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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Didaktik - Deutsch - Pädagogik, Sprachwissenschaft, Note: 1,0, Universität Leipzig (Grundschuldidaktik), Veranstaltung: G3: Kinderliteratur und Kindermedien, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Kinder sollen lesen lernen. Nicht nur als bloße Technik, sondern auch als Verstehens- und Interpretationsfähigkeit. Das ist ein unumstrittenes Ziel der Kultur und auch des Lehrplanes. Woran ließe sich dieses Ziel besser verwirklichen als an Büchern, die extra für Kinder geschrieben sind Doch in der Fülle heutiger Kinder- und Jugendliteratur die richtigen und auf die Bedürfnisse und Interessen der Kinder abgestimmten Bücher zu finden, ist kein leichtes Unterfangen. Wenn Kinderbücher im Unterricht der Grundschule spannend und motivierend zum Lesen sein sollen, dann muss man sich als Lehrer darüber klar werden, was ein ¿gutes¿ und für Kinder der Grundschule geeignetes Kinderbuch ausmacht. Im ersten Kapitel meiner Arbeit werde ich versuchen, die wichtigsten Auswahlkriterien für ein geeignetes problemorientiertes Kinderbuch in der Grundschule zu nennen. Im zweiten Abschnitt werde ich drei Kinderbücher vorstellen und anhand der im ersten Teil gefundenen Kriterien einschätzen, ob und wie sie für die unterrichtliche Arbeit geeignet sind. Dabei handelt es sich um ¿Alfons Zitterbacke¿ von Gerhard Holtz-Baumert, ¿Emil und die Detektive¿ von Erich Kästner und ¿Ronja Räubertochter¿ von Astrid Lindgren. Abschließend möchte ich methodische Vorschläge zum Einsatz des letztgenannten Buches im Unterricht der Grundschule bringen. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Gesch. Europa - Deutschland - I. Weltkrieg, Weimarer Republik, Note: 1,3, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Historisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar ¿Deutschland im Ersten Weltkrieg¿, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Am 6. Oktober 1925 hatte eine Epoche der Fusionen in der deutschen Farbstoffindustrie ihren absoluten Höhepunkt erreicht: Die Direktoren der deutschen Farbenwerke schlossen sich zum größten deutschen Industrieunternehmen und einem der größten Chemieunternehmen der Weltwirtschaft zusammen ¿ der I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft. Ihr Name stand damals wie heute stellvertretend für die marktbeherrschende Macht eines weit verzweigten Monopols. Woher aber kam dieser Chemieriese und wer war die treibende Kraft in seinen Geburtsstunden Seine Entstehung lässt sich, anders als man vermuten mag, nicht auf ein paar Jahre vor seiner Gründung reduzieren. Die Wurzeln der I.G. reichen bis weit vor den Ersten Weltkrieg zurück und verliefen nicht immer geradlinig auf eine Fusion zu. Vater im Geiste und Förderer dieser Fusionsidee war Carl Duisberg, der in zwei Denkschriften in den Jahren 1904 und 1915 den theoretischen Rahmen für die Fusion absteckte. Im Mittelpunkt dieser Untersuchung stehen seine hart erkämpften Erfolge und aber auch zahlreichen Rückschläge bei der Lobby- Arbeit für ¿seine¿ Interessengemeinschaft. Der vergleichenden Analyse der beiden Denkschriften kommt dabei eine hohe Bedeutung zu, da sich in ihnen sowohl die jeweiligen Probleme der Farbstoffindustrie als auch die Lösungsvorschläge Duisbergs widerspiegeln. Somit ergibt sich über die historisch-deskriptive Darstellung der bloßen Ereignisse hinaus ein zweiter Fragenkomplex: Wie sind der Einfluss und die Leistung Duisbergs in der Entstehungsgeschichte der I.G. einzuschätzen und wie reagierte die Farbstoffindustrie auf die Fusionsvorhaben angesichts einer immer stärker werdenden ausländischen Konkurrenz Eine Schwierigkeit bei der Untersuchung der Thematik war die größtenteils ungenügende Quellen- und Literaturlage. Sie machte es bei der Sekundärliteratur erforderlich, entweder auf populär-wissenschaftliche und tendenziöse Monographien auszuweichen oder auf veraltetes Material zurückzugreifen. Lobenswert in diesem Zusammenhang ist das ausführliche Werk von Gottfried Plumpe, das sich als einzige Arbeit ausgewogen und detailliert der Geschichte der I.G. Farben annimmt. Verglichen mit dem wirtschaftlichen und auch politischen Einfluss, den die I.G. in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts ausübte, wurde und wird sie immer noch zu Unrecht in der wirtschaftsgeschichtlichen Forschung vernachlässigt. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Deutsch - Pädagogik, Didaktik, Sprachwissenschaft, Note: 1,0, Universität Leipzig (Grundschuldidaktik), Veranstaltung: G3: Kinderliteratur und Kindermedien, 27 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Anmerkungen: Sehr umfangreiche Arbeit, in der an Hand der drei im Titel genannten Werke die Auswahlkriterien eines Problemorientierten Kinderbuches dargestellt und erläutert sowie didaktische und methodische Hinweise für die Arbeit in der Grundschule ausgearbeitet werden. , Abstract: Kinder sollen lesen lernen. Nicht nur als bloße Technik, sondern auch als Verstehens- und Interpretationsfähigkeit. Das ist ein unumstrittenes Ziel der Kultur und auch des Lehrplanes. Woran ließe sich dieses Ziel besser verwirklichen als an Büchern, die extra für Kinder geschrieben sind Doch in der Fülle heutiger Kinder- und Jugendliteratur die richtigen und auf die Bedürfnisse und Interessen der Kinder abgestimmten Bücher zu finden, ist kein leichtes Unterfangen. Wenn Kinderbücher im Unterricht der Grundschule spannend und motivierend zum Lesen sein sollen, dann muss man sich als Lehrer darüber klar werden, was ein gutes und für Kinder der Grundschule geeignetes Kinderbuch ausmacht. Im ersten Kapitel meiner Arbeit werde ich versuchen, die wichtigsten Auswahlkriterien für ein geeignetes problemorientiertes Kinderbuch in der Grundschule zu nennen. Im zweiten Abschnitt werde ich drei Kinderbücher vorstellen und anhand der im ersten Teil gefundenen Kriterien einschätzen, ob und wie sie für die unterrichtliche Arbeit geeignet sind. Dabei handelt es sich um Alfons Zitterbacke von Gerhard Holtz-Baumert, Emil und die Detektive von Erich Kästner und Ronja Räubertochter von Astrid Lindgren. Abschließend möchte ich methodische Vorschläge zum Einsatz des letztgenannten Buches im Unterricht der Grundschule bringen. