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Naming the Unnamable: A Cross-Linguistic Analysis of Swearing in TV Series
(2023)
[Abstracts] In this project, a comparative analysis of bad language in television series is carried
out. Two English and one Spanish series have been chosen to observe the differences in
translation that occur between ...
All the Pretty Horses: a Transnational Reading
(2019)
[Abstract] In this paper, we develop a close-reading of McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses from a transnational point of view. Prompted by the increasing fame of the author and the numerous studies about the text, which ...
Mary Hays’s The Victim of Prejudice: A Vindication of Social Equality and Female Liberation
(2019)
[Abstract] The aim of this paper is to expose the role of the writer Mary Hays in the feminist literary movement through the analysis of her novel The Victim of Prejudice with the support of the theoretical framework of ...
The process and modes of control in dystopian literature: an analysis of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451
(2020)
[Abstract]Despite the extensive research on dystopian literature, little is concerned with specific frameworks to identify and classify dystopian novels. Most studies assemble a commentary on the topic rather than a ...
Shedding Light on the Translation of Idioms: A Study Based on American TV Series
(2023)
[Abstract] In recent years, experts in the field of Translation have become interested in idioms, as they
represent a significant challenge in the search for correspondence between the source and target
language. It ...
Beyond Gender: Sex, Class, and Ethnicity in Kate Chopin’s Short Stories
(2022)
[Abstract] The object of study of this dissertation are three short stories by one of the most
representative writers of nineteenth-century American literature, Kate Chopin. The author is
specially appreciated by ...
“Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story?” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton: An American Musical
(2022)
[Abstract] The main aim of this final project will be to analyze and comprehend the relevance and
impact of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton: An American Musical (2015) on musical theater
as well as in society in general. ...
Twelfth Night’s Performances: An Analysis of Gender Presentations and Sexuality in Shakespearean Drama
(2022)
[Abstract] Literary works are quite relevant in the study of a certain period’s social attitudes and
concepts such as gender and sexuality. This is especially true for drama as it provides a
way to observe the characters ...
Zitkala-Ša: “Neither a Wild Indian, nor a Tame One”
(2022)
[Abstract] Literature written in English encompasses a large number of literary works,
written by authors of different origins. However, the canon studied generally focuses only
on those written by white male authors ...
“When a person talks too much, they learn little” : An Approach to Gender Contrast and Inclusive Language in English and Spanish
(2023)
[Abstract] Grammatical gender is classified as an innate category of language that organises
the way human beings communicate. This paper analyses the category of gender in
English and Spanish from a contrastive ...