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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Romanistik - Spanische Sprache, Literatur, Landeskunde, Note: 2,0, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Veranstaltung: Proseminar Literaturwissenschaft, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Selbst heute hat die Faszination von den Themen Schifffahrt und Schiffbruch noch nicht nachgelassen. Der Name Christoph Kolumbus sagt selbstverständlich jedem etwas, auch war jedermann einmal fasziniert von Robinson Crusoe, der allein auf einer Insel sein Überleben sicherte, und auch der Mythos der Titanic gerät nicht in Vergessenheit. Genauso verhält es sich mit Cabeza de Vaca, der als einer der ersten Europäer den amerikanischen Kontinent erkundete und dabei viele neuartige und auch wunderliche Erfahrungen sammelte. Er konnte überleben, da er wie drei andere überlebende Spanier die Indianer von ihren Krankheiten heilen konnte. Dieses umstrittene Thema soll in der folgenden Arbeit näher betrachtet und unter verschiedenen faktischen, spirituellen und kulturgeschichtlichen Gesichtspunkten analysiert werden, wobei daneben auch noch die Reise an sich und die Persönlichkeit des Cabeza de Vaca miteinbezogen werden sollen. 24 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich VWL - Umweltökonomie, Note: 1,2, Westfälische Hochschule Gelsenkirchen, Bocholt, Recklinghausen, Veranstaltung: Wissenschaftliche Arbeitstechniken, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 1. EINLEITUNGSeit den letzten Jahrzehnten gewinnt die Umweltproblematik stetig immer mehr an politischer und ökonomischer Bedeutung. Ferner wächst das Interesse am Klimaschutz, spätestens seit dem von der IPCC veröffentlichtem Klimareport 2007 (4.Sachstandsbericht), immer mehr in der modernen Gesellschaft. Sei es die Einrichtung von Umweltministieren, Umweltbeauftragten in Unternehmen bis zur umweltbezogenen und umweltschonenden Bildung in den Medien sowie Schulen. Im Mittelpunkt umweltpolitischer Bemühungen steht vor allem der Schutz von Umweltgütern wie z.B. Boden, Wasser, Luft und Klima, als auch Ihre Abhängigkeit von einander. Somit kann der Klimaschutz zur zentralen umweltpolitischen Aufgabe der heutigen sowie der zukünftigen Zeit erklärt werden.1Große Erwartungen zur Lösbarkeit und/oder zur Linderung der globalen Umweltprobleme liegen bei den Umweltzertifikaten (auch Verschmutzungsrechte oder Emissionszertifikate genannt). Über die ökologische und ökonomische Effizienz der handelbaren Umweltzertifikate wird, seit dieses Instrument von John Harkness Dales im Jahre 1968 entwickelt und ausgearbeitet wurde, ausführlich diskutiert. Dessen ungeachtet finden Umweltzertifikate in der Praxis bisher kaum Anwendung.Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit der Theorie der Umweltzertifikate und dem Handel dieser, außerdem wird ein Blick auf die Umsetzung der theoretischen Grundlagen in die Praxis geworfen. 20 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Didaktik - Geschichte, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald (Historisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Seminar zum Einsatz von Kommunikations- und Informationstechniken - Medien des historischen Lernens, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Hausarbeit bietet einen kurzen Überblick über die wichtigsten Formen des außerschulischen Lernortes für den Geschichtsunterricht.Um dem Ziel eines erkundenden Geschichtsunterrichts gerecht werden zu können, müssen Quellen und Darstellungen in den Schulraum mitgebracht werden. Dies geschieht jedoch fast ausschließlich mit Text-, Ton-, Film- und Bildquellen. Gegenständliche Quellen spielen im Geschichtsunterricht nur eine geringe, wenn überhaupt eine Rolle und das obwohl der/die Schüler/in auf ihrem Schulweg schon an unzähligen gegenständlichen Quellen und historischen Orten vorbei gekommen ist. D.h. im Umkehrschluss nur die Loslösung vom Schulraum ermöglicht die Beschäftigung mit 'originalen' Quellen in ihrem 'natürlichen' Kontext.Räume an denen historisches Lernen möglich ist, werden in der Geschichtsdidaktik allgemein unter dem Begriff 'außerschulische Lernorte' zusammengefasst. Doch obwohl ein breiter Konsens bezüglich des pädagogisch-didaktischen Nutzens von Besuchen außerschulischer Lernorte besteht findet Geschichtsunterricht immer noch hauptsächlich im Klassenraum statt und ignoriert die Erkenntnis der Wissenschaft und Lehrpraxis, dass die direkte Auseinandersetzung mit der Realität, d.h. deren direktes Erleben, in Verbindung mit dem Lernen im Klassenraum zu einem besseren und umfassenderen Verständnis des Gelernten führt. Die Mitnahme von Medien und Quellen in den Unterricht ersetzen nicht das direkte Erleben und kann niemals denselben Effekt wie der Besuch eines außerschulischen Lernortes haben. 