Logan CarterinContemporary German LiteratureTschick: Translating John GreenWolfgang Herrndorf’s Tschick bears all the genre tropes inherent to Young Adult Fiction. The Manic Pixie Dream Girl, two awkward loners…May 4, 2023May 4, 2023
Logan CarterinContemporary German LiteratureCultural Memory and Cultural Forgetting: Nora Krug’s “Belonging”Have you ever felt alienated or disconnected? If so, who, where, or what was was it from? Was it your family, or maybe even your home…Apr 12, 20235Apr 12, 20235
Logan CarterinContemporary German LiteratureThe Mundane Issues of Magical Bears: Magical Realism and ImmigrationThe world of Yoko Tawada’s Etüden im Schnee is an odd one. Seals and polar bears deal with Soviet censorship, humans and bears meet in each…Mar 18, 20238Mar 18, 20238
Logan CarterinContemporary German LiteratureGehen, Ging, Gegangen: Eight Years After the FactUpon reading German novel Gehen Ging Gegangen, I felt conflicted. The plot follows Richard, a retired professor of classics, as he stumbles…Feb 25, 20232Feb 25, 20232
Logan CarterinGerman Immigration to Missouri“Anti-Temperenz”: Water is for LosersAbove is a clipping from the Hermanner Wochenblatt, a weekly newspaper that ran in Gasconade County out of the small town of Hermann…May 2, 20224May 2, 20224
Logan CarterinGerman Immigration to MissouriAnalysis of “The Republican Representative McGregor over the Pernicious Effects of Prohibition”The above article from the April 14, 1922 issue of the Hermanner Volksblatt from Hermann, Missouri, contains the thoughts of then State…Apr 19, 2022Apr 19, 2022