Modern Languages (School of): Recent submissions
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The fairy tale on the old Viennese stage
(University of St Andrews, 1987) - ThesisThe thesis deals with fairy tales on the Viennese stage and their narrative sources from the beginning of the eighteenth century to 1848. In the introductory chapter a statistical analysis of fairy tales illustrates that ... -
Edition and study (mostly linguistic) of a section of an Anglo-Norman translation of the Bible (14th century) : the Acts of the Apostles in MSS B.N. fr. 1 & 9562
(University of St Andrews, 1955) - ThesisThis Edition and Study of the Acts of the Apostles was undertaken with a view to throwing some fresh light on the problems, linguistic and other, raised by the Anglo-Norman Bible. Although quite often mentioned in books ... -
Liminality as identity in four novels by Ben Okri and Tahar ben Jelloun
(University of St Andrews, 2001) - ThesisThis thesis compares two novels each by Nigerian writer Ben Okri and Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun. By examining apparently transformative moments in the lives of each protagonist, Azaro and Zahra, its principal aim ... -
Negotiating home spaces: spatial practices in Italian postcolonial literature
(2015) - ThesisThis thesis analyses a selection of Italian postcolonial novels from a spatial perspective, exploring the ways in which specific spaces come to play crucial roles in the narration. By investigating the work of Cristina ... -
The German language and Reunification 1990 : the effect of emotion on the use of modal particles in East and West Berlin
(2002) - ThesisThe thesis looks at the language of Germany before and after unification in 1990. In particular the language of the German Democratic Republic before the Wende is examined and the subsequent changes within it. Furthermore, ...