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'From Love to Hate': A Story of Germania and Sam - Annotations to the History of American-German Relations
Hassliebe: eine Geschichte von Germania und Sam - Annotationen zur Geschichte der Amerikanisch-Deutschen Beziehungen
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Abstract This essay is a modern narrative history that takes its content from the
fictional characters of the English poet William Shakespeare. The aim of
this story-based analysis is to reconsider configurations, general trends,
and collective aspirations in the international and transatlantic relations
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This essay is a modern narrative history that takes its content from the
fictional characters of the English poet William Shakespeare. The aim of
this story-based analysis is to reconsider configurations, general trends,
and collective aspirations in the international and transatlantic relations
between two nations of Western culture, Germany as Germania and
the United States as Sam. On the basis of seven picturesque characters
and episodes selected from his dramas and poems, each representing
an image of love and hate in these relations, an interpretation in comparison
with the cultural historical and socio-cultural developments in
German-American relations is presented: (1) The Birth of Macduff, (2)
The Passionate Pilgrim, (3) The Two Noble Kinsmen, (4) Shylock and
Aaron the Moor, (5) Macbeths Dream of Power, (6) The Phoenix and
the Turtle, and (7) Hamlet’s Reflections and the self-assurance of Fortinbras.
This interpretative, comparative analysis involves three different
levels of interpretation for each image: On the basis of Shakespeare’s
texts a description and paraphrase of some of the important facts in the
plot and the main characters are presented. Thereafter, a hypothesis is
summarized regarding what we have seen as the main point in the story
(at the level of the meaning of the image). Finally, these meanings, the
ways of Shakespeare’s reception, and language games (‘Sprachspiele’;
in the Wittgenstein sense) are transferred to historical and socio-cultural
substantiation.... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; intercultural communication; cultural history; transatlantic relations; United States of America
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Collection Title
Europe and America in the Mirror: Culture, Economy, and History
Editor
Łukasik, Przemysław; Arnold, Maik
Conference
"Transatlantic Images and Realities: American-German Relations Conference", Goethe Institut Kraków. Krakau, 2011
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Publisher
Nomos
City
Krakau
Page/Pages
p. 21-54
ISBN
978-83-7688-091-4
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications