Franz Kafka / Judaism In His Works : A 5 page paper looking at this important German writer of the twentieth century in terms of the Jewish context of his works.
The paper argues that his frequent allusions to deformity, illness, and guilt mirror his own self-perception, resulting from the anti-Semitic stereotypes of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Kafka’s work entitled "Metamorphosis" is emphasized. Bibliography lists five sources. KBkafka.wps

Franz Kafka’s "Country Doctor" / As A Definitive Myth : A 5 page discussion of the short story "A Country Doctor" by the German writer Franz Kafka. The paper shows how this extremely complex story unfolds like a nightmare and actually functions as a kind of modern myth. Bibliography lists seven sources. Kafka3.wps

Franz Kafka's "The Hunger Artist" : A 4 page paper discussing the short story, The Hunger Artist. The writer analyzes Kafka's tongue in cheek style and humorous look at the life of a starving artist. No additional sources cited. Kafka.wps

Franz Kafka’s "The Hunger Artist" / Marxist Rhetoric : A 5 page paper examining rhetoric in Franz Kafka's The Hunger Artist. The writer discusses various points of Kafka's story from a Marxist/materialist point of view. No additional sources cited. Kafka2.wps

Franz Kafka’s "The Metamorphosis" : A 10 page paper discussing the book by Franz Kafka entitled "The Metamorphosis." Gregor, the man who has found himself transformed into an insect one morning, is a man who has little self confidence and believes himself useless to society in general. Kafka has used the hideousness of his present condition to even further illustrate how low a man this Gregor is. Kafka also uses Gregor’s present external condition to demonstrate how Gregor feels about his family members, his work, and himself. What was evident before becomes strikingly so based on the fact that Gregor is now a grotesque insect. No additional sources cited. Kafka.wps

Franz Kafka’s "Metamorphosis" / Character Analysis : 2 page discussion of loneliness in the character Gregor from Kafka's "Metamorphosis." No Bibliography. Gregor.wps

Franz Kafka’s "Metamorphosis" / Injustice : This 5 page research paper argues that Gregor Samsa’s transformation from man to insect in Franz Kafka’s short story, "Metamorphosis," was completely unjust, in terms of his family’s reaction to his condition, and their ultimate betrayal and rejection of him. Bibliography lists 1 source. Franzk.wps

Franz Kafka / "Metamorphosis" : A 5 page essay in which the writer posits that Kafka’s story is allegorical for the creationist evolution of the planet Earth, and also for the evolution of religious beliefs from antiquity to Christianity. Bibliography lists 1 source. Metakaf.wps

Kafka’s Stories Compared : This 9 page paper describes and compares the Franz Kafka stories, "The Judgement" (1913) and "The Metamorphosis" (1915). Metajudg.wps

Kafka as Modernist : A 5 page paper looking at two of Franz Kafka’s posthumously-published novels, The Trial and The Castle, showing how they reflect the concerns of European modernism. The paper also notes that while their tone was a little too bleak and existentialist for most Americans of the Modernist period, Americans today are rediscovering Kafka because he perfectly reflects the sense of meaninglessness so pervasive today. No additional sources cited. Kafmod.wps

Modernism and the Novel : This 5 page report discusses the transformation of modernism in terms of Kafka’s "The Trial" and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby." The inherent differences of writers in the same modernist period but in Europe compared to America is also discussed. Bibliography lists only the two works themselves as sources. Modno.wps

Herman Hesse's "Damien" : A 4 page review of theme, character, and structure in Herman Hesse's "Damien." Meanings, metaphors, and characteristics of the novel are examined. No Bibliography. Damien.wps

Herman Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund: A 7 page research paper on Hermann Hesse's novel of the same name. The writer details the themes of the novel, and relates them to the story and the text. Bibliography lists 1 source. Narcissu.wps

Thomas Mann / His Life & Work : This 7 page paper discusses how German author Thomas Mann's life (1875-1955) affected his works. Bibliography lists 6 sources. Mannt.wps

Thomas Mann’s "The Magic Mountain" : A 6 page paper that discusses the major themes in Thomas Mann's classic, The Magic Mountain. The focus of this paper is on the importance of disease, and the comparison Mann makes between the disease, the sanitarium and the outside society (the ills of society). FREE outline page included. Bibliography lists 4 sources. Mann.wps

Thomas Mann’s "The Magic Mountain" # 2 / Setting & Environment : A 5 page essay on the use of the mountain and sanitarium setting as a device to portray the environment in which Hans Castorp develops an understanding of the horrors of the war. The paper proves Hans’ progress in terms of the setting—from his introduction to reality at the sanitarium to a rejection of that reality to the real answer on the slopes of the magic mountain. Bibliography lists 1 source. Magmount.wps

Thomas Mann’s "Death In Venice" / Mass Culture : A 9 page paper on Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice, looking specifically at the way it is written to be understood on both an extremely literary level as well as by a more mass-market audience. The paper points out that by writing the story realistically but packing it with classical archetypes, Mann is able to gain both intelligibility and depth. Bibliography lists six sources. Mannd.wps

Thomas Mann's "Death In Venice" / Morality & Society : A 3 analysis that examines that Gustav von Aschenbach, the protagonist in Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, illustrates the ideas concerning morality discussed by Freud in his work Civilization and Its Discontents. Bibliography lists 2 sources. Deathin2.wps

J.W. von Goethe / Works and Contributions To German Theater : A research paper of 6 pages, highlighting some of Goethe’s contributions to the German theatre. His scientific investigations are given some discussion, and his literary talents that included drama, poetry, novel fiction and autobiography are mentioned. The paper, though, focuses on his drama and the setting of his eighteenth-century times. Bibliography lists 6 sources. Goethe.wps

Goethe’s "Faust" / The Devil’s Funnybone -- A Comic Episode : A 5 page paper examining one episode of comic relief in Goethe’s Faust. It concerns the Devil’s advice to a first-year student trying to decide on a field of study, and contains considerable irony and satire. The paper concludes that the Devil’s cynicism actually serves to throw Faust’s sincerity into higher relief. Bibliography lists three sources. Devilfun.wps

Magic In Shakespeare & Goethe : A 5 page paper that details the passage of magic, dreams, and incantations in a Midsummer Nights Dream and Goethe’s Faust. The writer also examines how both works display these qualities and goes into significant plot analysis as well. Midg.wps

Before The Deluge: A Portrait Of Berlin In The 1920s : This 10 page paper evaluates the presentation of Berlin in the period between World War I and World War II related in Otto Friedrich’s work, which demonstrates that the pre-World War II Berlin represented many positive social, cultural and political components that were no longer present at the end of the war. Bibliography lists 1 source. Delugefr.wps

"Spring’s Awakening" : A 5 page review of Frank Wedekind’s play on teen sexuality, teen pregnancy and teen suicide. The writer posits that, as Wedekind so aptly points out, reliance on religious and other overtures in a society that is bourgeois in nature can only lead to destruction. Wedekind.wps

Paris / Expatriates In : A 10 page research paper and essay exploring the issue of why, how and who were self-exiled in Paris. The writer focuses on a philosophical introduction to the mindset of the Parisian public and explores the works, politics and lifestyles of Gertrude Stein, Anais Nin, and Henry Miller. Bibliography lists 8 sources. Parisex.wps

Hitler and Corradini: Nationalistic Fervor : A 5 page comparison of how Adolf Hitler ("Mein Kampf") and Enrico Corradini ("Italian Fascisms") addressed the social domestic policies of nationalism. The writer also addresses why the two writers addressed the issue as they did. Bibliography lists 2 sources. Cnsocnat.wps

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