 To 1500



Tricksters and pranksters in medieval and Renaissance French and German literature (PhD Bristol) A. J. Williams

The faculty of perception in the early narratives of Hartmann von Aue, with special reference to penitential practice and secular morality (PhD St Andrews) H. Galloway The role and function of women in Kudrun and in Ulrich von Zatzikhoven's Lanzelet(M Litt Newcastle upon Tyne) E. P. Whitfield

B 3.3 The eighteenth century and the Classical Age

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An investigation of the theoretical insights of Jürgen Habermas in relation to the aesthetic writings of Friedrich Schiller (PhD Strathclyde) F. Birrell

The dynamics of translation in Hölderlin (PhD Cambridge) C. B. Louth

B 3.4 The Romantic Age



Creating a national identity: a comparative study of German and Spanish Romanticism with particular reference to the Märchen of Ludwig Tieck, the Brothers Grimm and Clemens Bretano, and the Costumbrismo of Blanco White, Estébanez Calderón and López Soler (PhD London, QMW) C. Tully

B 3.5 1830-1890



Science as theme and metaphor in German literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (PhD London, UC) P. D. Smith

'Oculi, da kommen sie!' Die Landpartien in den Romanen Theodor Fontanes: eine Studie des Hintergrunds und der Auswirkung auf den Handlungsablauf (MA Galway) S. Gilger

Maß und Unmaß: a study of Adalbert Stifter (PhD London, UC) H. Ragg-Kirkby

B 3.6 1890-1945



Science as theme and metaphor in German literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (PhD London, UC) P. D. Smith

Männliches Allzumännliches? Images of the masculine in German and Austrian novels 1919-1933 (D Phil Oxford) R. Kingerlee

Narrative identity in Thomas Bernhard and Wolfgang Hildesheimer (PhD Nottingham) J. Long

The importance of being impotent: shifting landscapes of sexuality and gender in Hermann Broch's Die Verzauberung (M Litt St Andrews) B. C. Maddrell

Mythological elements in Expressionism: a study of Ehrenstein, Benn and Heym (M Litt St Andrews) R. Augustin

Approaches to personal identity in Kafka's short fictions: Freud, Darwin, Kierkegaard (D Phil Oxford) L. H. Eilittä

Counterfeit magic: a comparison of Thomas Mann's Der Zauberberg and André Gide's Les Faux-monnayeurs (PhD Edinburgh) N. Todd

Nature and natural phenomena in Thomas Mann's fiction (PhD London, UC) G. McMullin

Arthur Schnitzler's Der junge Medardus as drama, screenplay and film (PhD Cambridge) H. Bachmann

The tradition of humanist narrative in the work of Jakob Wassermann (PhD Cambridge) S. H. Harris

B 3.7 Post-1945

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The representation of radical subjectivity in recent German autobiography (PhD Cambridge) A. F. Plowman

Ideology, resistance and complicity in the Deutsche Akademie der Künste in the context of Stalin's German policy 1945-1953 (PhD Manchester) P. Davies

Constructions of motherhood: representations and realities of women's experiences as mothers in the former GDR under state socialism and capitalism (PhD Bath) C. A. Sourbut

Europe and the European identity in the poetry of Nevfel Cumart, Franco Biondi and Jose Oliver (MA Cork) P. Garry

Christoph Hein: the concept and development of the role of the chronicler (PhD Edinburgh) J. Rayner

Stefan Heym: a changing role in a changing society (MA NUI, Maynooth) S. Ryan

Necessary fictions: the prose of Wolfgang Hildesheimer and Thomas Bernhard (PhD Nottingham) J. J. Long

'Anders, wahr und realistisch': negotiations between the modernist subject and recent German history in the fiction of Wolfgang Koeppen (D Phil Oxford) S. Ward

Two of Thomas Mann's First World War essays revisited (M Phil Birmingham) W. Moss

Rückzug und Aufbruch in Monika Marons Flugasche, Überläuferin und Stille Zeile sechs (M Phil Cork) D. Byrnes

The universality of migrancy (Pirinçei, Özdamar, Biondi) (MA Cork) G. Clancy

Zu schreiben kann erst beginnen, wem die Realität selbstverständlich ist: Christa Wolf's Kindheitsmuster placed in a Socialist Realist context (MA Cork) S. Gillane

'Die Wiederkehr des Ewiggleichen?' Mythos und Utopie in Christa Wolfs Kassandra(M Phil Cork) S. Amann

Emancipation, commitment and responsibility: a study of Christa Wolf's writing (PhD London, Glds) R. Rechtien

B 6 Yiddish literature



Yiddish periodicals published by displaced persons 1946-1949 (D Phil Oxford) A. K. Margolioth

C

HISTORY, SOCIETY, INSTITUTIONS

C 1 History, politics, sociology

C 1.2 From 1900



Intercultural education of the children of migrant workers: examples from Europe and implications for policy (MA Anglia Polytechnic University) C. Maignan

Die Teilung und Vereinigung Deutschlands am Beispiel einiger Betroffener (MA NUI, Maynooth) T. Uí MhuircheartaIgh

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The Stasi legacy: the case of the Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter (PhD Glasgow) B. Miller

Hope, faith and apathy: the establishment of the East German dictatorship in Thuringia 1945-1968 (PhD London, UC) M. Allinson

The Demokratischer Frauenbund Deutschlands: a GDR mass-organisation in transition (PhD Liverpool) J. Teschner

Constructions of motherhood: representations and realities of women's experiences as mothers in the former GDR under state socialism and capitalism (PhD Bath) C. A. Sourbut

The implications of unification for Germany's role in the European Union (PhD Warwick) N. Malhan

Wage equalisation in the German construction industry (M Phil Birmingham) M. Clayson

International business and the process of European integration: the example of outward processing traffic between the European Union and the Central and Eastern European countries (PhD European University Institute, Florence) J. Pellegrin

An investigation of the theoretical insights of Jürgen Habermas in relation to the aesthetic writings of Friedrich Schiller (PhD Strathclyde) F. Birrell

A study of Erich Honecker with particular reference to the Reformist movement emanating from the Soviet Union (M Phil Exeter) H. A. Dexter

C 3     The press, the media, the arts



Ethics and the media: a study of jornalists in Eastern Germany before and after reunification (PhD Sheffield) J. McHaffie

The role of the writer and the press in the unification of Germany 1989-1990: an historical overview (PhD Wales, Swansea) K. von Oppen

The Second Reality: concepts and styles of documentary filmmaking (PhD Edinburgh) G. Lorenz

Arthur Schnitzler's Der junge Medardus as drama, screenplay and film (PhD Cambridge) H. Bachmann

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