Modern Languages Theses: Recent submissions
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Marriage and desire in seventeenth-century French comedy
(2015-06-25) - ThesisThis thesis re-examines the role of marriage in the golden age of seventeenth-century French comedy. It reconsiders received wisdom on the subject to challenge acceptance of the final promise of marriage as a dénouement ... -
The dynamics of literary translation : a case study from English to Persian
(2014-12-01) - ThesisThis thesis aims to elucidate the translation process by devising a way of retrieving evidence of this process from its output. It further aims to assess the claims made by some scholars concerning the possible existence ... -
A social-psychological study of foreign learners' attitudes and behaviours towards model varieties of English speech
(2014-12-01) - ThesisThis thesis attempts to bridge the gap between Social Psychology and Sociolinguistics by exploring the relationship between language attitudes and language use. Using a sample of 71 university students in Spain, it ... -
Humour as political resistance and social criticism: Mexican comics and cinema, 1969-1976.
(2012-06-21) - ThesisThis research focuses on the study of Mexican comics and films from 1969 to 1976. It uses the language of humour to understand how these media expressed contemporary social and political concerns. After reviewing theories ... -
The relationship between ilm and khabar in the work of al-Shafii
(1999) - ThesisThis study examines in detail the basis of al-Shafi`i's arguments for the supremacy of oral tradition over communal legal practice. It concentrates on one broad issue, the definition of `ilm (knowledge) and one technical ...