Online Resources

Newspapers in German (daily) 

• Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)
• Die Süddeutsche Zeitung       (die Süddeutsche)
• Die Neue Zürcher Zeitung      (Swiss newspaper)     

German Magazines 

• Die Zeit                      
• Der Spiegel                 
• Focus                          

Portal for German Newspapers online (including regional newspapers) 

• Online Newspapers, Germany

Online Media in German 

• ARD  
• ZDF   
• Phoenix          
• Deutschlandfunk       
• Austrian Radio (ORF)           

German History 

• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (excellent, free brochures on various topics)
• Deutsche Geschichte
• Haus der deutschen Geschichte         

How to write a commentary  

1) Narratology 

• Introduction to narratology in English                                                                                                          
• Glossary (Living handbook of narratology)

2) Rhetorical figures          

• Overview and examples in English

 3) Bibliography 

• MLA Bibliography    

4) Primary, secondary literature/films online 

• Scholarly articles online         
• Journals online           
• Internet Archive         
• annotext         
• Gutenberg-Projekt      

5) Literary theory  

• Basislexikon literaturwissenschaftliche Terminologie
• Yale online course      

Useful links  

Historical dictionaries online  

• Grimms Wörterbuch                          
• Goethe-Wörterbuch                           
• Meyers Konversationslexikon            
• Wanders Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexicon    

Portal for various dictionaries           

Das Goethezeitportal      

Internet Resources for Germanists     

Research Resources for Modern Languages   

Year Abroad 

• DAAD