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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Terry Pratchett"”.
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Recasting the social critic : social commentary in selected novels of Charles Dickens and Terry Pratchett
… in selected novels by Charles Dickens and Terry Pratchett. Charles Dickens has been considered a social commentator and critic by modern critics as much as his contemporaries. His novels aided in exposing several social problems present in Victorian England, which include the treatment of …
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"Who watches the watchmen?" Power Relationships in the Discworld Watch Series
… books from the popular Watch series written by Terry Pratchett in the period from 1994 to 2006 in order to analyze power relationships and the growth and character development of Samuel Vimes into a respected authority figure and a power-player of equal standing and importance as the ruler of …
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The many worlds of Liz Jordan
… is influenced by a number of writers, such as Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, and James Riley. Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels influenced my world’s overall tone. The boundaries of his creation allow for incredible adventures but promise an ultimately hopeful conclusion and outlook, and I have …
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Mediating influences in intracommunity brand engagement: The performance of brand faces and brand heroes on the brand stage
… series with a single brand hero: the author, Terry Pratchett. The second was the Brumbies rugby union team based in Canberra Australia, which has multiple brand faces and heroes in the players, coaches and managers. Data collection followed the ethnographic style of researcher embeddedness and …
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Mediating influences in intracommunity brand engagement: The performance of brand faces and brand heroes on the brand stage
… series with a single brand hero: the author, Terry Pratchett. The second was the Brumbies rugby union team based in Canberra Australia, which has multiple brand faces and heroes in the players, coaches and managers. Data collection followed the ethnographic style of researcher embeddedness and …
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Strategy and procedures for translating proper nouns and neologisms in Terry Pratchett’s fantasy novel Small Gods into Afrikaans
… translating proper nouns and neologisms used in Terry Pratchett’s Small Gods. It is limited to the study of the neologisms that act as proper nouns, and does not look at other neologisms in the novel. The study identifies translation procedures that retain the meaning potential of the proper …
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White Knowledge and the Cauldron of Story: The Use of Allusion in Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
<p>In the last twenty years, Terry Pratchett's Discworld series has become very popular. Pratchett's success hinges in part on his use of allusion, in what Tolkien called the "Cauldron of Story," and what Pratchett refers to as "white knowledge." This paper explores the Discworld novels and …