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Sport - Sportmedizin, Therapie, Prävention, Ernährung, Note: 1,0, Universität Leipzig (Rehabilitations-, Behindertensport und Sporttherapie), Veranstaltung: Erkrankungen innerer Organe, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der vorliegende wissenschaftliche Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit dem schwierigen, aber dennoch, zur Zielstellung einer ganzheitlichen Therapie, notwendigen und spannendem Thema der Belastungsgestaltung im sportlichen Spiel bei verschiedenen Erkrankheitsbildern. Aufgegriffen werden Problematiken der Zielstellung, die korrekte Auswahl des Spiels, die methodischen Durchführungskriterien, sowie die didaktisch anwendbaren Prinzipien der belastungsgerechten therapeutischen Intervention. Zur praktischen Veranschaulichung werden die angesprochenen Problematiken anhand zweier Sportarten diskutiert und notwendige Abänderungen aufgrund der medizinischen Indikation aufgezeigt. Speziell wird dabei auf die Krankheitsbilder koronarer Herzerkrankungen, Diabetes mellitus (typunabhängig), Dialysepatienten, Asthmatikern, Adipositas eingangen. Abschließende Gedanken und reflektorische Anregungen runden den wissenschaftlichen Beitrag ab.Dipl. Sportlehrer, cand. med. Mario Heinrichs. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Gesch. Europa - Deutschland - I. Weltkrieg, Weimarer Republik, einseitig bedruckt, Note: 1,3, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Historisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar Deutschland im Ersten Weltkrieg , 32 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Am 6. Oktober 1925 hatte eine Epoche der Fusionen in der deutschen Farbstoffindustrie ihren absoluten Höhepunkt erreicht: Die Direktoren der deutschen Farbenwerke schlossen sich zum größten deutschen Industrieunternehmen und einem der größten Chemieunternehmen der Weltwirtschaft zusammen der I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft. Ihr Name stand damals wie heute stellvertretend für die marktbeherrschende Macht eines weit verzweigten Monopols. Woher aber kam dieser Chemieriese und wer war die treibende Kraft in seinen Geburtsstunden Seine Entstehung lässt sich, anders als man vermuten mag, nicht auf ein paar Jahre vor seiner Gründung reduzieren. Die Wurzeln der I.G. reichen bis weit vor den Ersten Weltkrieg zurück und verliefen nicht immer geradlinig auf eine Fusion zu. Vater im Geiste und Förderer dieser Fusionsidee war Carl Duisberg, der in zwei Denkschriften in den Jahren 1904 und 1915 den theoretischen Rahmen für die Fusion absteckte. Im Mittelpunkt dieser Untersuchung stehen seine hart erkämpften Erfolge und aber auch zahlreichen Rückschläge bei der Lobby- Arbeit für seine Interessengemeinschaft. Der vergleichenden Analyse der beiden Denkschriften kommt dabei eine hohe Bedeutung zu, da sich in ihnen sowohl die jeweiligen Probleme der Farbstoffindustrie als auch die Lösungsvorschläge Duisbergs widerspiegeln. Somit ergibt sich über die historisch-deskriptive Darstellung der bloßen Ereignisse hinaus ein zweiter Fragenkomplex: Wie sind der Einfluss und die Leistung Duisbergs in der Entstehungsgeschichte der I.G. einzuschätzen und wie reagierte die Farbstoffindustrie auf die Fusionsvorhaben angesichts einer immer stärker werdenden ausländischen Konkurrenz Eine Schwierigkeit bei der Untersuchung der Thematik war die größtenteils ungenügende Quellen- und Literaturlage. Sie machte es bei der Sekundärliteratur erforderlich, entweder auf populär-wissenschaftliche und tendenziöse Monographien auszuweichen oder auf veraltetes Material zurückzugreifen. Lobenswert in diesem Zusammenhang ist das ausführliche Werk von Gottfried Plumpe, das sich als einzige Arbeit ausgewogen und detailliert der Geschichte der I.G. Farben annimmt. Verglichen mit dem wirtschaftlichen und auch politischen Einfluss, den die I.G. in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts ausübte, wurde und wird sie immer noch zu Unrecht in der wirtschaftsgeschichtlichen Forschung vernachlässigt.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2000 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Forschung und Studien, Note: 1,7, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Wirtschaft und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät), Veranstaltung: Wirtschaft in den Medien, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Titel der Arbeit zitiert die eine Antwort aus eine Befragung zum Wissen um die Bedeutung des Begriffs 'Globalisierung'. Folglich betrachtet er vorliegende Text den offensichtlich lückenhaften Wissensstand der deutschen Bevölkerung zu Begriffen wie Globalisierung, Standortfaktoren und Börse (Stand 2000). Der Wissenstand der Bevölkerung über wirtschaftliche Themen kann als Barometer für die Erfüllung der Informationsfunktion der Medien verstanden werden. Die vorliegende Arbeit nutzt dieses Barometer: Neben einem Überblick über den Wissenstand der deutschen Bevölkerung in Bezug auf Wirtschaftsfragen setzt die arbeit den 'Barometerstand' in Bezug zur Wirtschafts-Berichterstattung in deutschen Medien. …

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich BWL - Beschaffung, Produktion, Logistik, Note: 1,3, Fachhochschule Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshaven; Standort Emden, Veranstaltung: Modernes Einkaufs- und Beschaffungsmanagement, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit der Frage, weshalb Verträge abgeschlossen werden und welche Faktoren dabei berücksichtigt werden sollten. In theoretischen Ansätzen (sh. Kapitel 2 'Definition Liefervertrag', 'Bedeutung von Verträgen bzw. Vertragsgemeinschaften', 'Transaktionskostentheorie') lassen sich dazu erste Hilfestellungen finden.Weiterhin soll darauf eingegangen werden, wie diese in der Praxis umgesetzt werden und welche Rahmenbedingungen nötig sind, um eine reibungslos vertragliche Geschäftsbeziehung zu gestalten.Dabei werden auch mögliche Störungen im Leistungsaustausch bedacht, so dass die erarbeiteten Ergebnisse abschließend einer kritischen Würdigung unterzogen werden.Das erste Kapitel eröffnet mit der Definition von Lieferverträgen den Einstieg in die Bedeutung von vertraglich vereinbarten Geschäftsbeziehungen. Der Ursprung von vertraglich geregelten Geschäftsbeziehungen wird dabei aufgegriffen und von anderen Vertragsarten unterschieden.Im nachfolgenden Kapitel werden diverse Gründe für Vertragsabschlüsse genannt, die auf die Transaktionskostentheorie der Neuen Institutionellen Ökonomik zurückzuführen sind. Im ersten Teil dieses Kapitels wird Aufschluss über die Transaktionskostentheorie gegeben, die Unsicherheit, wechselseitige Abhängigkeit und das Lernen in interorganisationalen Geschäftsbeziehungen, für das Zustandekommen von Verträgen verantwortlich macht. Als Kernstück dieser Arbeit folgt das Kapitel 3, das die Bestandteile eines Vertrages aufzeigt und verdeutlichen soll. Dabei ist zu beachten, dass die Vertragsinhalte keine Pflichtbestandteile darstellen, sondern lediglich als grundlegende Rahmenbedingungen zu behandeln sind, die nach Auffassung der Unternehmensphilosophie ein- oder auszubringen sind. Anschließend folgt im Kapitel 3.6.1. ein Exkurs zu den Incoterms 2000, die als Regelwerk von Lieferungen bei grenzüberschreitenden Geschäftsbeziehungen dienen. Unter dem Thema Leistungsstörungen wird das vierte Kapitel eröffnet, in dem vertragliche Pflichtverletzungen aufgeführt werden.Im letzten Kapitel werden abschließend sämtliche Ergebnisse kritisch gewürdigt und zu einem Fazit zusammengefasst. