‘Removing the Mask’. Feminist Confessional Lyricism in the Work of Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift
Authorship
J.G.M.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
J.G.M.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 09:00
07.16.2024 09:00
Summary
Both Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift are figures whose work is endowed with a feminist agenda. Despite their different artistic careers, it is possible to trace some parallelisms between their works such as, for instance, the intimate link between their lives and the art they produced or the confessional dimension of much of their work. Building upon these premises, this dissertation seeks to analyse the work of both artists as part of the tradition of confessional lyricism. Both artists avail themselves of this kind of writing to create an intimate form of lyricism that also reflects their feminist agenda. In order to carry out such a study, I will carry out a close reading of a selection of works by Plath and Swift, grounding my analysis in feminist theory as well as critical works dealing with confessional poetry. The structure of the dissertation will consist of two main parts. The first part will be devoted to the theoretical framework, delving into feminist criticism and confessional poetry. Subsequently, the second part will provide a close reading of a series of poems by Sylvia Plath and a set of lyrics by Taylor Swift, to trace the parallelisms that can be drawn between the lyrical work of these two figures. Thus, this comparative study aims to demonstrate how Plath and Swift utilized the confessional mode in an attempt to handle societal expectations, feminine experience, and personal concerns.
Both Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift are figures whose work is endowed with a feminist agenda. Despite their different artistic careers, it is possible to trace some parallelisms between their works such as, for instance, the intimate link between their lives and the art they produced or the confessional dimension of much of their work. Building upon these premises, this dissertation seeks to analyse the work of both artists as part of the tradition of confessional lyricism. Both artists avail themselves of this kind of writing to create an intimate form of lyricism that also reflects their feminist agenda. In order to carry out such a study, I will carry out a close reading of a selection of works by Plath and Swift, grounding my analysis in feminist theory as well as critical works dealing with confessional poetry. The structure of the dissertation will consist of two main parts. The first part will be devoted to the theoretical framework, delving into feminist criticism and confessional poetry. Subsequently, the second part will provide a close reading of a series of poems by Sylvia Plath and a set of lyrics by Taylor Swift, to trace the parallelisms that can be drawn between the lyrical work of these two figures. Thus, this comparative study aims to demonstrate how Plath and Swift utilized the confessional mode in an attempt to handle societal expectations, feminine experience, and personal concerns.
Direction
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
Methodological approach to teaching FLE at CLM (USC) focused on learner profiles and error analysis.
Authorship
A.D.V.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
A.D.V.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.17.2024 11:00
07.17.2024 11:00
Summary
This dissertation is the result of our experience as observers for two months of a C1 level course given at the Centre for Modern Languages at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Our main aim is to analyse the methodologies used by the teacher and how they are adapted to the needs of the students taking part in the course. We will also present the different methods used in the course and provide some examples of the material used during our placement. We will focus on a detailed description of the organisation and structure of the course, paying particular attention to the different learner profiles, as well as to the typology of the most common errors observed during the learning process, in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations proposed by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). We will conclude our study with an overall evaluation of the course, attempting to compare it with other types of teaching provided within our faculty.
This dissertation is the result of our experience as observers for two months of a C1 level course given at the Centre for Modern Languages at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Our main aim is to analyse the methodologies used by the teacher and how they are adapted to the needs of the students taking part in the course. We will also present the different methods used in the course and provide some examples of the material used during our placement. We will focus on a detailed description of the organisation and structure of the course, paying particular attention to the different learner profiles, as well as to the typology of the most common errors observed during the learning process, in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations proposed by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). We will conclude our study with an overall evaluation of the course, attempting to compare it with other types of teaching provided within our faculty.
Direction
PINO SERRANO, Mª DOLORES LAURA (Tutorships)
PINO SERRANO, Mª DOLORES LAURA (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
The role of Loia in the Galician literary field and in the works of Lois Pereiro
Authorship
E.R.R.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
E.R.R.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 12:30
06.19.2024 12:30
Summary
The goal of the present work is to analyze the role of the magazine or zine, as it will be referred to later on, Loia in two senses: as a personal artifact of expression in its period’s literary field and as a starting point in the works of Lois Pereiro. To achieve this goal, a three section structure was envisioned: in the first one a panoramic will be made about the situation about Galician literature during Francoism and the postwar period, to later delve into the concept of literary field developed by Pierre Bourdieu to the analysis of the relationships between old and young people. Following that, the strategies of the poetic groups and the importance of the group Brais Pinto as a direct forerunner of Loia will be highlighted. The second section, apart from clarifying conceptual differences between magazine, fanzine and zine, will be devoted to an analysis of Loia as an artifact, developing different aspects of the publication and the evolution perceived in the course of its four issues. Finally, the third and last section will be dedicated to the analysis of the characteristics of the group Loia and this zine as a teenage transit to the later works of poet Lois Pereiro, establishing a dialog between his youth and maturity poetry, and delving into his thought.
The goal of the present work is to analyze the role of the magazine or zine, as it will be referred to later on, Loia in two senses: as a personal artifact of expression in its period’s literary field and as a starting point in the works of Lois Pereiro. To achieve this goal, a three section structure was envisioned: in the first one a panoramic will be made about the situation about Galician literature during Francoism and the postwar period, to later delve into the concept of literary field developed by Pierre Bourdieu to the analysis of the relationships between old and young people. Following that, the strategies of the poetic groups and the importance of the group Brais Pinto as a direct forerunner of Loia will be highlighted. The second section, apart from clarifying conceptual differences between magazine, fanzine and zine, will be devoted to an analysis of Loia as an artifact, developing different aspects of the publication and the evolution perceived in the course of its four issues. Finally, the third and last section will be dedicated to the analysis of the characteristics of the group Loia and this zine as a teenage transit to the later works of poet Lois Pereiro, establishing a dialog between his youth and maturity poetry, and delving into his thought.
Direction
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Tutorships)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Tutorships)
Court
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Chairman)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Chairman)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
Exploring the notions of cultism and paganism through Lovecraft´s short stories
Authorship
A.R.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.R.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.18.2024 12:00
07.18.2024 12:00
Summary
This final thesis will focus on the work of the American author, H.P. Lovecraft. The main concern of this TFG is related to the instances of cultism and paganism that appear in certain of this author's stories. The target short stories for this analysis will be The Call of Cthulhu and The Shadow Over lnnsmouth. The focus of this work is devoted to identifying the pagan cults described in these short stories, as well as exploring why the characters in these short stories seem to engage with pagan cults and the reasons for their exclusion from society. With the object of analyzing these themes, major definitions of the terms cultism and paganism will be provided, as well as a thorough textual analysis of the cultic manifestations within the selected texts. The main concern will be centered on analyzing cultism and paganism as instances of worldbuilding that enrich these short stories. In addition, another major concern of this thesis will be exploring reasons why these cults surge and how they engage with the plot of the stories, apart from understanding the impact that cults have on individuals and the population. Along the sa me line, it will be analyzed the interna! function of these cultic groups, the type of practices shown within the stories, and the consequences of these cults within the fictional society that Lovecraft created for these short stories.
This final thesis will focus on the work of the American author, H.P. Lovecraft. The main concern of this TFG is related to the instances of cultism and paganism that appear in certain of this author's stories. The target short stories for this analysis will be The Call of Cthulhu and The Shadow Over lnnsmouth. The focus of this work is devoted to identifying the pagan cults described in these short stories, as well as exploring why the characters in these short stories seem to engage with pagan cults and the reasons for their exclusion from society. With the object of analyzing these themes, major definitions of the terms cultism and paganism will be provided, as well as a thorough textual analysis of the cultic manifestations within the selected texts. The main concern will be centered on analyzing cultism and paganism as instances of worldbuilding that enrich these short stories. In addition, another major concern of this thesis will be exploring reasons why these cults surge and how they engage with the plot of the stories, apart from understanding the impact that cults have on individuals and the population. Along the sa me line, it will be analyzed the interna! function of these cultic groups, the type of practices shown within the stories, and the consequences of these cults within the fictional society that Lovecraft created for these short stories.
Direction
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Student’s tutor)
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Student’s tutor)
Proposal for the analysis of polysemy in Spanish and German: a corpus study.
Authorship
J.V.V.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
J.V.V.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.15.2024 10:00
07.15.2024 10:00
Summary
This work deals with the phenomenon of polysemy in German and Spanish. In the first chapter, the main aspects of lexical polysemy are presented. After presenting the theoretical principles of polysemy, I will approach this phenomenon on the basis of corpus data. For this reason, I will also deal with the basic principles of corpus linguistics. In particular, I will describe the OPUS Parallel Corpus, on which the analysis of this work is based. In the empirical part, I will use the OPUS Corpus in order to investigate how polysemy is represented in the two compared languages. Specifically, I will analyse cooccurrences of polysemous words in both language directions, i.e. Spanish-German and German-Spanish. In doing so, I endeavour to obtain a general overview of the reproduction of polysemous cases from a contrastive perspective. Conclusions are drawn in a final chapter.
This work deals with the phenomenon of polysemy in German and Spanish. In the first chapter, the main aspects of lexical polysemy are presented. After presenting the theoretical principles of polysemy, I will approach this phenomenon on the basis of corpus data. For this reason, I will also deal with the basic principles of corpus linguistics. In particular, I will describe the OPUS Parallel Corpus, on which the analysis of this work is based. In the empirical part, I will use the OPUS Corpus in order to investigate how polysemy is represented in the two compared languages. Specifically, I will analyse cooccurrences of polysemous words in both language directions, i.e. Spanish-German and German-Spanish. In doing so, I endeavour to obtain a general overview of the reproduction of polysemous cases from a contrastive perspective. Conclusions are drawn in a final chapter.
Direction
DOMINGUEZ VAZQUEZ, MARIA JOSE (Tutorships)
DOMINGUEZ VAZQUEZ, MARIA JOSE (Tutorships)
Court
SABATE PLANES, MARIA DOLORES (Chairman)
GONZALEZ MIRANDA, EMILIO (Secretary)
DOVAL REIXA, IRENE (Member)
SABATE PLANES, MARIA DOLORES (Chairman)
GONZALEZ MIRANDA, EMILIO (Secretary)
DOVAL REIXA, IRENE (Member)
A case study of epicene pronouns in Indian and Philippine English
Authorship
N.L.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
N.L.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.15.2024 09:30
07.15.2024 09:30
Summary
Epicene pronouns have been around in the English language for centuries, yet it is only recently that they have attracted considerable scholarly attention (see, among others, Newman 1998; Balhorn 2004). An epicene pronoun can be defined as a pronoun that refers to an antecedent regardless of its gender (Stormbom 2020: 2); however, these pronouns may disagree with the number and gender of the generic antecedent. Among such pronouns we find the use of generic he, coordinations such as he or she and s/he and singular they, as shown in examples (1)-(3): (1) If a student is getting a low grade, he might want to go talk to the teacher. (Balhorn, 2004: 79) (2) And the nicest thing about laughter is that the moment a person laughs, he or she is never more himself. (Newman, 1998: 364) (3) Everyone takes their time finding a seat. (Balhorn, 2004: 79) This present final-year dissertation is also concerned with epicene pronouns and looks specifically at the usage of the forms he or she, s/he and singular they in two varieties of English of the so-called Outer Circle (Kachru 1985), in particular Indian and Philippine English. The study is structured in two main parts. The first part, comprising chapters 2 and 3, presents the literature review on epicene pronouns, with a broad overview of their history and the problems entailed by their use. Chapter 3 introduces the methodology of the current study, which is corpus-based. In particular, the corpus which will be used here is the Corpus of Global Web-Based English (GloWbE). The second major part of the dissertation is chapter 4, which introduces the actual study conducted on the usage of these forms in Indian and Philippine English on the basis of data from GloWbE. Finally, some conclusions will be presented in chapter 5.
Epicene pronouns have been around in the English language for centuries, yet it is only recently that they have attracted considerable scholarly attention (see, among others, Newman 1998; Balhorn 2004). An epicene pronoun can be defined as a pronoun that refers to an antecedent regardless of its gender (Stormbom 2020: 2); however, these pronouns may disagree with the number and gender of the generic antecedent. Among such pronouns we find the use of generic he, coordinations such as he or she and s/he and singular they, as shown in examples (1)-(3): (1) If a student is getting a low grade, he might want to go talk to the teacher. (Balhorn, 2004: 79) (2) And the nicest thing about laughter is that the moment a person laughs, he or she is never more himself. (Newman, 1998: 364) (3) Everyone takes their time finding a seat. (Balhorn, 2004: 79) This present final-year dissertation is also concerned with epicene pronouns and looks specifically at the usage of the forms he or she, s/he and singular they in two varieties of English of the so-called Outer Circle (Kachru 1985), in particular Indian and Philippine English. The study is structured in two main parts. The first part, comprising chapters 2 and 3, presents the literature review on epicene pronouns, with a broad overview of their history and the problems entailed by their use. Chapter 3 introduces the methodology of the current study, which is corpus-based. In particular, the corpus which will be used here is the Corpus of Global Web-Based English (GloWbE). The second major part of the dissertation is chapter 4, which introduces the actual study conducted on the usage of these forms in Indian and Philippine English on the basis of data from GloWbE. Finally, some conclusions will be presented in chapter 5.
Direction
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Tutorships)
PEREIRA ROMASANTA, RAQUEL (Co-tutorships)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Tutorships)
PEREIRA ROMASANTA, RAQUEL (Co-tutorships)
Court
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Student’s tutor)
PEREIRA ROMASANTA, RAQUEL (Student’s tutor)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Student’s tutor)
PEREIRA ROMASANTA, RAQUEL (Student’s tutor)
Game-based learning: a proposal for the teaching of Galician
Authorship
A.V.A.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
A.V.A.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
02.14.2024 11:15
02.14.2024 11:15
Summary
In recent years, innovative methods have emerged in the field of teaching that represent an educational renewal. One of these methods is game-based learning, which consists in the use, adaptation or creation of games in order to be used in the classroom for educational purposes and as a resource to improve and increase learning. More specifically, the use of games can improve the language competence of students, as it allows them to increase their communication skills. Having to use language to be able to play makes it allow us to practice both understanding and expression of the language to study in a motivating and fun context. This work aims to study the didactic proposals that promote the use of games for more effective learning, applying them in a proposal for teaching Galician to foreigners. To that end, first, we will offer a general characterization of game-based learning, contrasting it with gamification and focusing on its interest in language teaching. Next, we will make a specific teaching proposal for Galician and we will present the criteria used for the selection of the games. Finally, we will offer some conclusions.
In recent years, innovative methods have emerged in the field of teaching that represent an educational renewal. One of these methods is game-based learning, which consists in the use, adaptation or creation of games in order to be used in the classroom for educational purposes and as a resource to improve and increase learning. More specifically, the use of games can improve the language competence of students, as it allows them to increase their communication skills. Having to use language to be able to play makes it allow us to practice both understanding and expression of the language to study in a motivating and fun context. This work aims to study the didactic proposals that promote the use of games for more effective learning, applying them in a proposal for teaching Galician to foreigners. To that end, first, we will offer a general characterization of game-based learning, contrasting it with gamification and focusing on its interest in language teaching. Next, we will make a specific teaching proposal for Galician and we will present the criteria used for the selection of the games. Finally, we will offer some conclusions.
