Date of Award
Spring 5-2023
Degree Name
Master of Arts (AM/MA)
Degree Type
Thesis DLA
Abstract
This master thesis explores the moon motif in contemporary poetry in relation to its literary history. Contemporary poetry is understood as poetry after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. My research seeks to provide an overview of the moon motif in German contemporary literature where hitherto only scholarship on Durs Grünbein has considered the importance of the moon motif.
Therefore, this work taxonomically explores the functions of the moon motif in general instead of aiming at a close reading of selected poems. I am taking a stance against the notion that the moon motif and the fascination for the moon is no longer relevant in present culture. To clarify, it is important to look at both, the history of the fascination for the moon and the history of the moon as a motif in the first part of this work.
Language
German (de)
Chair and Committee
Lynne Tatlock
Committee Members
Matt Erlin Kurt Beals Matthias Göritz
Recommended Citation
Foerster, Lara-Mareen, "Faszination Mond – Das Mondmotiv in der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartslyrik vor dem Hintergrund seiner literarischen Tradition" (2023). Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2953.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/art_sci_etds/2953