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Fair-Haired Eckbert

“Earthquake in Chile”

Last week we read several short stories by famous German writers, several which were from Appelbaum’s collection, Five Great German Stories, but also two others not featured in the book. What I found particularly interesting was the narrative style of each story: while similar, the slightest differences can help create a completely different atmosphere in each tale. “Earthquake […]

Posted in blogs, lb4-2015 | Tagged with Fair-Haired Eckbert, grimm, Heinrich von Kleist, Little Snow-White, Ludwig Tieck, The Earthquake in Chile

Kliest, Hoffman, Tieck, and the Brothers Grimm

Last week we read several short stories by famous German writers, several which were from Appelbaum’s collection, Five Great German Stories, but also two others not featured in the book. What I found particularly interesting was the narrative style of each story: while similar, the slightest differences can help create a completely different atmosphere in each tale. “Earthquake […]

Posted in blogs, lb4-2015 | Tagged with Fair-Haired Eckbert, grimm, Heinrich von Kleist, Little Snow-White, Ludwig Tieck, The Earthquake in Chile

Uncanny similarities between “Eckbert” and “The Sandman”

It seems that for the past few weeks, the uncanny has been a recurring theme in both lectures and seminars. “The Sandman” was directly analyzed by Freud for a source of the uncanny, and in turn, the three short stories … Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb1-2015 | Tagged with E.T.A Hoffman, Fair-Haired Eckbert, Ludwig Tieck, the sandman

Questions, Questions, and More Questions–The Result of Trying to Interpret German Short Stories

Personally, I find the readings for this week to be particularly interesting.  I mean, I never would have thought that I would be writing a scholarly essay on the Grimm Brothers’ fairytale “Little Snow-White”.  Reading stories like this, however, has reminded me that even supposedly simple works of art can have a deeper meaning–if you take … Continue reading Questions, Questions, and More Questions–The Result of Trying to Interpret German Short Stories

Posted in blogs, lb4-2015 | Tagged with Arts One, Brothers Grimm, Earthquake in Chile, Fair-Haired Eckbert, Kleist, Ludwig Tieck, Seeing and Knowing

Morals in Stories

Over time Snow White has managed to remain a prevalent story that we’ve almost all heard or seen as children. This made me begin to wonder why that is and what the moral of the story is that we’re supposed to come away with. Snow White—at least in this version— is only really described by […]

Posted in blogs, lb4-2015 | Tagged with Brothers Grimm, Fair-Haired Eckbert, Heinrich von Kleist, Little Snow-White, Ludwig Tieck, The Earthquake in Chile

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