Direction
ALVAREZ DE LA GRANJA, MARIA (Tutorships)
ALVAREZ DE LA GRANJA, MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
ALVAREZ DE LA GRANJA, MARIA (Student’s tutor)
ALVAREZ DE LA GRANJA, MARIA (Student’s tutor)
Analysis of the processes of transmission and maintenance of the Galician language on the Costa da Morte
Authorship
L.P.L.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
L.P.L.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 12:00
06.20.2024 12:00
Summary
The aim of this Final Degree Project is to investigate the situation of intergenerational transmission of Galician in families in the westernmost area of the Costa da Morte. In bilingual contexts such as the case of Galicia, the decisions of families regarding the linguistic acquisition of their descendants are conditioned by other social factors, which can trigger processes of linguistic substitution or change. Based on a series of works carried out by students of Sociolinguistics of the Degree in Galician Language and Literature (USC), compiled in the corpus A lingua das familias (ILG), in which the sociolinguistic history of a family is reconstructed over three generations (grandfather/grandmother, father/mother, son/daughter), the aim is to know both the role played by the different models of families in the transmission of the language and their different motivations, so the socio-historical and demographic context of each of the generations will also be taken into account.
The aim of this Final Degree Project is to investigate the situation of intergenerational transmission of Galician in families in the westernmost area of the Costa da Morte. In bilingual contexts such as the case of Galicia, the decisions of families regarding the linguistic acquisition of their descendants are conditioned by other social factors, which can trigger processes of linguistic substitution or change. Based on a series of works carried out by students of Sociolinguistics of the Degree in Galician Language and Literature (USC), compiled in the corpus A lingua das familias (ILG), in which the sociolinguistic history of a family is reconstructed over three generations (grandfather/grandmother, father/mother, son/daughter), the aim is to know both the role played by the different models of families in the transmission of the language and their different motivations, so the socio-historical and demographic context of each of the generations will also be taken into account.
Direction
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Tutorships)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Tutorships)
Court
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
The song in the FLE class : a didactic approach.
Authorship
C.F.M.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
C.F.M.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
06.20.2024 10:30
06.20.2024 10:30
Summary
Songs have been part of the didactic resources for teaching/learning French for several decades, but are they still relevant today? The aim of this paper is to analyse the use of music as a didactic tool in FLE teaching/learning, as studies have shown that it has a positive impact on learners' attitudes and offers them the opportunity to develop their creativity while consolidating their command of the language. Firstly, we will look at how it has evolved over time, taking into account different methodologies and the introduction of authentic documents in the classroom. Secondly, we will review the latest approaches that introduce song as a teaching resource, with a special focus on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), which we will use as a basis for analysing the four language skills: listening comprehension, reading comprehension, speaking and writing. In addition, we will present the advantages of using music to reinforce knowledge through certain human capacities such as musical memory. Finally, we will try to design a didactic unit for students of level B1 of the CEFR, in which linguistic contents are introduced and applied through songs. Thus, we will try to show the usefulness of this playful and didactic resource which enriches, in our opinion, the teaching/learning process in FLE classes. In fact, we believe that it offers advantages such as the approach to another culture or the improvement not only of pronunciation and active listening, but also an enrichment of vocabulary.
Songs have been part of the didactic resources for teaching/learning French for several decades, but are they still relevant today? The aim of this paper is to analyse the use of music as a didactic tool in FLE teaching/learning, as studies have shown that it has a positive impact on learners' attitudes and offers them the opportunity to develop their creativity while consolidating their command of the language. Firstly, we will look at how it has evolved over time, taking into account different methodologies and the introduction of authentic documents in the classroom. Secondly, we will review the latest approaches that introduce song as a teaching resource, with a special focus on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), which we will use as a basis for analysing the four language skills: listening comprehension, reading comprehension, speaking and writing. In addition, we will present the advantages of using music to reinforce knowledge through certain human capacities such as musical memory. Finally, we will try to design a didactic unit for students of level B1 of the CEFR, in which linguistic contents are introduced and applied through songs. Thus, we will try to show the usefulness of this playful and didactic resource which enriches, in our opinion, the teaching/learning process in FLE classes. In fact, we believe that it offers advantages such as the approach to another culture or the improvement not only of pronunciation and active listening, but also an enrichment of vocabulary.
Direction
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Tutorships)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
Songs as a source for EFL
Authorship
A.L.T.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.L.T.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.15.2024 12:00
07.15.2024 12:00
Summary
This dissertation will focus on the use of music and song lyrics as tools for learning English as a second language in both formal and (online) informal contexts, and on their importance in motivating the learner. In recent years, and thanks to the new technologies and Internet, we all have different methods and tools to learn English as a foreign language. Some of these tools are platforms where you can watch videos, listen to music (which provide the perfect context for (online) incidental or informal learning), or even applications explicitly designed to teach the language more formally. There has been extensive research on this topic, and it has been shown that the use of songs helps to improve different language skills and different language areas, as it helps to acquire new vocabulary, or a better pronunciation of the foreign sounds. For instance, Wray and Perkins (2000) explained that the repetition of words and grammatical formulas helps the listener to memorize it. Furthermore, some authors (Bartle, 1962; Kanel, 2000) studied how the use of music in EFLT reduces boredom and motivates the learners. Therefore, the purpose of this study is doublefold: on the one hand, to offer a comprehensive review of research on the role of music in EFL formal and informal learning, and, on the other hand, to carry out a survey study exploring learners and/or teachers’ views of this topic.
This dissertation will focus on the use of music and song lyrics as tools for learning English as a second language in both formal and (online) informal contexts, and on their importance in motivating the learner. In recent years, and thanks to the new technologies and Internet, we all have different methods and tools to learn English as a foreign language. Some of these tools are platforms where you can watch videos, listen to music (which provide the perfect context for (online) incidental or informal learning), or even applications explicitly designed to teach the language more formally. There has been extensive research on this topic, and it has been shown that the use of songs helps to improve different language skills and different language areas, as it helps to acquire new vocabulary, or a better pronunciation of the foreign sounds. For instance, Wray and Perkins (2000) explained that the repetition of words and grammatical formulas helps the listener to memorize it. Furthermore, some authors (Bartle, 1962; Kanel, 2000) studied how the use of music in EFLT reduces boredom and motivates the learners. Therefore, the purpose of this study is doublefold: on the one hand, to offer a comprehensive review of research on the role of music in EFL formal and informal learning, and, on the other hand, to carry out a survey study exploring learners and/or teachers’ views of this topic.
Direction
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Student’s tutor)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Student’s tutor)
Animartials: animal cycles in Martial's epigrams.
Authorship
F.L.L.R.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
F.L.L.R.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
Defense date
07.16.2024 09:15
07.16.2024 09:15
Summary
Marcus Valerius Martial (38/41, 104 d. C.), Hispanic poet specialized in the epigram genre, a literary framework devalued and left apart in his time, achieved to take place between the great classics using weapons of his own medium, scorn and ridicule. The material of this work will be the animal representations in his full opus, consistent in 15 books. One main point will be to know the genre which Martial work with, understand the epigram’s functions and common uses, as well as structure and association in books, as a theoretical basic to deepen into the main topic of this work. To achieve this analysis, points such as bit presence and importance of animals will be looked up, lumping them together in cycles, a concept that will be matter of study too and tried to be explained. Those cycles will be studied under the most relevant aspects: the reason for their appearance, the function they perform and their potential symbolism. Through this work, the reasons of mentions of certain animals will be looked up too, analysing them not only like parts of a cycle, but in themselves.
Marcus Valerius Martial (38/41, 104 d. C.), Hispanic poet specialized in the epigram genre, a literary framework devalued and left apart in his time, achieved to take place between the great classics using weapons of his own medium, scorn and ridicule. The material of this work will be the animal representations in his full opus, consistent in 15 books. One main point will be to know the genre which Martial work with, understand the epigram’s functions and common uses, as well as structure and association in books, as a theoretical basic to deepen into the main topic of this work. To achieve this analysis, points such as bit presence and importance of animals will be looked up, lumping them together in cycles, a concept that will be matter of study too and tried to be explained. Those cycles will be studied under the most relevant aspects: the reason for their appearance, the function they perform and their potential symbolism. Through this work, the reasons of mentions of certain animals will be looked up too, analysing them not only like parts of a cycle, but in themselves.
Direction
DE CARLOS VILLAMARIN, HELENA ROSA (Tutorships)
DE CARLOS VILLAMARIN, HELENA ROSA (Tutorships)
Court
Carracedo Fraga, José (Chairman)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Secretary)
CABRILLANA LEAL, CONCEPCION VIRTUDES (Member)
Carracedo Fraga, José (Chairman)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Secretary)
CABRILLANA LEAL, CONCEPCION VIRTUDES (Member)
Satire and social types in the lyrics of Javier Krahe
Authorship
M.G.C.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
M.G.C.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 12:00
07.16.2024 12:00
Summary
This paper will analyse the satirical profile of a corpus of lyrics by the Madrid composer Javier Krahe (1944-2015). His lyrics present a series of social types common in the satire of different periods, as well as sharing a certain picaresque imaginary applied to the socio-political reality of the time. This dissertation will begin with an introduction in which the objectives and organisation of the work will be set out, followed by a brief sketch of his life and career, always aimed at extracting from it the features that explain his tendency towards satire of customs. In addition, this sketch will enable us to identify some of his most important influences. After a brief reference to satire as a complex and flexible genre, we will proceed to the analysis of the corpus, from which we will extract the most outstanding social types and themes. The content analysis will be followed by a formal study of the compositions, which will include rhetorical and metrical resources, and which will aim to reveal how form and content show an appreciable solidarity. The work will end with the pertinent conclusions and an updated bibliography.
This paper will analyse the satirical profile of a corpus of lyrics by the Madrid composer Javier Krahe (1944-2015). His lyrics present a series of social types common in the satire of different periods, as well as sharing a certain picaresque imaginary applied to the socio-political reality of the time. This dissertation will begin with an introduction in which the objectives and organisation of the work will be set out, followed by a brief sketch of his life and career, always aimed at extracting from it the features that explain his tendency towards satire of customs. In addition, this sketch will enable us to identify some of his most important influences. After a brief reference to satire as a complex and flexible genre, we will proceed to the analysis of the corpus, from which we will extract the most outstanding social types and themes. The content analysis will be followed by a formal study of the compositions, which will include rhetorical and metrical resources, and which will aim to reveal how form and content show an appreciable solidarity. The work will end with the pertinent conclusions and an updated bibliography.
Direction
AZAUSTRE GALIANA, ANTONIO (Tutorships)
GATICA COTE, PAULO (Co-tutorships)
AZAUSTRE GALIANA, ANTONIO (Tutorships)
GATICA COTE, PAULO (Co-tutorships)
Court
AZAUSTRE GALIANA, ANTONIO (Student’s tutor)
GATICA COTE, PAULO (Student’s tutor)
AZAUSTRE GALIANA, ANTONIO (Student’s tutor)
GATICA COTE, PAULO (Student’s tutor)
Processing of Syntactic Structure in Neural Language Models: Subject-Verb Agreement in Galician and Portuguese
Authorship
H.P.P.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
H.P.P.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 12:30
06.20.2024 12:30
Summary
Combining knowledge from the areas of computational linguistics and psycholinguistics, this paper explores the syntactic knowledge of neural language models, specifically the principle of subject-verb agreement in Galician and Portuguese. In order to study whether the models process this phenomenon in a similar way to humans, two datasets were created (one in Galician and one in Portuguese) with 16 sentences and 8 variants for each of them, taking into account grammaticality, the presence or absence of a distractor and the distance between the subject and the main verb. With these elements, surveys were carried out with speakers of these languages to check the acceptability of the sentences in relation to the variables referred to. Using an adapted version of the datasets, the most advanced neural language models for Galician and Portuguese were evaluated. The results seem to indicate that the models for both languages do not adequately identify the ungrammaticality of sentences in which the subject-verb agreement principle is not met, unlike people, who are able to distinguish grammatical sentences from ungrammatical ones.
Combining knowledge from the areas of computational linguistics and psycholinguistics, this paper explores the syntactic knowledge of neural language models, specifically the principle of subject-verb agreement in Galician and Portuguese. In order to study whether the models process this phenomenon in a similar way to humans, two datasets were created (one in Galician and one in Portuguese) with 16 sentences and 8 variants for each of them, taking into account grammaticality, the presence or absence of a distractor and the distance between the subject and the main verb. With these elements, surveys were carried out with speakers of these languages to check the acceptability of the sentences in relation to the variables referred to. Using an adapted version of the datasets, the most advanced neural language models for Galician and Portuguese were evaluated. The results seem to indicate that the models for both languages do not adequately identify the ungrammaticality of sentences in which the subject-verb agreement principle is not met, unlike people, who are able to distinguish grammatical sentences from ungrammatical ones.
Direction
GARCIA GONZALEZ, MARCOS (Tutorships)
GARCIA GONZALEZ, MARCOS (Tutorships)
Court
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Speaking with a Forked Tongue: Language and Identity in Chicano/a Literature
Authorship
S.B.S.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
S.B.S.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.15.2024 10:30
07.15.2024 10:30
Summary
Language is not just a tool we deploy to communicate with others, but also a way to express ourselves. Through language we reflect a sense of individual and collective identity. This is reinforced in contact zones, where languages act as powerful instruments to assert a sense of identity and resist cultural erasure and assimilation by the hegemonic community. In these contexts, not only do languages construct and reconstruct a sense of belonging or not belonging, but they also serve to project and build hybrid identifications that pose a challenge to the rigidness of borders. All these factors are important to understand and analyze Chicano/a literature, where language is a crucial point to bring the reader closer to the Chicano/a experience in the United States. The hybrid language that surfaces in much Chicano/a writing reflects the existence of unequal relations of power and the complexity of cultural heritages and identities that have shaped the community. Departing from these premises, this dissertation seeks to examine the diverse linguistic strategies that Chicano/a writers employ to express their unique identities. This study will be divided in two main parts, with the first one focusing on the historical context of the Chicano/a community and the theoretical framework that informs the study. Here, I will provide a historical overview of the Chicano/a community in the United States and, drawing on contemporary studies on translingualism and code-switching practices in the context of contact zones, I will theorize the relation between identity and language. These theorizations will inform the second part of this dissertation, which will be devoted to analyzing two well-known works within Chicano/a literature: Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera (1987) and Sandra Cisneros’s Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991). The analysis of these works will provide an insight into the importance of language as an instrument used by writers to assert and preserve Chicano/a identity, whilst offering a glimpse into the complexities of the Chicano/a experience in the United States.
Language is not just a tool we deploy to communicate with others, but also a way to express ourselves. Through language we reflect a sense of individual and collective identity. This is reinforced in contact zones, where languages act as powerful instruments to assert a sense of identity and resist cultural erasure and assimilation by the hegemonic community. In these contexts, not only do languages construct and reconstruct a sense of belonging or not belonging, but they also serve to project and build hybrid identifications that pose a challenge to the rigidness of borders. All these factors are important to understand and analyze Chicano/a literature, where language is a crucial point to bring the reader closer to the Chicano/a experience in the United States. The hybrid language that surfaces in much Chicano/a writing reflects the existence of unequal relations of power and the complexity of cultural heritages and identities that have shaped the community. Departing from these premises, this dissertation seeks to examine the diverse linguistic strategies that Chicano/a writers employ to express their unique identities. This study will be divided in two main parts, with the first one focusing on the historical context of the Chicano/a community and the theoretical framework that informs the study. Here, I will provide a historical overview of the Chicano/a community in the United States and, drawing on contemporary studies on translingualism and code-switching practices in the context of contact zones, I will theorize the relation between identity and language. These theorizations will inform the second part of this dissertation, which will be devoted to analyzing two well-known works within Chicano/a literature: Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera (1987) and Sandra Cisneros’s Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991). The analysis of these works will provide an insight into the importance of language as an instrument used by writers to assert and preserve Chicano/a identity, whilst offering a glimpse into the complexities of the Chicano/a experience in the United States.