24 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Sociology - Classics and Theoretical Directions, grade: A, , course: INTL5000, language: English, abstract: In an article entitled ¿Clash of Civilizations ¿, published in Foreign Affairs, American political scientist, Samuel P. Huntington outlined his thesis about the post Cold War world order. According to him, conflicts have evolved from feuds among nation states to ideological hostilities which would develop further into cultural clashes. He put forward the theory that nation states and other groups which share cultural affinities would unite and cooperate and fight as one, against other cultural blocks. He introduced the main forces of his new world order as being eight major civilizations (Western, Confucian, Japanese, Islamic, Hindu, Slavic-Orthodox, Latin American and eventually African) of which the Muslim, the Western and the Confucian would be dominant. Huntington predicted a decline of the western civilization should its members not unite to defend their power status. He identified religion, especially Islam as one of the most important sources for future clashes likely to further weaken the West. He prophesied a more unstable and anarchic world. Huntington¿s ideas differed from Francis Fukuyamäs outlined in a 1989 essay ¿The End of History¿, in which he predicted a conversion of states into liberal capitalist democracies, which would not wage war against each other, according to the democratic peace theory. A more stable and harmonious world order would have been its outcome.Huntington¿s article and the related book (The Clash of Civilizations and The Remaking of World Order, 1996) were widely debated and criticized by many scholars. This might be explained by the controversial thematic and some methodological flaws, mentioned further in this essay, which allowed for interpretation and differing opinions. His thesis makes very little reference to other scholars and offers almost no quantitative empirical data to strengthen the arguments put forward. His mainly qualitative arguments seem to rest on his particular world view (Realist) and are therefore more easily refuted by scholars with other perceptions of the world. However appealing Huntington¿s civilizations¿ clash theory may have been, it could not be substantiated by most other social scientists.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 16 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the 20th century, grade: 67, University of Essex (Department of Philosophy), language: English, abstract: Isaiah Berlin¿s fundamental distinction between two separate concepts of freedom , namely positive and negative liberty, is essential for the contrastive, at times even mutually exclusive perspective on freedom offered by him. Whereas negative liberty refers to the area of non-interference an individual theoretically possesses in the moment of his action, liberty in the positive sense highlights the actual presence of control on the part of the agent. On Berlin's account it is liberty in the negative sense that corresponds best with a pluralistic notion of political freedom as it guarantees a minimum of unrestrained space of action for the individual which ideally reflects the natural heterogeneity of human beings. Berlin's concern regarding a fulfilment of positive liberty has to do with the fact that negative liberties could be destroyed as a consequence of the emergence of one prevailing paradigm that everyone is obliged to obey. In what will follow, I shall argue, contrary to Berlin's remark, that an enlargement of positive liberty doesn't necessarily undermine the individual's negative liberties, but can even serve as an essential tool to promote them. However, this argument presupposes that individuals, classes and other human entities don¿t succumb to blind conformity with a certain paradigm, but rather identify themselves with their own, genuine ends to subsequently put them into effect.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 16 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Scientific Study from the year 2010 in the subject Literature - Africa, , course: African Literature, language: English, abstract: This paper is a Marxist approach to Ngugi-Wa-Thiong¿ös Devil on the Cross It seeks to show how Ngugi is committed to the struggle against Neo-colonialism and imperialism. It presents Ngugi¿s Devil on the Cross as an invitation for the prole tariat and the oppressed people to actKey words: Commitment, Marxism, Socialist realismBoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 16 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Wuppertal, language: English, abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit einem Aspekt der englischen Syntax, nämlich dem ¿Preposing¿, also dem Voranstellen von bestimmten Konstituenten. Die übliche Satzstellung des Englischen ist SVO (Subjekt, Verb, Objekt). Bsp: ¿I ordered coffee.¿ Um ein Element des Satzes besonders zu betonen kann man dieses aber auch voranstellen. ¿COFFEE I ordered.¿ Hierbei spricht man von ¿Topicalization¿ oder ¿Focus Preposing¿. Eugenia Casielles-Suárez schildert dieses Thema in ihrem Text ¿Focus Preposing (it is called)¿ aus dem Jahr 1998, der auch dieser Arbeit zugrunde liegt. In der Linguistik wird im Satz unterschieden zwischen Topik (das Thema eines Satzes) und Fokus (das, was über das Thema ausgesagt wird). In dieser Arbeit wird diskutiert, ob das vorangestellte Element gleichzeitig Fokus und Topik des Satzes ist und wie dies sein kann. Dabei werden zunächst die verschiedenen Analysemöglichkeiten von Casielles- Suárez beschrieben und anschließend die beiden Konstruktionen ¿Focus Preposing¿ und ¿Topicalization¿ nach Birner and Ward 2006 verglichen.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 16 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Proseminar, language: English, abstract: 1.IntroductionIn his foreword for Sons and Lovers, Lawrence compares the relationship between men and women with bees and hives. He introduces an idea at the end of that text that describes one of the most essential statements about the book and about what he has apparently learned.He says that when a man is too different from a woman and does not respect her, the woman can deport the man ¿as a drone¿1. If she does not find a better man now, they are both ruined:¿And she, either her surplus shall wear away her flesh, in sickness, or in lighting up and illuminatingold dead Words, or she shall spend it in fighting with her man to make him take her, or she shall turnto her son, and say¿Be you my Go-between.