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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Italian Language and Literature"”.
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Le Rime di Giovanni De'Mantelli di Canobio, detto Tartaglia (Cod. Grey 7.b.5)
… to be undertaken of this manuscript and of its contents. Before a reconstruction of the text could.be attempted, problems of authorship, provenance and dating of the manuscript itself as well as of the poems containing verifiable historical allusions required to be resolved. The …
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Maria Messina : her works
… significant for their contribution to the understanding of both women's literature and the position of the woman in a patriarchal society during the period of Fascist control of Italy. Although there is growing interest in Messina's works, no full-length study exists which combines a general …
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L'imperialismo, come la lebbra, si cura con la morte": intesecting narratives in Ennio Flaiano's Tempo di uccidere
… Italo-Ethiopian War, it is a work that, notwithstanding its ostensibly "realist" subject matter, displays a palpable dissonance with the coeval cultural and literary landscape of post-war Italy, then dominated by the age of neorealism. With Tempo di uccidere, Flaiano chooses to counter the largely …
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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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Magic Performances: Rituals and Practice in Italian Theatre and Culture, 1520–1650
<p>My dissertation investigates theatrical and historical sources that deal with early modern magic, in order to re-evaluate its role in Italian society between the 16th and the mid-17th century. During this period, many were the attempts carried out by the Catholic Church to avoid the spread of …
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Pietro Bembo’s Bias: Patronage, History, and the Italic Wars
<p>During the Italic Wars, the Italian peninsula experienced foreign invasions and internal discord between rivaling duchies and city-states. Florence and Venice both faced internal and external discord due to the constant wars and political in fighting. Venetian Pietro Bembo wrote historical …
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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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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
… 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 representative and reporter of the France's suburbs, la …
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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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Chateaubriand's René as a Philosophical Reaction to the Enlightenment and Early Romantic Sentiment
<p>For over 200 years “René&rqduo; Chateaubriand's short fictional interlude in his grand argument for the restoration of Christianity after the French Revolution, has been read as the founding text of the French Romantic movement. While this text did in fact serve to define many of the …
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Rituel du retour dans l'oeuvre de Gabrielle Roy
… the themes that are ever present in her texts and of particular interest to readers is her preoccupation with the past. The text of Mircea Eliade is important to the theoretical framework of the following thesis. His postulating that human beings constantly repeat their past to find meaning to …
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Discourse Analysis of Ethnonyms for Black Italians on YouTube
… been various studies on the intersection of race and national identity for the African diaspora, but there has not been many on how language is used to evoke a stance on identity. This project focuses on the how ethnonyms, or names given to an ethnic group, are assigned to Black Italians in online …
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Marcel Schwob Digital Collection
<p>This project outlines the discovery and digitization of previously unpublished correspondence composed by late 19th century author and literary critic, Marcel Schwob. Inspired by the inquiry of Bibliothèque Nationale Librarian Bernard Gauthier, Professor Daryl Lee alerted me to the presence of …
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The French Expatriate Assignment: Helping Accompanying Spouses to Adapt by Assuming the Role of Anthropologist
… to exchange technology, launch new ventures, and facilitate communication within the company. To do this, multinational companies must make a number of decisions regarding their expatriate programs. Even though international companies would rather stay focused on the professional performance …
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Balanced at the Last Straw: Reflections on Sandwich Generation
… is a multimedia hybrid collection of poems and essays in two parts: written poetry collection and recorded poetry album. The album includes an accompanying reading list. This project is about coping with caretaking, neuro-divergence, deep, fierce love, and the frustrations of balancing my …
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Hidden Doublings: A Context for Understanding Jean d'Arras's Mélusine ou la Noble Histoire de Lusignan
… the navel down every Saturday, married a knight and founded the fortress of Lusignan. In his introduction to the tale Jean d’Arras presents the ideas of four authority figures to convince the reader that fantastical things are possible and that his work should be taken seriously. These authority …
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