Direction
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
Accidental death of an anarchist in Galicia: analysis of the version of the work of Dario Fo of the company Producións Teatrais Talía S. L.
Authorship
D.M.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
D.M.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
02.15.2024 16:30
02.15.2024 16:30
Summary
Accidental death of an anarchist is the comedy of Dario Fo that more than others has found enormous success in Italy and abroad. Between 2021 and 2022 it was also performed in Galicia by the company Producións Teatrais Talía S. L.. Comparative analysis focuses on the differences between the original script and its rewrite.
Accidental death of an anarchist is the comedy of Dario Fo that more than others has found enormous success in Italy and abroad. Between 2021 and 2022 it was also performed in Galicia by the company Producións Teatrais Talía S. L.. Comparative analysis focuses on the differences between the original script and its rewrite.
Direction
GUTIERREZ CAROU, JAVIER (Tutorships)
GUTIERREZ CAROU, JAVIER (Tutorships)
Court
DE FRUTOS MARTINEZ, MARIA CONSUELO (Chairman)
CECCARELLI , MARILENA (Secretary)
MARCHISIO , CRISTINA (Member)
DE FRUTOS MARTINEZ, MARIA CONSUELO (Chairman)
CECCARELLI , MARILENA (Secretary)
MARCHISIO , CRISTINA (Member)
Media Bias in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Press Coverage: A CDA Approach
Authorship
C.B.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
C.B.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 11:45
06.20.2024 11:45
Summary
The increasing violence in Gaza has turned the spotlight on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has been going on for decades. With up-to-date news becoming commonplace in English media, we are constantly bombarded with all kinds of news and information. However, it is important to know that media discourse, like any other, is never neutral in the sense that it is produced from a given point of view, and, therefore, it must be carefully analysed so as to avoid manipulation . The aim of this end-of-degree project is to detect biases in newspaper coverage of the conflict. For that purpose, the study will contrast how specific events of the conflict are reported in online American newspapers representing right- and left-leaning ideologies. Specifically, adopting a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) methodology, we shall pursue a double strategy of data analysis: 1) to uncover how left and right-wing ideologies have an impact on the way reality is presented in the news texts and images; and 2) to determine whether these two communication modes reflect and/or transmit any discriminatory attitudes and ways of thinking towards any of the two ethnic groups in conflict, i.e., Muslims and Jews.
The increasing violence in Gaza has turned the spotlight on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has been going on for decades. With up-to-date news becoming commonplace in English media, we are constantly bombarded with all kinds of news and information. However, it is important to know that media discourse, like any other, is never neutral in the sense that it is produced from a given point of view, and, therefore, it must be carefully analysed so as to avoid manipulation . The aim of this end-of-degree project is to detect biases in newspaper coverage of the conflict. For that purpose, the study will contrast how specific events of the conflict are reported in online American newspapers representing right- and left-leaning ideologies. Specifically, adopting a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) methodology, we shall pursue a double strategy of data analysis: 1) to uncover how left and right-wing ideologies have an impact on the way reality is presented in the news texts and images; and 2) to determine whether these two communication modes reflect and/or transmit any discriminatory attitudes and ways of thinking towards any of the two ethnic groups in conflict, i.e., Muslims and Jews.
Direction
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Tutorships)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Trascending the limits of love in society : a comparative study of Marivaux
Authorship
M.F.E.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
M.F.E.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
09.09.2024 11:00
09.09.2024 11:00
Summary
This work will focus on the comparative analysis of two plays by the French playwright Pierre de Marivaux, Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard (1730) and La double inconstance (1723). The analysis will concentrate on how the theme of love is approached in relation to social class differences. The similarities and differences in the representation of love in the two works will be analyzed, as well as how the issue of social classes is addressed and why it is important. On one hand, the characters in both plays cross pre-establisehd social boundaries and defy norms in their pursuit of personal happiness. Furthermore, romantic misunderstandings are recurrent in these works. On the other hand, interclass relationships are addresses differently in each play. The aim of this work is to conduct a detailed study on the historical context, the plot, and the characters to demonstrate the social barriers of the 18th century and to show the complex interactions of the time. Thus, we will gain a deeper and more concrete understantig of how Marivaux challenged the social conventions of that era through romantic relationships.
This work will focus on the comparative analysis of two plays by the French playwright Pierre de Marivaux, Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard (1730) and La double inconstance (1723). The analysis will concentrate on how the theme of love is approached in relation to social class differences. The similarities and differences in the representation of love in the two works will be analyzed, as well as how the issue of social classes is addressed and why it is important. On one hand, the characters in both plays cross pre-establisehd social boundaries and defy norms in their pursuit of personal happiness. Furthermore, romantic misunderstandings are recurrent in these works. On the other hand, interclass relationships are addresses differently in each play. The aim of this work is to conduct a detailed study on the historical context, the plot, and the characters to demonstrate the social barriers of the 18th century and to show the complex interactions of the time. Thus, we will gain a deeper and more concrete understantig of how Marivaux challenged the social conventions of that era through romantic relationships.
Direction
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Tutorships)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Tutorships)
Court
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Student’s tutor)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Student’s tutor)
The linguistic hybridism of epigonal lyrics: contribution to the texts of Arcediano de Toro and Macias O Namorado
Authorship
X.V.V.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
X.V.V.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
07.15.2024 18:30
07.15.2024 18:30
Summary
Epigonal lyric poetry developed between 1350 and 1450 and acted as a bridge between Galician Portuguese medieval lyric poestry and Castilian cancioneril poetry. According to the testimonies that have come down to us, most of the authors of epigonal lyric poetry are of non Galician origin and their texts show a strong Galician Castilian hybridism. Several scholars have tried to clarify to what extent this hybridism is original and to what extent it is the result of the disturbing action of successive copyists, ignorant of the Galician language. The aim of this work is to contribute to the clarification of this question, trying to restore the hypothetical original Galician forms of epigonal texts in hybrid language, focusing on the Testament of Arcediano fe Toro and the texts of Macias O Namorado, both authors of Galician origin. This is done through the linguistic analysis of their texts, using metrics and rhyme as a support to differentiate the cases of hybridism from the action of the copyists. The not sufficiently worked on or was done erroneously, due to an insufficient knowledge of the linguistic characteristics of Galician and Castilian of the time.
Epigonal lyric poetry developed between 1350 and 1450 and acted as a bridge between Galician Portuguese medieval lyric poestry and Castilian cancioneril poetry. According to the testimonies that have come down to us, most of the authors of epigonal lyric poetry are of non Galician origin and their texts show a strong Galician Castilian hybridism. Several scholars have tried to clarify to what extent this hybridism is original and to what extent it is the result of the disturbing action of successive copyists, ignorant of the Galician language. The aim of this work is to contribute to the clarification of this question, trying to restore the hypothetical original Galician forms of epigonal texts in hybrid language, focusing on the Testament of Arcediano fe Toro and the texts of Macias O Namorado, both authors of Galician origin. This is done through the linguistic analysis of their texts, using metrics and rhyme as a support to differentiate the cases of hybridism from the action of the copyists. The not sufficiently worked on or was done erroneously, due to an insufficient knowledge of the linguistic characteristics of Galician and Castilian of the time.
Direction
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Tutorships)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Tutorships)
Court
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Student’s tutor)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Student’s tutor)
The role of backchannels in the grammar of English conversation.
Authorship
I.L.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
I.L.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 13:00
09.11.2024 13:00
Summary
This work is intended to study the so-called backchannels in modern English. By backchannels is meant reactive or response tokens, such as yes, uh, yeah, Oh or Good, although this definition will have to be narrowed down as the project develops. In fact, Peters and Wong (2015: 408) define them as the intermittent vocal noises made by the listener while in conversation with another person. This dissertation will be divided into two main parts; in the first part I will be dealing with the main features of English conversational grammar, which will lead me to the definition of backchannels and their role in English, with special reference to their pragmatic functions. In the second part I will discuss data from the BNC (British National Corpus) and COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English), to see up to what extent the theoretical description of these forms coincides with their actual use. This study will be restricted to some of these backchannels as it would be impossible to deal with all of them in detail. The dissertation will finish with a number of concluding statements based on the findings previously obtained.
This work is intended to study the so-called backchannels in modern English. By backchannels is meant reactive or response tokens, such as yes, uh, yeah, Oh or Good, although this definition will have to be narrowed down as the project develops. In fact, Peters and Wong (2015: 408) define them as the intermittent vocal noises made by the listener while in conversation with another person. This dissertation will be divided into two main parts; in the first part I will be dealing with the main features of English conversational grammar, which will lead me to the definition of backchannels and their role in English, with special reference to their pragmatic functions. In the second part I will discuss data from the BNC (British National Corpus) and COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English), to see up to what extent the theoretical description of these forms coincides with their actual use. This study will be restricted to some of these backchannels as it would be impossible to deal with all of them in detail. The dissertation will finish with a number of concluding statements based on the findings previously obtained.
Direction
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Tutorships)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Student’s tutor)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Student’s tutor)
Kinship and vassalage structures present in the Cantar de mío Cid
Authorship
M.F.S.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
M.F.S.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
02.15.2024 12:00
02.15.2024 12:00
Summary
In this paper we will privilege the study of family ties and, in a complementary way, that of the ties of vassalage, also analysing possible common aspects to the extent that both issues are, to a large extent, linked to each other. The Infantes of Carrión and their relations with El Cid's daughters, Doña Elvira and Doña Sol, will have a relevant treatment given that they condition the tripartite structure of the text that has been traditionally established. In the same way, the most outstanding characters of the Cidian environment who have special relevance due to their links with the Campeador and his closest relatives will also be important in the analysis.
In this paper we will privilege the study of family ties and, in a complementary way, that of the ties of vassalage, also analysing possible common aspects to the extent that both issues are, to a large extent, linked to each other. The Infantes of Carrión and their relations with El Cid's daughters, Doña Elvira and Doña Sol, will have a relevant treatment given that they condition the tripartite structure of the text that has been traditionally established. In the same way, the most outstanding characters of the Cidian environment who have special relevance due to their links with the Campeador and his closest relatives will also be important in the analysis.
Direction
LOPEZ MARTINEZ-MORAS, SANTIAGO (Tutorships)
LOPEZ MARTINEZ-MORAS, SANTIAGO (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ MARTINEZ-MORAS, SANTIAGO (Student’s tutor)
LOPEZ MARTINEZ-MORAS, SANTIAGO (Student’s tutor)
English as a lingua franca in videogame chats
Authorship
N.F.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
N.F.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 13:30
06.21.2024 13:30
Summary
This research studies how Computer-mediated Communication works nowadays in youths’ interactions through different social media. This term involves different linguistic modes (including voice, text, and image) as well as technological platforms (mobile phones, tablets, social media, online games, etc), and it serves to study the variations that a language, English in this case, can undergo when used in the era of the internet (Squires, 2016). As English is the dominant language in many everyday situations, including in many CMC contexts, it is important to study the characteristic nature of the English language used in these CMC contexts. It is defined as a language of communication between people who do not share a common language and culture (Jenkins et al. 2011). Usually, this occurs in CMC situations, where people around the globe interact in English to understand each other. This work studies the relation that both terms have, due to many works about ELF in face-to-face interactions, but not many about CMC. One of the main contexts of this is online multiplayer video games, where, in some of them, there are synchronous interactions, not only through text chats but also through voice chats. This type of game is usually streamed on some platforms such as Twitch.tv, which allows the streamer to interact with his audience, sometimes using ELF. The main objectives of this work are to analyze how ELF is used within CMC and to study the different characteristics that could appear in some ELF speakers’ chats. Moreover, it is also important to know how the players can understand each other not using the correct grammar or pronunciation of the English language, but using their native ones. The work's structure begins with an introduction describing the main concepts of the study, which are CMC and ELFS. Then, there is a descriptive part which consists of the analysis of characteristics ELF features in a small corpus of online interactions. The samples of these conversations are obtained from both Twitch.tv and an online shooter videogame where players interact in real-time, called Valorant. The game chat is from ZoK3R, a Valorant Twitch streamer. To sum up, the importance of this analysis is to see how the different characteristics of ELF studies affect how people (players, in this case) interact with each other through CMC.
This research studies how Computer-mediated Communication works nowadays in youths’ interactions through different social media. This term involves different linguistic modes (including voice, text, and image) as well as technological platforms (mobile phones, tablets, social media, online games, etc), and it serves to study the variations that a language, English in this case, can undergo when used in the era of the internet (Squires, 2016). As English is the dominant language in many everyday situations, including in many CMC contexts, it is important to study the characteristic nature of the English language used in these CMC contexts. It is defined as a language of communication between people who do not share a common language and culture (Jenkins et al. 2011). Usually, this occurs in CMC situations, where people around the globe interact in English to understand each other. This work studies the relation that both terms have, due to many works about ELF in face-to-face interactions, but not many about CMC. One of the main contexts of this is online multiplayer video games, where, in some of them, there are synchronous interactions, not only through text chats but also through voice chats. This type of game is usually streamed on some platforms such as Twitch.tv, which allows the streamer to interact with his audience, sometimes using ELF. The main objectives of this work are to analyze how ELF is used within CMC and to study the different characteristics that could appear in some ELF speakers’ chats. Moreover, it is also important to know how the players can understand each other not using the correct grammar or pronunciation of the English language, but using their native ones. The work's structure begins with an introduction describing the main concepts of the study, which are CMC and ELFS. Then, there is a descriptive part which consists of the analysis of characteristics ELF features in a small corpus of online interactions. The samples of these conversations are obtained from both Twitch.tv and an online shooter videogame where players interact in real-time, called Valorant. The game chat is from ZoK3R, a Valorant Twitch streamer. To sum up, the importance of this analysis is to see how the different characteristics of ELF studies affect how people (players, in this case) interact with each other through CMC.
Direction
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Tutorships)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
Language variation and the construction of identity in the new Galician traditional music
Authorship
J.A.V.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
J.A.V.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 09:30
06.20.2024 09:30
Summary
In recent years, an innovative variety of traditional Galician music has been germinating in the Galician music scene, hybridizing it with more current trendy genres (trap, electronic, rap, reggaeton...), which had its main explosion after the performance of the Tanxugueiras at the Benidorm Fest. In this work we want to explore the linguistic uses of some artists of the neotradi scene (the most used name for the genre in question), such as Fillas de Cassandra, O Rabelo, Tanxugueiras and Mondra as the main focus, and also considering single pieces by other artists or groups that can be ascribed to this musical genre. The purpose of this research will be to characterize the language used in these songs, in order to detect how it differs from the speech of the authors in contexts outside the music to which we have access, what elements it takes from the traditional repertoire and which ones it throws out, what it picks up from the urban genres with which it hybridizes the tradition, etc. From this description we will try to explain how the linguistic choices made voluntarily (or even unconsciously) traying to build artistic, social or other types of identities.
In recent years, an innovative variety of traditional Galician music has been germinating in the Galician music scene, hybridizing it with more current trendy genres (trap, electronic, rap, reggaeton...), which had its main explosion after the performance of the Tanxugueiras at the Benidorm Fest. In this work we want to explore the linguistic uses of some artists of the neotradi scene (the most used name for the genre in question), such as Fillas de Cassandra, O Rabelo, Tanxugueiras and Mondra as the main focus, and also considering single pieces by other artists or groups that can be ascribed to this musical genre. The purpose of this research will be to characterize the language used in these songs, in order to detect how it differs from the speech of the authors in contexts outside the music to which we have access, what elements it takes from the traditional repertoire and which ones it throws out, what it picks up from the urban genres with which it hybridizes the tradition, etc. From this description we will try to explain how the linguistic choices made voluntarily (or even unconsciously) traying to build artistic, social or other types of identities.
