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    • closedAccess   Historical evidence in Vikings’ TV series: an episode analysis 

      Sánchez Adelantado, Cristina Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-23)
      This paper is intended to analyse how the Viking Age has been depicted in audiovisual materials, namely in a present-day television series called ‘Vikings’. With that purpose in mind, some historical evidences on these ...

    • closedAccess   Existentialism and the Theatre of Absurd in Waiting for Godot 

      García Gallach, Alicia Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-23)
      In this essay, an analysis and discussion of the enigmatic play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett will be carried out in terms of philosophy, form and content. Regarding the topic of the philosophy, the point of view of ...

    • closedAccess   Frankenstein : a study of its adaptation to popular culture 

      Nager Coll, Enrique Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-23)
      When we hear the name of Frankenstein, we associate it with the monster that terrifies children during the night of Halloween. However, not many people know that this name belongs, actually, to the Swiss doctor who created ...

    • closedAccess   Novel and society in nineteenth-century England: Charles Dickens 

      Valero Sánchez, Carla Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-23)
      One of the most relevant periods for England is the one under the kingdom of Queen Victoria, also known as the Victorian Era (1837-1901). During this period, England grew as a country as a whole in almost every field ...

    • closedAccess   Aesthetics and Islam in Delillo, Foer, & Waldman's 9/11 novels 

      Becerra Gómez, Mónica Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-24)
      The knowledge of 21st-century emerging literature in English is relatively almost absent considering the lack of exposure to contemporary canonical pieces in literature in English within the academic research at undergraduate ...

    • closedAccess   "The Jungle Book: An approach to wild children in Literature 

      Cobo Gómez, María Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-24)
      The paper introduces different stories about feral children being raised by animals, since the first works of Ancient Mesopotamia, to the novels in modern prose, and names some of the diverse cases of feral children ...

    • closedAccess   "The Great Gatsby": Society, symbolism and style 

      Chaparra Gascón, Pablo Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-24)
      The aim of this essay is to analyse The Great Gatsby and the main themes that the novel considers. This literary work depicts a realistic situation of the social classes’ nature and how they behave during the historical ...

    • closedAccess   Identity in Coser y Cantar and Almost a Woman 

      Herrero Zanchetta, Catalina Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-24)
      This study contemplates the different definitions of North American identity and the relation between these concepts and the role immigrants are given as part of this nation as displayed in Coser y Cantar and A lmost a ...

    • closedAccess   Gender Roles in "The Age of Innocence" and "The Portrait of a Lady" 

      Marín Zorio, Zarana Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-18)
      This paper aims to present the role of men and women in the 19th century so as to see the difference between both genders. So as to illustrate those differences, the main characters of two novels will be analyzed in ...

    • closedAccess   The Effect of visibility gesture production and their relation with accuracy : listening to our hands 

      Lengua González, Armando Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-18)
      Do we only gesture for our listeners? This study examined the relation between gestures and visibility, looking at how gesture production is affected in visibility and nonvisible conditions. Participants were paired and ...

    • closedAccess   Love and death in Shakespeare 

      Magos, Izabella Hilda Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-18)
      This work is focused on the importance of introducing the concepts of love and death in William Shakespeare’s literature. William Shakespeare was, and is still, one of the most influential and well – known writers in the ...

    • closedAccess   Theoretical Conditions for Learning Pragmatic Competence:Pedagogical Applications 

      Kruteneva, Oxana Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-18)
      Linguistic competence as postulated by Noam Chomsky (1965) has long been questioned and today a number of researchers and scholars view language acquisition as something more than a sheer mastery of grammatical competence. ...

    • closedAccess   The loss of brain and heart in dystopian worlds: totalitarian control of the mind and emotions in “Nineteen eighty-four” and “Brave new world” 

      Nohales Nieto, Santiago Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-18)
      The dystopian novel is a genre that has gained importance as a branch of science fiction especially at the beginning of the 20th century. Authors such as Aldous Huxley and George Orwell have made this literary genre reach ...

    • closedAccess   Vocabulary Acquisition Through Video Games: a Visual Approach 

      Bellmunt Higueras, Beatriz Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-19)
      The purpose of this research is to investigate acquisition of English vocabulary analysing the benefits exerted by video games in English at the present time. Video games can be considered an additional tool in order to ...

    • closedAccess   Audiovisual Translation: The consequences of Plurilingualism, Humor and Cultural References on AVT 

      Gauchía Beltrán, Ainhoa María Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-19)
      Translation has been employed by humans for decades. Briefly explained, we can define it as the process that allows different audiences to understand mass media and literary productions that were not originally written or ...

    • closedAccess   The Age Factor in Second Language Acquisition 

      Quintana Martínez, Alejandro Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-20)
      The present paper examines the age factor of learning a second language acquisition. Age has often been considered a major, if not the primary, factor determining success in acquiring a second language. The age factor has ...

    • closedAccess   Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language: CLIL and Immersion Comparison 

      Romero Marzá, María Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-20)
      The aim of this dissertation is to understand how English can be taught as a foreign (FL) or second language (L2) focusing on two different teaching approaches which are CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) and ...

    • closedAccess   Analysis of metaphors in cartoons 

      Vidal Ocaña, Sandra Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-20)
      Metaphors are tools that help us to conceptualize life by establishing links between two domains (Gibbs, 2006). Lakoff and Johnson (1980) introduced the study of metaphors from the point of view of cognitive linguistics ...

    • closedAccess   Affective Factors in Language Learning: The Impact of Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA) 

      Amorós Arrufat, Lledó Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-25)
      The value that has been lately assigned to language knowledge has contributed to the development of linguistic research. Among the most significant advances in the field there is the emergence of differential psychology, ...

    • closedAccess   Bilingualised LSP dictionary : gender violence 

      Melián Santamaría, Virginia Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-26)
      Lexicography has not been seen as a discipline itself. There have been so many discussions about it and the opinions differ from each other. Within this discipline, dictionaries are of great importance in the field. They ...