French Theses: Recent submissions
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Re-telling the stories of artists who are women : lessons from the multimedial fictions of George Sand
(2024-06-12) - ThesisThis study analyses George Sand’s depictions of artists as women creating in multiple art forms (as writers, actresses, musicians, and painters) to disclose Sand’s innovative narrative strategies that allow alternative ... -
Heroes of the natural world in selected works of Jean Giono and D.H. Lawrence
(University of St Andrews, 1986) - ThesisThe purpose of this thesis is to identify and to define the heroes of the natural world in selected works of Jean Giono and D. H. Lawrence. The natural characters, personages whose literary representation is partially ... -
Madame de Genlis : environment, citizenship, and the nation in post-revolutionary France
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - ThesisThrough an ecocritical lens, this thesis investigates the interrelatedness of the themes of environment, citizenship, and nation in Madame de Genlis’s depiction of post-Revolutionary France. At the heart of the ecocritical ... -
Notions of time and epoch in contemporary French fiction: Montalbetti, Lenoir & Pireyre
(University of St Andrews, 2018-12-07) - ThesisThis thesis examines the notions of time and epoch through the works of three contemporary French authors: Christine Montalbetti, Hélène Lenoir and Emmanuelle Pireyre. The theoretical framework for this study draws upon ...