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.
Committee Chair
Lynne Tatlock
Committee Members
Matt Erlin Kurt Beals Matthias Göritz
Degree
Master of Arts (AM/MA)
Author's Department
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Document Type
Thesis DLA
Date of Award
Spring 5-2023
Language
German (de)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7936/vkx5-nq44
Recommended Citation
Foerster, Lara-Mareen, "Faszination Mond – Das Mondmotiv in der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartslyrik vor dem Hintergrund seiner literarischen Tradition" (2023). Arts & Sciences Theses and Dissertations. 2953.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.7936/vkx5-nq44