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Arbeit, Betrieb, Organisation und Wirtschaft, Note: 2,3, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Lehrstuhl für Psychologie, insb. Wirtschafts- und Sozialpsychologie), Veranstaltung: Diffusion von Innovationen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Interpersonelle Kommunikation hat einen starken Einfluss auf die individuelle Meinungsbildung. Hierbei scheinen bestimmte Personen, die Meinungsführer, eine stärkere Wirkung als andere Personen zu entfalten. Gibt es bestimmte kennzeichnende Merkmale oder hervorstechende Eigenschaften, die Meinungsführer von anderen Personen unterscheiden Ausgehend vom klassischen 'Two-step-flow of Communication-Modell' von Lazarsfeld et al. werden anhand von zwei Studien persönliche Eigenschaften von Meinungsführern und Merkmale ihrer sozialen Netzwerke untersucht. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Informatik - Wirtschaftsinformatik, Note: 1,0, Fachhochschule Wedel (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen), Veranstaltung: E-Business, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 'i-Mode ist wie WAP, nur farbig' - dies war wohl die häufigste Äußerung, die bei der Einführung des neuen Dienstes in Deutschland im März 2002 von e-Plus zu hören war. Im Gegensatz zu den ernüchternden Erfahrungen, die die Mobilfunkbetreiber mit WAP gemacht hatten, versucht e-Plus nun, an das in Japan äußerst erfolgreiche Geschäftsmodell des Anteileigners NTT DoCoMo (über KPN Mobile) anzuschließen.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Didaktik - Deutsch - Pädagogik, Sprachwissenschaft, Note: 1,0, Universität Leipzig (Grundschuldidaktik), Veranstaltung: G3: Kinderliteratur und Kindermedien, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Kinder sollen lesen lernen. Nicht nur als bloße Technik, sondern auch als Verstehens- und Interpretationsfähigkeit. Das ist ein unumstrittenes Ziel der Kultur und auch des Lehrplanes. Woran ließe sich dieses Ziel besser verwirklichen als an Büchern, die extra für Kinder geschrieben sind Doch in der Fülle heutiger Kinder- und Jugendliteratur die richtigen und auf die Bedürfnisse und Interessen der Kinder abgestimmten Bücher zu finden, ist kein leichtes Unterfangen. Wenn Kinderbücher im Unterricht der Grundschule spannend und motivierend zum Lesen sein sollen, dann muss man sich als Lehrer darüber klar werden, was ein 'gutes' und für Kinder der Grundschule geeignetes Kinderbuch ausmacht. Im ersten Kapitel meiner Arbeit werde ich versuchen, die wichtigsten Auswahlkriterien für ein geeignetes problemorientiertes Kinderbuch in der Grundschule zu nennen. Im zweiten Abschnitt werde ich drei Kinderbücher vorstellen und anhand der im ersten Teil gefundenen Kriterien einschätzen, ob und wie sie für die unterrichtliche Arbeit geeignet sind. Dabei handelt es sich um 'Alfons Zitterbacke' von Gerhard Holtz-Baumert, 'Emil und die Detektive' von Erich Kästner und 'Ronja Räubertochter' von Astrid Lindgren. Abschließend möchte ich methodische Vorschläge zum Einsatz des letztgenannten Buches im Unterricht der Grundschule bringen.GRIN Publishing GmbH, Waltherstraße 23, 80337 München 40 pp. Deutsch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 1,7, University of Mannheim, course: First Films at Mannheim/Heidelberg Film Festival, language: English, abstract: Gypo is the first UK Dogme95 -film, placed on position 37 in the official Dogme-film list. Being produced with a low budget of 250.000 pounds in thirteen days, every scene filmed only once and some improvised dialogues without a script for the actors, its international success was a surprise not only for the writer and director Jan Dunn and producer Elaine Whickham. Being invited to numerous film festivals in Europe and the United States it has gained a lot of attention. The following work will concentrate on the Dogme aspects of Gypo. After the introduction, a short overview about Gypo will be given in the second chapter. To make it easier to follow the upcoming main analysis in chapter four, this will include a brief summarise of the story. Chapter three concentrate on Dogme itself and its history: how the idea came up, how it developed and which role it has in today's film business. Furthermore it will clarify the religious influences and point out the coherences between Gypo and the term Dogme. Chapter four will have the main part. Containing the explanation of the ten Dogme rules - also called the 'Vow of Chastity' - it will analyse how they are implemented in Jan Dunn's Gypo. These analyses will be added with explanations and comments taken from two different interviews, one by the 'Father of Dogme' Lars von Trier to clarify the intentions to make up such rules, and one by Jan Dunn to point up her intention to follow them. In chapter five conclusions will be made concerning the question how Dunn managed to obey the Vow of Chastity. Due to the limited space of this term paper only a few scenes of Gypo will be taken out to be analysed more detailed; many scenes that are almost calling for interpretation have to be left aside. 24 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Essay from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: Distinction, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics), course: Theorizing the Past, language: English, abstract: 'How do things stand with the real event, then, if reality is everywhere infiltrated by images, virtuality and fiction ', asks Jean Baudrillard in his The Spirit of Terrorism (Baudrillard 2003:27-28) He already seems to know the answer to this, apparently, purely rhetorical question. Or does he Baudrillard has become (in)famous for his controversial claim that we are living in an age of simulation and hyperreality, or what he calls the 'third order of simulacra' (Baudrillard 1993:50). The following paper will try to disentangle some of Baudrillard's arguments clustering around ideas of the simulacrum, hyperreality and simulation. Arguing that the last two gulf wars constitute concrete examples of simulation and hyperreality, both in terms of the (hyper)real