Graduate Theses and Dissertations - German
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Decolonizing by Design: Black Feminist Scholarship, Critical Applied Linguistics, and a Pedagogy of Multiliteracies in Beginning and Intermediate German-Language Instruction
(Georgetown University, 2021)Spurred by interests as divergent as national security, increased language proficiency, an elite education, and the futurity of a profession, documented diversity discourses have been a recognized and salient aspect of ... -
Turning “Wounds” into Words: Literary Representations of Loss in the Wake of the Yugoslav Wars and Their Aftermath
(Georgetown University, 2021)This dissertation examines literary responses to the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s and their aftermath by migrant authors from the former Yugoslavia who write in German. In particular, I analyze Marica Bodrožić’s autobiography ... -
The Tableau Effect in German Narrative Prose around 1800
(Georgetown University, 2021)This dissertation theorizes the concept of the tableau effect in order to investigate the performativity of gendered notions of selfhood in novels as well as short stories, ranging from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Die ... -
Persecution and Resistance: The Carinthian Slovenes and Memories of the Second World War
(Georgetown University, 2020)In this dissertation, I trace the slow evolution and diversification of Carinthian Slovene vernacular memory practices, showing that the trauma of forced assimilation, persecution, deportation, and resistance during the ... -
Between Austria and Germany, Heimat and Zuhause: German-Speaking Refugees and the Politics of Memory in Austria
(Georgetown University, 2020)This dissertation explores the memory of postwar German-speaking refugees in Austria through an analysis of diverse media, cultural practices, and their reception. Part I of the dissertation examines postwar memorials and ...
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