Direction
REGUEIRA FERNANDEZ, XOSE LUIS (Tutorships)
REGUEIRA FERNANDEZ, XOSE LUIS (Tutorships)
Court
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
The Treaty of the Pyrénées of 1659: The precursor of cultural, social and linguistic coexistence of the towns of the Consortium-Txingudi
Authorship
M.L.G.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
M.L.G.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.15.2024 11:00
07.15.2024 11:00
Summary
The Treaty of the Pyrenees, a peace agreement signed between the two monarchies in 1659, was a key event in the convivence between France and Spain. From this historic event, a definite border was established, taking advantage of the natural division provided by the Pyrenean mountain system itself. However, rather than creating a rigid barrier, this treaty was the precursor to cultural, social and linguistic coexistence between the two countries. The treaty will therefore contribute to the creation of neighborly relations, involving cultural, social and linguistic dimensions on both sides of the border. As far as the work is concerned, the main idea is based on the three towns that make up the Consorcio Bidasoa - Txingudi, formed by the municipalities of Hondarribia and Irun in the autonomous community of Euskadi (Spain) and the municipality of Hendaye in the French region known as Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Taking advantage of the linguistic and cultural richness of this unique territory, the analysis focuses on the situation of the languages that coexist in these towns in the French and Spanish Basque country, based on the observation of a key point for the transmission of languages: teaching. In this sense, the study allows us to observe the existence of differences in teaching between these two territories. On the French side, bilingualism is being consolidated. On the Spanish side, however, the situation is completely established in all areas of society. In short, the aim of this work is to analyse all the particularities that share these two territories in terms of language, culture and society.
The Treaty of the Pyrenees, a peace agreement signed between the two monarchies in 1659, was a key event in the convivence between France and Spain. From this historic event, a definite border was established, taking advantage of the natural division provided by the Pyrenean mountain system itself. However, rather than creating a rigid barrier, this treaty was the precursor to cultural, social and linguistic coexistence between the two countries. The treaty will therefore contribute to the creation of neighborly relations, involving cultural, social and linguistic dimensions on both sides of the border. As far as the work is concerned, the main idea is based on the three towns that make up the Consorcio Bidasoa - Txingudi, formed by the municipalities of Hondarribia and Irun in the autonomous community of Euskadi (Spain) and the municipality of Hendaye in the French region known as Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Taking advantage of the linguistic and cultural richness of this unique territory, the analysis focuses on the situation of the languages that coexist in these towns in the French and Spanish Basque country, based on the observation of a key point for the transmission of languages: teaching. In this sense, the study allows us to observe the existence of differences in teaching between these two territories. On the French side, bilingualism is being consolidated. On the Spanish side, however, the situation is completely established in all areas of society. In short, the aim of this work is to analyse all the particularities that share these two territories in terms of language, culture and society.
Direction
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Tutorships)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Tutorships)
Court
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Student’s tutor)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Student’s tutor)
Voices in Translation: Navigating the Complexity of Literary Translation from Galician to English
Authorship
M.R.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
M.R.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 10:30
07.16.2024 10:30
Summary
The study of translation practices involving lesser-known languages, like Galician, has been attracting a lot of attention of late. However, little is known yet about the issues related to these translations. This dissertation seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the complexities of literary translation from Galician to English, focusing on the translation of a literary fragment. The objectives of the study includes a look into the complex issue surrounding the decisions on the final translation particularly in instances of collaborative efforts with the author. In line with Vanderschelden’s Authority in Literary Translation: Collaborating with the Author (2012) regarding authority in literary translation, which emphasizes how crucial author-translator cooperation is. Quiroga's Izan o da saca will be the primary focus of study. The thesis will consist of two sections. We will provide a comprehensive review of existing literature on Galician into English translation, assessing the magnitude, topics and relevance of the resources available. Aligning with Bollitieri and Zanotti The avant-textes of translations: A study of Umberto Eco’s interaction with his translators (2017). Based on this, we will translate an excerpt of the selected novel, first autonomously and then explore the potential benefits of inviting the author to participat. The central part of the work will be devoted to analysing the problems that may arise during the translation process: discussing issues related to fidelity to the original, treatment of the cultural and linguistic specificities and the translator’s creative decisions. The main goal is to contribute to the expansion of the knowledge about Galician to English translation and the complexities inherent in this process. Ultimately, enriching our understanding of the challenges that translators face in this specific language combination and how the voice of the original author may be integrated into the translation process.
The study of translation practices involving lesser-known languages, like Galician, has been attracting a lot of attention of late. However, little is known yet about the issues related to these translations. This dissertation seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the complexities of literary translation from Galician to English, focusing on the translation of a literary fragment. The objectives of the study includes a look into the complex issue surrounding the decisions on the final translation particularly in instances of collaborative efforts with the author. In line with Vanderschelden’s Authority in Literary Translation: Collaborating with the Author (2012) regarding authority in literary translation, which emphasizes how crucial author-translator cooperation is. Quiroga's Izan o da saca will be the primary focus of study. The thesis will consist of two sections. We will provide a comprehensive review of existing literature on Galician into English translation, assessing the magnitude, topics and relevance of the resources available. Aligning with Bollitieri and Zanotti The avant-textes of translations: A study of Umberto Eco’s interaction with his translators (2017). Based on this, we will translate an excerpt of the selected novel, first autonomously and then explore the potential benefits of inviting the author to participat. The central part of the work will be devoted to analysing the problems that may arise during the translation process: discussing issues related to fidelity to the original, treatment of the cultural and linguistic specificities and the translator’s creative decisions. The main goal is to contribute to the expansion of the knowledge about Galician to English translation and the complexities inherent in this process. Ultimately, enriching our understanding of the challenges that translators face in this specific language combination and how the voice of the original author may be integrated into the translation process.
Direction
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Tutorships)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Social Portrayal of Edinburgh in the 1990s: Trainspotting as a Mirror of Reality.
Authorship
A.S.Q.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.S.Q.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 12:30
07.16.2024 12:30
Summary
This study delves into the intricate social tapestry of Edinburgh in the 1990s, using the film Trainspotting (1996; Danny Boyle, dir.) as a lens to explore and reflect upon the city's dynamic and challenging landscape. The context of post-industrial transformation, heightened economic inequality, and shifting cultural paradigms forms the backdrop against which the narrative unfolds. Examining the characters' lives in the film provides a vivid illustration of the pervasive impacts of unemployment, housing crises, and the burgeoning drug epidemic. The thesis investigates how the urban space, transformed by economic shifts, becomes a character in itself, influencing and reflecting the characters' experiences. Furthermore, it analyzes the film's portrayal of health issues, such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic and heroin addiction, focusing on the public health challenges of the time. The soundtrack, a cultural hallmark of the '90s, is explored for its role in shaping the emotional and social atmosphere of the film. The study also considers the political and cultural changes, like devolution, which marked this era in Edinburgh. Ultimately, through a critical lens, the dissertation will also evaluate the film's reception, considering contemporary reviews and societal reactions.
This study delves into the intricate social tapestry of Edinburgh in the 1990s, using the film Trainspotting (1996; Danny Boyle, dir.) as a lens to explore and reflect upon the city's dynamic and challenging landscape. The context of post-industrial transformation, heightened economic inequality, and shifting cultural paradigms forms the backdrop against which the narrative unfolds. Examining the characters' lives in the film provides a vivid illustration of the pervasive impacts of unemployment, housing crises, and the burgeoning drug epidemic. The thesis investigates how the urban space, transformed by economic shifts, becomes a character in itself, influencing and reflecting the characters' experiences. Furthermore, it analyzes the film's portrayal of health issues, such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic and heroin addiction, focusing on the public health challenges of the time. The soundtrack, a cultural hallmark of the '90s, is explored for its role in shaping the emotional and social atmosphere of the film. The study also considers the political and cultural changes, like devolution, which marked this era in Edinburgh. Ultimately, through a critical lens, the dissertation will also evaluate the film's reception, considering contemporary reviews and societal reactions.
Direction
MOURON FIGUEROA, CRISTINA (Tutorships)
MOURON FIGUEROA, CRISTINA (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
English in the Netherlands
Authorship
M.G.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
M.G.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 09:30
07.16.2024 09:30
Summary
This work aims to describe the situation of English in the Netherlands by combining a theoretical approach with a survey carried out among L1Dutch speakers of English. The study is motivated by the importance of the linguistic interactions between Dutch and English, and it develops on previous research to bring valuable additions to the field. This thesis will be divided into two sections. The theoretical aspects will be covered in the first section, which will focus on the sociolinguistic context of the Netherlands. Furthermore, after examining various theoretical frameworks for describing World Englishes such as Kachru (1985) or Schneider (2007), this section will deal with the features of English within the Dutch context and the potential connections of Dutch English with the two main reference varieties and with other World Englishes. The second part will include a practical approach, using a questionnaire to gather different perspectives from Dutch individuals belonging to different age groups in order to provide a complete picture of how English is viewed, utilised, and incorporated into Dutch society. Finally, some conclusions will be drawn based on the data obtained in the questionnaire. References: Kachru, Braj B. 1985. Standards, codification and sociolinguistic realism: The English language in the outer circle. In Randolph Quirk and H. G. Widdowson (eds.) English in the world: Teaching and learning the language and literatures. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 11-31. Schneider, Edgar W. 2007. Postcolonial English: Varieties around the world. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
This work aims to describe the situation of English in the Netherlands by combining a theoretical approach with a survey carried out among L1Dutch speakers of English. The study is motivated by the importance of the linguistic interactions between Dutch and English, and it develops on previous research to bring valuable additions to the field. This thesis will be divided into two sections. The theoretical aspects will be covered in the first section, which will focus on the sociolinguistic context of the Netherlands. Furthermore, after examining various theoretical frameworks for describing World Englishes such as Kachru (1985) or Schneider (2007), this section will deal with the features of English within the Dutch context and the potential connections of Dutch English with the two main reference varieties and with other World Englishes. The second part will include a practical approach, using a questionnaire to gather different perspectives from Dutch individuals belonging to different age groups in order to provide a complete picture of how English is viewed, utilised, and incorporated into Dutch society. Finally, some conclusions will be drawn based on the data obtained in the questionnaire. References: Kachru, Braj B. 1985. Standards, codification and sociolinguistic realism: The English language in the outer circle. In Randolph Quirk and H. G. Widdowson (eds.) English in the world: Teaching and learning the language and literatures. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 11-31. Schneider, Edgar W. 2007. Postcolonial English: Varieties around the world. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Direction
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
Gender and Identity in Virginia Woolf's Orlando and A Room of One's Own
Authorship
N.S.F.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
N.S.F.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.15.2024 17:00
07.15.2024 17:00
Summary
The aim of this dissertation is to carry out a critical analysis of Virginia Woolf’s work from a feminist perspective. I will focus on the concepts of gender and identity both in the novel Orlando: A Biography (1928), an ironic and innovative work that tackles the quest for sexual identity and the ideological and social construction of gender, and in her seminal feminist essay A Room of One’s Own (1929). These two masterpieces are reputed as landmarks both in feminist and literary terms, regarded as essential contributions to the establishment of feminist literature. Although these works belong to different narrative genres (novel and essay, respectively), Woolf addresses issues of identity and gender in both. In Orlando, whose androgynous main character is inspired by writer Vita Sackville-West, and Woolf’s lover, the author comments on the differences between sexes and introduces the concepts of androgyny and queerness. A Room of One’s Own explores the theme of women and the novel, with a central emphasis on the necessity for women to possess a room of her own and enough money and on the criticism of gender inequalities. In order to pursue this objective, I will focus on the historical context relevant to the life and works of Virginia Woolf, paying special attention to the suffrage and feminist movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in England, as well as on the influence of the Bloomsbury Group and other great female authors that preceded Woolf and inspired her to contest the patriarchal system. Secondly, this dissertation will critically approach both Orlando and A Room of One’s Own by giving thoughtful attention to Woolf's essays, a genre that she considered a form of personal expression where subjectivity dominates over scientific aspects, thus being a place for individual freedom, an essential concept for Woolf, as she claims in A Room of One’s Own: There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
The aim of this dissertation is to carry out a critical analysis of Virginia Woolf’s work from a feminist perspective. I will focus on the concepts of gender and identity both in the novel Orlando: A Biography (1928), an ironic and innovative work that tackles the quest for sexual identity and the ideological and social construction of gender, and in her seminal feminist essay A Room of One’s Own (1929). These two masterpieces are reputed as landmarks both in feminist and literary terms, regarded as essential contributions to the establishment of feminist literature. Although these works belong to different narrative genres (novel and essay, respectively), Woolf addresses issues of identity and gender in both. In Orlando, whose androgynous main character is inspired by writer Vita Sackville-West, and Woolf’s lover, the author comments on the differences between sexes and introduces the concepts of androgyny and queerness. A Room of One’s Own explores the theme of women and the novel, with a central emphasis on the necessity for women to possess a room of her own and enough money and on the criticism of gender inequalities. In order to pursue this objective, I will focus on the historical context relevant to the life and works of Virginia Woolf, paying special attention to the suffrage and feminist movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in England, as well as on the influence of the Bloomsbury Group and other great female authors that preceded Woolf and inspired her to contest the patriarchal system. Secondly, this dissertation will critically approach both Orlando and A Room of One’s Own by giving thoughtful attention to Woolf's essays, a genre that she considered a form of personal expression where subjectivity dominates over scientific aspects, thus being a place for individual freedom, an essential concept for Woolf, as she claims in A Room of One’s Own: There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
Direction
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Tutorships)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
Sherlock Holmes Unveiled: A Study of the Character Behind the Detective Symbol
Authorship
A.F.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.F.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.15.2024 13:00
07.15.2024 13:00
Summary
Fin-de-siècle English fiction is marked by a widespread sense that the essence of the national spirit and the nation itself was in decline, driven by the radical changes of the era. These changes included the rise of social class movements, strides toward equality and women’s rights, the emergence of what were considered “deviant” sexualities, and the decline of the Empire. Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories embody these anxieties, which are reflected in the character of the detective. Therefore, this dissertation argues that, contrary to popular belief, Sherlock Holmes is not a character ahead of his time but rather a by-product of it. To support this, a selection of original Sherlock Holmes narratives will be analyzed, along with two screen adaptations, namely Billy Wilder’s The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and BBC Sherlock, bridging the gap between written and film mediums to highlight the multidimensional complexity of the famous detective.
Fin-de-siècle English fiction is marked by a widespread sense that the essence of the national spirit and the nation itself was in decline, driven by the radical changes of the era. These changes included the rise of social class movements, strides toward equality and women’s rights, the emergence of what were considered “deviant” sexualities, and the decline of the Empire. Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories embody these anxieties, which are reflected in the character of the detective. Therefore, this dissertation argues that, contrary to popular belief, Sherlock Holmes is not a character ahead of his time but rather a by-product of it. To support this, a selection of original Sherlock Holmes narratives will be analyzed, along with two screen adaptations, namely Billy Wilder’s The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and BBC Sherlock, bridging the gap between written and film mediums to highlight the multidimensional complexity of the famous detective.
