BackBrowsing Trabajos Académicos-Facultad de Letras by Author "Talavera Burgos, Iraide"
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A journey of self-discovery: the representation of minority girls in Cynthia Kadohata’s "The Thing About Luck", Alicia D. Williams’ "Genesis Begins Again" and Rebecca Balcárcel’s "The Other Half of Happy"
(2022-03-07)The United States is a country of constant immigration which could be defined by the concepts of diversity and multiculturalism. Given the large population consisting of minority people in the country, the American society ... -
Fiction as a reflection of reality: the rise and fall of totalitarian regimes in J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series and in Nazi Germany
(2023-04-17)Totalitarian regimes dominated the 20th century in Europe. Germany's Nazism is one of the most prominent examples of such regimes. Nevertheless, these phenomena are not restricted to the real world since they have also ... -
From silence to recognition: giving voice to minority girls in Rita Williams-Garcia's “One crazy summer” (2010) and Cynthia Kadohata's “The thing about luck” (2013)
(2020-11-20)It is widely known that the United States is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Some researchers assure that the several settlements and the massive immigration to the country have contributed to ... -
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 dehumanisation of totalitarianism: George Orwell’s "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and the Spanish Civil War and Francoism
(2020-11-24)The phenomenon of dehumanisation has been present throughout the history of humankind, being totalitarianism the principal instigator. Processes of dehumanisation are adaptive and stand out from the times of slave-trading ... -
“We don’t have to go through this alone”: facing trauma through human connection in Alire Sáenz’s “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” and Chbosky’s “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”
(2023-04-17)In countries such as the United States, thousands of people have to face traumatic experiences throughout their lives. If we look at the statistics, a portion of that population develops Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ...