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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 ... -
The development of the article system in the L3 english of basque-spanish bilingual primary school children
Research about the acquisition of the English article system has established that child and adult learners show difficulties at the time of using definite and indefinite articles. Results from these studies have revealed ... -
The development of the vocalic system of the english language: from Proto-Germanic to present-day English
This dissertation focuses in the evolution of the vocalic system of English: the aim of this work is to analyze and explain why and how vowels have developed from Old English to Present-Day English. To begin with, the ... -
The Dylans they are a-changing: representing Bob Dylan in Todd Haynes' "I'm Not There" (2007)
(2020-11-18)This paper examines the representation of Bob Dylan in Todd Haynes’ film I’m Not There (2007). Bob Dylan is regarded as one of the most important musicians of the 20th Century. He rose to fame in early 1960s during the ... -
The fall of chivalry: an analysis of the representation of knighthood in George R. R. Martin´s “A Song of Ice and Fire"
(2020-11-24)Traditional ideas of knighthood and chivalry are often related to the knight’s duty to his overlord—be it a lord or a king—his devotion to his beliefs and to courtly virtues—especially in the courtly love literature. ... -
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 ... -
The Great Gatsby: An Analysis of the American Dream
(2020-05-25)The American Dream and its relation to the American literary production is a subject that has been exposed to detailed study throughout time. In order to contribute to this field of studies, this paper will analyze the ... -
The Importance of Storytelling for Children and Adults Alike: Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan
(2018-12-04)Since the publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Peter Pan (1904), much has been studied and said about these two stories and their authors Lewis Carroll and J. M. Barrie, respectively. They have ... -
The Infanticide in Toni Morrison's "Beloved"- A Mother's Desperate Cry
(2020-05-25)This thesis explores Toni Morrison’s ability to put into words the most dreadful and spiteful situation of the infanticide narrated in Beloved . Morrison’s skilled usage of words arouses to induce the reader to be empathetic ... -
The influence of Basque and Spanish on the acquisition of English false friends: a cross-sectional study
(2018-12-04)Recently there has been a growing interest in the acquisition of vocabulary in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Experts have conducted a vast amount of research on lexical processing and organization, examining ... -
The Influence of CLIL on Receptive Vocabulary: A Preliminary Study
In the last two or three decades, being able to communicate in a foreign language has become an essential trait of any European citizen due to globalisation and migration, resulting in a multi-ethnic and multilingual ... -
The influence of new technologies in foreign language learning
The new technologies have become part of our societies especially in the so-called developed countries and it is hard to conceive our daily routines without them. This paper explores the use of new technologies in foreign ... -
The Memory Behind the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.
(2023-04-17)This work aims to study the memory of one of the most challenging wars in the recent history of the United States of America through the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. Vietnam was not like other wars. It ... -
The Monsters Within: Gothic Monstrosity in Dracula, Frankenstein, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and its Role in Nineteenth Century English Society
Since ancient times, monsters have populated the human mind and, along with us, they have evolved throughout the centuries. This evolution was finally delineated in the nineteenth-century, when monsters ... -
The never-ending myth: revision of the western frontier in U.S. contemporary dystopias
(2020-11-24)Even though dystopian literature transports the readers into futuristic fictional scenarios, its undertone mirrors the concerns and fears of the authors’ time of existence. Thus, the genre does not describe the incoming ... -
The origins of women's rights movement in the United States: the Seneca Falls Convention
(2020-05-25)In the 19th century, women had very limited or almost inexistent rights. They lived in a male dominated world where they had restricted access to many fields and they were considered to be an ornament of their husband in ... -
The potential of writing for L2 learning: Collaborative writing
This TFG focuses on how collaborative writing in an L2 can be an effective opportunity for L2 acquisition. For that, it revises six pieces of research that investigate how different variables (such as proficiency, corrective ... -
The problem of multilingualism in the European Union: a historical perspective and evolution
(2022-03-08)The reality of multilingualism in the European institutions is a more complex issue than its motto: United in Diversity. The increasing penetration of English in the everyday use of European citizens and its establishment ... -
The Progress of the English Progressive
This paper addresses the diachronic development of the periphrastic construction, beon/wesan + the participial ending -ende in Old English, into the progressive construction in Modern English. Even though there are two ... -
The queen of Carthage and her trojan lover: a comparative study of the relationship between Dido and Aeneas from antiquity to modernity
(2020-12-21)The relevance of Virgil´s The Aeined has prevailed over time and specifically Dido´s story has awaken the interest of several authors that have rewritten their version in different periods. From Virgil´s passive characterization ...