Für eine 'mindere' Literaturwissenschaft. WG Sebald und die 'kleine' Literatur aus der Österreichischen Peripherie, und von anderswo:WG Sebald and the 'small' literature from the Austrian periphery, and elsewhere

W. G. Sebald’s special interest in marginal authors shaped his critical perception of Austrian postwar writers. Focusing on his critical writings on Herbert Achternbusch and the schizophrenic poet Ernst Herbeck—considered by Sebald as paradigms of a disregarded, “minor” form of literature—this essay demonstrates how on the one hand Sebald placed their texts within an anthropological context of an “untamed thinking” (pensée sauvage) and how on the other he sought to reverse the standard practice of evaluating the literary value of “minor” writers from the perspective of established authors. As this critical approach indirectly suggests, literary criticism needs to adopt a “minor” stance to be truly able to unlock the meaning of normally marginalised texts.

Pulse compression applied to the detection of F.S.K. and P.S.K. signals

The matched filter detector is well known as the optimum detector for use in communication, as well as in radar systems for signals corrupted by Additive White Gaussian Noise (A.W.G.N.). Non-coherent F.S.K. and differentially coherent P.S.K. (D.P.S.K.) detection schemes, which employ a new approach in realizing the matched filter processor, are investigated. The new approach utilizes pulse compression techniques, well known in radar systems, to facilitate the implementation of the matched filter in the form of the Pulse Compressor Matched Filter (P.C.M.F.). Both detection schemes feature a mixer- P.C.M.F. Compound as their predetector processor. The Compound is utilized to convert F.S.K. modulation into pulse position modulation, and P.S.K. modulation into pulse polarity modulation. The mechanisms of both detection schemes are studied through examining the properties of the Autocorrelation function (A.C.F.) at the output of the P.C.M.F.. The effects produced by time delay, and carrier interference on the output A.C.F. are determined. Work related to the F.S.K. detection scheme is mostly confined to verifying its validity, whereas the D.P.S.K. detection scheme has not been reported before. Consequently, an experimental system was constructed, which utilized combined hardware and software, and operated under the supervision of a microprocessor system. The experimental system was used to develop error-rate models for both detection schemes under investigation. Performances of both F. S. K. and D.P. S. K. detection schemes were established in the presence of A. W. G. N. , practical imperfections, time delay, and carrier interference. The results highlight the candidacy of both detection schemes for use in the field of digital data communication and, in particular, the D.P.S.K. detection scheme, which performed very close to optimum in a background of A.W.G.N.

Data transmission by frequency-hopped multilevel frequency shift keying

Spread spectrum systems make use of radio frequency bandwidths which far exceed the minimum bandwidth necessary to transmit the basic message information.These systems are designed to provide satisfactory communication of the message information under difficult transmission conditions. Frequency-hopped multilevel frequency shift keying (FH-MFSK) is one of the many techniques used in spread spectrum systems. It is a combination of frequency hopping and time hopping. In this system many users share a common frequency band using code division multiplexing. Each user is assigned an address and the message is modulated into the address. The receiver, knowing the address, decodes the received signal and extracts the message. This technique is suggested for digital mobile telephony. This thesis is concerned with an investigation of the possibility of utilising FH-MFSK for data transmission corrupted by additive white gaussian noise (A.W.G.N.). Work related to FH-MFSK has so far been mostly confined to its validity, and its performance in the presence of A.W.G.N. has not been reported before. An experimental system was therefore constructed which utilised combined hardware and software and operated under the supervision of a microprocessor system. The experimental system was used to develop an error-rate model for the system under investigation. The performance of FH-MFSK for data transmission was established in the presence of A.W.G.N. and with deleted and delayed sample effects. Its capability for multiuser applications was determined theoretically. The results show that FH-MFSK is a suitable technique for data transmission in the presence of A.W.G.N.

Synthesis and structural examination of 4-azaindoles

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Sebalds Neger

Vor zehn Jahren starb W.G. Sebald am Höhepunkt seines literarischen Erfolgs. Sein Stern steigt seitdem unaufhaltsam weiter, aber die Vereinnahmung als Klassiker erfordert ein Ausblenden seiner widerborstigen Seiten.

Raumerkundungen:Der Erzähler Klaus Böldl

Mit stillen, unaufdringlichen Erzähltexten hat sich Klaus Böldl seit seinem vielgelobten Debüt Studie in Kristallbildung (1997) einen vorderen Rang in der deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur erschrieben. Seine Bücher, die zumeist den Norden Europas zum Ort der Handlung machen, loten die Untiefen eines Lebens an der Peripherie aus und schildern eindringlich die stillen Katastrophen, die sich im Inneren der Menschen abspielen. Dieser Materialienband versammelt erstmalig Beiträge namhafter internationaler Wissenschaftler zum bislang unzureichend erforschten Werk Böldls, die dem Versuch gewidmet sind, dem eigenwilligen Ton dieses Erzählers auf die Spur zu kommen. Ergänzt werden die Aufsätze durch einen poetologischen Essay des Autors, ein Interview mit Böldl sowie eine Bibliografie und Zeittafel. Die Herausgeber Claudia Gremler, Studium der Germanistik, Anglistik und Skandinavistik in Göttingen. 2001 Promotion über Herman Bang und Thomas Mann. Senior Lecturer in German an der Aston University, Birmingham. Veröffentlichungen zur Literatur des zwanzigsten und einundzwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Uwe Schütte, promovierte 1997 an der University of East Anglia bei W.G. Sebald. Reader in German an der Aston University, Birmingham. Zahlreiche Monografien zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur. Zuletzt erschien: „Interventionen. Literaturkritik als Widerspruch bei W.G. Sebald“ (2014).