¿But the man who is the go-between from Woman to Production is the lover of that woman. And ifthat Woman be his mother, then is he her lover in part only: he carries for her, but is never receivedunto her for his confirmation and renewal, and so wastes himself away in the flesh. The old son-loverwas ¿dipus. The name of the new one is legion. And if a son-lover takes a wife, then is she not hiswife, she is only his bed. And his life will be torn in twain, and his wife in her despair shall hope forsons, that she may have her lover in her hour.¿2In my analysis I will describe how the main character of this book, Paul Morel, grows up to become such a son-lover of his mother¿s and how this affects his love and life.As one can see from this foreword, Lawrence knew about the story of Oedipus which describes a phenomenon Freud¿s psychoanalytic approach about the relationship between mothers and sons referred to. He called this the ¿Oedipus complex¿. Lawrence states that a man who is like Oedipus can not have a proper marriage. His wife cannot be a full part of his love, because the husband is not able to transfer the feeling of love from his mother to his wife. During his life, Paul experiences the difficulties in the contact with women he feels attracted to and whom he has relationships with.1 Helen and Carl Baron, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers (Cambridge, 1994): 472. (im Weiteren als SL zitiert).2 SL, 473.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Essay from the year 2012 in the subject History - America, grade: 1:1 (First Class), , language: English, abstract: Of the surplus of myths which burgeoned from the carnage of Vietnam, perhaps none is more deceptive than the legend of an audacious, antagonistic mainstream media turning Americans against the war. In brief, two main factors characterise this debate. The first asserts that America lost the war due to damaging media coverage, particularly on television, which undermined political and military endeavours. The second affirms that the majority of journalists and reporters opposed the war, and their subsequent opinions polluted popular support for Vietnam. These suppositions have been reinforced by former correspondents like Robert Elegant, who, in 1981, argued that the outcome of war was ¿determined not on the battlefield but on the printed page and, above all, on the television screen.¿ Neither of these widely accepted lines, however, can be convincingly verified. Many scholars now argue that the media in fact did not guide public opinion, but merely shadowed the ebb and flow of fluctuating social and political sentiment. Although there was some unfavourable press representation, which gained momentum as war raged on, it was inspired by a lack of perceptible confidence concerning Vietnam policy on the part of the administration and bolstered by a social view that Vietnam was an enduring conflict which had taken its toll on American lives and finances. The press, the most visible exponent of a society which appeared to have turned against Vietnam, became scapegoat, providing a convenient explanation for anti-war sentiment.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Essay from the year 2002 in the subject History Europe - Germany - National Socialism, World War II, grade: 1C, University of Stirling, course: Modern European History, 1919 - 1991, language: English, abstract: War broke out in Europe in September 1939 because of the conjunction of several factors. However, the over-riding factor was the fruition of Hitler¿s dynamic ideological foreign policy aims to create lebensraum and racial mastery. Although Hitler¿s aims did not run to a strict timetable this does not mean that they were unimportant, or that there was no associated plan and that he was therefore a mere opportunist. After all, the strength of any plan lies, not in its rigidity, but in its flexibility to adapt to beneficial developments as they arise. To be able so to do the German domestic, economic and military infrastructure had to be in place ¿ such was Hitler¿s plan. In addition, the breakdown of the European diplomatic order in the face of new, dynamic ideologies and the manipulation of the international system by Hitler clouded his true intentions. Britain and France¿s foreign policies also contributed to initially delaying the onset of war, as did the dilatory foreign policy of Soviet Russia. A change of attitude towards Germany from the western democracies and the increase in pace of German expansionism, together with a policy change to an alliance with the Soviet Union, would herald the outbreak of eventual war in September 1939.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Münster (Englisches Seminar), language: English, abstract: Today, the concept of politeness is not associated with class consciousness or social discrimination anymore, but in the sixteenth century this term was commonly linked to deference and showing respect (Watts 34). Thus appropriate language behaviour was of utmost importance to Elizabethan society. People of that time were always anxious to please their interlocutors, especially with reference to forms of address.Those address formulae had to be chosen accurately as they were very meaningful: Not only did they give information concerning personal relationships (Bruti 44) and emotions towards each other, but also about social ranks and hence power relations between speaker (S) and hearer (H). In Early Modern English times forms of address