- Jake, The Dog

i met her by the empty lecture hall, frantic love letters concealed within my pockets, proclaiming the madness that consumed me ever since i first felt the brush of her hand against mine.

ig: rosenaufsuden

Language - Deutscher Wortschatz

das Wort - Word die Anfrage - Inquiry die Aussprache - Pronunciation  der Kommentar - Comment der Laut - Sound die Verständigung - Understanding, comprehension der Witz - Joke der Ausdruck - Expression, phrase die Aussage - Statement die Bemerkung - Remark, comment das Gespräch - Conversation die Mitteilung - Message, communication die Muttersprache - Native language der Satz - Sentence die Stimme - Voice die Anmerkung - Comment, annotation die Besprechung - Meeting die Schilderung - Description  die Wiederholung - Repetition die Vereinbarung - Agreement, arrangement Laut - Loud Leise, Ruhig - Quiet Still - Still, quiet Schweigsam - Silent, taciturn Verständlich - Understandable

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Ocean Vuong, from Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong

German Vocabulary: Literature

Die Literatur - literature

Das Buch - book Das Taschenbuch - paperback Der Buchladen - bookshop Die Bücherei - library

Der Leser (m) - reader Die Leserin (f) - reader

Der Autor (m) - author Die Autorin (f) - author Der Schriftsteller (m) - writer Die Schriftstellerin (f) - writer Der Text - text Die Geschichte - story

Die Epik - epic

Die Erzählung - narrative Die Kurzgeschichte - short story Der Roman - novel Die Novelle - novella Das Märchen - fairy tale Die Fabel - fable Die Parabel - parable Das Epos - epic poem Der Kriminalroman - crime novel Die Kinderliteratur - children’s literature Die Autobiographie - (auto)biography Die Memoiren - memoirs Das Tagebuch - diary Die Frauenliteratur - feminist literature Die Belletristik - fiction Das Sachbuch - non fiction Der Kriegsroman - war novel

Der Titel - title Der Untertitel - subtitle Das Kapitel - chapter Die Einleitung - introduction Das Vorwort - preface Die Anmerkung - note Das Zitat - quote Der Prolog - prologue Der Epilog - epilogue Der Absatz - paragraph Die Zeile - line Die Seite - page

Die Handlung - plot Die Rahmenhandlung - frame story Die Nebenhandlung - subplot/secondary plot Der Inhalt - content Die Rückblende - flashback Die Vorausdeutung - foreshadowing Der rote Faden - the central theme Die Figur - character Die Hauptfigur - main character Die Nebenfigur - secondary/minor character Der Held (m) - hero Die Heldin (f) - hero Die direkte Rede - direct speech Die indirekte Rede - indirect speech Der Bewusstseinsstrom - stream of consciousness    Der Höhepunkt - climax

Die Lyrik - poetry

Das Gedicht - poem Der Dichter (m) - poet Die Dichterin (f) - poet Der Vers - verse Der Reim - rhyme Die Strophe - strophe Die Gedichtform - type of poem Die Ballade - ballad Das Sonett - sonnet Das Lied - song Die Ode - ode Die Hymne - hymn

Das Drama - drama (play)

Die Dramatik - drama Die Tragödie - tragedy Die Komödie - comedy Die Tragikkomödie - tragicomedy Der Akt - act Die Aufführung - performance Die Darstellung - acting Der Schauspieler (m) - actor Die Schauspielerin (f) - actress Die Szene - scene Die Bühne - stage Das Bühnenbild - stage set Die Rede - speech Der Monolog - monologue Der Dialog - dialogue Der Konflikt - conflict Die Katastrophe - catastrophe

Die Literaturepochen - Literary Periods

Die Mittelalterliteratur - Medieval Literature (750-1500) Der Humanismus - Humanism (1500–1650) Der Barock - Baroque (1600–1720) Die Aufklärung - The Enlightenment (1680–1789) Der Sturm und Drang - Storm and Stress (1760s-1780s) Die Weimarer Klassik - Weimar Classicism (1788–1832) Die Romantik - Romanticism (1790s-1880s) Der Realismus - Realism (1848–1890) Der Naturalismus - Naturalism (1880–1900) Der Expressionismus - Expressionism (1910–1920) Die Exilliteratur - literature written in exile during Nazi Germany Die Nachkriegsliteratur - Post-war Literature (1945–1967) Die Zeitgenössische Literatur - Contemporary Literature (since 1989)