events on the ground and in terms of the images bombarding our living rooms, it will, then, explore these events in the light of Baudrillard's ideas. In Simulacra and Simulation Baudrillard argues that in our current era of simulation the real is preceded by, and generated from, models, in a free play of signifiers which only refer to other signifiers (Baudrillard 1994:1-2). This constitutes the 'third order of simulacra', in contrast to the 'second order' which was still dominated by production and a market law of value (Baudrillard 1993:50). Baudrillard uses the term value in both its economic and linguistic sense. Drawing on Marx and Sausurre he differentiates between two dimensions of value. First, there is a structural aspect corresponding to Marx's idea of exchange value. Each sign within a signifying system or each commodity within a system of exchange can be related to each other sign or commodity - 'the structural dimension'. The second aspect is functional, relating each term to what it designates (signifier to signified; sign to referent) or each commodity to its potential use (Marx's use-value) - 'the referential dimension' (Baudrillard 1993 :6-9). 24 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2006 in the subject Law - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,2, The University of Sydney, language: English, abstract: 1. On Wednesday Bovine Co, a dairy farmer, visits Slurry Co, agricultural merchants in Warwickshire and agrees to buy 30 tons of 'Nitrogrow' fertiliser (all Fred has in stock), 300 gallons of diesel oil and a ' John D' tractor of which Slurry Co has several in his showroom. Bovine Co agrees to deliver the fertiliser and the tractor the following Friday and Bovine Co agrees to send a road tanker to collect the diesel oil the same day. Slurry Co agrees to give Bovine Co 28 days credit from the date of the sale in respect of the purchase price of all three items.On Thursday, Slurry Co discovers that 20 tons of the fertiliser have been stolen from his premises and it is impossible to obtain further supplies this season. Slurry Co delivers the remaining ten tons, but Bovine Co refuses to accept them. Bovine Co does not send a tanker to collect the diesel oil, which is in a tank containing 1,000 gallons, until two weeks after the date stipulated in the contract. He then finds that the oil has seriously deteriorated and he refuses to accept it.On Friday, Slurry Co puts the tractor on one of his own lorries for delivery to Bovine Co, but on the way the lorry is involved in a serious accident and the tractor is badly damaged.Slurry Co claims that Bovine Co is bound to pay for the oil and the tractor and to pay damages for non-acceptance of the fertiliser.Advise Bovine Co.In order to be able to refute the claims of Slurry Co, it is important to understand with whom the 'Property' of the various goods laid at the time of the various incidents. Property is defined as 'the absolute legal interest in the goods' (Sealy & Hooley, 2005, p. 254) and is indelibly linked to the concept of risk. Under various sections of the Sale of Goods Act, mention is given to 'the risk' passing to the buyer. In this case, 'the risk' is considered to be the chance that the goods may be wholly or partly destroyed or lost by theft. It should be noted that in this context, risk is not attributable to fault or inaction of either of the parties to the contract. In order to provide a clear path through the relevant sections of law, each item in the contract has been dealt with as a separate entity for analysis. 16 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Frankfurt (Main), course: Introduction to Literature, language: English, abstract: The present composition will describe and elucidate derivations and meanings of selected names in CLIFFORD ODETS' play »GOLDEN BOY«. In this, the structure guides along the order of speech in the play. Further on the traced results will be analysed with regard to the contents to find out potential connections between the textual theme and the meaning of the respective names. 16 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject German Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: 70 (1), University of Cambridge (Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages), course: The City, language: English, abstract: Where the Futurist's City Symphony is a celebration of 'the Joy of Mechanical Force', the Expressionist's is dark and apocalyptic. Cities in this poetry are centres of disease and disgust. They are industrial to the extent that they are equated with factories as pars pro toto. Life in the country-side or in the city could not be more different or the rift between the rich and the poor greater. R.H. Thomas comments that between 1890 and 1912 production in Germany was already industrial, whereas society was still far from industrial. The reason being, that in Germany industrialisation set in much later than in the UK and was compressed into just three decades.It is a time when the cities were 'reborn' and the images of the city changed dramatically, some of which I want to argue still exist in our common imaginary today.There are several fields of images that contribute to the representation of the city, they are: apocalyptic visions of technology and the decaying body, disease and sexuality, but also the Ich-Zerfall (ego-decay) can be seen as being triggered by the experience of the city as Simmel elaborates and when the Expressionist poets write about nature, it only really exists in relation to that city whose red smoke always lurks in the background, its smoke can be tasted everywhere.The city is the main theme of all these poems not just the backdrop and they address city issues directly. However, much has been written about the representation of the city in connection with technology, factories and alienating working conditions, which lend themselves to a Marxist analysis. This is not what interests me here, instead I want to approach the city on a sideway, using sociological theory of the body as put forward by Turner and Benthall and later explore the links between 'body aesthetics' and 'machine aesthetics' and see where they overlap. 16 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Cultural Studies - Basics and Definitions, grade: 2,0, University of Lüneburg (Applied Cultural Sciences), course: Seminar: An introduction to Culture and Economy, language: English, abstract: 'Economists - on the arts Isn't this a blasphemy On the contrary: we believe that economists are able to contribute to a better understanding of many different aspects of both the visual and the performing arts.'