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Racism Against African American Women in the Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and its Persistence in Today’s USA Society
Universitat Jaume I (2020-10-06)After the American Civil War (1861-1865), African Americans, freed from slavery for the first time, located literature as a voice booster to achieve their rights. From that point onwards, Black Americans merged in the ... -
Representation of Love against the World in Shakespeare's Plays: Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-05)William Shakespeare is possibly one of the most important writers in the universal literature. Born in England in 1564, he wrote poetry and more than thirty plays, which have survived the passing of time and have become a ... -
Reviewing the history of language teaching : emphasizing on the role of the teacher
Universitat Jaume I (2015)The main aim of this work relies on the revision of every existing method so far in order to carry out the analysis of the several and different roles that teachers have performed along the history referring second language ... -
Richard III written by William Shakepeare upon Noviembre Teatro
Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-26)A deep analysis on Shakespeare´s work Richard III is the purpose of this dissertation. It is an extensive study of the play, which includes the analysis of the marvelous play performed by the Spanish Theatre Company called ... -
Scandinavian influence in Old English poetry: a study of The Battle of Brunanburh
Universitat Jaume I (2017)One of the ways in which the general interest on the Viking world has been reflected in academia is the study of the influence that the language of these Northern peoples had in Old English during the Scandinavian ... -
Science Fiction as a Representation of Society: Parallels and Intent in Pierce Brown’s Red Rising
Universitat Jaume I (2019-10-04)Science Fiction is a genre often considered not “true” literature or “true” art by not only the general public, but also many educators. This is largely due to the fact that their target audience is mostly teenagers and ... -
Screen Adaptations: Comparing Excalibur (1981) and The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) Film Trilogy in the Light of the Arthurian Tradition
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Second language acquisition in study abroad programs
Universitat Jaume I (2014)Study abroad programs have gained their condition of international experience for language learning purposes and represent an alternative or complementary recourse for language learners. However, even if the effects that ... -
Self-motivation strategies in second language learning
Universitat Jaume I (2017)In the field of Applied Linguistics, the acquisition of languages has become the object of study of numerous investigations. In fact, a great number of works have focused on the acquisition of foreign and second languages. ... -
Self-Sacrifice vs Self-Preservation in Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Universitat Jaume I (2017-06-07)Thomas Hardy is distinguished by the controversy created by his special portrayal of the Victorian woman. Aiming at detaching the female figure from the contemporary ideal of the perfect and pure woman, his heroines are ... -
Serials for Integrating Pragmatics in EFL Educational Contexts: A Research-based Proposal for Developing Refusals
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-12)Over the span of the last few decades, pragmatics has risen to prominence amongst linguistics literature. Pragmatics, the study of meaning in interaction, happens to be pivotal when developing educational curricula from a ... -
Sexual Repression vs. Sexual Openness in Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home
Universitat Jaume I (2021-06-04)The African-American Civil Rights Revolution during the 60s unleashed a period of general awakening where fundamental rights started to beclaimed for marginal collectives, especially for the LGBTQcommunity. Homosexual ... -
Shakespeare’s Hamlet and its cinema adaptations an analysis
Universitat Jaume I (2017-06-08)The longest and best of the Bard’s tragedies is well known all over the world. However, depending on the eye of the beholder, Hamlet is seen in different ways. Basically, to adapt what is undoubtedly the greatest work in ... -
Show’em the Ropes: The Importance of Teaching ‘Slang’ in EFL Settings
Universitat Jaume I (2017-06-06)Slang has made its way into our everyday language and nowadays even dictionaries add words like Google, emoji and selfie. Slang language determines the way one community of speakers adapts to linguistic arising needs. ... -
Skype in the classroom: A necessary web tool connecting cultures all over the world
Universitat Jaume I (2019-06-12)For a long time, information and communication technologies have been breaking into society and directly influencing the lives of people. The incorporation of these new technologies has revolutionized several fields, but ... -
Slang Knowledge among Spanish Students of English
Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-15)Defining and studying slang has always been a difficult task because of its oral use and limited written records. It is a lexicon known and used by native English communities of speakers but it is unknown the knowledge ... -
Social networking: the evolution of the English language
Universitat Jaume I (2015-09-17)This paper reports on the results of an innovative study about a social networking tool and its influence on the English language. The exploratory study, framed within a conventional collection data approach compiled ... -
Social Networks: New Patterns of Language
Universitat Jaume I (2016-06-16)In recent years, due to the increase of the use of technologies, there have been different opinions about its use and its effects. The present paper aims to explore the aspects of the use of technology in different cases. ... -
“Something was set between the words and the world”: Trauma and Testimony in the Poetry of World War II
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-07)Research in trauma theory in literature has gained prominence in the last couple of decades, especially since 1996, with the publication of Caruth’s Unclaimed Experience and Tal’s Worlds of Hurt. Trauma studies, however, ... -
Spanish as a second language in two english schools : a case study
Universitat Jaume I (2015)The aim of this project is to provide a portrait of second language learning in a foreign country (England) and to have an overall point of view about language learning in England from students. In the same line, Language ...