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Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0 (B), http://www.uni-jena.de/ (Institute for Anglistics/American Studies), course: Hauptseminar The Early Tradition of Jewish American Fiction Writing, language: English, abstract: This paper in concerned with the novel Call it Sleep, a work by the Jewish-American writer Henry Roth. First of all, some general facts about the author will be presented to provide an appropriate context for the further discussion. Afterwards, the structure of the novel will be explained by giving an overview over the main symbols and their function within the book. The emphasis will then be put on the characterization of David Schearl, the central character of the novel. His search for purification and salvation will be scrutinized with regard to the "e;Isaiah Story"e;, a passage of the Old Testament, which is strongly linked to the topic of redemption. At the end of the paper the question whether David can be called a her-messiah because of his strong sensibility concerning religious themes and experiences will be discussed.

Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, http://www.uni-jena.de/ (Anglistische Sprachwissenschaft), language: English, abstract: This paper is concerned with the linguistic phenomena of homonymy and polysemy. The term homonymy goes back to the Greek words "e;homos"e;, meaning "e;the same"e;, and "e;onoma"e;, meaning name. A simplified translation of homonymy would be "e;having the same name"e;. The term polysemy goes back to the Greek language, too. It is composed of the words "e;polys"e;, meaning "e;a lot of"e;, and "e;sema"e;, which can be translated with "e;meaning"e;. Simply said polysemy is the phenomenon of one word carrying different meanings. Homonymy as well as polysemy are rather complex linguistic phenomena. Both have been discussed in connection with each other for a long time. The central point of discussion is the question whether one is confronted with different lexical items which are formally identical, i.e. homonymy, or whether there is just one single lexical item with different meanings, i.e. polysemy. This is especially important with regard to lexicography. It plays also a role in connection with the classification of word classes. Different criteria have been introduced to distinguish clearly between homonymy and polysemy. Nevertheless, the question remains whether an unambiguous distinction can really be made. This question will be discussed in the following paper.

Essay from the year 2000 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3 (A), University of Sunderland (English Studies), language: English, abstract: In order to discuss this statement I would like to begin by having a brief look atthe age of Renaissance and pointing out some of its typical features. The Italian term Renaissance refers to the rebirth of interest in the ideas of classical antiquity between1450 and 1650 in Europe. The most important events during this time were the inventionof movable-block printing (1454), the discovery of the so called New World (1492), theReformation in Germany (1517) and England (1535) and finally the assertion of theCopernican World System. These developments contributed to the revision of the old,medieval picture of the world. They go together with a total social process embracing achange in everyday life, every day ways of thinking, moral practices and ethical ideas.1The concept of Renaissance is strongly connected with the idea of Renaissancehumanism . Renaissance men put themselves more in the centre of their considerationsthan men in medieval times. According to Agnes Heller one might better speak of thecult of the self-made man 2, which means that destiny was no longer considered to beGod-given, but more and more became an issue of what oneself had made of it. [...]1 The facts are based on: Hollander, John and Frank Kermode. The Oxford Anthology of EnglishLiterature: The Literature of Renaissance England. (London: Oxford University Press, 1973) pp. 3-10. 2 Heller, Agnes. Renaissance Man. (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978) p. 9

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3 (A), http://www.uni-jena.de/, course: Seminar, language: English, abstract: This paper is concerned with the detective novel "e;'F' is for Fugitive"e; (1989) written by the American author Sue Grafton. The novel will be discussed with regard to typical features of the detective story. Therefore the first part of the paper deals with rather general elements such as the structure and the narrative features used in the novel. In the second part of the paper the emphasis is put on the characterization of the female detective Kinsey Millhone, who is the central character of the book. Her character will be looked at from different perspectives. Thus her engagement in her job, her relation to other people, her outer appearance and her way of living will be analysed. Furthermore, it will be commented on the question whether she embodies a female variation of the American "e;hard-boiled"e; type of detective of the 1920s and 1930s.