Direction
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Tutorships)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
The fragile memory: pain and inocence in Formas de volver a casa and Infancia/Dictadura
Authorship
A.V.G.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
A.V.G.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.18.2024 11:30
07.18.2024 11:30
Summary
In Alejandro Zambra’s novel Formas de volver a casa (2011), memory represents one of the most important points, especially when considering how it appears between characters taking into account the historical context in which it develops: the Chilean dictatorship. The childlike perspective offered by the protagonist is the main example of how innocence makes us see or remember things differently from adults, how it is possible for reality to get distorted depending on the age. Thus, taking the theories provided by the memory studies field and the importance of the pain subject (with the main reference of Susan Sontag) which appears reflected in the Chilean author’s work (Halbwachs, Bergson or Jan and Aleida Assman, among others) as essential material, we will carry out a comparison between his novel and a series of drawings made by children in Chile between 1973 and 1990 compiled in the catalogue of the exhibition organized by the psychologist Patricia Castillo-Gallardo under the title Infancia/Dictadura. Testigos y actores (1973-1990) (2019). The interartistic comparison will try to highlight the effect produced by totalitarian effects in the childish view.
In Alejandro Zambra’s novel Formas de volver a casa (2011), memory represents one of the most important points, especially when considering how it appears between characters taking into account the historical context in which it develops: the Chilean dictatorship. The childlike perspective offered by the protagonist is the main example of how innocence makes us see or remember things differently from adults, how it is possible for reality to get distorted depending on the age. Thus, taking the theories provided by the memory studies field and the importance of the pain subject (with the main reference of Susan Sontag) which appears reflected in the Chilean author’s work (Halbwachs, Bergson or Jan and Aleida Assman, among others) as essential material, we will carry out a comparison between his novel and a series of drawings made by children in Chile between 1973 and 1990 compiled in the catalogue of the exhibition organized by the psychologist Patricia Castillo-Gallardo under the title Infancia/Dictadura. Testigos y actores (1973-1990) (2019). The interartistic comparison will try to highlight the effect produced by totalitarian effects in the childish view.
Direction
DOMINGUEZ PRIETO, CESAR PABLO (Tutorships)
DOMINGUEZ PRIETO, CESAR PABLO (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
TikTok English Learning: An Exploration of Diverse User-Created Videos and Second Language Acquisition in a Digital Era
Authorship
L.B.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
L.B.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 11:00
07.16.2024 11:00
Summary
This research paper investigates the use of social networks, in this case TikTok, as a platform to learn English as a second language. First of all, I will introduce the context of social networking in language learning. Secondly, I will move on to examine the advantages and disadvantages of TikTok, focusing on its impact on users. Then, the study will focus on two girls who actively create and share videos in English through TikTok . The analysis deals with the perception about how these videos engage users and contribute to language learning. Additionally, this work will include a section dedicated to a survey that evaluates the authenticity of claims regarding language improvement through watching videos on TikTok. This research paper summarizes its results and the percentages. Finally, I will explain the conclusions about the use of TikTok as a tool for learning English as a second language and show how social networks can impact language acquisition, provide insights, into the evolving landscape of language learning in digital age.
This research paper investigates the use of social networks, in this case TikTok, as a platform to learn English as a second language. First of all, I will introduce the context of social networking in language learning. Secondly, I will move on to examine the advantages and disadvantages of TikTok, focusing on its impact on users. Then, the study will focus on two girls who actively create and share videos in English through TikTok . The analysis deals with the perception about how these videos engage users and contribute to language learning. Additionally, this work will include a section dedicated to a survey that evaluates the authenticity of claims regarding language improvement through watching videos on TikTok. This research paper summarizes its results and the percentages. Finally, I will explain the conclusions about the use of TikTok as a tool for learning English as a second language and show how social networks can impact language acquisition, provide insights, into the evolving landscape of language learning in digital age.
Direction
GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, ELSA MARIA (Tutorships)
GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, ELSA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, ELSA MARIA (Student’s tutor)
GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, ELSA MARIA (Student’s tutor)
The chronological evolution of high fantasy: Ramifications and deviations
Authorship
P.M.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
P.M.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
02.15.2024 14:00
02.15.2024 14:00
Summary
High or epic fantasy is a relatively newly coined subgenre of the broader literary category of fantasy. Its differentiation comes from the epic characteristics of the depicted motives, characters and worldbuilding. The literary pieces of J. R. R. Tolkien stand as the archetypical high fantasy pillars, with The Lord of the Ring acting as a beacon for writers of the genre. Nonetheless, for such a recently distinguished subgenre, there have been significant deviations, often conscious, from the aforementioned norm. In this academic paper, I aim to explain, chronologically, the creation, development, evolution and worldbuilding of high fantasy, focusing mainly, albeit not exclusively, on four cardinal authors and their most important literary contributions to the genre: William Morris’ The Well at the World’s End (1896), which, together with his other romances, is widely considered the first iteration of the subgenre; J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings Rings (1954-55), regarded as the prime example of an epic fantasy book; The Chronicles of Prydain (1964-68) saga, by Lloyd Alexander, the author that coined the term high fantasy in the first place; and, finally, the ongoing Stormlight Archive (2010-present) saga, by Brandon Sanderson, a modernized take on the subgenre, with an incredibly diverse worldbuilding and a focus on subverting the reader’s expectations.
High or epic fantasy is a relatively newly coined subgenre of the broader literary category of fantasy. Its differentiation comes from the epic characteristics of the depicted motives, characters and worldbuilding. The literary pieces of J. R. R. Tolkien stand as the archetypical high fantasy pillars, with The Lord of the Ring acting as a beacon for writers of the genre. Nonetheless, for such a recently distinguished subgenre, there have been significant deviations, often conscious, from the aforementioned norm. In this academic paper, I aim to explain, chronologically, the creation, development, evolution and worldbuilding of high fantasy, focusing mainly, albeit not exclusively, on four cardinal authors and their most important literary contributions to the genre: William Morris’ The Well at the World’s End (1896), which, together with his other romances, is widely considered the first iteration of the subgenre; J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings Rings (1954-55), regarded as the prime example of an epic fantasy book; The Chronicles of Prydain (1964-68) saga, by Lloyd Alexander, the author that coined the term high fantasy in the first place; and, finally, the ongoing Stormlight Archive (2010-present) saga, by Brandon Sanderson, a modernized take on the subgenre, with an incredibly diverse worldbuilding and a focus on subverting the reader’s expectations.
Direction
ALONSO ALONSO, MARIA (Tutorships)
ALONSO ALONSO, MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
Lexical innovations in social networks: cosmetics
Authorship
P.S.D.L.F.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
P.S.D.L.F.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 17:30
06.20.2024 17:30
Summary
This paper aims to obtain an inventory, necessarily limited, of some of the new words used in the field of cosmetics in social networks and in some specialised magazines (such as Vogue). To do this, first of all, a series of profiles will be selected from some social networks according to their relevance in this field (due to their large number of followers and without distinguishing between professional or amateur influencers). Thus, for example, the productions of users such as sarahcatala and sylvia_ruuiz among others, who participate in media such as Tiktok or Instagram, will be examined. Secondly, a collection of the voices in the cosmetics field recorded between November 2023 and February 2024 in the productions of these users on social networks will be carried out. With regard to specialised magazines, the search will be extended over a longer period, from 2016 to the present day, as this will allow us to observe the implementation of these terms with a certain perspective. These operations will make it possible to compile a small vocabulary of cosmetics neologisms, after comparing their documentation on social networks and in fashion magazines with the data obtained by consulting corpora such as CORPES XXI, as well as dictionaries of current Spanish (such as the DEA) and observatories of neologisms (such as BOBNEO).
This paper aims to obtain an inventory, necessarily limited, of some of the new words used in the field of cosmetics in social networks and in some specialised magazines (such as Vogue). To do this, first of all, a series of profiles will be selected from some social networks according to their relevance in this field (due to their large number of followers and without distinguishing between professional or amateur influencers). Thus, for example, the productions of users such as sarahcatala and sylvia_ruuiz among others, who participate in media such as Tiktok or Instagram, will be examined. Secondly, a collection of the voices in the cosmetics field recorded between November 2023 and February 2024 in the productions of these users on social networks will be carried out. With regard to specialised magazines, the search will be extended over a longer period, from 2016 to the present day, as this will allow us to observe the implementation of these terms with a certain perspective. These operations will make it possible to compile a small vocabulary of cosmetics neologisms, after comparing their documentation on social networks and in fashion magazines with the data obtained by consulting corpora such as CORPES XXI, as well as dictionaries of current Spanish (such as the DEA) and observatories of neologisms (such as BOBNEO).
Direction
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Tutorships)
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Tutorships)
Court
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Chairman)
BLANCO DOMINGUEZ, MARTA (Secretary)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Member)
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Chairman)
BLANCO DOMINGUEZ, MARTA (Secretary)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Member)
The self-perception of the woman in the cantigas de amigo
Authorship
S.I.R.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
S.I.R.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.17.2024 16:30
07.17.2024 16:30
Summary
This work aims to reflect the complexity in the treatment of the female figure in relation with the medieval lyric, more specifically in the cantiga de amigo. In the first impression, the woman seems only an inert being who yearns for the arrival of his beloved but, as we delve into the genre, her figure begins to show something more than the coita of waiting or the happiness of the encounter. We can see, for example, women who know themselves beautiful, loved and owners of the situationship; we can observe the indifference of amigas who know themselves far above their suitors; we can contemplate ladies who will give their love to their amigos, but when they decide it and not before... Through a selection of cantigas in which the woman's voice rises above the troubadour clichés and “cantiga de amigo” topics, we will try to show a different version of what is considered usual in our lyric: the self-perception of women, their feelings and physical traits that stand out through their own voices. For this, we will rely on the canons of beauty established at the time, although, in general, few specific physical characteristics are seen in the songs, and on the coincidences and discordances with the patterns of the genre that that self-perception can cause.
This work aims to reflect the complexity in the treatment of the female figure in relation with the medieval lyric, more specifically in the cantiga de amigo. In the first impression, the woman seems only an inert being who yearns for the arrival of his beloved but, as we delve into the genre, her figure begins to show something more than the coita of waiting or the happiness of the encounter. We can see, for example, women who know themselves beautiful, loved and owners of the situationship; we can observe the indifference of amigas who know themselves far above their suitors; we can contemplate ladies who will give their love to their amigos, but when they decide it and not before... Through a selection of cantigas in which the woman's voice rises above the troubadour clichés and “cantiga de amigo” topics, we will try to show a different version of what is considered usual in our lyric: the self-perception of women, their feelings and physical traits that stand out through their own voices. For this, we will rely on the canons of beauty established at the time, although, in general, few specific physical characteristics are seen in the songs, and on the coincidences and discordances with the patterns of the genre that that self-perception can cause.
Direction
FIDALGO FRANCISCO, ELVIRA (Tutorships)
FIDALGO FRANCISCO, ELVIRA (Tutorships)
Court
LORENZO GRADIN, MARIA PILAR (Chairman)
GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, DEBORA (Secretary)
GUTIERREZ GARCIA, SANTIAGO (Member)
LORENZO GRADIN, MARIA PILAR (Chairman)
GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, DEBORA (Secretary)
GUTIERREZ GARCIA, SANTIAGO (Member)
The Fantastic Universe of The Hobbit: An Analysis of Creatures in the Cinematic Trilogy
Authorship
M.A.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
M.A.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.12.2024 10:00
09.12.2024 10:00
Summary
The purpose of this dissertation is to offer an in-depth discussion and analysis of the most mystic and relevant fantastic creatures in the film series The Hobbit. This trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson from 2012 to 2014, is an adaptation of one of J.R.R Tolkien's works: The Hobbit (1937). The film franchise has unparalleled importance in and influence on the conception of fantastic films, due in most part to Tolkien's immense universe. The subject of this study is an exceptional example of the impact of this work on popular culture, and on the cinematic panorama, if one considers Tolkien's contributions to the realm of high fantasy, how it is conceived, and the weight these creatures hold in the interpretation and plot of the story. Therefore, the main objective of this dissertation is to analyse Peter Jackson's adapted references to fantastic creatures through comparison and contrast with their possible sources in British folklore and tradition. In addition, the use of the most relevant bibliographical sources will be provided as a basis for the methodology. These creatures will be selected in detail after an exhaustive close viewing and reviewing of the films. The analysis will also be illustrated with the most important examples.
The purpose of this dissertation is to offer an in-depth discussion and analysis of the most mystic and relevant fantastic creatures in the film series The Hobbit. This trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson from 2012 to 2014, is an adaptation of one of J.R.R Tolkien's works: The Hobbit (1937). The film franchise has unparalleled importance in and influence on the conception of fantastic films, due in most part to Tolkien's immense universe. The subject of this study is an exceptional example of the impact of this work on popular culture, and on the cinematic panorama, if one considers Tolkien's contributions to the realm of high fantasy, how it is conceived, and the weight these creatures hold in the interpretation and plot of the story. Therefore, the main objective of this dissertation is to analyse Peter Jackson's adapted references to fantastic creatures through comparison and contrast with their possible sources in British folklore and tradition. In addition, the use of the most relevant bibliographical sources will be provided as a basis for the methodology. These creatures will be selected in detail after an exhaustive close viewing and reviewing of the films. The analysis will also be illustrated with the most important examples.
Direction
MOURON FIGUEROA, CRISTINA (Tutorships)
MOURON FIGUEROA, CRISTINA (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
Teaching Portuguese in Galicia within the framework of relations with Lusophony: The Paz-Andrade Law, Implication and Implementation
Authorship
M.J.D.A.M.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
M.J.D.A.M.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.19.2024 13:00
07.19.2024 13:00
Summary
Language has always been a central identifying element in Galicia's relations with Lusophony and contact with Portuguese on this side of the Minho, through academia and regulated teaching, dates back to well before the present century. Our work, with the backdrop of said journey, focuses on the approval of the so-called Paz-Andrade Law (Lei nº 1/2014, do 24 de marzo, para o aproveitamento da lingua portuguesa e vínculos coa lusofonia), which aimed to expand and improve the teaching of Portuguese in the Galician public education system, as well as strengthening cultural and commercial relations with the different nations of the Lusophone bloc. This historic legal framework gave rise to enormous expectations, the consequences of which, almost a decade into its existence, do not seem to have been realized. We are going to examine this hypothesis in the light of the processes that followed and the degree to which the law was implemented, by surveying the current situation of Portuguese teaching in Galicia.
Language has always been a central identifying element in Galicia's relations with Lusophony and contact with Portuguese on this side of the Minho, through academia and regulated teaching, dates back to well before the present century. Our work, with the backdrop of said journey, focuses on the approval of the so-called Paz-Andrade Law (Lei nº 1/2014, do 24 de marzo, para o aproveitamento da lingua portuguesa e vínculos coa lusofonia), which aimed to expand and improve the teaching of Portuguese in the Galician public education system, as well as strengthening cultural and commercial relations with the different nations of the Lusophone bloc. This historic legal framework gave rise to enormous expectations, the consequences of which, almost a decade into its existence, do not seem to have been realized. We are going to examine this hypothesis in the light of the processes that followed and the degree to which the law was implemented, by surveying the current situation of Portuguese teaching in Galicia.
