Theses and Dissertations - Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
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Examining listening skills of diplomatic French as foreign language learners: an angle for languages for specific purposes
Listening comprehension and vocabulary knowledge are closely intertwined. Vocabulary knowledge (size) has been found to be a strong predictor of successful listening comprehension even when listening is done under adverse ... -
History and development of Spanish-language initiatives in public libraries, The: a case study
The purpose of this case study is to examine how overall services, programs, resources and collections offered in Spanish have developed over the course of the past century at a single library district in Colorado. The ... -
Analysis of the developing se passive construction with a por-phrase, An
This research proposes to characterize a particular type of se construction as a developing se passive construction with a por-phrase and attempts to address what linguistic niche it inhabits. The construction addressed ... -
Histoire à travers identité et mémoire dans Ce que le jour doit à la nuit de Yasmina Khadra
The purpose of this research is to demonstrate how history can be represented in literary fiction by providing the example of the Francophone Algerian novel What the Day Owes the Night. Published in 2008, Yasmina Khadra's ... -
Historias del Kronen: análisis de las diferencias argumentales entre la novela y la adaptación cinematográfica, y su impacto en la recepción
This research paper has the purpose to analyze the literary work of Stories from the Kronen (1994) from José Ángel Mañas, as well as to create a more in-depth search of the topic using the film adaptation by director Montxo ... -
Second/foreign language writing apprehension and writing identities
Formal academic writing tasks can produce high levels of anxiety or apprehension in students regardless of whether that writing is carried out in their native language or in a second or foreign language. The Colorado State ... -
Implementación de las bellas artes en la enseñanza de segundas lenguas, La
Throughout the late decades of the twentieth century and early twenty-first century, the concept of how a language should be taught has changed significantly in response to different aspects of it, and it paying special ... -
Mujer como sujeto subalterno en cuatro novelas transatlánticas en tiempos de guerra, La: El tiempo entre costuras, La voz dormida, Arráncame la vida y Como agua para chocolate
This thesis studies how women are represented in four novels and how they appear as subaltern subjects during the course of their stories. Two novels are set in Spain and the other two take place in Mexico. This paper ... -
Una investigación sobre el aspecto léxico y la comparación de su aplicación en el idioma Español y Chino
This paper discusses lexical aspect and its presence in Spanish and Chinese. We believe that linguistically, aspect exists in two dimensions: at sentence level (grammatical aspect) and at lexical level (lexical aspect). ... -
Basura del mundo, La: cambio social, distopía y consumo en las novelas futuristas Waslala y Zombie
The yearning to find utopia is a feeling shared by humanity for centuries. Science fiction and futuristic novels –such as Waslala, memorial del futuro by Gioconda Belli and Zombie by Mike Wilson- have been some of the most ... -
Comida y los orishas de Santería, La: alimentando el bienestar de los creyentes
This thesis addresses the interconnections between food, religious myths of the deities, called orishas, and well-being in Cuba, demonstrated through the ritualistic practices of Santería, specifically in La Habana. A ... -
Comparación razonada de 4 ediciones del Diario del Che en Bolivia
The Bolivian diaries of Che Guevara was first published in Havana, Cuba on July 1st 1968, and up to this day there has been several editions in Spanish as well as other languages. As a result of its distribution, Latin ... -
Street art und die demokratisierung der Kunst in Berlin
Graffiti, Post-Graffiti, Urban Art and Street Art are sometimes used as synonyms. Authors in the field of Street Art agree that this art form derives directly from the subway graffiti in New York, and often designate it ... -
Hacia una poética emancipadora: la creación del future nuevo en la obra poética de Pablo Neruda, César Vallejo y Miguel Hernández
This work has as its goal the investigation of the intersection where literature and politics crosses. This space is thought provoking because it represents a new function for art, an art that instead of concerning itself ... -
Imaginario y silencios en la literatura sobre tres paramilitares líderes de las "Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia" (la autobiografía de Carlos Castaño, la biografía de Salvatore Mancuso y la novela sobre Rodrigo Tovar Pupo)
In this paper I analyze three books an autobiography, Mi confesión: Carlos Castaño revela sus secretos; a biography, Salvatore Mancuso su vida; and a novel, Líbranos del bien. Each one of them tells the life of one of the ... -
Re-extracción de la piedra de locura: análisis de los dibujos de Alejandra Pizarnik
The literary critiques on the work of Argentinean writer Alejandra Pizarnik have focused exclusively on her literature without restricting themselves to the texts published in her life --poetry in verse and prose--, but ... -
Primer tercio del siglo XIX en las novelas de Arturo Pérez-Reverte, El: guerra, historia e ideología
The work of the Spanish novelist Arturo Pérez-Reverte has had a considerable critical reception, but most of these critics focus on the analysis of narrative resources used by the author and avoid inquiring into the ideology ... -
Poder de la influencia, El: relaciones artísticas desde España a México
My research discusses the concept of "artistic partnership" through the pairing of various artists, ranging from Spain to Mexico. I propose that the power of influence present in each relationship is directly reflected in ... -
Caricature et censure du dessin politique en France: ou le rôle de la liberté d'expression au sein des médias français de la révolution à l'affaire des caricatures de Mahomet
The goal of this thesis is to analyze the various changes that led France to become a true democracy by allowing its citizens to express themselves freely. Through social, political, and judicial battles, France successfully ... -
Cri du bayou, Le: le statut et la promotion de la langue Française et la musique Cadienne en Louisiane
As one of the rare Francophone regions in North America, Louisiana has a unique culture and French dialect, spawning from Acadian immigrants who came to the Louisiana colony in the latter part of the 18th century. As the ...
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