Modern Languages (School of): Recent submissions
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'Le vrai recueil des Sarcelles' of Nicolas Jouin : an edition with a linguistic study of the depicted sociolect and its Parisian connections
(University of St Andrews, 2008-11-27) - ThesisThis thesis aims to explore an aspect of the history of vernacular speech through analysis of some eighteenth century verse texts. These satirical anti-Jesuit pamphlets by Nicolas Jouin, known as the 'Sarcelades', were ... -
Self-definition through poetry in the work of Gloria Fuertes and Pilar Paz Pasamar in the period 1950-1970
(University of St Andrews, 2007-11-30) - ThesisBased on a comparative method of enquiry, this thesis analyses the process of self-definition expressed in the work of Gloria Fuertes (Madrid, 1917-1998) and Pilar Paz Pasamar (Jerez de la Frontera, 1933) as individual ... -
Memory and exile in the poetry of Luis Cernuda
(University of St Andrews, 2007-06-22) - ThesisLuis Cernuda (1902-1963) was exiled from Spain in 1938 due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. He lived in Great Britain, America and Mexico and he never returned to his homeland. Until the mid-1960s, he was considered ... -
The role of history in the recent Mexican novel: a study of five historical novels by Elena Garro, Carlos Fuentes, Fernando del Paso, Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Rosa Beltran
(University of St Andrews, 2007-06-22) - ThesisThis thesis sets out to investigate the development of the recent historical novel in Mexico by examining a corpus of five novels. Elena Garro’s 'Los recuerdos del porvenir' (1963) represents the final point of the novel ... -
Visual representation in the work of Joseph Roth, 1923-1932
(University of St Andrews, 2007-06-22) - ThesisThrough an examination of Joseph Roth’s reportage and fiction published between 1923 and 1932, this thesis seeks to provide a systematic analysis of a particular aspect of the author’s literary style, namely his use of ...