(Bruno Frey & Werner Pommerehne 1990:vii)Economy and art - for many decades these two fields were considered to be incompatible. But with the genesis of cultural economics the application of economic theories on art became generalizable. Among others Bruno Frey, a Swiss economist, devoted a great deal of his research work to explorer in what way an economic viewpoint and/or the market can be beneficial to art and what effects different instruments have on the arts and on society in general. The first part of this book is giving a short overview of the development and characteristics of Cultural Economy and introduces Bruno Frey's work. Afterwards Frey's argumentation considering the effects of the market on art is presented and contrasted with other authors in order to proceed to a general critique of the market. Concluding, the book opens up a global perspective, underlining the consequences of an economisation of the arts. 28 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: USA, grade: 1,3, University of Potsdam, language: English, abstract: This paper argues that relations between China and the US are defined by both symbiosis and competition. A symbiosis exists between both countries in the economic realm - fostered by huge flows of trade, investment and finance. By massively accumulating dollars China provides finance to the US, which in turn buys the bulk of Chinese exports. In the geopolitical arena Beijing and Washington are latent competitors. China tries to engineer a 'peaceful rise' to once again become a respected power, while the US is not willing to accept a peer competitor. 20 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: good, University of Potsdam (Institute for Anglistics/ American Studies), course: PS/ GK Introduction to Media Science, language: English, abstract: What is 'violence' Kunczik says it is 'an intentional physical or/and psychical damage to a person, a living being or a thing, through another person.'1(15) Theunert considers violence only between human beings. 'Offenders and victims are always one or more persons.'2(89) Kunczik says one also could differentiate between concrete violence and fictional violence, as well as between natural and artificial violence. Concrete violence is about shown behaviour, which results in violence, either physical or psychical. Fictional violence is only the presentation of it. And so natural violence means the real and genuine violence, for example shown in movies. And at last the artificial representation means the un-real representation, for example shown in cartoons.2. History of Violence in the MediaHistorically spoken, violence in the media is not a phenomenon of the present; already the ancient Greeks were confronted with it. Kunczik (19) states that each new medium was judged negatively in the beginning. It all started with Plato. In his work 'Politea' he accuses tales and myths to stand in contrast to an honourable adult life, and so children and youngsters should be kept away from these. At this point Aristotle, a former student from Plato sets in. He formed a thesis called thesis of catharsis. 3 So one can see that the topic violence already derives from the ancient world. For example Homer and his 'Odyssey' as well as Aneas and his work 'Aneis'. Also the Grimms and Busch made use of violence in their tales. This goes on to Shakespeare and his plays, for example in 'Hamlet' they fight, an act of violence, or 'Macbeth'. Goethe as well used a kind of violence, when his 'Werther' 4 commits suicide. Critics of that time feared many suicides (and many suicides are said to have happened after reading this work). 16 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Tourism - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, course: Advertising and Consumption, language: English, abstract: For several decades now there has been a trend towards a declining birth rate and therefore rapid ageing of the British population. With good medical supplies, older people stay healthy and live longer: in the past twenty years life expectancy has risen from 70 years in 1981 to 75 years in 2001 for men, and from 76 to 80 years for women (Soule et al. 2005). When retiring in their 50 or 60s, people can expect to live twenty more years or longer. Soon people over 50, the post-war baby boomer generation born between 1946 and 1965, will constitute the majority of the population. In contrast to people retiring in the 20th century, 21st century retirees are active and try to enjoy their leisure time. Although 'consumer society creates negative [.] images of later life, by implication, if not directly, by valuing and emphasizing youthful body image' (Morris 1998 in Bradley & Longino 2001, p.18), 'old' people immerse themselves in sports and other social activities, living life to the full. Holidays play an important part in this lifestyle as they are important for the 'individual and social improvement and development, the resultant benefit of the self, including social self, being transportable back into the everyday environment as part of an ongoing life experience' (McIntyre 2007, p.121). In the past decades, several travel operators have tried to buy into the mature market. They established brands for the over 50s, featuring names like First Choice's 'Leisurely Times', Thomson's 'Young at Heart', Cosmos' 'Golden Times' and Airtours' 'Golden Years' (Ylänne-McEwen 2000), all off which basically offered beach holidays around Europe. Now their brochures have vanished from the market. They either have been replaced by updated concepts or been incorporated into the 'mainstream' summer and winter brochures. In this essay, I would like to explore why these travel programmes have been rejected by the young at heart and what kind of holidays has replaced them. I will have a critical look at the representation of the over 50s in the new brochures. I will deconstruct the mature holidaymaker, considering what they want and need of their holiday and which identity they derive from their activities and destination choice. 20 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: A- (Gut), School of Advanced Internatl. Studies (School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)), course: Europe and Islam, language: English, abstract: Until the formal opening of accession negotiations on 3 October 2005, the long history of EU-Turkey relations seemed to resemble a never-ending story - to the potential benefit of both sides. While Brussels was able to influence Turkish domestic and foreign policy with instruments of conditionality, reform-oriented currents in Ankara gratefully used this external pressure to modernize the country. But at some point, any enlargement process has to set deadlines, enforce conditions, and draw consequences. Therefore, the start of accession talks represented a positive development in so far as it gave a new stimulus to a process that had started slowing down.However, in November 2006, after Turkey had refused to open its ports and airspace to the Republic of Cyprus, EU-Turkey relations once again deteriorated significantly, leading to Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn's much-quoted statement of a 'train crash' scenario. Apart from the Cyprus issue, other developments such as the slowing pace of domestic reforms, the signs of rising of both nationalism and political Islam, and the declining public support for EU membership in Turkey itself (now less than 40%) as well as abroad reconfirm that relations between the two are going through a tumultuous phase - which is unlikely to change for the better soon, given that presidential and parliamentary elections are taking place in Turkey in 2007.This paper's goal is to depict and analyze EU-Turkey relations as they have unfolded during the last few years. In order to place recent developments in an accurate historic perspective, I will start by shortly summarizing the relationship from the very beginning until 2005 when official entry talks were finally launched. The next section will be dedicated to an evaluation of what has happened since then - what have been the main events that have put Turkey's quest for EU membership, whose outcome looked relatively promising in 2005, once again in jeopardy Then, I will analyze some factors that are perceived as the main obstacles to Turkish accession to the EU. A conclusion will top off the paper. 20 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Western Europe, grade: A/First mark/ 1.0, King`s College London, course: Comparative European Politics, language: English, abstract: Fascism - one associates this term automatically with the horrors of the Second World War and with an ideology that cost the lives of millions of people during this time. However, throughout the post-war period fascism could succeed to creep back into European politics and by now, the Front Nationale in France, Italy's Alleanza Nazionale and the far-right parties in Germany are deep-seated in the political landscapes of these countries and score at times worryingly high election results. This essay will examine the 'three waves of neo-fascism' in Germany, Italy and France and will attempt to demonstrate that the revivals of the ultra-right in all three countries were triggered by resentment and bitterness during times of economic stagnation and will thus suggest that fascism is a by-product of capitalism. 16 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Communications - Intercultural Communication, grade: 2,0, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim, Holzminden, Göttingen (Arbeitsgruppe Fremdsprachen), course: Seminar: Intercultural Competence, language: English, abstract: 'The globalization of markets and information networks has made consumption patterns and culture more uniform. Two developments are seemingly moving toward the opposite directions: an increasing uniformity of every-day culture on the one hand, and a drive to retain elements of individual cultures, on the other (University Witten/Herdecke, International society for Diversity Management (IDM), 2006)'. The IDM claims that social and organizational change is accelerating exponentially. There is a constantly search of identities through experience the differences. 'Global cultures' in contemporary societies are constantly being challenged to meet this demand. Recognition and respect are requested to meet this differences. To face these requirements the following paper will discuss the meaning of intercultural competence. To underline the development of intercultural research the author will discuss the findings of Hofstede. Second the discussion will lead to the more contemporary aspects of intercultural competence such as Milton Bennett. In his theories about communication he points out the core set for global leadership in cross cultural contact. This chapter will focus especially on intercultural communication. The conclusion will lead the reader to future aspects of diversity management. 'The world is full of confrontations between people, groups and nations who think, feel, and act differently (Hofstede, 1991, p.3).' Following the news and the establishing conflicts with the Arabian world and the West, his statement is still actual. Already in 1991 he postulates the demand of cooperation for solution of common problems like ecological, economical, military, hygienic, and meteorological developments which do not stop at national or regional borders (ibid.). 20 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, grade: 1,0, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), course: Seminar: MA, Soziale Bewegungen-Institutionen-Kulturelle Orientierungen, language: English, abstract: East Germans and their search for identity in a re-unified Germany has become a topic of intense debate among academics, the media and within the East German community itself. Only a few years after the initial euphoria of reunification had worn off, and the dream to become 'ein Volk' had (at least constitutionally) been fulfilled, Easterners began searching for a distinct identity. Part of this contested identity has expressed itself in the phenomenon of Ostalgie - the revival of products and symbols of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). This essay analyses ostalgic practices in the context of the specific east German situation after reunification, a period which was not only characterized by the forces of liberation and progress which are so often portrayed in the media and official discourse, but also by experiences of severe rupture and losses in many parts of everyday life. What is the meaning and purpose of Ostalgie Why did East Germans start emphasising their distinct Ostidentität (eastern identity) and why did it emerge in the first place Is it part of a natural, long-term development rooted in the communist social doctrine, i.e. a form of nostalgia and GDR transfiguration Or is it an after-effect of the asymmetric transformation, i.e. an act of defiance, resulting from disappointment This essay attempts to answer these questions and support the hypothesis that it is neither nor. We argue that Ostalgie partly serves as a peaceful self-upgrading and self-conserving strategy to