Direction
QUIROGA DIAZ, JOSE CARLOS (Tutorships)
QUIROGA DIAZ, JOSE CARLOS (Tutorships)
Court
FORNEIRO PEREZ, JOSE LUIS (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PRADO, MARIA FELISA (Secretary)
VILLARINO PARDO, Ma DEL CARMEN (Member)
FORNEIRO PEREZ, JOSE LUIS (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PRADO, MARIA FELISA (Secretary)
VILLARINO PARDO, Ma DEL CARMEN (Member)
The vision of linguistic variation in the pedagogical grammars of spanish as L2
Authorship
B.R.S.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
B.R.S.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.19.2024 11:00
07.19.2024 11:00
Summary
Variation is an inherent aspect of all languages. A language, far from being homogeneous, is composed of numerous varieties, organized into four axes or parameters of variation. For this reason, the relationship between language and education involves deciding which variety should be taught, given that a language, which is the sum of its varieties, cannot be taught in its entirety. It also implies a specific stance or position regarding variation, that is, regarding the varieties not chosen for instruction. The textbooks used in pre-university education are based solely on teaching the prestigious variety (which is understandable), and, as various studies have shown, they present variation negatively to students, stigmatizing different dialectal features and the varieties to which these features belong. However, to my knowledge, there are hardly any studies on how variation is treated in pedagogical materials designed to teach Spanish as an L2, a field that is becoming increasingly important given the current boom in teaching Spanish to foreigners. This is precisely the objective of this TFG: to analyze the perspective on linguistic variation in Spanish (i.e., its varieties) offered to learners of Spanish. To this end, the role of variation in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (Instituto Cervantes 2002, the Spanish version of the document Common European Framework for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment, Council of Europe 2001) will first be analyzed. Secondly, an analysis will be conducted on how different pedagogical grammars of Spanish as an L2, available in the library of the Faculty of Philology, present the phenomena of Spanish variation to learners of this language, i.e., what vision they promote of the sociolinguistic reality of this language to non-native speakers who decide to study it
Variation is an inherent aspect of all languages. A language, far from being homogeneous, is composed of numerous varieties, organized into four axes or parameters of variation. For this reason, the relationship between language and education involves deciding which variety should be taught, given that a language, which is the sum of its varieties, cannot be taught in its entirety. It also implies a specific stance or position regarding variation, that is, regarding the varieties not chosen for instruction. The textbooks used in pre-university education are based solely on teaching the prestigious variety (which is understandable), and, as various studies have shown, they present variation negatively to students, stigmatizing different dialectal features and the varieties to which these features belong. However, to my knowledge, there are hardly any studies on how variation is treated in pedagogical materials designed to teach Spanish as an L2, a field that is becoming increasingly important given the current boom in teaching Spanish to foreigners. This is precisely the objective of this TFG: to analyze the perspective on linguistic variation in Spanish (i.e., its varieties) offered to learners of Spanish. To this end, the role of variation in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (Instituto Cervantes 2002, the Spanish version of the document Common European Framework for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment, Council of Europe 2001) will first be analyzed. Secondly, an analysis will be conducted on how different pedagogical grammars of Spanish as an L2, available in the library of the Faculty of Philology, present the phenomena of Spanish variation to learners of this language, i.e., what vision they promote of the sociolinguistic reality of this language to non-native speakers who decide to study it
Direction
LONGA MARTINEZ, VICTOR MANUEL (Tutorships)
LONGA MARTINEZ, VICTOR MANUEL (Tutorships)
Court
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Chairman)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Secretary)
SANTALLA DEL RIO, MARIA PAULA (Member)
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Chairman)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Secretary)
SANTALLA DEL RIO, MARIA PAULA (Member)
The figure of the inspector in the novels of Domingo Villar
Authorship
F.P.T.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
F.P.T.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
07.17.2024 16:45
07.17.2024 16:45
Summary
The crime novel is a literary genre that has been present in world literature since its emergence in the 20s on the North American scene. On the contrary, in the field of Galician literature, it is a genre that began to be cultivated much later during the 80s, with the novel Crime en Compostela by the author Carlos González Reigosa. Currently, this genre is booming, as more and more authors are entering the world of detective novels. However, among them, one of the most prestigious figures in the world of crime fiction in Galician is Domingo Villar, whose most salient works are Ollos da auga (2006), A praia dos afogados (2009) and O último barco (2019). These novels are the ones that will be taken into account in this work for the analysis of the figure of the inspector, Leo Caldas, the protagonist of these. The figure of the inspector represents one of the essential characters in this type of narrative, as he is fundamental for the development of the plot. This type of character is usually built based on a specific canon that draws him with a certain physical appearance and moral character. However, in the aforementioned titles Leo Caldas distances himself from these stereotypes and adopts a peculiar personality that characterizes him. That is why in this work a study of the singularity that defines it will be made, paying special attention to its habits and behaviors throughout the works to carry out the analysis.
The crime novel is a literary genre that has been present in world literature since its emergence in the 20s on the North American scene. On the contrary, in the field of Galician literature, it is a genre that began to be cultivated much later during the 80s, with the novel Crime en Compostela by the author Carlos González Reigosa. Currently, this genre is booming, as more and more authors are entering the world of detective novels. However, among them, one of the most prestigious figures in the world of crime fiction in Galician is Domingo Villar, whose most salient works are Ollos da auga (2006), A praia dos afogados (2009) and O último barco (2019). These novels are the ones that will be taken into account in this work for the analysis of the figure of the inspector, Leo Caldas, the protagonist of these. The figure of the inspector represents one of the essential characters in this type of narrative, as he is fundamental for the development of the plot. This type of character is usually built based on a specific canon that draws him with a certain physical appearance and moral character. However, in the aforementioned titles Leo Caldas distances himself from these stereotypes and adopts a peculiar personality that characterizes him. That is why in this work a study of the singularity that defines it will be made, paying special attention to its habits and behaviors throughout the works to carry out the analysis.
Direction
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Tutorships)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Tutorships)
Court
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Member)
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Member)
Between voices and cultures: A study on Hispanic American voice and the role of neutral Spanish in audiovisual cultural communication.
Authorship
S.F.L.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
S.F.L.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.19.2024 10:15
07.19.2024 10:15
Summary
This work aims to delve into the world of dubbing, exploring its birth and evolution as an art form that transcends linguistic barriers. We will examine the importance and complexity of the practice of dubbing, which is essential in the audiovisual experience. Firstly, a theoretical analysis of dubbing will be presented, addressing its main functions: the relevance of language in this process and the historical evolution of dubbing, focusing on the Hispanic context. We will also explore the close relationship between culture and language in dubbing, highlighting its impact on the transmission of cultural meanings. Next, we will focus on observing the different variants of Hispanic dubbing and delve more specifically into neutral Spanish. We will analyze its characteristics, challenges, and benefits, as well as its influence on the reception of audiovisual productions in different Spanish-speaking regions. Additionally, a detailed analysis will be conducted through the study of specific cases, selecting representative scenes that allow for a comparison of the impact of language, especially neutral Spanish, on the perception of the original work. Finally, in the conclusion, the main observations of the study will be summarized, highlighting the complexity and importance of dubbing in the Hispanic American context. We will also reflect on the relevance of neutral Spanish and its cultural implications, as well as propose possible directions for future research in this field.
This work aims to delve into the world of dubbing, exploring its birth and evolution as an art form that transcends linguistic barriers. We will examine the importance and complexity of the practice of dubbing, which is essential in the audiovisual experience. Firstly, a theoretical analysis of dubbing will be presented, addressing its main functions: the relevance of language in this process and the historical evolution of dubbing, focusing on the Hispanic context. We will also explore the close relationship between culture and language in dubbing, highlighting its impact on the transmission of cultural meanings. Next, we will focus on observing the different variants of Hispanic dubbing and delve more specifically into neutral Spanish. We will analyze its characteristics, challenges, and benefits, as well as its influence on the reception of audiovisual productions in different Spanish-speaking regions. Additionally, a detailed analysis will be conducted through the study of specific cases, selecting representative scenes that allow for a comparison of the impact of language, especially neutral Spanish, on the perception of the original work. Finally, in the conclusion, the main observations of the study will be summarized, highlighting the complexity and importance of dubbing in the Hispanic American context. We will also reflect on the relevance of neutral Spanish and its cultural implications, as well as propose possible directions for future research in this field.
Direction
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Tutorships)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Tutorships)
Court
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Chairman)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Secretary)
SANTALLA DEL RIO, MARIA PAULA (Member)
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Chairman)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Secretary)
SANTALLA DEL RIO, MARIA PAULA (Member)
Lingüistic variation in the municipalities of Salvaterra de Miño, Tui and Salceda de Caselas
Authorship
E.M.T.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
E.M.T.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 09:00
06.20.2024 09:00
Summary
The present work consists of the analysis of linguistic variation in three municipalities in the south of the province of Pontevedra (Salvaterra de Miño, Tui and Salceda de Caselas), an area of special interest due to the confluence of several phonetic and morphosyntactic isoglosses. As a method, the speech of three Galician speakers from each territory, between 20 and 40 years old, was analyzed. Initially, both phonetic and morphosyntactic variables of interest in the geographical area studied were chosen. The recorded interview method was used to obtain data. The variables were studied on the basis of oral samples. Afterwards, the information obtained was analyzed by variable and finally the results were contrasted in order to be able to offer a result on the linguistic variation between the three bordering municipalities.
The present work consists of the analysis of linguistic variation in three municipalities in the south of the province of Pontevedra (Salvaterra de Miño, Tui and Salceda de Caselas), an area of special interest due to the confluence of several phonetic and morphosyntactic isoglosses. As a method, the speech of three Galician speakers from each territory, between 20 and 40 years old, was analyzed. Initially, both phonetic and morphosyntactic variables of interest in the geographical area studied were chosen. The recorded interview method was used to obtain data. The variables were studied on the basis of oral samples. Afterwards, the information obtained was analyzed by variable and finally the results were contrasted in order to be able to offer a result on the linguistic variation between the three bordering municipalities.
Direction
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Tutorships)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Tutorships)
Court
REGUEIRA FERNANDEZ, XOSE LUIS (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
REGUEIRA FERNANDEZ, XOSE LUIS (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
English and gaming: A study of the influence of video games in Second Language Acquisition
Authorship
C.R.D.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
C.R.D.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 12:30
07.16.2024 12:30
Summary
As is well known, in the last few years, video games have become one of the world’s most powerful entertainment industries. Many people today, especially young people, play video games, as they have increasingly become more and more accessible. Most of the video games available these days are usually developed in English, which is the lingua franca that prevails among a significant number of users. The main objective of this dissertation is to analyze the influence of video games in the acquisition of English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL). The project will consist of two main parts: one section providing the study with a theoretical framework that will include key concepts such as second language acquisition (SLA) and incidental learning, among others, plus some references to the world of video games and its connections with the field of SLA. In turn, the second part of the study will investigate the role of video games in the acquisition of English from a practical perspective. If possible, an online questionnaire will be distributed among a group of young video-game players with the aim of assessing the impact of English (if any) on their language skills as a result of their exposure to those games.
As is well known, in the last few years, video games have become one of the world’s most powerful entertainment industries. Many people today, especially young people, play video games, as they have increasingly become more and more accessible. Most of the video games available these days are usually developed in English, which is the lingua franca that prevails among a significant number of users. The main objective of this dissertation is to analyze the influence of video games in the acquisition of English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL). The project will consist of two main parts: one section providing the study with a theoretical framework that will include key concepts such as second language acquisition (SLA) and incidental learning, among others, plus some references to the world of video games and its connections with the field of SLA. In turn, the second part of the study will investigate the role of video games in the acquisition of English from a practical perspective. If possible, an online questionnaire will be distributed among a group of young video-game players with the aim of assessing the impact of English (if any) on their language skills as a result of their exposure to those games.
Direction
NUÑEZ PERTEJO, MARIA PALOMA (Tutorships)
NUÑEZ PERTEJO, MARIA PALOMA (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
An analysis of the novel Oficio de tinieblas by Rosario Castellanos
Authorship
L.R.L.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
L.R.L.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 11:45
06.21.2024 11:45
Summary
Indigenist literature is a literary movement developed since colonial times that underwent significant changes throughout this extensive period. While the authors of Hispanic American Romanticism proceeded to recuperate, in a paternalistic tone, historical characters from the Chronicle of the Indies and indigenous traditions excluded from written culture, at the beginning of the 20th century, the movement turned to denounce the poor situation of the indigenous people, who were considered elements with political potential. This circumstance is a consequence of the abusive control of the whites over the Indians, which implies a division of power between the dominant and the dominated. By mid-century, this theme combined with elements of magical realism to give rise to what is known as neo-indigenism, a renewal that considers myth as a more authentic mode of expression, closer to the indigenous worldview. This was a way to emphasize the rejection that indigenous culture arouses in the whites, who, in their rationalist conception of the world, are very distant from a culture in which mythical beliefs are still very present. A title that is a clear example of this literary mode is Oficio de tinieblas (1962) by the Mexican author of the generation of the 50s, Rosario Castellanos. This novel focuses on the 1867 revolution of the Chamula Indians in Chiapas, a state in southern Mexico. However, the author revisits these historical events and sets them in a time close to her own, the 20th century. This fact demonstrates that the situation of inequality to which the Indians were subjected persisted over time. The objective of this work is to perform a historical and narratological analysis of Oficio de tinieblas that allows the novel to be placed in the context of the mid-20th century and to determine the author's contributions to neo-indigenism.
Indigenist literature is a literary movement developed since colonial times that underwent significant changes throughout this extensive period. While the authors of Hispanic American Romanticism proceeded to recuperate, in a paternalistic tone, historical characters from the Chronicle of the Indies and indigenous traditions excluded from written culture, at the beginning of the 20th century, the movement turned to denounce the poor situation of the indigenous people, who were considered elements with political potential. This circumstance is a consequence of the abusive control of the whites over the Indians, which implies a division of power between the dominant and the dominated. By mid-century, this theme combined with elements of magical realism to give rise to what is known as neo-indigenism, a renewal that considers myth as a more authentic mode of expression, closer to the indigenous worldview. This was a way to emphasize the rejection that indigenous culture arouses in the whites, who, in their rationalist conception of the world, are very distant from a culture in which mythical beliefs are still very present. A title that is a clear example of this literary mode is Oficio de tinieblas (1962) by the Mexican author of the generation of the 50s, Rosario Castellanos. This novel focuses on the 1867 revolution of the Chamula Indians in Chiapas, a state in southern Mexico. However, the author revisits these historical events and sets them in a time close to her own, the 20th century. This fact demonstrates that the situation of inequality to which the Indians were subjected persisted over time. The objective of this work is to perform a historical and narratological analysis of Oficio de tinieblas that allows the novel to be placed in the context of the mid-20th century and to determine the author's contributions to neo-indigenism.
Direction
CHOUCIÑO FERNANDEZ, ANA GLORIA (Tutorships)
CHOUCIÑO FERNANDEZ, ANA GLORIA (Tutorships)
Court
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
“A Feminist Approach to the Evolution of ‘The Witch’ as a Literary Character’
Authorship
I.M.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
I.M.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 11:00
07.16.2024 11:00
Summary
The depiction of the witch in literature has evolved importantly throughout the years. Even though witches are usually depicted as old and evil, this is just one of many stereotypes created by popular culture. These depictions lead to negative and pejorative connotations that were consolidated mostly during the witch hunts that took place in the 16th and 17th centuries, when women were hunted because they were associated with having contact with Satan. However, with the arrival of feminism, this negative image has changed, leading to new and different interpretations of the witch as a literary character. Therefore, this dissertation will analyze the depiction of the literary witch in three works, having the English play Macbeth (1606), written by Shakespeare, as a starting point and then moving to two North American works, being The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), written by Frank L. Baum, and Bewitched (2023), written by Laura Thalassa. This analysis will focus on how witches are represented in these works, both physically and psychologically, from a feminist perspective (Purkiss, 1996; Sempruch, 2008; among others). Then, with the result of this analysis, there will be a comparison between the different works, in order to collect the differences and similarities of the witch as a literary character so as to explore its evolution.
