Frank Hartmann polarisiert. Und das ist gut so. Das ist mir nämlich – pardon my French – beim Arsch lieber als diese ganzen langweiligen, aalglatten Skriptrunterbeter, die wir ja auch immer wieder als Vortragende haben (und nicht nur am IPKW…). Ihr wisst schon: Jene, die seit Jahren exakt die selbe Vorlesung halten (was sich z.B. […]
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Georg hat mal nachgefragt, ob ich was über Michael Jackson blogge. “ ‚türlich nicht!“, dachte ich, „viel zu faul“. Aber dann kam’s doch anders und ich hab heute bei der LIU1-Prüfung was zamgeschrieben. Also warum nicht? Dann kann es genauso gut auch hier stehen… This is probably not what was required. In fact, it neither […]
“She saved the world. A lot.” – The use of language in Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Posted in Uni on Jun 6th, 2009
[Assignment / LIU1] „Buffy is able to survive longer than other slayers because she is embedded in language and because she embodies language. It is a very particular language with its own vernacular, but it behaves like all languages in that it creates, it compiles, it translates, it follows well-defined rules, it draws on shared […]
On content and form
Posted in Uni on Apr 10th, 2009
[Assignment / LIU 1] While it is a basic principle of modern literary criticism to regard form and content as inextricably intertwined (cf. Quinn 2006: 97), the issue still presents a challenge to an author embarking on a new project. Whether she/he decides to let content dictate form or vice versa is not merely a […]
My Pet Hate On Public Transport
Posted in Uni on Nov 17th, 2008
[Assignment, ILSS2] Elevators. If there is something I hate with a vengeance, it is elevators on the Viennese underground system. I find myself getting deeper and deeper into a relationship of the “can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em”-sort. And the more I find myself living at the mercy of public elevators, the more […]