reflected the social hierarchy (Nevalainen & Raumolin-Brunberg 547; Replogle 102). So every title was assigned to a certain social status. To avoid using titles in an inappropriate or even impolite way, a lot of courtesy and conduct manuals were published (Watts 36).In the following attention will be drawn on Shakespeare¿s tragedy Othello (OTH) and the author¿s use of address terms, particularly relating to salutations used by husband and wife and that between friends. Is Shakespeare¿s choice of nominal address forms in accordance with Elizabethan conventions By concentrating on the marital relationship between the characters Othello and Desdemona as well as on that between the two ¿friends¿ Othello and Iago, this term paper aims at answering this question. But before comparing Elizabethan conventions to Shakespeare¿s dramatis personae, it is necessary to illuminate Brown and Levinson¿s politeness concept that provides a basis for dealing with terms of address.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 2,0, University of Heidelberg (Anglistisches Seminar), language: English, abstract: In contemporary books about the English history, the entry about Richard III reads approximately as follows:According to popular belief the most villainous King in English history was a hunchback who plotted all his life to become King. This relentless pursuit of the crown was done at any cost, even it seems down to the murder of the royal princes, the sons of Edward IV [¿].When reading on, most of the works revise their opinion and admit that actually Richard was not any more blood thirsty or brutal than other contemporary monarchs, that the ¿popular belief¿ that he killed his Nephews in the Tower, and that he was malformed, was actually not a fact, but an assumption, which has not been proven up to this day. Although most of the time the reliable sources revise their opinion about this monarch a few paragraphs later, the first impression on the history-interested person is made. The question here is what creates or created this image of the villainous and deformed Richard III Some history books mention William Shakespeare¿s history The Tragedy of King Richard III as one of the possible works that have been influencing the people¿s opinions about this English king. This essay is intended to analyze in what way Shakespeare¿s work undermines this thesis and what picture he really drew of the monarch Richard III.In order to understand this complex matter, the essay will guide through the historical background of the drama and will try to analyze the notion of Shakespeare¿s portrayal. Furthermore, as the character of Richard appears in earlier plays already, the beginnings of the character will be presented in order to highlight the complexity of the character¿s development. In addition, two characterizing scenes will be examined, so that the different views on Richard¿s complexion can be observed. The last part consists of a short analysis of Richard¿s counterpart Richmond, which emphasizes the impact that Richard¿s complexion has on the audience.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Hamburg, language: English, abstract: In his publication of 1985, Peter Freese initially states, that in order to fully comprehend American culture and its products one must understand ¿certain enduring beliefs and convictions¿ (Freese 1985: 3). According to him, these beliefs and convictions together make up the ¿American Dream¿, a concept that is and has been an integral constituent of American culture and society from its very beginning until today. Blues music is a product and certainly an important part of American culture and for over a century. Knowing this, the American Dream and the ideas that it represents must in some form relate to significant elements of blues music. But what is ¿The American Dream¿ and what is ¿The Blues¿ Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, University of Potsdam (Anglistik & Amerikanistik), course: British Culture in the 19th and 20th Century, language: English, abstract: In the last decades, the educational systems ¿widened¿ steadily. Learning opportunities and participation are on the increase. Particularly the number of people that remain in the educational system beyond compulsory education rose considerably. This expansion continues: Following an almost universal taking part in secondary education, tertiary education registers a continuous perpetually participation rate (OECD 31-32).The responsibility for the education in England lies with the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) led by the Secretary of State, Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP. This year¿s progress report states thatparents want the best for their children. They want them to be safe, happyhealthy, doing well in a good school with high standards, and able to get goodqualifications and eventually a good job. [.] The world is changing, and so arethe skills, attitudes and aspirations that children and young people need tosucceed in a changing global economy (DCSF 3).This shows that nowadays education is given a high priority in the English society. It has not always been like that. The present English educational system is the result of a historical development for centuries. The system certainly has features of recent foundation, but its most basic aspects persisted directly and visibly from the nineteenth century. A key moment in educational reform seemed, and still seems, to be the Education Act of 1944. ¿It is a very great Act which makes ¿ and in fact has made ¿ possible as important and substantial advance in public education as this country has ever known.