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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 ...
Survival in an uninhabitable place: Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
(2020-11-24)
Literature and art have always been reflections of the reality of each era. By analysing
them we can become acquainted with the socio-political circumstances of the time, or
even explore the concerns and fears of the ...
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 ...
"Just a good Frenchwoman": How gender roles are reinforced and questioned in Irène Némirovsky's Suite Française (2004) in the context of WWII
(2020-05-22)
There is an ongoing debate among historians and Gender Studies’ scholars regarding the effect war has on gender roles. Some believe that war has in many occasions offered new opportunities to women, that they were liberated ...
Karl Marx, revolucionario decimonónico
(2020-05-22)
Karl Marx fue un filósofo, revolucionario, político, economista y teórico del siglo XIX. Nació en Tréveris en 1818 en una familia hebrea reconvertida al cristianismo evangélico. Desde su época estudiantil se interesó por ...
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 tale of Cupid and Psyches" and "Till we Have Faces": the attainment of self-worth via femininity and masculinity.
(2020-12-21)
The Apuleian myth of Cupid and Psyche has long been a source of inspiration in art
and literature. This motivation might be derived either from its spiritual and
philosophical wisdom or from the love of mythology; being ...
The sins of the parents: an analysis of german trauma and memory after WWII in Bernhard Schlink's novel "The Reader"
(2020-12-21)
The Second War World had a huge impact on German society and left its trace in the cultural history of the country. For this reason, we can find many movies and literature based on the war but also on the years following ...
The Victorian Education through the Eyes of Charles Kingsley and Lewis Carroll in The Water Babies and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(2020-05-25)
Ever since the appearance of The Water Babies (1963) and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) children’s fantasy books started to be praised for their ability to distance themselves from reality. England’s youngest ...
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 ...