Germanic Studies (Theses and Dissertations)
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Spatial Reckonings: Mapping the Raumproblem in Modern Mathematics and German Modernism, 1890-1933
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Lang, Lit. & Cultural Studies. Discipline of German, 2024)Despite the often-celebrated ascent of 'interdisciplinarity' within academic research, in perhaps every setting, mathematics and the arts are still viewed as unrelated disciplines with divergent origins, influences and ... -
Omnium Gatherum: The Ecological Fictions of Ransmayr, Tokarczuk and Flanagan
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Lang, Lit. & Cultural Studies. Discipline of German, 2023)This thesis presents a comparative reading of novels by three prominent contemporary writers who engage with ecological themes. Christoph Ransmayr, Olga Tokarczuk and Richard Flanagan are all well-known writers both ... -
Aesthetics of Timbre in late Eighteenth-Century and Early Romantic German Scientific, Philosophical and Music-related Literature
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Lang, Lit. & Cultural Studies. Discipline of German, 2023)Until recently timbre has generally been considered as first emerging as a Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century concept. This interdisciplinary thesis explores the existence of timbre as a concept during the period spanning ... -
No Man's Land: Mythology of War, Masculinity and Homeland in Greek and Serbian Aftermath Cinema
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Lang, Lit. & Cultural Studies. Discipline of German, 2021)This thesis explores the dynamic between cultural mythology and trauma in aftermath cinema. After a society has experienced a significant disturbance, it is common to reckon with the stories that tell of its beliefs, ... -
The Morbid Subject: A New Morphology for Analysis of the Phenomenon of Metamorphosis in Literature
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Lang, Lit. & Cultural Studies. Discipline of German, 2021)"The Morbid Subject: A New Morphology for Analysis of the Phenomenon of Metamorphosis in Literature" is the author s attempt to formulate a cohesive and structured morphology for the phenomenon of metamorphosis as it appears ...