¿ (Dent 1).This paper shall deliver insight into the reforms of the 1944 Education Act. In this regard, I would like to enlarge on its roots and aims ¿ especially concerning the influence of World War II. Furthermore, I will introduce the Act itself, its strengths and weaknesses, and its potential impact on the present English education system. There are certainly several more interesting aspects regarding the issue, but due to the restricted number of pages, I will not be able to go into all of them.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Didaktik - Germanistik, Note: 1,0, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Bereich Schreiben im Anfangsunterricht der Grundschule. Das Augenmerk gilt dabei dem Freien Schreiben zu einem Bilderbuch. Dazu werden zunächst die Themen ¿Freies Schreiben¿ und ¿Schreiben zu einem Bilderbuch¿ allgemein skizziert. Danach wird kurz beschrieben, was Freies Schreiben bedeutet, wie es funktioniert und was es für Möglichkeiten der Umsetzung gibt. Der Bereich des Schreibens zu einem Bilderbuch wird dabei speziell herausgegriffen und erläutert.Danach wird ich ein Bilderbuch genauer untersucht. Dazu wurde das Buch Gehört das so ! von Peter Schössow ausgesucht. Das Buch und verschiedene Möglichkeiten, damit im Unterricht zu arbeiten wird vorgestellt.Dabei soll letztendlich herausgearbeitet werden, ob es sinnvoll ist, im Schreibunterricht der Grundschule mit einem Bilderbuch zu arbeiten, und ob sich das hier speziell untersuchte Buch für den Unterricht eignet.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Essay aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Note: 1,7, Europa-Universität Flensburg (ehem. Universität Flensburg), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ein Blick aus dem Fenster reicht aus, um zu begreifen: Auch heute, im Jahr 2009, besteht die Gesellschaft zur Hälfte aus Frauen und auch heute besteht die Frage der Geschlechter ebenso aktuell, wie vor Jahrhunderten. Rechtlich wird dies ebenso deutlich, wie gesellschaftlich: Frauen verdienen weniger als Männer und sind überwiegend auf dem zweiten Arbeitsmarkt tätig und dabei angehalten für die Erziehung der Nachkommen sorge zu tragen. Sie halten es für eine unhaltbare These, dass sich grundsätzlich nichts verändert hat, seit de Beauvoir ihre Analyse der Lage der Frau veröffentlich In diesem Fall sollten Sie sich durch dieses Essay beflügeln lassen.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 2,3, Martin Luther University (Anglistik), course: Narrative Poetry, language: English, abstract: In the following paper I will discuss the question whether or not ChristinaRossetti was influenced by Christian and Gender topics, as well as thequestion of criticism of the society and in what extent she used them in herpoem ¿Goblin Market¿.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 24 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2 (10 auf der dänischen Skala), University of Southern Denmark (Institut for Litteratur, Kultur og Medier ), language: English, abstract: Little Red Riding Hood has never enjoyed an easy life. During the last three centuries, generations of male narrators and moralistic Victorian authors of both sexes have changed the once straightforward and clever peasant girl, who was capable of taking care of herself and outsmarting a seducing wolf by her own wit, into a passive heroine controlled by others to suit the traditional (male) view of how ¿nice girls¿ ought to behave.In hundreds of adaptations, writers of children¿s literature repeatedly let the young girl pay for her irresponsibility and her reckless talking to strangers. Red Riding Hood was sent into the forest to be gobbled up or raped by the wicked wolf over and over again. Generations of writers never hesitated to blame the girl for her misfortune. Since Charles Perrault first published the tale of Little Red Riding Hood in 1697, her tragedy normally has been considered her own fault. If she had only listened to her mother¿s advice, gone straight to her grandmother¿s house and had not talked to the wolf, nothing would have happened to her.Until the beginning of the 20th century, that seems to have been the common attitude amongst fairy tale writers towards young girls. Despite the fact that many narrators were women, modern fairy tale tradition had been totally bourgeoisified by the turn of the century. Female Victorian writers adopted and continued the manipulation of gender roles that had been initiated by educated middle-class narrators in France and Germany.In that process, the young girl who did so well in old French folk tradition vanished. Popular culture changed the simple and witty peasant girl, who brought her grandmother milk and bread, who did not give up, but took action and tricked the wolf, into a naive and passive heroine without neither character nor wit. It created a helpless girl who was dependent on goodwill from other people to save herself ¿ even though, in her case, help from outside came too late.