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The Queer West: Homophobia in The Power of the Dog and Brokeback Mountain
(2024-05-06)
[EN] The cinematographic success of the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain and the 2021 film The Power of the Dog symbolises the public’s interest in LGBTQ+ stories about the American West and the need for appreciation and ...
Second language grammar and individual differences
(2024-05-06)
[EN] The need for grammar instruction has always been a very controversial issue, although there is a broad consensus in the second language (L2) acquisition field that such pedagogical intervention is facilitative and may ...
Langston Hughes's Poetry: Rewriting the American Dream in the Harlem Renaissance
(2024-05-06)
[ENG] During the Roaring Twenties, two opposed events took place in the United States:
the development of the American Dream concept in terms of white privilege, and the
rising of the Harlem Renaissance, an African ...
Pronunciation in EMI: the impact of instruction on the comprehensibility and foreign accent of a lecturer
(2024-05-06)
[EN] The increasingly fast spread of English Medium Instruction (EMI) in tertiary
education has become notorious over the last decades. Nevertheless, doubts and concerns
on lecturers’ proficiency level and L2 pronunciation ...
The construction of madness in Hercules: a comparison between Euripides’ Heracles and Seneca’s Hercules furens
(2024-05-06)
[EN] Hercules is probably the best-known hero in Greek and Roman mythology, not
only for his feats, but also for the interest his madness has aroused. In previous research,
where the insanity of the hero has been studied, ...
From having a house of my own to forgetting the room of one's own: A Reflection on Michele Serros's How to Be a Chicana Role Model and Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street
(2024-05-06)
[EN] Chicanas have historically been made aware of their difference not only because of their
Mexican cultural heritage but also for their gender. Despite their current protection under the
US Constitution and the many ...