cope with the strains and challenges of transformation. Thus, Ostidentität is more than a cyclical trend, reflecting a romanticised transfiguration of the past GDR era. To a large extent, its constituent elements emerged in reaction to the unexpectedly Western-dominated process of East Germany's social, economic and cultural development. As long as this process remains asymmetrical and driven largely by West German actors, a specific East German identity will continue to exist and possibly develop further, at least in the minds of those who still have personal memories of the GDR. 20 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, course: Proseminar: Imagining America: 17th Century American Literature, language: English, abstract: The Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692 represent a cruel part of New England history. Twenty people were killed after they were accused of being witches or wizards. Dozens were imprisoned. One of the key figures today around the trials is Cotton Mather. Although he was not directly involved in accusing or judging the people, he wrote a book about the trials, called The Wonders of the Invisible World. In this book, he listed the different indicators about how to discover someone practicing witchcraft. This essay will concern Cotton Mather's arguments concerning witchcraft, their origin, and his theories about their treatment. The trials in Salem will play an essential part, because the practices during the trials show how witchcraft was proved then, regardless of the guilt of the accused. It was impossible for an accused person to escape punishment in Salem and Mather's and his colleagues arguments served as additional justification for killing innocent people in Salem. 20 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Essay from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: Distinction, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics), course: Reading the Past, language: English, abstract: The semantic field opened up by the term modernity describes a multifaceted body of experiences that are seen as somehow different from earlier, more traditional modes of experience. This modern 'experience of space and time, of the self and others, of life's possibilities and perils' seems to be marked by a sense of perpetual change brought about by the continuous and relentless application of techno-scientific knowledge (Berman 1983:2). The perpetually shifting paradigms of scientific knowledge and the social consequences of the application of techno-science to the subjugation of nature undermine any notion of stability and continuity. Pierre Nora's use of the phrase 'acce leration of history' to signify 'an increasingly rapid slippage of the present into a historical past that is gone for good' crystallizes the general sense of uncertainty which is often seen as an integral part of modern experience (Nora 1989:7). In the following passage Nora introduces a distinction between memory and history:On the hand, we find an integrated, dictatorial memory - unself-conscious, commanding, allpowerful, spontaneously actualizing, a memory without a past that ceaselessly reinvents tradition, linking the history of its ancestors to the undifferentiated time of heroes, origins, and myth - and on the other hand, our memory, nothing more in fact than sifted and sorted historical traces (Nora 1989:8) . In order to critique 'how our hopelessly forgetful modern societies, propelled by change, organize the past' Nora juxtaposes an archaic, undifferentiated, mythical form of memory, which ties a community organically to its past with modern historiography, which produces simulacra of a memory that has been destroyed by modern history (Nora 1989:8). Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno locate the source of modernization and its vicissitudes in the enlightenment conception of knowledge as a tool to 'conquer[] superstition, [and] to rule over a disenchanted nature (Horkheimer and Adorno 2002:2). By exorcizing myths the Enlightenment becomes - through a dialectical twist - its own myth. 20 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 65%, University of Reading (Department of English and American Literature), course: Writing America 2, language: English, abstract: Before we deal with gender identity it is first of all important to understand the definition of gender. The Oxford Companion to African-American Literature explains it as follows:'Gender is different from sexuality [sic!]. Sexuality concerns physical and biological differences that distinguish males from females. Cultures construct differences in gender. These social constructions attach themselves to behaviors, expectations, roles, representations, and sometimes to values and beliefs that are specific to either men and women.'In this following paper I'm going to analyse the different gender identities appearing in the poetry of Emily Dickinson and the autobiography of Frederick Douglass.1 My main focus is concentrated on the use and description of gender in both genres. How are gender identities characterized and how do we get to know them Which gender does Dickinson use in the chosen poems and how are their identities constructed Referring to Douglass it is interesting to look at how he constitutes himself as an identity.Referring to Emily Dickinson, I chose several poems, like 'I'm 'wife' - I've finished that-', 'I felt my life with both hands', 'A Wife- at Daybreak I shall be', 'I was the slightest in the House-' and 'I tie my Hat'. Gender Identities in Emily Dickinson's Poetry In the lyric poem there is for the most part no description of who is speaking, no embodiment, no development, no introduced 'character'. For example, Dickinson's various personae or self-positionings as 'Earl', 'Wife' or 'Queen' are known either only by the tone and manner of the text or by self-naming within the poem's text. Dickinson's speaker exclaims 'A Wife - at Daybreak- I shall be-' but the poem provides no corroboration of these identity markers. Dickinson neither describes her speakers in narrative terms nor describes their positions as separate from herself, except in the single cryptic comment to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 'When I state myself [that is, use 'I'] as the Representative of the Verse- it does not mean me- but a supposed person'.2 16 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 14 Punkte, University of Marburg (Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: HS British Drama: From the 1950ies to the present, language: English, abstract: In John Osborne's last play Déjà Vu (1991) the protagonist J.P., who appeared as young Jimmy in Look Back in Anger (1956) as the prototypical 'angry young man', seems to have changed. J.P. has a son and a daughter (who live with their mother, his third ex-wife), and 'enjoys' life in a 15-room-flat with his papers, pipe and his pal Cliff as a visitor every now and then. Having come to some wealth enables him to drink champagne, but he has nontheless not come to friendly terms with the world outside. As proposed by Peinert and various others, the animal imagery -i.e. the 'bear and squirrel' game- is a central key element to the understanding of Look Back in Anger as a whole and particularly with regard to the figures of Alison and Jimmy. How can this theory be applied to the figure of Teddy in Déjà Vu, where the tattered teddy bear seems to have risen from being a toy on a chest of drawers to a full member of the family with his own views and qualities. The aim of this paper is to have a close look at the figures of 'bear' and 'squirrel' in Look back in Anger and of 'Teddy' in Déjà Vu and to compare the 'bear' and 'Teddy'figures with regard to the following questions:How is the bear metaphor used in Look back in Anger and to what extent does it match Jimmy's being What role does the teddy bear figure play in relation to the different protagonists in the two plays And is there a development from bear to Teddy similar to the development from Jimmy to J.P. in the two plays 20 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Free University of Berlin (John-F.-Kennedy Institut ), course: 'The Subaltern Speaks': Minority Literature in the USA, language: English, abstract: Around World War One, two American authors from different minority backgrounds published their seemingly unlike novels. In 1912, the African American diplomat and writer James Weldon Johnson published his narrative 'The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man' anonymously, and in 1917, the Jewish American editor and journalist Abraham Cahan put out his novel 'The Rise of David Levinsky'. Despite all differences obvious between the authors and their protagonists, both novels nevertheless describe at their core the need to assimilate, the search for an American identity and the costs of assimilation. In their quest for an American identity, both protagonists, the former Orthodox Jew from Russia and the anonymous, light-skinned African American, chose to escape white Anglo-Saxon Protestant hostility towards their minority status by assimilating respectively by passing as far as possible into the dominant culture of white American society. The need to assimilate derives from the fear of marginalization and the hostility shown towards minority groups in America. It is precisely this threatening attitude in combination with a longing to take part in the dominant culture of American society that finally forces these characters to assimilate respectively to pass entirely. Despite their minority backgrounds, both protagonists manage to enter the dominant culture at last. But even though both men live up to a life of financial and social success at the end of the novels, their narratives are not simply average American success-stories, but rather tragic tales on the high costs of assimilation. Levinsky and the Ex-Colored Man live the classical American dream from 'rags to riches', but in the end, both must nevertheless realize that wealth and a high social status alone do not guarantee true inner happiness. The conclusion seems bitter: one's marginality and minority status must be overcome in order to take part in the 'American success story'. But even though ethnic and racial backgrounds can be denied and essential parts of one's own identity can be ignored, full assimilation can never be achieved. The successful economic and social rise of the two men cannot be separated from the tragic personal failure to find their true identity and inner happiness. In their novels, Cahan and Johnson thus voice the dreadful loss of individual identity that full assimilation and passing ask for. 20 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Hamburg (IAA), course: Seminar II: 'George Orwell, the English and the Empire', language: English, abstract: In this paper we will not mainly focus on an interpretation of the plot of 'Shooting an Elephant', but we will rather explore how the elements of the text and hypertexts (such as the narrator and the elephant as well as imperialism) are related and set in opposition to each other within the text. We will basically concentrate on the differences between 4 main carriers of meaning in 'Shooting an Elephant' and how these differences differ themselves depending on their constellation to each other. For that we will explore their contradictory as well as their contrary relations to each other. Moreover, we will explore how the central themes dealt with in 'Shooting an Elephant' derive from these constellations and how the text transports the ideas of imperialism rooted in the language and especially in the narrative structure which reinforces the idea of 'us' and 'them'.In order to substantiate our findings, we will employ a method called the semiotic square developed by Algirdas Greimas. It will help us to develop the inherent and underlying organisation of this essay through its acting elements and ordering principles. The semiotic square is a tool originating from the text and discourse analysis and as such it hails from structuralism and poststructuralism. Authors such as Frederic Jameson6 have frequently used it to determine how meaning is not only reproduced, but also transmitted through and by a text. Especially transformations from one form of society to another have been realised in narrative texts such as novels or later films. The semiotic square helps to detect these structural embeddings in the text. Consequently, the structure of the current analysis will be as follows: First, we will give a brief but sufficient introduction to the semiotic square. Thereafter, we will apply it to 'Shooting an Elephant' in order to create a meaningful construct to work with it. Subsequently, we will evaluate the findings and interpret the structure of the second generation categories7 found by the square. Finally, in the conclusion we will summarize the points made throughout this essay. Due to the limitedness that arises out of the circumstances that come along with papers like this, we are limited as well in many aspects and can often only touch the surface of certain issues. However, we will look closely at the main points that led us to write this paper. 20 pp. Englisch.…