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 28 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Bachelor Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 2,7, University of Bremen, course: The British novel from the 18th to the 20th century, language: English, abstract: 1. Introduction: Contemporary Research and Thesis StatementIn most literature discussing fantasy for children and adults, we are informed about the central position of the fight of good and evil, which is the case within the Harry Potter series of author J.K. Rowling as well. It has been argued by academics that good and evil can be separated from each other because of a strong polarity (cf. Cohen 352) and that the description of scenery, architecture and presented figures are also included torepresent the fight between both sides. Imagery that is described in relation to the evil side is always assigned to concepts from similar semantic fields, such as for example 'chillness' and 'blankness'. Dark colours serve for the creation of evil figures by which these can be accurately distinguished from figures of the good side (cf. Meißner, 'Phantastik der Gegenwart' 127-133; 'Phantasie der Kinder' 34).BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 40 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Augsburg (Lehrstuhl für Amerikanistik ), course: Nature & Culture in American Fiction, language: English, abstract: This thesis paper analyzes how Steinbeck¿s Joads in The Grapes of Wrath were discriminated and violated in their civil rights by fellow Americans under the banner of the ¿Red Scare¿, effectively shutting the door on their personal American Dream for the time being, by stripping them off rights granted by the Founding Fathers to every American. This paper will look at facts why those tactics and methods have been - and to some part - are still successful within the American society in dividing it and creating fear, anger and social unrest within society.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 28 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Archaeology, grade: 1,3, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel (Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte), course: Neolithikum in Transilvanien, language: English, abstract: The Boian culture is a middle Neolithic culture originated in the south-east territory of today¿sRomania. It is named after the eponym site at Lake Boian in Munteria, Romania. Members ofthe Boian culture can be considered as one the earliest farmers on European ground. The termBoian culture includes rich decorated pottery, an evolved lithic industry, a changingarchitecture and a Neolithic subsistence strategy. We¿ll face repeated burial rites with gravegoods, early metallurgy, bigger settlements than in the previous times and probably signs ofsocial- and gender differentiation. Research on the Boian culture and on the RomanianNeolithic in general comes from many different countries in Europe like Great Britain, Franceor Germany and is therefore written and published in different languages and influenced bydifferent schools. This paper offers a comprehensive overview of the Boian findings, thehistory of research and tries to find an answer to the question what the Boian culture standsfor on the wide landscape of European Neolithic cultures.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 24 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Scientific Study from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - Region: Southeastern Europe, , language: English, abstract: Dealing with illegal Serb minority structures in Kosova, as well as Serbiäs and Internationalcommunity¿s stance towards them is more than necessary, as these illegal structures are thegreatest danger not only for Kosova's statehood, but also for stability in the region. Serbia'sstance towards them is a destructive one, since not only that she has established them, she hasalso funded them at all times. On the other side, the international community not only thatthey have allowed their establishment and functioning, by not taking any measures againstthose structures, however, she instead after the declaration of independence of Kosova istrying to impose the Kosovan institutions that they are legalized.Given that we are dealing with a topic about which, thousands of pages can be written, thispaper seeks to address this problem in brief, so that the reader can have a quick access intothis phenomenon, which is producing only instability and insecurity in Kosova and in theBalkans. The unequal treatment of the Albanian majority population vis-à-vis the Serbminority in Kosova by the international community represents a disturbing fact and producesan additional uncertainty to the Albanian majority population in Kosova.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 36 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Far East, University of Southern Denmark (Middle East Studies Center), course: Master, language: English, abstract: Since 1950, Morocco has received more U.S. aid than any other Arab or African country, except for Egypt. Indeed, since the beginning of the war over Western Sahara, Morocco has received more than one-fifth of all U.S. aid to the continent, totalling more than $1 billion in military assistance and $1.3 billion in economic aid ( Zunes). This aid is more relevant if one takes into account the remarkable diplomatic support given by United States, in the Sahara issue, in opposition to the International Right.For other hand, the European Union has always followed Moroccan policy, both as an Union, but also the different countries which belong to it ( especially France). This is witnessed through special status of privilege, and in different trade agreements, which some analyst have described as a ¿disguised subsidy¿ in retribution for prickly issues as immigration or terrorism ( El Mundo)Few regions have such geostrategic relevance as the Middle East, however Morocco, in opposition to their neighbours, is one of the countries with the least natural resources (Calatrava García). It has no oil or gas, and its situation is relatively peripheral in relation to the rest of the Arab World, especially in the relation with the ¿hottest region¿: Palestine. As Frisch (2011) affirms, Moroccan regime survival is probably the hardest to explain; it is the most populous monarchy with a population of over 30 million, has no oil, a low GNP per capita by the standards of most of the states in the Middle East and North Africa, and one of the most unequal distributions of income.This paper is divided in two parts. In the first part I will expose the reasons that the Kingdom of Morocco could loose its international past relevance as a main actor in Middle East, both for United States and the European Union, using a comparative perspective with the Cold War period, with different actors. In the second part of the paper I will expose what is the position of Morocco to the new international challenges as terrorism or the question of democracy. This general comparative study will explain why a policy of economic and military support as in the past can be counterproductive, not just for moral or ideological reasons, but also geostrategic, fostering anti democratic and authoritarian structures in the region, becoming a threat rather than a factor of stability in the region.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 24 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1, University of Vienna, course: Science Fiction: The Classics, language: English, abstract: One of the many features of science fiction is the creation of alternative worlds and societies. The utopia-motif has been a very creative one in doing so, constantly inspiring authors to pursuit the goal of imagining a perfect world. The motif is also productive in a sense of redevelopment, since it serves to lay out the points of criticism that occur when looking at the ¿real¿ world at times. These approaches have resulted in the formation of new motifs such as dystopia.Aldous Huxley¿s Brave New World is an ambiguous masterpiece that allows the reader to reveal various levels of meaning. Researchers mainly suggest it to be read as a satire, but it is also considered to be a key work of dystopian literature. This paper points out the elements that allow us to identify Brave New World as both a utopian and dystopian narrative. It concentrates on the points of view because in my opinion they determine the motif. The thesis is that depending on the viewpoint of the different characters the two worlds Huxley presents us can be either interpreted as a utopia or dystopia.The paper aims to introduce the major terms Utopia and Dystopia, but also outline the two different worlds Huxley describes in his novel. It explores whether or not the thesis is applicable and verifiable.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 32 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 1997 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,00, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, course: Modernist fiction: William Faulkner¿s novels, language: English, abstract: The task of the present seminar paper is a threefold one though there may only be two primary elements discerned when one reads the topic first. The first one, ¿experience of time and history¿, is solely concerned with The Sound and the Fury (intra-textual part) whereas the second one ¿the disruption of narrative traditions¿ necessarily takes other works into account (inter-textual part). The former constitutes a close textual analysis of the two notions of ¿time¿ and of ¿history¿ as seen through the eyes of the major characters, it is therefore centred on content; the latter focuses on technical and stylistic questions and is correspondingly centred on form.Nevertheless, the treatment of the first part must be divided in two since the terms ¿time¿ and ¿history¿ though they are similar in that they are both ¿diachroni-cal¿ actually are quite different. Time in itself may be regarded as some sort of naked or unreflected history, a primary experience of the succession of events which has not been ordered and put together yet. History is the usually ordered and documented and thereby secondary portrayal of time by human societies; it is generally subdivided into - according to its relevance for society as a whole - social, political, national, regional, economic, religious history etc. or family and individual history. I will only focus on family and individual history here since other aspects are of lesser relevance in The Sound and the Fury .One chapter is dedicated to each of the three elements of the topic, of which the first one - time - is the most important as it serves as basis for the compre-hension and approach of the two other parts.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 32 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, printed single-sided, grade: 2,0, Free University of Berlin (Institut für Englische Philologie), course: VS Sociolinguistics and Varieties of English II: English as a pluricentric language, language: English, abstract: Both British English and American English are interesting topics to look at but to look at them in a contrastive way is even more interesting because here you have to take the history of both varieties into consideration to see where the differences lie and why they became two distinctive varieties. Now you have to keep in mind that America was settled by British people but yet Americans now do not speak British English and then voted for their own way of speaking and pronouncing English. But how did that come It was simply impossible not to have a different variety of English in America since English was exposed to different external factors such as other existing languages and a new environment compared to English in England and Great Britain. Hence with the Declaration of Independence in 1776 as a political separation from the mother country a linguistic separation needed to follow to finally divorce the USA from England which was important for the Americans because they wanted to have their own national identity.