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Maturing the Old: Sophie's Journey towards Self-Recognition in Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
(2017-11-23)
The proliferation of the Children’s Literature novels by Diana Wynne Jones has converted her into a prominent figure in the fantastic genre. Although several scholars have researched diverse aspects of Jones’s narratives, ...
Long's Peak: Isabella Bird's Initiation Journey
(2018-07-16)
Contrary to what can be expected from a Victorian lady of the 19th century, which is mostly taking care of her offspring and loving spouse, the traveller and writer Isabella Bird was determined to deviate herself from ...
“Pocahontas”: a study of Disney’s approach to english colonialism
(2020-11-20)
Pocahontas is one of the most renowned animated films Disney has ever produced. The brave and adventurous spirit of Pocahontas has reached every Disney fan’s heart. Moreover, it was the first colored character the company ...
Her: Between Utopia and Dystopia
(2018-12-03)
Dystopian fiction is a literary and film genre that explores contemporary social and political issues and is, therefore, inspired by the anxieties and worries of the society that produces it. Set in a distant place and ...
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 ...
Comparative Literautre: Religion and Religious Symbolism in the Tale of the Grail by Three Authors
(2017-11-21)
The myth of the Grail has long been recognised as the cornerstone of Arthurian literature. Many studies have been conducted on the subject of Christian symbolism in the major Grail romances. However, the aim of the present ...
Challenging the Coming-Of-Age: Similitudes and Divergences of Contemporary Female Bildungsroman with Traditional Instances
(2017-11-21)
The Bildungsroman is a literary genre that embraces those narratives dealing with the process of formation and self-development of its protagonist, narrating his or her journey from childhood to adulthood. The Bildungsroman, ...
Long’s Peak: Isabella Bird’s Initiation Journey
(2018-12-03)
Contrary to what can be expected from a Victorian lady of the 19th century, which is
mostly taking care of her offspring and loving spouse, the traveller and writer
Isabella Bird was determined to deviate herself from ...
The 2016 presidential candidates and their discourse: a reflection of a XXI century cultural and ideological conflict in the United States
(2017-11-24)
The recent result of the 2016 presidential election in the United States of America has left many of the nation’s experts at a loss for words, immediately following the announcement of the results, professionals from various ...
The Two-Way Cultural Street: The influence of US popular culture in the Korean Wave and Japanese anime and viceversa
(2020-05-25)
The history of colonization has been marked by the Orientalist rhetoric used by Eastern empires to justify the invasion and colonization of the West. In the 20th century, the United States recycled this rhetoric to exercise ...