Grao en Lingua e Literatura Inglesas
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Violence as an Escape for Women In 20th Century American Drama
(2020-07)This dissertation will consist on a study of the treatment of Violence in North American plays written by women in the early 20th Century, providing an account of different types of violence according to authors such as ... -
Green Verse: An Ecocritical Reading of Moya Cannon’s Poetry
(2020-04-30)Moya Cannon is an Irish poet who has granted special relevance to nature in her books. She has published seven collections of poetry: Oar (1990), The Parchment Boat (1997), Winter Birds (2005), Carrying the Songs (2007), ... -
A Glance at a Twisted Mind: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray
(2019-10-31)The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde, 1890) is a novel that has aroused the interest of many scholars because of this darkness and the complexity of the character in the title. Dorian Gray is presented as a handsome young man ... -
“We are the daughters of the witches you weren’t able to burn”: A Gender-based Approach to the Figure of the Witch in Contemporary Reassessments of the Fairy Tale
(2019-11-05)The figure of the witch has traditionally stood for the negative moral type in the fairy tales, whose purpose was to teach readers (children in particular) what they should not to do, what they should avoid or fear. However, ... -
The girl who despised being called a “girl”: Scout Finch and the issue of gender in To Kill a Mockingbird
(2019-11-05)Told through the eyes of the rebellious and witty Jean Louis Finch (nicknames Scout), To Kill a Mockingbird develops the coming-of-age journey of this six-year-old girl who lives in the fictional town of Maycomb (Alabama) ...