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 28 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Economic and Social History, grade: 1,7, RWTH Aachen University, language: English, abstract: Even though the United Kingdom is, once again, considered as the trailblazer in transform-ing its economical structure , especially Liverpool still has serious problems to seize the opportunities of this restructuring by responding with an appropriate adaptation process.But why does Liverpool had or has such great hurdles to overcome the challenge of re-structuring compared to other cities This question, indeed, cannot be answered conclu-sively and undisputed, as the impediments are multifaceted and locally have not been sub-ject to extensive research and study, for instance by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. Further on, the process of change is still far from completed.While setting out possible reasons in this paper, the focus will be on spatial factors, as it is conspicuous that regional disparities in the United Kingdom emerged, inter alia, at the ex-pense of the Merseyside region¿s development.Therefore it is interesting whether and to what extent spatial differences, reflected in a North-South-Divide and in particular in London¿s dominance, had or still has an influence on Liverpool¿s process of structural change. Particular attention will be paid on identifica-tion of possible causes of the emergence and even widening of this distinct gap. Before presenting the Core-Periphery Model as a useful explanation for the divide, the findings will be rounded off by some economic fact and figures.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 20 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - Topic: Development Politics, grade: 2, ( Atlantic International University ) (School of Bussiness and Economics), course: World Poverty, language: English, abstract: The Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) has become a dominant discourse among thebusiness intellectuals. It created the Cognizant of the irresistible consideration ofbillions of global poor at the BOP on managerial practices. I tried to analyze thedifferent aspects of BOP preposition and how large corporations can serve Poorcustomers profitably. I argue that there is no huge untapped market at the BoP asargued by the BoP proponents. I also argue that 75% of the BoP consumers arerural peasants, that MNCs could hardly accessible. I attest that the MNCs could notsolve the hunger outgrowth of poverty and its root causes at the BOP which is notonly economic issue. I argue that encouraging the consumption of luxury goodsamong the poor could aggravate the incidence of poverty in the world. However, Iargue that poor must be viewed as producer rather than consumer. I attest thatenhancing the employment and productivity of poorest communities would lead asustainable prosperous future and betterment live for the poor. I argue that smalland middle scale business enterprises could play inevitable role in the povertyelevation through increased employment of the global Poor at the BoP. I also arguethat enhancing the employability of the poor at the BoP is very crucial for povertyelevation. Employability relates much with education I argue that vocationaltraining for different sectors more viable for poverty reduction. I also argue thatincreasing employment alone is not enough if poverty eradication is required , thenenhancing the productivity of the poor must be in focus.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 28 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: Distinction, Prifysgol Cymru University of Wales, course: Strategic Management, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the strategic analysis of the Turkish company Zorlu Energy andthe derivation of alternative strategies and the selection of the final strategy derivedamongst all strategies to compare the current strategy of the company.In the paper, an overview of the Zorlu Energy is given and to understand the currentsituation, a SWOT Analysis is done followed by an environmental scan, using thePESTEL and Porter¿s Five Forces Analyses. After that TOWS Analysis is done for thegeneration of SO, TO, WO and TW strategies. All the strategies are tested fromsuitability, acceptability and feasibility point of view. Finally, the selected strategy andthe reasons for the selection of it are explained and compared to current strategy of thecompany and also the organizational structure of Zorlu Energy is examined for theimplementation of the proposed strategy.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 28 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: 1,0, Karlshochschule International University, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the historical background of Bolivia due to economics and poverty. Furthermore, it points out the importance of the topic in regard to its historical development and illustrates today¿s economic situation of Boliviäs indigenous people. This paper will be part of the discussion about the country¿s economic order and about which policy could be the best one for Bolivia by searching a concept in which Bolivia may improve the economic situation of its indigenous citizens.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 24 pp. Englisch.