+ “literature” in some other languages: Albanian: letërsi Danish: litteratur Icelandic: Bókmenntir Italian: letteratura French: Littérature Arabic: الأدب Turkish: Edebiyat Afrikaans: literatuur Swahili: fasihi Zulu: izincwadi Filipino: panitikan Maori: tuhinga Bengali: সাহিত্য Chinese (Traditional): 文學 (wénxué)

I don’t know how I didn’t figure this out but now that I have I don’t know what to do with this information

Ivan Aivazovsky -The Ninth Wave (1850)

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Academia inspiration

japanese book recommendations

japanese literature is one of the reasons i absolutely adore the language and the culture. it’s unique, different from anything i’ve seen in literature from other parts of the world. during the years of learning japanese i’ve discovered many authors and books that are now my favourite, so i thought i’d share them with you! they can become great help while studying japanese, but you definitely should read them for fun first - it’s worth it, believe me.

i’m gonna include romaji, in case someone who doesn’t speak japanese wanted to read these!

dazai osamu - ningen shikkaku (太宰治・人間失格) (english title: no longer human)

this novel is considered one of the masterpieces of contemporary literature in japan. it’s taught at school, adapted to mangas and films and anime series, reissued up to this day despite it being first published in 1948. the book follows a man who feels like he is losing his ability to be human. it’s a timeless story, but also very sad and engulfing the readers in hopelessness. don’t read if you hate emotional rollercoasters.

natsume souseki - kokoro (夏目漱石・こころ)

natsume is another of the most respected japanese writers, this novel considered his masterpiece. during a trip, the protagonist meets someone he calls sensei - someone he deeply admires and looks up to. however, sensei is more mysterious than it seems. though the plot is quite simple and spoiling it in any way would be ruining your fun, it’s definitely worth reading. the author conveyed the feelings of admiration, loss, guilt, shame, as well as described developing friendship between the two men.

yumeno kyuusaku - dogra magra (夢野久作・ドグラマグラ)

the japanese say that whoever finishes this novel will surely go mad. i can’t deny; when reading it for the first time i stopped halfway because it’s very long and difficult. i still want to go back and read it properly though. it’s a very creepy and disturbing story about a man who wakes up in a mental hospital, not remembering who he is, why he’s there and what he has to do with the woman who keeps calling him from behind the wall. since this novel has no english or even european language translation (only a french one, to my knowledge) reading it would be big challenge. it contains a lot of medical vocabulary related to psychiatry and mental illnesses. recommended to horror fans.

yoshimoto banana - kitchen (吉本ばなな・キッチン)

this novel is quite short and fairly easy to read. it’s often described as a shoujo manga without pictures. it tells a story of a young woman who loses her last family member and suddenly finds herself lost in the adult world. luckily, she gets the chance to live with her acquaintance and his mother. the mother is actually a father, but it doesn’t stop them all to live together like a family. this book is very calm and melancholic, devoid of swift action, focused more on the feelings of the characters. it’s full of coziness and descriptions of food. read when it’s dark outside.

sakurazaka hiroshi - all you need is kill (桜坂洋・all you need is kill)

now this book might seem like it doesn’t fit in this list, which is full of classics and serious books. it’s a light novel, made solely for entertainment. it even got a hollywood adaptation starring tom cruise (which isn’t very good, mind you). what i love about this novel, though, is its simplicity in telling the story. the hero, a soldier, gets trapped in a time loop which feels like a nightmare but also allows him to master his fighting skills. the narrations follows his witty thoughts, which is very entertaining. despite it being simple, the novel is touching and gripping, it also has a fairly simple language to read it in japanese.

that sums up my top 5 japanese books list. if you have any recommendations of your own, don’t hesitate to add them here, since i’m always looking for new books to read!

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