Browsing by Author "Schubert, Manfred E."

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    An anaylsis of Grimmelshausen's character, Coursache, with a comparison of Grimmelshausen's Courasche and Brecht's character Mother Courage
    (1968) McStravick, Kathy Horne; Schubert, Manfred E.
    As Grimmelshausen wrote Trutz-Simplex: Oder Lebensbeschreibung der Ertzbetruegerin und Landstoertzerin Courasche he was drawing on a literary tradition which had recently arrived from Spain. This tradition coupled with the Thirty Years' War gave Grimmelshausen the needed resources for many of his writings -- especially Courasche. The novel, a mixture of picaresque and baroque styles, is set during the Thirty Years 1 War and gives a humorous and sad account of the period. This thesis is concerned with an analysis of Grimmelshausen's heroine, Courasche, and attempts to show the reasons behind Grimmelshausen*s success in using a picara or female rogue as his protagonist during a period in which women consistently remained in the background. A further analysis of Courasehe is attempted by comparing her with Bertolt Brecht's character, Mother Courage, in Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder and by showing the influences of Grimmelshausen on Brecht.
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    Das Selbstgefuehl bei Klopstock
    (1970) Broger, Walter J; Schubert, Manfred E.
    Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock steht an entscheidender Stelle in einer. Entwicklung, die in der .Erlebnisdichtung Goethes und Hölderlins ihren Abschluss fand. Sein dichterisches Werk ist Ausdruck eines Selbstgefühls, das im Beziehungsbereich seiner tiefen Frömmigkeit verstanden sein will. Diese Arbeit untersucht die Aeusserungen dieses Selbstgefühls im Erlebnisbegriff und der Sprachgestaltung, charakterisiert durch Empfindung und Ueberschwang des Gefühls, sowie im Reprtäsentationsanspruch Klopstocks.
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    Faust and Fust: A case of mistaken identities
    (1967) Broekhuizen, John S; Schubert, Manfred E.
    This thesis explores the confusion of the book printer Fust with the semi-legendary figure Dr. Johann Faustus. The primary prupose has been to show the development of this confusion prior to the publication of Friedrick maximilian von Klinger's novel Fausts Leben, Thaten und Hollenfahrt in 1791. The evidence presented in this thesis allows the conclusion that this case of mistaken identities goes further back in time than has thus far been recognized. It has been shown that, in the early sixteenth century, Johann Fust was credited with the invention of typography, rather than Johann Gutenberg. At the same time, the merits of printing had become questionable. This was largely due to the fact that it had facilitated the circulation of heresy inducing reading materials. By an accident of history, there also lived at this time Dr. Johann Faust, reputed to have made a pact with the devil. Because printing was no longer seen as something by which mankind could benefit, but also as something which could be an evil to the world, the reputation of Dr. Faustus was used to demonstrate the negative aspects of the art of printing.
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    The role of the German language societies of the 17th century in the formation of "Neuhochdeutsch"
    (1972) Luft, Rolf David; Schubert, Manfred E.
    Ia this thesis an attempt is made to delineate the influence of the 17th century German language societies on the formation of New High German. The language societies were analyzed from historical, linguistic, and cultural-sociological points of view. Great emphasis was placed on the developments occurring in the German book trade of the 17th century. With the aid of statistics relating to the hook trade, it was shown that the importance of Latin as a literary language diminished, which was one of the societies' goals. Although the members of the societies produced many neologisms, their real contribution lay in demonstrating that German was at least as good a vehicle for literary expression as the then more prestigious Latin, French, and Italian. It was further demonstrated that the discontinuity between the written and spoken German of the period resulted not from the work of the societies but rather from the linguistic policies pursued by the Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches.