Otago German Studies (E-Journal)

Kaiser, Gerhard

English

Poesie und Kapitalismus. Zu Gottfried Kellers Kleider machen Leute

Kooznetzoff, Con

Genealogical Analysis of an Unpublished Tristan-Fragment. Cod.vindob. 15340

Nieschmidt, Hans-Werner

Grabbe\u27s Last Historical Drama. A Re-examination

Grant, Alyth F.

"Kränkung" und "Verdrängung". The Metaphor of Hysteria in Marlen Haushofer\u27s Die Mansarde, und  Ingeborg Bachmann\u27s Der Fall Franza.

Obermayer, August

Hochwälders Donnerstag oder: Was ein Roman aus dem Jahre 1933 und ein Theaterstück aus dem Jahre1959 außer dem Titel gemeinsam haben

von Wilpert, Gero

Leutnant Gustl und seine Ehre

Grant, Alyth

"Gegen eine Zeit, die Helden  braucht, richten wir nichts aus": Honour as Moral Blindness in Christa Wolf\u27s Kassandra

FOREWORD	  
	  
This	  Glossary	  is	  designed	  for	  use	  by	  undergraduate	  students	  as	  an	  initial	  source	  
of	   information.	   It	   does	   not	   replace	   any	   of	   the	   existing	   excellent	   Sachwörter-­‐
bücher.	   It	   is	   however	   useful	   in	   that	   it	   aims	   specifically	   to	   provide	   a	   ready	   and	  
inexpensive	  source	  of	  reference	  for	  English-­‐speaking	  students	  and	  for	  scholars	  of	  
other	  disciplines	  with	  only	  a	  limited	  knowledge	  of	  German,	  who	  are	  confronted	  
with	  technical	  terms	  from	  German	  literary	  scholarship.	  
The	  Glossary	   contains	  1379	  entries,	   and	  approximately	  250	  of	   these	  have	  been	  
dealt	  with	   in	   the	   form	  of	   short	   explanatory	   essays,	   contributed	  by	  62	   scholars	  
from	  New	  Zealand,	  Australia,	  England	  Wales,	  Canada	  and	  the	  United	  States.	  The	  
authors	   of	   these	   contributions	   are	   indicated	   by	   their	   initials.	   Entries	   without	  
initials	  are	  the	  responsibility	  of	  the	  editors.	  
In	  order	  to	  keep	  the	  size	  and	  the	  cost	  of	  the	  Glossary	  within	  bounds	  appropriate	  
to	  undergraduate	  students,	  it	  has	  been	  necessary	  to	  make	  a	  selection	  of	  the	  most	  
commonly	   encountered	   literary	   terms.	   Bearing	   in	   mind	   the	   needs	   of	   English-­‐
speaking	   students	  we	   have	   excluded	   terms	  which	   are	   synonymous	   in	   German	  
and	  English,	  and	  also	  literary	  terms	  of	  relevance	  only	  to	  non-­‐German	  literatures;	  
we	  have	  tried	  to	  concentrate	  on	   important	  or	  typical	  German	  literary	  terms,	  or	  
terms	  which	   are	  used	   in	  different	  ways	   in	  English	   and	  German,	   e.g.:	  Romantik,	  
Fiktion,	  Literaturkritik,	  Vers	  etc.,	  and	  on	  certain	  terms	  of	  a	  technical	  nature,	  such	  
as	  metrical	  terms,	  or	  terms	  derived	  from	  Greek	  and	  Latin,	  such	  as	  the	  names	  of	  
the	  Muses,	  which	  are	  the	  same	  in	  German	  and	  English,	  but	  are	  largely	  unknown	  
to	  present-­‐day	  students.	  Any	  selection	  is	  of	  course	  arbitrary	  and	  can	  be	  criticized	  
for	   sins	  of	  omission	  and	  commission.	  Editors	   faced	  with	   the	  need	   to	   select	   can	  
only	   adhere	   to	   certain	   guiding	   principles	   and	   use	   their	   discretion.	   We	   have	  
deemed	  it	  useful	  to	  students	  to	  give	  dates	  of	  birth	  and	  death	  of	  writers,	  where	  no	  
other	  indication	  of	  the	  age	  in	  which	  they	  lived	  is	  given	  in	  the	  text.	  Dates	  given	  for	  
literary	   works	   are	   the	   dates	   of	   first	   publication,	   whenever	   these	   can	   be	  
ascertained.	  
The	  technical	  production	  of	  the	  Glossary	  has	  been	  entirely	  from	  the	  resources	  of	  
the	  University	  of	  Otago.	  The	  Editors	  would	  however	  like	  to	  record	  their	  gratitude	  
for	  the	  indispensible	  financial	  support	  of	  the	  German	  Embassy	  in	  Wellington	  and	  
the	  Goethe	  Institute,	  Wellington.	  Their	  thanks	  are	  also	  due	  to	  many	  individuals,	  
especially	  to	  Fiona	  Kennedy	  for	  their	  work	  in	  compilation	  and	  checking,	  to	  Joyce	  
Walker	  for	  typing	  the	  manuscript,	  to	  Lyn	  Knarston	  and	  Peter	  Scott	  of	  the	  Medical	  
Illustrations	  Unit	  for	  type-­‐setting	  and	  design,	  to	  J.	  T.	  Robertson	  of	  the	  University	  
Printery	  and	  to	  A.	  W.	  G.	  van	  Egmond	  of	  the	  University	  Bindery.	  
	  
E.W.H.	  
A.O.	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
FOREWORD	  TO	  THE	  SECOND	  EDITION	  
	  
As	  the	  first	  edition	  is	  sold	  out	  and	  the	  demand	  for	  the	  Glossary	  is	  still	  growing,	  it	  
was	   imperative	   to	   produce	   a	   second	   edition.	   This	   new	   edition	   contains	  
approximately	   a	   further	   100	   entries,	   and	   many	   revisions;	   it	   contains	   1470	  
entries	   contributed	   by	   66	   scholars	   from	   New	   Zealand,	   Australia,	   England,	  
Scotland,	  Wales,	  Canada	  and	  the	  United	  States.	  As	  in	  the	  first	  edition,	  the	  authors	  
of	   these	   contributions	   are	   indicated	   by	   their	   initials,	   while	   entries	   without	  
initials	  are	  the	  responsibility	  of	   the	  editors.	  We	  have	  deviated	  slightly	   from	  the	  
selection	   criteria	   of	   the	   first	   edition	   and	   have	   added	   terms	   suggested	   by	  
reviewers,	  reader	  and	  users	  of	  the	  book.	  
The	  technical	  production	  has	  been	  partly	  from	  the	  resources	  of	  the	  University	  of	  
Otago,	  partly	  commercial.	  
The	  editors	  would	  like	  to	  thank	  Natalie	  Blackburn	  for	  her	  valuable	  assistance.	  
	  
E.W.H.	  
A.O.	  
	  
	  


Foreword

Glossary of Literary Terms - Q to R

Kessler, Michael

"Der Mensch ist aber ein Gott, sobald er Mensch ist". Theologische und philosophische Beobachtungen zum Problem der Offernbarung

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