The depiction of the witch in literature has evolved importantly throughout the years. Even though witches are usually depicted as old and evil, this is just one of many stereotypes created by popular culture. These depictions lead to negative and pejorative connotations that were consolidated mostly during the witch hunts that took place in the 16th and 17th centuries, when women were hunted because they were associated with having contact with Satan. However, with the arrival of feminism, this negative image has changed, leading to new and different interpretations of the witch as a literary character. Therefore, this dissertation will analyze the depiction of the literary witch in three works, having the English play Macbeth (1606), written by Shakespeare, as a starting point and then moving to two North American works, being The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), written by Frank L. Baum, and Bewitched (2023), written by Laura Thalassa. This analysis will focus on how witches are represented in these works, both physically and psychologically, from a feminist perspective (Purkiss, 1996; Sempruch, 2008; among others). Then, with the result of this analysis, there will be a comparison between the different works, in order to collect the differences and similarities of the witch as a literary character so as to explore its evolution.
Direction
ALONSO ALONSO, MARIA (Tutorships)
ALONSO ALONSO, MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
A Corpus-Based Study of Spanish Loanwords in Present-Day English
Authorship
M.D.C.R.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
M.D.C.R.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 11:00
06.19.2024 11:00
Summary
The main objective of this project is the study of Spanish loanwords in modern English, all from a contemporary perspective. To this aim, the first part of this dissertation will be focused on the notion of loanword or lexical borrowing. This will be followed with an overview of general loanwords in present-day English, that is, an account of English loanwords from languages other than Spanish. Next, I will consider the most frequently borrowed words from Spanish in modern English based on the existing literature on the topic in question and the review of some English dictionaries, such as the Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases; the Oxford English Dictionary; the Webster’s Dictionary; Loanwords in the World’s Languages: A Comparative Handbook, etc. In the second part, I will examine a selection of the most frequently encountered Spanish loanwords in modern British and American English by considering data extracted from the BNC (British National Corpus) and the COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English) corpora. This information will allow me to draw contrasts between these two varieties of English regarding the reception of these Spanish loanwords in English. It is assumed that American English will be more open to introducing new Spanish terms than the British variety for several historical, economic, political, and sociolinguistic reasons. This, however, will need to be confirmed with evidence from the study. This dissertation will conclude with a summary of the main findings together with some personal reflections on the issues studied.
The main objective of this project is the study of Spanish loanwords in modern English, all from a contemporary perspective. To this aim, the first part of this dissertation will be focused on the notion of loanword or lexical borrowing. This will be followed with an overview of general loanwords in present-day English, that is, an account of English loanwords from languages other than Spanish. Next, I will consider the most frequently borrowed words from Spanish in modern English based on the existing literature on the topic in question and the review of some English dictionaries, such as the Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases; the Oxford English Dictionary; the Webster’s Dictionary; Loanwords in the World’s Languages: A Comparative Handbook, etc. In the second part, I will examine a selection of the most frequently encountered Spanish loanwords in modern British and American English by considering data extracted from the BNC (British National Corpus) and the COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English) corpora. This information will allow me to draw contrasts between these two varieties of English regarding the reception of these Spanish loanwords in English. It is assumed that American English will be more open to introducing new Spanish terms than the British variety for several historical, economic, political, and sociolinguistic reasons. This, however, will need to be confirmed with evidence from the study. This dissertation will conclude with a summary of the main findings together with some personal reflections on the issues studied.
Direction
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Tutorships)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
Irish Dysfunctional Families in Sally Rooney’s Narratives
Authorship
T.N.N.M.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
T.N.N.M.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 16:00
09.11.2024 16:00
Summary
The Irish society used to be highly conservative and even patriarchal, very much influenced by the Church. In that historical context, the family was probably the most important institution. This social context has been radically altered, at least since the last decades of the twentieth century. Notwithstanding, the family as an institution is still recurrently represented by Irish writers although in new terms. Influential writers such as Anne Enright have asserted that the family has a different function in their works. In the case of Enright, it serves her as a structural element in her narratives. It is our intention to focus on the topic of family dynamics in works of the popular and influential writer Sally Rooney, and to demonstrate the importance and recurrence of the topic of familial relationships in her popular novel Normal People (2018), as well as in her less known short stories. All the selected narratives share thematic and structural elements. Therefore, our study analyses Normal People (2018), as well as the short stories “At the Clinic” (2016), “Mr Salary” (2019) and “Colour and Light” (2019). It is our contention that Rooney, considered as “the first great millennial novelist” by the New York Times, recurrently represents dysfunctional families and that many other topics related to the characterisation of her young protagonists such as mental imbalance, gender conflicts or class prejudices should be analysed in reference to the familial context of these protagonists. This work also vindicates the need of studying not only Rooney’s major novels but also her short stories, and of comparing how the topic of dysfunctional family features in both type of narratives albeit deployed with different techniques depending on the genre employed by the author.
The Irish society used to be highly conservative and even patriarchal, very much influenced by the Church. In that historical context, the family was probably the most important institution. This social context has been radically altered, at least since the last decades of the twentieth century. Notwithstanding, the family as an institution is still recurrently represented by Irish writers although in new terms. Influential writers such as Anne Enright have asserted that the family has a different function in their works. In the case of Enright, it serves her as a structural element in her narratives. It is our intention to focus on the topic of family dynamics in works of the popular and influential writer Sally Rooney, and to demonstrate the importance and recurrence of the topic of familial relationships in her popular novel Normal People (2018), as well as in her less known short stories. All the selected narratives share thematic and structural elements. Therefore, our study analyses Normal People (2018), as well as the short stories “At the Clinic” (2016), “Mr Salary” (2019) and “Colour and Light” (2019). It is our contention that Rooney, considered as “the first great millennial novelist” by the New York Times, recurrently represents dysfunctional families and that many other topics related to the characterisation of her young protagonists such as mental imbalance, gender conflicts or class prejudices should be analysed in reference to the familial context of these protagonists. This work also vindicates the need of studying not only Rooney’s major novels but also her short stories, and of comparing how the topic of dysfunctional family features in both type of narratives albeit deployed with different techniques depending on the genre employed by the author.
Direction
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Tutorships)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Pragmatic Analysis of Verbal Communication and Humor of the TV show Friends
Authorship
K.C.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
K.C.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 12:00
06.21.2024 12:00
Summary
The main aim of this TFG will be to conduct a pragmatic analysis regarding different scenes taken from the TV series Friends: I will be selecting different recurrent utterances and analyzing them based on different aspects: conversational implicature, the Cooperative Principle stated by Grice and the intonation used in the moment of the production of speech. The selected conversations will be contrasted inside each of the categories, producing a contrastive analysis of the utterances in order to understand how their meaning changes when the context in which they are enunciated is a different one. I will be focusing on the implicit and explicit message that the characters are trying to communicate, the reaction of the recipient, the tone of the conversation and the personal situation of the issuer and the recipient's. I will also take into account the sitation in which the action develops, the sociocultural context of the 1990's in the United States, which are the decade and country in which the series Friends was recorded and the people involved in the conversation as well as the relationships held amongst them. Eventually, my analysis will help me state as well as prove how the context and production of speech have a similar, or even heavier weight on the explicit, uttered message.
The main aim of this TFG will be to conduct a pragmatic analysis regarding different scenes taken from the TV series Friends: I will be selecting different recurrent utterances and analyzing them based on different aspects: conversational implicature, the Cooperative Principle stated by Grice and the intonation used in the moment of the production of speech. The selected conversations will be contrasted inside each of the categories, producing a contrastive analysis of the utterances in order to understand how their meaning changes when the context in which they are enunciated is a different one. I will be focusing on the implicit and explicit message that the characters are trying to communicate, the reaction of the recipient, the tone of the conversation and the personal situation of the issuer and the recipient's. I will also take into account the sitation in which the action develops, the sociocultural context of the 1990's in the United States, which are the decade and country in which the series Friends was recorded and the people involved in the conversation as well as the relationships held amongst them. Eventually, my analysis will help me state as well as prove how the context and production of speech have a similar, or even heavier weight on the explicit, uttered message.
Direction
Codesido García, Ana Isabel (Tutorships)
Codesido García, Ana Isabel (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
“Éche o que hai”: the Galician solidarity clitic as a conversational strategy.
Authorship
M.L.B.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
M.L.B.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
09.09.2024 10:00
09.09.2024 10:00
Summary
The aim of this research is studying the galician solidarity clitics, since they have been little investigated in galician linguistics: we only have the description of their uses in grammar books, like Álvarez and Xove (2002), some clasifications (Álvarez Blanco, 1997) and works with an aproach in between pragmatics and grammar, like Huidobro (2022) recent work. In our work we take a pragmatic view over solidarity clitics, regarding they as a mitigation mechanism in order to protect the usser’s face and to guarantee the proper development of the communicative act (Abelta y Estellés, 2021). With such goal, we shall create a questionnaire with two sections: in the first one, different communitive settings will be presented to the participants, who then will be asked on what they would say and if they would use the solidarity clitics. In the second one, we shall provoke their metapragmatic comments from utterances with and without the solidarity clitics. Hopefully, the data we can obtain through this research will help to clarify the factors that determine these clitics use. Our results will contribute to the study of the dative clitics from outside the grammar and, at the same time, will provide useful data to further studies
The aim of this research is studying the galician solidarity clitics, since they have been little investigated in galician linguistics: we only have the description of their uses in grammar books, like Álvarez and Xove (2002), some clasifications (Álvarez Blanco, 1997) and works with an aproach in between pragmatics and grammar, like Huidobro (2022) recent work. In our work we take a pragmatic view over solidarity clitics, regarding they as a mitigation mechanism in order to protect the usser’s face and to guarantee the proper development of the communicative act (Abelta y Estellés, 2021). With such goal, we shall create a questionnaire with two sections: in the first one, different communitive settings will be presented to the participants, who then will be asked on what they would say and if they would use the solidarity clitics. In the second one, we shall provoke their metapragmatic comments from utterances with and without the solidarity clitics. Hopefully, the data we can obtain through this research will help to clarify the factors that determine these clitics use. Our results will contribute to the study of the dative clitics from outside the grammar and, at the same time, will provide useful data to further studies
Direction
FERNANDEZ REY, ELISA (Tutorships)
FERNANDEZ REY, ELISA (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ REY, ELISA (Student’s tutor)
FERNANDEZ REY, ELISA (Student’s tutor)
A corpus-based Study of Grammar Differences between Contemporary British and American English
Authorship
A.S.V.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.S.V.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.10.2024 12:30
09.10.2024 12:30
Summary
The distinct grammatical features between American English and British English have been an area of interest, yet they have not received as much attention as other language aspects. This paper aims to address this gap by conducting a comprehensive study that encompasses both theoretical analysis and corpus-based examination. The objectives of this research are twofold: firstly, to provide a theoretical understanding of the grammar variations between the two varieties, considering historical, social, and cultural factors that have shaped their development; and secondly, to empirically verify these distinctions by analyzing real-world language usage from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) and the British National Corpus (BNC). The theoretical section delves into linguistic theories and the unique factors contributing to the grammar differences in American and British English. The corpus-based analysis involves extracting data from the mentioned sources to compare the normalized frequency of selected grammar features, revealing concrete evidence of actual language usage. This study's significance lies in shedding light on underexplored research, providing a balanced view of grammar variation through theoretical insights and empirical evidence. It contributes to our understanding of language differences and serves as a valuable resource for language educators, translators, and anyone interested in English language variations.
The distinct grammatical features between American English and British English have been an area of interest, yet they have not received as much attention as other language aspects. This paper aims to address this gap by conducting a comprehensive study that encompasses both theoretical analysis and corpus-based examination. The objectives of this research are twofold: firstly, to provide a theoretical understanding of the grammar variations between the two varieties, considering historical, social, and cultural factors that have shaped their development; and secondly, to empirically verify these distinctions by analyzing real-world language usage from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) and the British National Corpus (BNC). The theoretical section delves into linguistic theories and the unique factors contributing to the grammar differences in American and British English. The corpus-based analysis involves extracting data from the mentioned sources to compare the normalized frequency of selected grammar features, revealing concrete evidence of actual language usage. This study's significance lies in shedding light on underexplored research, providing a balanced view of grammar variation through theoretical insights and empirical evidence. It contributes to our understanding of language differences and serves as a valuable resource for language educators, translators, and anyone interested in English language variations.
Direction
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Tutorships)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Student’s tutor)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Student’s tutor)
Women’s voices in contemporary Italian speculative fiction: Le scrittrici della notte
Authorship
C.L.L.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
C.L.L.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
02.15.2024 17:30
02.15.2024 17:30
Summary
The study will focus on analysing the anthology Le scrittrici della notte, a collection of nine fantasy stories written by women and edited by Loredana Lipperini. The writer, as well as a journalist and radio host, brings to light various fantasy and horror texts by famous and forgotten female authors, highlighting the ostracism they suffered because of the supremacy of the realistic novel. The collection is divided into three sections: Sepultures, Violations, and Visions. The first portion of the anthology, namely Sepultures, includes three stories: Il curare. Racconto di Natale by Marchesa Colombi, Il bacio d’una morta by Carolina Invernizio and Ricostruzione by Paola Masino. Regarding Violations, there are: L’infanta sepolta by Anna Maria Ortese, Il gigante by Paola Capriolo and Memora totale by Gilda Musa. Finally, in Visions: Leggenda di Capodimonte by Matilde Serao, La dama bianca by Grazia Deledda and Ragazza che passa by Chiara Palazzolo. This project aims to investigate the Italian fantasy and horror genre written by women, analyzing the stories in the anthology to search for and uncover the hidden symbolism in the texts. In order to achieve these parameters, some works and research texts will be considered as a theoretical framework of reference: Uno spazio femminile per il fantastico. Riflessioni attorno ad alcune narratrici del Novecento by Silvia Zangrandi; Chi ha paura del fantastico femminile? by Beatrice Sica and La nascita della fantascienza in Italia: il caso Urania by Pierpaolo Antonello, among others.
The study will focus on analysing the anthology Le scrittrici della notte, a collection of nine fantasy stories written by women and edited by Loredana Lipperini. The writer, as well as a journalist and radio host, brings to light various fantasy and horror texts by famous and forgotten female authors, highlighting the ostracism they suffered because of the supremacy of the realistic novel. The collection is divided into three sections: Sepultures, Violations, and Visions. The first portion of the anthology, namely Sepultures, includes three stories: Il curare. Racconto di Natale by Marchesa Colombi, Il bacio d’una morta by Carolina Invernizio and Ricostruzione by Paola Masino. Regarding Violations, there are: L’infanta sepolta by Anna Maria Ortese, Il gigante by Paola Capriolo and Memora totale by Gilda Musa. Finally, in Visions: Leggenda di Capodimonte by Matilde Serao, La dama bianca by Grazia Deledda and Ragazza che passa by Chiara Palazzolo. This project aims to investigate the Italian fantasy and horror genre written by women, analyzing the stories in the anthology to search for and uncover the hidden symbolism in the texts. In order to achieve these parameters, some works and research texts will be considered as a theoretical framework of reference: Uno spazio femminile per il fantastico. Riflessioni attorno ad alcune narratrici del Novecento by Silvia Zangrandi; Chi ha paura del fantastico femminile? by Beatrice Sica and La nascita della fantascienza in Italia: il caso Urania by Pierpaolo Antonello, among others.
