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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"French and Francophone Language and Literature"”.
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Voyage and Discovery: Myth and Memory of the Canadian New World
The New World, the unknown lands of the west, for the French explorers of the early 16th century, are filled with strange and new peoples, unknown customs and seemingly incomprehensible savagery. When Jacques Cartier, André Thevet and François Rabelais' Pantagruel set sail from France towards the …
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Global Wreckage and Consumer Illusions: Responses to the Human Effects of Economic Globalization in Sub-Saharan African Francophone Novels and Films, 1973-2006
<p>My study examines a group of nine novels and films set in Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Cameroon and Gabon written and produced between 1973 and 2006 in which "the West" and its international finance network are depicted as the fundamental contemporary world power that wields a destructive …
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Quant Se Depart Li Jolis Tans: Betrayal In The Songs Of Medieval French Women
… betrayal by the family, betrayal by the lover, and betrayal by the lauzengiers and the mesdixants. Family betrayal included being sent to a nunnery against her will as either punishment for having a lover or as a means of marrying the woman to God when an appropriate suitor could not be …
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Voltaire: From Sacrificial to Judicial System in the Play The Orphan of China
Voltaire began his career in literature by writing for the theater. One of his plays, The Orphan of China, was an adaptation of a Chinese play, The Orphan of the Mansion Tchao. Many critics contend that in this play Voltaire is: 1. Propagating the spirit of the Enlightenment to the Europeans via …
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Bodies in Transgression: Exploring Same-Sex Relations in Contemporary Francophone Caribbean Literature
… is fraught with complexities, often hidden, and treated as a threat to cultural and moral values. In a region known for prolific literary production, few authors have portrayed same-sex relations, and when they do, discourses of silence, discrimination, and violence dominate. Bodies in …
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A Translation and Analysis of Spring's Bride by Mohammed Dib: Creating a Space for Indigenous North African Drama
… University, contains numerous manuscripts in the French language from dramatists all over the world. One of those manuscripts, <em>La fiancée du printemps </em>by Mohammed Dib, is my own translation of the text from French into English, now titled <em>Spring’s Bride</em>. The text operates as a …
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Les pas perdus: Images of Feet and Shoes in Surrealist Art
<p>Although feet and shoes appear throughout surrealist visual art, their significance within surrealist theory has not been studied as thoroughly as other familiar themes of surrealist art, such as the eye or the hat. The purpose of this project is to recover feet and shoes from their lowly …
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29 MAI 2005 : Le "NON" Franais au traite Etablissant une Constitution pour l'Europe: analyse d'un Evenement historique, symbole d'un malaise
<p>Le but de cette thèse est de présenter une vue d’ensemble du Traité constitutionnel européen, et d’apporter une explication quant à son rejet par une majorité d’électeurs français lors du référendum tenu le 29 mai 2005. Dans un premier temps, nous présenterons les fondements et principes de …
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La Guérison par le Récit chez Gabrielle Roy
… to a specific definition of elusive happiness and after discovering that they also are plagued by a fixation to some type of Freudian trauma, the readers can recognize similar behavior in themselves. Though likely they were unconscious of their ongoing distress before, now it becomes clear that …
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VERS UNE ECOCRITIQUE POSTCOLONIALE AFRICAINE: L’ENVIRONNEMENT DANS LES LITTERATURES AFRICAINES DE LANGUE FRANÇAISE
… relationships with colonialism, neocolonialism and globalization; but there is not enough literary emphasis on this environmental centrality. This work contributes in bridging the gap between African Francophone Literatures and the environmental discourses. This dissertation is the literary …
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Ionesco's Absurd Anthropology
… devoir</em>, <em>La Jeune fille à marier</em>, and <em>La Leçon</em>. These plays are investigated with the help of anthropologist René Girard's theory on ritual, violence, and sacrifice. Since these elements are recurring themes in Ionesco's plays, Girard's theory is a useful key to unlocking …
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Je vis, donc je vois, donc je dis: Banlieue Violence in French Rap
Since its creation over two decades ago, French rap music has evolved to become both wildly popular and highly controversial. It has been the subject of legal debate because of its violent content, and accused of encouraging violent behavior. This thesis explores the French M.C.'s role as …
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Serial Killer: Gustave Flaubert's Pro-Woman, Woman-Killing <i>Madame Bovary</i>
… <em>Madame Bovary</em>, all of whom are married and/ or mothers in the novel, in order to overtly represent the impossible conditions of womanhood and domestic life in nineteenth century France. Further, I will expose the ways in which Flaubert, through these killings, aims to release his woman …
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Spatial Practices of Icarian Communism
… to the 1848 Revolution in France, a democrat and communist named Étienne Cabet organized one of the largest worker's movements in Europe. Called "Icarians," members of this party ascribed to the social philosophy and utopian vision outlined in Cabet's 1840 novel, <em>Voyage en Icarie</em>, …
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