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"Hamilton": Lin-Manuel Miranda's modern approach to the American Dream based on equal opportunitiy
(2022-03-07)
From the very beginning, the so-called ethos of the American Dream has summoned the concept of America as the land of opportunities, the perfect scenario to achieve a better future. Hamilton (2015) is a musical that has ...
Global English: past, present and future
(2022-03-07)
English is unquestionably the universal lingua franca in every field. The justification that it is a consequence of the linguistic superiority of English is denied in this paper, which analyses the role of the UK and the ...
Beyond stereotypes: the image of basque immigrants in Robert Laxalt's "The Basque Hotel" and Martin Etchart's" The Last Shepherd"
(2022-03-07)
Early attempts to bring the Basque-American experience to literature were not rewarded until the success of Robert Laxalt, whose recognition helped to organize the public display of the Basque identity and culture in the ...
Challenging traditional religious views of sexual identity: "Angels in America" by Tony Kushner
(2022-03-07)
Angels in America’s success represents recognition and visibility for LBTQ+
communities in mainstream American drama. The paper aims to explore the interaction
between religion and sexuality in Tony Kushner’s play, ...
The Times Are A-Changin?: contracultura y música de la década de los sesenta en Estados Unidos
(2022-02-08)
La música es uno de los principales medios de comunicación de masas modernos, así como espejo en el que se reflejan las inquietudes sociales de una época. Este TFG se ocupa de analizar la música contracultural de los años ...
From zero to hero: an analysis on the character development of female protagonists in the YA dystopian novels "The Hunger Games" and "Divergent"
(2022-03-07)
Young Adult Dystopian Fiction narratives have become popular and influential novels not only
among its intended audience but reaching all ages readers as titles top the bestselling charts.
As a popular genre, this ...
The courage to imagine: Anne's pursuit of her ambitions in Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables", "Anne of Avonlea", and" Anne of the Island"
(2022-03-08)
The literary genre of bildungsroman embodies narratives involving the development and process of maturing and becoming an adult of their protagonists. These novels narrate their protagonists’ journey from infancy towards ...
The fall of the son a comparative analysis of Milton's Satan, Mary Shelley's "monster" and J. K. Rowling's Lord Voldemort
(2022-03-08)
Through the ages, religion has been a fundamental factor in the development of different civilizations and its impact has been reflected in numerous aspects, not only socially and economically, but also literary. Despite ...
Age and the acquisition of foreign language phonology in an instructional context
(2022-03-07)
The effects of age on successful language acquisition constitutes one of the most widely
investigated topics within the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). In fact, the study
of SLA has, since its inception, ...
The use of previously known languages among EFL learners: a review
(2022-03-08)
When in classroom contexts, learners tend to experience communication
breakdowns which apart from making them believe that they are not making any
progress in their Target Language (TL), they lead them to get stuck at ...