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Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1.3, University of Heidelberg (Anglistik), language: English, abstract: This literary analysis addresses social themes in the detective novels of the world-famous author Agatha Christie. In particular, the focus is on the social structures of Britain between the world wars and the 1950s. The issue of social matters has not been a widely depicted one in the literary analysis of Agatha Christie s work. Early getting fame and being characterized as Queen of Crime, of course it is the detective fiction which is in the foreground of Christie s work. However, social issues do even play a significant role in her work.

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2.7, University of Heidelberg (Anglistik), language: English, abstract: The term paper analyses how the play "e;Dying City"e; by Christopher Shinn takes up the picture of stoic, cliche masculinity, and shows how some characteristic features can easily convert into toxic masculinity. Masculinity is often a term not easy to define. In recent times, the popular opinion has tended to consider masculinity to be more sensitive and emphatic a man shows strength if he allows himself to be weak. This progressive view is fundamentally different to the John-Wayne-like picture strength, heroism and fighting spirit which defined the life of so many men, especially some decades ago and even in the present day.

Dive into the unsettling rise of a radical anti-Western coalition within the sanctuaries of scholarship, where Islamist and far-left ideologies converge. What began as a fringe student movement has now permeated elite academic institutions, subtly dictating the narratives in politics and media. Through meticulous case studies from the US and Germany, this research uncovers the dark underbelly of ideological extremism, institutional betrayal, and the surge in antisemitic violence. It draws chilling parallels to historical academic dalliances with totalitarianism, revealing how today’s universities are legitimizing Islamism and radical leftist thought.This study is a clarion call, exposing how Western academia is at a tipping point, with Europe on the brink of following America’s path of radicalization. It’s an urgent plea to safeguard our cultural and intellectual heritage from the encroaching shadows of ideological subversion.