Modern Languages (School of): Recent submissions
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Melancholy imagination in Ausias March and the Florentine Neoplatonists
(University of St Andrews, 1982) - ThesisThis thesis focuses primarily on the work of the Valencian poet, Ausias March (1398 - 1459), who was revered by the first two generations of Petrarquistas in Golden Age Spain, and in particular by Juan Boscán and Garcilaso ... -
Rhetoric and the art of the French tragic actor (1620-1750) : the place of 'pronuntiatio' in the stage tradition
(University of St Andrews, 1982-06) - ThesisIn seventeenth-century France a new type of theatre was established to correspond to the ideals and taste of the dominant social group. As part of the process a particular ideal was forged for the new-style actor. Moulded ... -
Aspects of the production and use of slang in the Spanish of Barranquilla, Colombia
(University of St Andrews, 1980) - ThesisThe thesis presents a general analysis of the semantic processes involved in the production of slang in Barranquilla and of its use, particularly in relation to popular culture, socio-economic class and education. The ... -
Where angels fear to tread : a tentative study of the language of prehistoric Basque
(1984-07) - ThesisThis work is an investigation into the possible age of part of the lexical content of the Basque language-today a linguistic isolate in the western Pyrenees. It examines firstly the chronological development of the various ... -
Calderón's 'Arte nuevo' in the first act of 'El médico de su honra'
(University of St Andrews, 1983-07) - ThesisEl Medico de su Honra is one of Calderón's most controversial plays. Criticism in the past has largely concentrated on its imagery, its treatment of the honour theme, its portrayal of the King and its relationship to wider ...