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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"European Languages and Societies"”.
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A Study of the Out-Of-Class Experiences of Saint Mary's College Students Studying in Maynooth, Ireland
… who studied in the Saint Mary's College Ireland Program in Maynooth, Ireland, during the 1998-1999 academic year. It examines (1) how the program orientation influenced students' desire to become involved in out-of-class activities, (2) how out-of-class experiences fostered students' learning …
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The Trauma of Stalinism Narrated in Varlam T. Shalamov's Kolymskie Rasskazy : Missiological Implications for Contemporary Russia
<p>Stalinism and the punitive system of the Gulag left an indelible stamp on the entire social matrix of Russia. Because of the multidimensional and multigenerational nature of the trauma of Stalinism, Russian society retains the label of a traumatized culture. This dissertation explores the …
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In Search of a Single Voice: The Politics of Form, Use and Belief in the Kernewek Language
… is based upon fieldwork performed between 2007 and 2011 in Cornwall, a region of Southwestern Britain notable for its ambiguous ethnic identity - caught between England and the Celtic nations - and its unique, revived Celtic language, Kernewek. During the course of the research, work focused …
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"And a sad ditty of this story born": Regeneration through Decay in John Keats's Isabella
… allegory for the death that surrounded the poet and his life’s tragic circumstances. <em>Isabella</em> has also been studied in regard to its gothic horror elements. Such previous readings identify a theme of mortality and decay within the poem, but I argue these themes serve a larger purpose, …
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The Cultural Memory Of German Victimhood In Post-1990 Popular German Literature And Television
… of Germans as victims of the Third Reich and the Second World War in post-1990 German memory. After unification, there no longer were two states that could each blame the other as the heir of National Socialism and this past had to be renegotiated. The claim that many Germans had been …
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Barcelona's Public Market System: Bridging the Gap Between the Global and the Local
… for a thriving future based on their theoretical and empirical grounding and commitment to both global influences as well as the local traditions of trade and consumption. This global/local balance keeps the markets relevant to contemporary consumers and allows them to have a well-rounded …
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Comparing the Reproductive Climates of Japan, Norway and Italy: A New Way of Looking at the Reasons for Low Fertility Rates
… is forming in Japan. The declining birthrate and graying of the population has made many government officials, sociologists, and scholars very anxious about what will happen when a nation begins to shrink. These same officials and scholars are also looking for a reason for the decline, and …
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An Escape from Language into Language: The Internal Exile of Louis Wolfson
<p>This paper aims to show how the life and work of American francophone author Louis Wolfson - who suffered from schizophrenia and underwent a self-imposed exile from his own mother tongue - might serve to illuminate European émigré writers' relationships to multilingualism.</p>
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When We Were Monsters: Ethnogenesis in Medieval Ireland 800-1366
… identity construction occurred in medieval Ireland as a reaction to laws passed by the first centralized government on the island. This thesis tracks ethnogenesis through documents relating to change in language, custom, and law. This argument provides insight into how a new political identity …
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Constructing the Christian: Agency and Emulation in Old English Poetry
… fusion between pre-existing Germanic ideals and Christian value-systems brought to England at the end of the sixth century - grapples energetically with the question of how people ought to live morally upright lives pleasing to God. In <em>Beowulf</em>, <em>Judith</em>, <em>Juliana</em>, and …
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The Ends of Plot: Rupture and Entanglement in <i>L’amica geniale</i>
… geniale</em>, within the larger tapestry of European novelistic discourses. It engages with conceptions of narrative structure put forth by critics like Ortega y Gasset, Brooks, and Winnett to understand how <em>L’amica geniale </em>offers cutting commentary on our exegetic practices and …
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Clemence of Barking and Valdes of Lyon: Two Contemporaneous Examples of Innovation in the Twelfth Century
… theory was being studied, Romanesque and Gothic art was being produced, scholasticism was being cultivated, and economic growth was being fostered by the rise of towns. These are just some of the developments that help give this era the well-known term “twelfth-century renaissance.” …
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Poems of Debate and Praise: Women as Published Authors in Sixteenth-Century France
… published poetic exchanges between men and women in sixteenth-century France provide new perspectives into how women writers operated in a literary culture whose main producers and dominant voice were male. Contrary to the notion repeated by many critics that women of that period were …
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Steps Toward Healing from the Possessive Other: The Vital Role of Fantastical Literature in Trauma Theory
<p>Fantastical narratives such as fairy tales and magical realist literature utilizes fantastic and intangible spaces to unpack that which is often beyond the limitations imposed on our understanding by reality: the stunting experience of individual and generational traumas. This study aims to …
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Europe’s Refugee Crisis: Assessing the Factors Preventing a Coordinated EU Response
… increasing political violence in the Middle East and Africa, many refugees are fleeing by sea to seek asylum in Europe. As a result, Europe has witnessed the highest influx of refugees since World War Two. European Union member states have scrambled for a solution, seemingly unable to form a …
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I Was Looking for God: A Study of Wehrmacht Personnel and their Personal Relationships with Religion
… in the field during World War II. Its brutality and discriminatory practices rivaled that of the Nazi paramilitary and police units dispatched alongside them in newly conquered areas during this conflict. Coming from a society that was not at all unfamiliar with Christianity, some within the …