Bøger af Jan H Hauptmann

Essay from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, Queen's University Belfast, language: English, abstract: This essay focuses on three American literary works of the 19th century: Nathaniel HAWTHORNE¿s famous novel The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, Herman MELVILLE¿s short story Benito Cereno in 1855, and Mark TWAIN¿s Pudd¿nhead Wilson between 1893 and 1894. While the younger works Benito Cereno and Pudd¿nhead Wilson are obviously concerned with the interrelation of blacks and whites, as well as with slavery and its effects on the American society, The Scarlet Letter primarily deals with the Puritan way of life and the law system in New England. Although a direct comparison of the three works seems to be problematical due to their different subject matters, the essay will figure out how crime and punishment is depicted in their broader frame.HAWTHORNE¿s Scarlet Letter is set in the 17th century in Salem, Massachusetts ¿ the stronghold of New England¿s Puritanism. The main character of the novel, Hester Prynne, is mother of an illegitimate child (Pearl) and thus a sinner that, according to the strict Puritan laws, has to be ostracised and punished. Her actual punishment is determined by the town¿s magistracy and consists in the duty to carry a scarlet letter A on her clothes. The adulteress is also presented to an assembly of townspeople on the scaffold of the pillory. Midst of the crowd that is mocking the sinner is Hester¿s missed husband ¿ Roger Prynne ¿ as well as the person whom she committed adultery with ¿ the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Ironically enough, Dimmesdale is regarded as an extraordinary exemplary Puritan priest by both, the townspeople and the town¿s magistracy . His guilt remains undiscovered until the end of the novel.Roger Prynne is a stranger at the beginning, who unexpectedly appears at the market-place out of the wilderness . When Hester spots him on the scaffold, he signalises her not to reveal his identity as her husband and starts an indirect inquiry about her, trying to figure out why she is set up to public shame. A townsman congratulates the newcomer to be back in civilisation after being ¿a wanderer sorely against [his] own will¿ and explains what had happened in town and why Hester Prynne is punished on the scaffold.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Theologie - Sonstiges, Note: 1,0, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Veranstaltung: ¿Fremdheit, Kultur und Differenz in der neueren Philosophie¿, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: TZVETAN TODOROVS Abhandlung Die Eroberung Amerikas ¿ Das Problem desAnderen, die Arbeitsgrundlage der vorliegenden Hausarbeit ist, beschäftigt sich ausgiebig mitdrei bedeutenden Männern des 15., bzw. 16. Jahrhunderts: Es handelt sich um den großenEroberer CHRISTOPH KOLUMBUS (span.: CHRSTÓBAL COLÓN), den EntdeckungsreisendenHERNÁN CORTÉS und den Missionar BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS CASAS.Die Eroberung Amerikas ist für TODOROV vor allen Dingen deshalb ein einmaligesEreignis in der Geschichte, weil es ¿ auf europäischer und amerikanischer Seite ¿ dieintensivste Begegnung von Menschen mit dem Fremden darstellte. Die Reise zum wesentlichweiter entfernten Mond im Apollo-Programm der USA des 20. Jahrhunderts ist dagegenrelativ unspektakulär und auch sonst gab es keine vergleichbare Begegnung mit einer denMenschen völlig unbekannten Welt. Dass diese Begegnungen alles andere als eineninterkulturellen Dialog zwischen den Einheimischen und den Eroberern bedingten, magzunächst in der Natur der Sache gelegen haben: Von vornherein waren die Expeditionen aufdie Bereicherung der Europäer ausgerichtet, wenn auch der Entdecker KOLUMBUS keinesfallsaus bloßer Habgier zu seinen Abenteuern aufbrach. Zwar bezog sich das Wort Erobernzunächst auf die Landnahme der entdeckten Gebiete, doch sollte im nächsten Schritt auch derMensch auf dem neuen Kontinent zum Objekt degradiert werden (sofern er damals überhauptje als Mensch angesehen wurde). Seit KOLUMBUS¿ Überquerung des atlantischen Ozeans undseiner Ankunft in Amerika 1493 hat der Zusammenprall zweier grundverschiedener Kulturenunterschiedliche Beziehungsebenen hervorgerufen. Die vorliegende Arbeit möchte einigedieser Ebenen aufzeigen, diskutieren und sodann auf die in TODOROVS Kapitel Typologie derBeziehung zu anderen aufgeführten ¿drei Achsen der Alterität¿ eingehen. Zuvor gibt sieeinen kurzen biographischen Einblick in das Leben und Wirken der drei genanntenhistorischen Persönlichkeiten, die exemplarisch für das Phänomen der Fremdheitsproblematikbei der Eroberung Amerikas angeführt werden.

Essay from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Queen's University Belfast (School of English), course: Literature and the Politics of Modernity, language: English, abstract: This essay focuses on two modern literary works by E.M. FORSTER and GeorgeORWELL. While FORSTER¿s fourth published novel Howards End was alreadywritten in the early twentieth century (1910), ORWELL¿s famous dystopiaNineteen Eighty-Four was only published in 1949 and may therefore beconsidered as a late modern work.The historical background of the two novels obviously differs to a greatextent. On the edge of the First World War, E.M. FORSTER was particularlyconcerned with a disrupted society under the direct influence of the significantchanges in modern social life. The increasing forces of imperialism andcapitalism and tendencies of a growing urbanisation largely changed the lives ofpeople, directly affecting their private and public spheres. When ORWELL wrotehis novel under the influence of the Second World War, modern life hadadditionally been shaken up by two world wars and the effects of totalitariansystems in Europe.Despite the historical gulf between Orwell and Forster, which makes adirect comparison of their works impossible, this paper will concentrate on theprivate and public values of the novels¿ characters and thus also pay attentionto probable political notions of the authors. It will particularly figure out if the twowriters either endorse or contest a dividing line between private and publicvalues, additionally taking into consideration formal features as well as theoverall plot.Forster¿s novel Howards End predominantly deals with the interrelationsof two middle class families called the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes. Despitebelonging to the same class, their actual social background differs to a greatextent. Margaret and Helen Schlegel are initially depicted as not being English¿to the backbone¿, which is not only true because of their German origins, butalso because of their idealist attitude they seem to have adopted from theirfather, who rather was ¿the countryman of Hegel and Kant, [¿] the idealist,inclined to be dreamy, whose Imperialism was the Imperialism of the air¿.Idealism and anti-imperialism are obviously not to be considered as being veryEnglish any more, but rather seem to have died out all over modern Europe.

Essay from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, Queen's University Belfast, language: English, abstract: This essay will focus on two modernist works by Virginia WOOLF and E. M. FORSTER, which might in fact be regarded as very different concerning their subject matter and style. When FORSTER completed his fourth published novel Howards End in 1910, Europe was on the edge of the First World War, while WOOLF¿s novel Between the Acts ¿ finished in November 1942 ¿ was created under the impacts of fascism, the frightening force of the Second World War, and the Blitz in Great Britain. Despite a relatively long time span between these works, the novels are dealing with similar modernist aspects insofar as they are both considering the changes of a society under the influence of modern life, resulting in a social fragmentation caused by political developments within Europe.This paper will at first reveal the indications of social fragmentations worked into the novels and, secondly, find out if FORSTER and WOOLF are actually providing a solution to the upcoming problems within their artwork.The political tensions in FORSTER¿s Howards End predominantly arise between the characters of the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes, two middle class families with completely different social backgrounds. As the director of a rubber company with African holdings, Henry Wilcox is the epitome of British industrialism and imperialism, while the Schlegel sisters (Margaret and Helen) are representing quite the opposite.