Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Type "Master Thesis"
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„Alles was mit Nachdenken verbunden ist“: Pünktchen und Anton in Buch und Film. Ein Medienvergleich der „Nachdenkereien“ bei Erich Kästner, Thomas Engel und Caroline Link
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-24)Erich Kästner’s novel for children, Pünktchen und Anton (1931), has been twice adapted for the screen, first in 1953 by Thomas Engel and then again in 1999 by Caroline Link. Both directors were also responsible for the ... -
The Alliance as a Prerequisite to Emotional Processing in Psychotherapy
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-23)The quality of the therapeutic alliance has been shown to predict treatment outcomes across approaches to psychotherapy. However, the underlying mechanism by which the alliance leads to improvement remains to be clarified. ... -
“… als hätte man gerade begonnen zu existieren”: Identity Between Experiences of the Unfamiliar and the Question of Origin in Lutz Seiler’s Novel Stern 111 (2020)
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-14)To this day, scholars and writers are concerned with the events of the Wende period and the representation of the DDR in Germany’s cultural memory. This period and its consequences are still relevant today and therefore ... -
Also meine freundin sie kommt aus schwaben: Use of the German particle "also" in a study abroad context
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-02)English abstract: Conversation is at the core of human interaction, and has long been studied. Upon analysis, conversation proves to be highly regular and organized, and governed by an array of unconscious practices (see ... -
Alternative Risk: A Diagnostic and Canadian Anti-Vaccine Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-17)This thesis builds on a growing body of interdisciplinary risk scholarship that is taking place across the humanities and sciences. It combines Ulrich Beck’s sociological concept of “risk society”, legal scholar Dayna ... -
Alternative Solutions to Traditional Problems: Contextualizing the Kitchener John School Diversion Program
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-22)This thesis is an exploratory study of the Kitchener John School Diversion Program. As a primarily community-based initiative, this program has been developed in response to a particular social problem, street prostitution. ... -
Analyse écocritique de l’oeuvre de Samuel de Champlain
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-18)Notre thèse de maîtrise se consacre à une analyse écocritique des Voyages de Samuel de Champlain. En utilisant l’édition d’Éric Thierry, auteur qui a établi, annoté et présenté en français moderne l’œuvre de Champlain dans ... -
Analysing 'aber' as a Disagreement Marker in written and spoken German by combining two different Approaches: Corpus Linguistics & Conversation Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-08)Working with the methodologies of conversation analysis and corpus linguistics, the main goal of this thesis is to determine different pragmatic functions of aber and to describe patterns that are used to perform disagreement ... -
An Analysis of a Perplexing Group of Graves from Ancient Corinth, Greece
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-19)In 2019 a post-12th century C.E. cemetery was identified at Ancient Corinth, Greece, in the area northeast of the ancient theatre. The 2019 and 2022 excavation season uncovered a perplexing group of graves with limited ... -
An Analysis of How Community Organizations Support Abused Chinese Immigrant Women in the Canadian Context
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-23)This thesis explores the assistance provided by community organizations in the Kitchener-Waterloo, Toronto, and Vancouver regions to Chinese immigrant women who are victims of domestic violence. Guided by postcolonial ... -
Analysis of the (Co-)Construction of Cultural Belongings in Several Episodes of a Korean-American Podcast
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-26)Since the beginning of the 21st century, the “transnational turn” (Pence & Zimmermann, 2012, p. 495) in social, literary, and linguistic studies can be observed as a response to new forms of mobility and global interconnectedness, ... -
An Analysis of the Initial Contact Characteristics and Recidivism of Offenders with a Serious Mental Illness
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-28)This thesis addresses the growing number of inmates with a mental illness in correctional facilities in Canada which continues to attract public attention and concern. Several explanations have been put forward to explain ... -
Analysis of the linguistic repertoire of a migrant family
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-27)The increase in mobilization that globalisation brings with it leads to an increasing amount of language contact. When groups or migrants come into contact with majority languages of a country, the minority language often ... -
An Analysis of the Surface Area of the Western Roman Empire until CE 476
(University of Waterloo, 2012-10-01)In 1968, Rein Taagepera created growth curves of four empires by measuring the surface area of each and plotting his data on a graph of area versus time. He used his growth curves to analyse the development of empires ... -
Analyzing narrated language use: What does it mean to be a German speaker?
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-22)This thesis seeks to investigate what it means to be a German speaker, and how this identification can emerge, and change, as a person is describing their language use throughout different contexts of their lives. Using ... -
Analyzing Portrayals of Hitler and Neo-Nazis in Two Contemporary Films: Er ist wieder da and Imperium
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-04)World War II occurred three quarters of a century ago, but Nazis continue to be a popular choice of antagonist in contemporary film. These characters include not only those set in 1940s Germany, but also portrayals of ... -
Animosity, Ambivalence and Co-operation: Manifestations of heterogeneous German Identities in the Kitchener-Waterloo area during and after the Second World War.
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-26)Much has been written about how the city of Berlin, Ontario – long a centre of Germanic industry and culture in Canada –changed its name to Kitchener in 1916 in the face of anti-German sentiments. Studies by Geoffrey Hayes ... -
Anna Seghers' Roman Transit und Volker Brauns Drama Transit Europa: Der Ausflug der Toten--Ein Vergleich
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-22)Abstract Anna Seghers’ novel Transit (1948) and Volker Braun’s play Transit Europa: Der Ausflug der Toten (1988) have not received as much attention as their other works. The topics transit and transition have not been ... -
Anne-Thérèse de Lambert und Sophie von La Roche als Innovatorinnen der weiblichen Erziehungsdebatte im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-18)France played a leading role in the European Enlightenment, influencing other European countries in their thinking and development of philosophical ideas based on the emerging ideals of liberté, égalité and fraternité. ... -
Another Life, Another World: The Spiritual Origins of Spaceflight
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-26)This work reassesses the origins of the idea of humanity’s destiny in outer space, examining the development of popular enthusiasm about extraterrestrial life and reincarnation in Europe and America from the early nineteenth ...