Elisabeth Kuster – författare

Essay from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: keine, University of Innsbruck, language: English, abstract: This is a proseminary work for a literature course and it is about The History of Love. The contemporary American novel is written by Nicole Krauss and was published in 2005. By now it has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. (Krauss back cover)The paper will start with the biography of the author and her connection to the novel and to its content. The next and main chapters will then deal with the novel itself, which takes place in New York in the time after the 2nd world war and which is told through various stories, perspectives and characters. The paper’s focus will lie on two very important and story-defining themes: Loneliness and Love. The main question of this paper will be in which way Loneliness and Love belong together and how this inextricable connection is portrayed in the book. This will further be pointed out through the relationship and personality of chosen characters (Alma and Leo Gursky). To make it more understandable a short plot and character overview will be given at the beginning of the paper.The paper will be ended by a conclusion, which sums up all results of my research and analysis and which gives answers to the main question of this paper.

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 2, University of Innsbruck, language: English, abstract: I am writing this paper for a course at university, which is called "e;The Struggle is Always There: The Tradition of Black American Protest"e;. My paper focuses on one particular event of the American Civil Rights Movement (1955 - 1968), which is the school integration in Little Rock, Arkansas, after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision. Besides some minor sources, this paper is mainly based on the book by Melba Pattillo Beals Warriors don't cry, which is a true story of a 15 year old black girl from Little Rock, who was among the first Afro-American students to integrate the city's Central High school.

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, University of Innsbruck, course: Dictionaries and their users , language: English, abstract: In the 1960s the idea of a worldwide communication-platform was born, which later came to be known as the Internet. Being used only by scientists and researchers in its beginning, it gained more and more users over the following decades. Now, the world cannot be imagined without the Internet, as millions of people use it every day. But the Internet is not just for entertainment; many people profit from the Internet in various ways. So do lexicographers. In former times lexicographers had no possibility to have such a quick and close access to the daily language as they have now through the Internet.

Literature Review from the year 2007 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1, University of Innsbruck, language: English, abstract: In this paper I will look at the film Twelve Angry Men (1957) by Sidney Lumet. In short the film is about a criminal case in America in which a young Hispanic boy is accused of killing his father and the twelve members of the jury have to decide on his verdict. In this case "e;guilty"e; means death. After talking about the film in more detail I will also look at the jury system in America and discuss some of its most important aspects, e.g. jury selection, possible verdicts or the principle "e;Burden of Proof"e;. In doing so, I will raise questions on how fair the jury system really is and what its weaknesses or points of criticism might be. I will then also discuss the various roles and duties of jurors and I will include ethical problems they might be confronted with in their deliberations. Furthermore, the question if a jury is capable of reaching a fair and legally correct verdict will be discussed and being looked at from different perspectives. To conclude this paper I will show why the jury system, despite its controversial position, is still used and probably will never be abolished.