Heroínas del feminismo popular: autoría de mujeres en Hollywood 

    Cruz Pereira, Irina (Date of defense: 2022-02-03)

    En 1990, Marjorie Ferguson expone su argumento sobre la «falacia del feminismo», negando que exista una correlación entre la creciente consciencia social feminista, la autoridad de las profesionales en los medios de ...

    "Ich bin Spaniolin". Veza Canetti im Fokus ihres jüdisch-sephardischen Erbes 

    Patz Sievers, Evelyn (Date of defense: 2018-04-10)

    Die drei schlichten Worte „Ich bin Spaniolin” im Titel der vorliegenden literaturwissenschaftlichen Forschungsarbeit beinhalten das fundamentale Bekenntnis der jüdisch-sephardischen Schriftstellerin Veza Canetti, dessen ...

    L1 / L2 subtitled TV series and EFL learning: A study on vocabulary acquisition and content comprehension at different proficiency levels 

    Gesa Vidal, Ferran (Date of defense: 2019-11-29)

    Whether and how video viewing is beneficial for language learning has been a matter of debate over the last decades (Vanderplank, 2015). Multimedia learning theories (Mayer, 2009; Paivio, 1986) suggest that exposure to ...

    La cultura española en la obra de Elsa Morante 

    García Melenchón, Francisco Javier (Date of defense: 2016-12-02)

    La obra de Elsa Morante está sembrada de elementos relacionados con la cultura española, que se van intensificando hasta alcanzar pleno protagonismo en su última novela Aracoeli. El presente estudio aborda el problema por ...

    Language Learning from Subtitled TV Series in the Primary EFL Classroom 

    Casulleras Marquès, Montserrat (Date of defense: 2023-04-21)

    [eng] Even if audiovisual materials have been shown to offer several advantages for L2 learning (Danan, 2004), in previous literature very little attention has been paid to L2 learning from multimodal input in young ...

    Lexical development in very young EFL learners: A longitudinal study on early multilingualism 

    Alexandrescu, Cristina (Date of defense: 2024-03-20)

    [eng] Multilingualism is one of the many effects of globalisation. The need to be proficient in several languages has sprung from people’s need to expand their universe outside their countries of origin in search for a ...

    Neoliberalism, class, subjectivity: a sociological perspective on post-recession british theatre = Neoliberalisme, classe, subjectivitat: una mirada sociològica al teatre britànic post-crisi 

    Mendez Panadés, Albert (Date of defense: 2023-05-02)

    [eng] This PhD dissertation, entitled “Neoliberalism, Class, Subjectivity: A Sociological Perspective on Post-Recession British Theatre / Neoliberalisme, classe, subjectivitat: una mirada sociològica al teatre britànic ...

    New Leaves: Fashionable Reading and Literary Celebrity in British Vogue (1918-1939) 

    Baró Gonzalez, Jana (Date of defense: 2022-09-01)

    [eng] This thesis explores British Vogue’s self-appointed role as a guide to modern fashions and manners, that is, as a cultural intermediary, during the interwar period (1918-1939). Through a close reading of its essays, ...

    Of heroes and victims: Jess Walter’s The Zero and the satirical post-9/11 novel 

    Resano, Dolores (Date of defense: 2017-09-22)

    This dissertation analyzes a typically overlooked novel within the corpus of post-9/11 fiction studies, Jess Walter’s The Zero (2006), and puts forward some hypotheses for this under-examination. It suggests that the debates ...

    Più donne che cavalieri. Orlando furioso: il poema di Bradamante 

    Condina, Alessandro (Date of defense: 2020-01-20)

    Este trabajo aborda por primera vez de forma sistemática y monográfica el papel desempeñado por los personajes femeninos en el Orlando furioso (1532) de Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533), evidenciando su carácter profundamente ...

    Recepción y análisis de las traducciones alemanas de dos obras principales de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz en el ámbito germanohablante: Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz y Primero sueño 

    Buchholz, Anna (Date of defense: 2019-12-18)

    En la presente tesis se indaga la recepción del Primero sueño y de la Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz en el ámbito germanohablante a lo largo del siglo XX por medio de las versiones alemanas de estas dos obras principales ...

    Representations of Memory in Contemporary South African Literature by Young, Black, Female Authors 

    Winstanley, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-04-21)

    [eng] This thesis explores the representation and construction of collective memory published in South Africa since 2007 by young, black, female authors. Collective memory is what is remembered about the past in order to ...

    The Role of Cognitive Ability in the Acquisition of Second Language Perceptual Phonological Competence 

    Safronova, Elena (Date of defense: 2016-11-04)

    Many second language (L2) learners find L2 pronunciation difficult and experience perception and production problems leading to accented speech. There exists a great inter-learner variation in L2 phonological acquisition ...

    South Africa: The Diseased Nation? An Analysis of HIV/AIDS Sufferers’ Critique of the Redemptive Discourse of Nation-Building and the (Dis)Closure of National Traumas in Post-Apartheid South African HIV/AIDS Life-Writing 

    Ortega Montero, Óscar (Date of defense: 2022-03-18)

    This Ph.D. dissertation explores the transformative potential of the HIV/AIDS experience in post-apartheid South Africa during the age of denialism under Thabo Mbeki’s mandate (1999-2008). To that end, the selection of ...

    Succes or failure? The effect of the language of test on students’ academic achievement in rural Senegal 

    Martín-Chazeaud, Alexandre (Date of defense: 2017-11-17)

    In most Sub-Saharan countries, children grow up in a local environment attached to a culture and an identity which are embraced by a local language. However, when they start compulsory school at the age of six, they have ...

    Task-based pronunciation teaching and learning of L2 vowels in EFL learners: task complexity effects 

    Mora Plaza, Ingrid (Date of defense: 2023-06-06)

    [eng] Second language (L2) pronunciation learning in foreign language instructional contexts is particularly challenging due to insufficient quantity and quality of L2 input. Decades of L2 speech acquisition research have ...

    Task-Modality Effects: A Study of Task Complexity Effects in Speech and Writing 

    Vasylets, Olena (Date of defense: 2017-05-29)

    One of the major areas of interest in task-based language learning and teaching (TBLT) has been the psycholinguistically-oriented strand, which explores the way in which task design may interact with second language (L2) ...

    The effects of distribution, difficulty, and quantity of digital flashcard practice on language learning 

    Serfaty, Jonathan (Date of defense: 2023-01-20)

    [eng] According to research into second language (L2) practice, learners should repeatedly engage in output activities with feedback in order to develop accuracy. Digital flashcards can be used to prompt L2 output and ...

    The Performance of Racial and Gender Terror in debbie tucker green’s ear for eye (2018) and Travis Alabanza’s Burgerz (2018) 

    Massana Vidal, Elisabeth (Date of defense: 2023-05-26)

    [eng] This PhD thesis, entitled “The Performance of Racial and Gender Terror in debbie tucker green’s ear for eye (2018) and Travis Alabanza’s Burgerz (2018)” contributes to the field of theatre studies by analysing how ...

    Traducción y creación en la obra de Teodoro Llorente 

    Atalaya Fernández, Irene (Date of defense: 2018-02-09)

    Teodoro Llorente (1836-1911) fue un personaje prolífico donde los haya: traductor, poeta en valenciano y castellano, periodista, fundador y director de Las Provincias, político, crítico e historiador de Valencia. Su legado ...