French Theses: Recent submissions
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The 'double movement' : parody in the work of Alain Robbe-Grillet, with particular reference to Un Régicide
(University of St Andrews, 1989-07) - ThesisThis thesis is entitled ‘The "double movement”: parody in the work of Alain Robbe-Grillet, with particular reference to Un Régicide’.The principle objective of the thesis is to illustrate how a re-assessment of Pour un ... -
The role of the correspondences in Gide's search for dialogue
(University of St Andrews, 1978-04) - ThesisThe aims of this thesis are to show that dialogue in Gide's correspondences is of primordial importance in helping Gide to establish and develop his artistic position and to provide adequate proof of the fact that artistic ... -
Alain, "Philosophe-Poète"
(University of St Andrews, 1997-01) - ThesisThe central theme of this thesis is Alain's insight into the nature of the cognitive experience of literature. Aware that subjective and non-analytical factors have their part to play in all forms of knowledge, Alain grew ... -
The emergence of the proletarian novel in France (1890-1914) and its critical reception : a study of the works of Charles Louis-Philippe, Emile Guillaumin, Eugène Le Roy, Marguerite Audoux and Lucien Jean
(University of St Andrews, 1983-07) - ThesisThere were two principal aims which inspired the writing of this thesis. The first was to fill a gap in English scholarship by presenting, in necessarily attenuated form, to English readers what scholars like Edouard ... -
The challenge of the image : readings in the crisis of auto(bio)graphical self-representation : [with particular reference to Rousseau, Valéry and Barthes]
(University of St Andrews, 1999-03) - ThesisThis thesis focuses on the 'challenge of the image' to self-perception and a central sense of selfhood. It suggests that, as a result of the trigger provided by this challenge, new intuitions of selfhood and new forms of ...