Browsing Departament de Filologia Anglesa i Alemanya by Subject "82"

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Mother/Motherland in the Works of Jamaica Kincaid

Brancato, Sabrina (Date of defense: 2001-06-01)

The quest for an autonomous and authentic self is the founding theme of the narrative of Caribbean writer Jamaica Kincaid. In our study, we analyse the mother-daughter relationship, which is the focus of Kincaid's plots ...

“Neither here and nor there does water quench our thirst”: Duty, Obedience and Identity in Greek-Australian and Chinese Australian Prose Fiction, 1971-2005

Ribas Segura, Catalina (Date of defense: 2013-12-13)

This thesis presents original research: it examines the constructs of duty and obedience in post-World War II Greek-Australian and Chinese Australian literature and compares the strategies these first- and second-generation ...

Post-9/11 Representations of Arab Men by Arab American Women Writers: Affirmation and Resistance

Bosch, Marta (Bosch Vilarrubias) (Date of defense: 2016-01-22)

This dissertation provides an analysis of the representation of Arab American men in post-9/11 writings by Arab American women. This thesis contributes a new inquiry regarding Arab American literature in joining the subject ...

Reterritorialising the Caribbean: Marching alongside Earl Lovelace

Grau Perejoan, Maria (Date of defense: 2015-05-15)

This study revolves around the figure of Caribbean writer Earl Lovelace. The thesis demonstrates that the emphasis on the deterritorialisation of the Caribbean region and the focus on transnationalism has meant that what ...

"This is just a story": la ficción como verdad en la obra de Tim O'Brien

Alsina, Cristina (Date of defense: 2006-09-26)

Esta tesis analiza la relación entre ficción y efectos de verdad en la obra del novelista contemporáneo Tim O'Brien y examina la reflexión implícita en dicha obra en torno al concepto de verdad. Pondera, además, el efecto ...

Traducciones del franquismo en el mercado literario español contemporáneo: el caso de Jane Eyre de Juan G. De Luaces

Ortega Sáez, M. (Marta) (Date of defense: 2013-07-12)

Esta tesis doctoral explora las traducciones de literatura en lengua inglesa producidas en el franquismo todavía comercializándose en la actualidad y analiza el impacto que ejercen en el lector contemporáneo. En particular ...

La transposició escènica: el procés de traducció i producció de "Gust de Mel" i "Les alegres casades de Windsor"

Espasa, Eva, 1966- (Date of defense: 1997-12-05)

[cat] Aquest treball parteix de l'estudi de la traducció teatral com a procés: la transposició escènica de la traducció, o sigui, l'evolució del text dramàtic traduït en relació amb una posada en escena concreta. Els canvis ...

Working-class Culture and Work as portrayed in Texts and Films of Alan Sillitoe´s "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" and "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"

Keady, Stephen (Date of defense: 2008-01-18)

My aim is to recreate from the texts and films the world which is shown, and then examine it in order to demonstrate a number of points. I hope to show that there is such a phenomenon as an English working class, and that ...