Direction
DE FRUTOS MARTINEZ, MARIA CONSUELO (Tutorships)
DE FRUTOS MARTINEZ, MARIA CONSUELO (Tutorships)
Court
BUONO , BENEDICT (Chairman)
CECCARELLI , MARILENA (Secretary)
MARCHISIO , CRISTINA (Member)
BUONO , BENEDICT (Chairman)
CECCARELLI , MARILENA (Secretary)
MARCHISIO , CRISTINA (Member)
“The Most Famous Prince of Blessed Memory”: The Reinterpretation of the Historical Richard III in Bridget M. Beauchamp’s Maid of Middleham (2022)
Authorship
R.R.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
R.R.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 10:00
07.16.2024 10:00
Summary
“Now is the winter of our discontent” is the opening line of Shakespeare’s Richard III, a history play that, for centuries, defined and tarnished the reputation of the last king of the House of York, portrayed as a hunchback who would do anything to win the crown of England. The discovery of his remains in a car park in Leicester in 2012 disproved many of the beliefs held about him and brought some clarity to the story of this Plantagenet king, until then shrouded in mystery. This monarch, who was only on the throne for two years, aroused people’s curiosity, caused much controversy for centuries and many works have been written about his life, both historical and fictional. One of them is Maid of Middleham, a historical-fictional novel written by Bridget M. Beauchamp and published in 2022. In this work, the paths of Eleanor, a country girl, and Richard, Duke of Gloucester, cross and the two characters fall in love. In addition to these fictional elements, historical events from Richard’s life, from the time he was a teenager until his death at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, are reinterpreted throughout the novel. The aim of this thesis is to analyse and describe how the character of Richard III is presented / reinterpreted in Maid of Middleham and to compare and contrast him with the historical figure. The analysis involves a detailed reading of the novel and the selection of the most relevant passages related to diverse episodes of Richard III’s life. In order to compare the protagonist of the novel with the historical counterpart, different biographies and sources on the latter will be used, including Richard The Third, written by Paul Murray Kendall (2002 edition), which remains perhaps the most authorised one on this controversial English monarch.
“Now is the winter of our discontent” is the opening line of Shakespeare’s Richard III, a history play that, for centuries, defined and tarnished the reputation of the last king of the House of York, portrayed as a hunchback who would do anything to win the crown of England. The discovery of his remains in a car park in Leicester in 2012 disproved many of the beliefs held about him and brought some clarity to the story of this Plantagenet king, until then shrouded in mystery. This monarch, who was only on the throne for two years, aroused people’s curiosity, caused much controversy for centuries and many works have been written about his life, both historical and fictional. One of them is Maid of Middleham, a historical-fictional novel written by Bridget M. Beauchamp and published in 2022. In this work, the paths of Eleanor, a country girl, and Richard, Duke of Gloucester, cross and the two characters fall in love. In addition to these fictional elements, historical events from Richard’s life, from the time he was a teenager until his death at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, are reinterpreted throughout the novel. The aim of this thesis is to analyse and describe how the character of Richard III is presented / reinterpreted in Maid of Middleham and to compare and contrast him with the historical figure. The analysis involves a detailed reading of the novel and the selection of the most relevant passages related to diverse episodes of Richard III’s life. In order to compare the protagonist of the novel with the historical counterpart, different biographies and sources on the latter will be used, including Richard The Third, written by Paul Murray Kendall (2002 edition), which remains perhaps the most authorised one on this controversial English monarch.
Direction
MOURON FIGUEROA, CRISTINA (Tutorships)
MOURON FIGUEROA, CRISTINA (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
“¿Pero na oralidade? ¡bueno, ho! ¡que el cuerpo varía!”. Language ideologies and (de)standardisation in Galician
Authorship
A.L.B.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
A.L.B.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 11:00
06.20.2024 11:00
Summary
The main language ideology in our contemporary western societies is standard language ideology (Milroy and Milroy, 1993; Gal, 2006 and 2018): the belief that there is one best way of speaking and that a modern society, in order to be so, must have a standard for using in public. However, in this age of late modernity, some scholars notice processes of destandardisation in different european languages (Coupland and Kristiansen, 2011; Kristiansen, 2021), that is, a weakening of the idea of the standard language superiority. This doesn’t cause the standard to lose its legitimacy, but turn the relation among standard language and other varieties more complex, multidimensional and even contradictory. In this way, the aim of this research is studying whether a process of destandardisation may be taking place also in Galician language. The investigation is based on a corpus of focus groups, that is made up of universitarian young people who talk about metalinguistic topics. Our theoretical framework is what McLelland (2021) calls “third-wave standardisation studies”, which focuses on the ideologic dimension of standardisation, specially in multilingual contexts. From the perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis (Fairclough, 1989; Blommaert, 2005), we will observe how dominant language ideologies are being reproduced, negotiated or resisted.
The main language ideology in our contemporary western societies is standard language ideology (Milroy and Milroy, 1993; Gal, 2006 and 2018): the belief that there is one best way of speaking and that a modern society, in order to be so, must have a standard for using in public. However, in this age of late modernity, some scholars notice processes of destandardisation in different european languages (Coupland and Kristiansen, 2011; Kristiansen, 2021), that is, a weakening of the idea of the standard language superiority. This doesn’t cause the standard to lose its legitimacy, but turn the relation among standard language and other varieties more complex, multidimensional and even contradictory. In this way, the aim of this research is studying whether a process of destandardisation may be taking place also in Galician language. The investigation is based on a corpus of focus groups, that is made up of universitarian young people who talk about metalinguistic topics. Our theoretical framework is what McLelland (2021) calls “third-wave standardisation studies”, which focuses on the ideologic dimension of standardisation, specially in multilingual contexts. From the perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis (Fairclough, 1989; Blommaert, 2005), we will observe how dominant language ideologies are being reproduced, negotiated or resisted.
Direction
REGUEIRA FERNANDEZ, XOSE LUIS (Tutorships)
REGUEIRA FERNANDEZ, XOSE LUIS (Tutorships)
Court
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Motherhood and Sisterhood in Maria: Or, The Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
Authorship
A.R.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.R.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 17:30
09.11.2024 17:30
Summary
This dissertation aims to analyse the depiction of motherhood and sisterhood in Mary Wollstonecraft’s philosophical and gothic novel Maria: Or, The Wrongs of Woman (published posthumously in 1798). In order to do so, it will be necessary to take into account her pioneering feminist treatise A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) as a plausible prelude to the novel we intend to study. The story of the novel revolves around Maria, a middle-class woman imprisoned in an asylum by her abusive husband after she refuses to comply with his demands. Through this narrative, the novel explores themes of gender inequality, social injustice, and the limitations to which women are subject. Thus, Wollstonecraft challenges the attitudes society had towards women and motherhood during the 18th century in England. Both the narrative and the treaty serve as a way to criticize the societal rules that constrict women’s liberty, bringing attention to their need to be recognized as independent people with their own contributions, ideas, and rights, beyond their role as mothers. Considering Maria’s relationship with a lower-class woman, Jemima, we demonstrate how Mary Wollstonecraft was projecting sisterhood as an alternative to patriarchal oppression. Finally, our analysis will focus on the formal features of the unfinished narrative and even on the status of Maria: Or, The Wrongs of Woman as a narrative that has been related to such different genres as novel or autobiography.
This dissertation aims to analyse the depiction of motherhood and sisterhood in Mary Wollstonecraft’s philosophical and gothic novel Maria: Or, The Wrongs of Woman (published posthumously in 1798). In order to do so, it will be necessary to take into account her pioneering feminist treatise A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) as a plausible prelude to the novel we intend to study. The story of the novel revolves around Maria, a middle-class woman imprisoned in an asylum by her abusive husband after she refuses to comply with his demands. Through this narrative, the novel explores themes of gender inequality, social injustice, and the limitations to which women are subject. Thus, Wollstonecraft challenges the attitudes society had towards women and motherhood during the 18th century in England. Both the narrative and the treaty serve as a way to criticize the societal rules that constrict women’s liberty, bringing attention to their need to be recognized as independent people with their own contributions, ideas, and rights, beyond their role as mothers. Considering Maria’s relationship with a lower-class woman, Jemima, we demonstrate how Mary Wollstonecraft was projecting sisterhood as an alternative to patriarchal oppression. Finally, our analysis will focus on the formal features of the unfinished narrative and even on the status of Maria: Or, The Wrongs of Woman as a narrative that has been related to such different genres as novel or autobiography.
Direction
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Tutorships)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Student’s tutor)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Student’s tutor)
Failed humor and offence: a case study
Authorship
I.G.R.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
I.G.R.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 12:45
06.20.2024 12:45
Summary
The aim of this Bachelor's Degree Final Project is to study the limits of humor, as a response to the growing social concern regarding the question. The concepts of failed humor and offence will be taken as the main reference, while also considering contributions from the fields of Humor Studies, Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics and the Verbal Hygiene theories. First, a general introduction will be provided in order to locate failed humor inside the field of Humor Studies, offering a brief state of the question and then diving into its conceptual definition an relation to the notion of offence, taking Bell (2015) as key reference. This investigation complements itself with a case study that involves a group of 30 respondents answering a two-part survey. The first part provides us with quantitative data, asking from the respondents to indicate, on a selection on 10 jokes, their reaction and consideration of its offensiveness. From the second part we will obtain qualitative data regarding each respondent's consideration about censorship, their humor preferences and their opinion about the relationship between ideology and humor. The analysis aims to answer three hypothesis. First, that the reaction to humor and its consideration as offensive are independent variables and therefore heterogeneous among respondents. Second, that respondents will choose humor forms based on the consideration of its social impact. Third, that they will opt for more absurd and less socially compromising forms of humor.
The aim of this Bachelor's Degree Final Project is to study the limits of humor, as a response to the growing social concern regarding the question. The concepts of failed humor and offence will be taken as the main reference, while also considering contributions from the fields of Humor Studies, Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics and the Verbal Hygiene theories. First, a general introduction will be provided in order to locate failed humor inside the field of Humor Studies, offering a brief state of the question and then diving into its conceptual definition an relation to the notion of offence, taking Bell (2015) as key reference. This investigation complements itself with a case study that involves a group of 30 respondents answering a two-part survey. The first part provides us with quantitative data, asking from the respondents to indicate, on a selection on 10 jokes, their reaction and consideration of its offensiveness. From the second part we will obtain qualitative data regarding each respondent's consideration about censorship, their humor preferences and their opinion about the relationship between ideology and humor. The analysis aims to answer three hypothesis. First, that the reaction to humor and its consideration as offensive are independent variables and therefore heterogeneous among respondents. Second, that respondents will choose humor forms based on the consideration of its social impact. Third, that they will opt for more absurd and less socially compromising forms of humor.
Direction
Moure Pereiro, Teresa (Tutorships)
Moure Pereiro, Teresa (Tutorships)
Court
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Chairman)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Secretary)
LONGA MARTINEZ, VICTOR MANUEL (Member)
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Chairman)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Secretary)
LONGA MARTINEZ, VICTOR MANUEL (Member)
Galician in families in the Lugo area
Authorship
I.F.B.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
I.F.B.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 10:30
06.20.2024 10:30
Summary
My Final Degree Project will try to study the presence of the Galician language in the family environment, specifically focusing on intergenerational transmission between the different members of the families in the Lugo area. This region was chosen due to the interest generated by the municipality of Lugo: the data indicate that, despite being the largest city, it has the lowest population density of the seven large Galician municipalities. This, together with the dispersion of the population in small rural areas, makes it one of the places where Galician is used the most. This Final Degree Project aims to offer a typology of families based on the maintenance or change of language over three generations. This information will be linked to social variables, such as place of birth or status. In order to study this process, we have used the works from the subject of Galician Sociolinguistics that make up the ALFA Archive (The Language of Families) and that provide information on the transmission of the Galician language throughout three generations of a family. Quantitative data extracted from the Galician Institute of Statistics (IGE) on the knowledge and use of the Galician language were also used.
My Final Degree Project will try to study the presence of the Galician language in the family environment, specifically focusing on intergenerational transmission between the different members of the families in the Lugo area. This region was chosen due to the interest generated by the municipality of Lugo: the data indicate that, despite being the largest city, it has the lowest population density of the seven large Galician municipalities. This, together with the dispersion of the population in small rural areas, makes it one of the places where Galician is used the most. This Final Degree Project aims to offer a typology of families based on the maintenance or change of language over three generations. This information will be linked to social variables, such as place of birth or status. In order to study this process, we have used the works from the subject of Galician Sociolinguistics that make up the ALFA Archive (The Language of Families) and that provide information on the transmission of the Galician language throughout three generations of a family. Quantitative data extracted from the Galician Institute of Statistics (IGE) on the knowledge and use of the Galician language were also used.
Direction
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Tutorships)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Tutorships)
Court
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Religious contrition in Quevedo's 'Lágrimas de un penitente'
Authorship
J.R.D.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
J.R.D.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 12:00
06.21.2024 12:00
Summary
This dissertation aims to study ‘Lágrimas de un penitente’, a collection of poems included in the second posthumous edition of Quevedo's poetry, ‘Las tres musas últimas castellanas’ (1670). The corpus is mostly made up of variant versions of texts initially conceived for a religious collections of poems that circulated in manuscript form in 1613 under the title of ‘Heráclito cristiano’, the texts of which were dispersed and ended up included, with notable authorial changes, in different muses of his complete poetry. Understanding ‘Lágrimas de un penitente’ as a unitary project, we will study the process of contrition carried out by the poetic voice and how this religious experience is related to the moral reflections on death and the transience of life that are natural to Quevedo. After a brief contextualisation of the poetic ensemble in Quevedo's sacred poetry and in relation to the ‘Heráclito cristiano’, ‘Lágrimas de un penitente’ will be analysed from the perspective of the inner experience of the poetic voice, also taking into consideration possible secular moral interferences. The aim is that the individual analysis of each poem will lead to an overall interpretation of the collection and to an explanation of the macro-structure in which each text is inserted. The study will also offer, as a secondary objective, some insights into the relationship between ‘Heráclito cristiano’ and ‘Lágrimas de un penitente’ in important aspects such as the title or, especially, the development of contrition. As far as the bibliography is concerned, the study of the poems will be based on the critical edition by Rey and Alonso Veloso (2021). Although criticism has not paid much attention to Quevedo's religious poetry, in comparison with other areas of his literature, there are some previous contributions relevant to my purpose, among which there is no lack of analyses of both collections of poems. I cite only for example those of Furr (1986 and 1993), Varela Gestoso (1995), Rey (1999 and 2000), Alonso Veloso (2008 and 2022), Galván (2010), Moreno (2012 and 2017) and Vallejo (2017), among others.
This dissertation aims to study ‘Lágrimas de un penitente’, a collection of poems included in the second posthumous edition of Quevedo's poetry, ‘Las tres musas últimas castellanas’ (1670). The corpus is mostly made up of variant versions of texts initially conceived for a religious collections of poems that circulated in manuscript form in 1613 under the title of ‘Heráclito cristiano’, the texts of which were dispersed and ended up included, with notable authorial changes, in different muses of his complete poetry. Understanding ‘Lágrimas de un penitente’ as a unitary project, we will study the process of contrition carried out by the poetic voice and how this religious experience is related to the moral reflections on death and the transience of life that are natural to Quevedo. After a brief contextualisation of the poetic ensemble in Quevedo's sacred poetry and in relation to the ‘Heráclito cristiano’, ‘Lágrimas de un penitente’ will be analysed from the perspective of the inner experience of the poetic voice, also taking into consideration possible secular moral interferences. The aim is that the individual analysis of each poem will lead to an overall interpretation of the collection and to an explanation of the macro-structure in which each text is inserted. The study will also offer, as a secondary objective, some insights into the relationship between ‘Heráclito cristiano’ and ‘Lágrimas de un penitente’ in important aspects such as the title or, especially, the development of contrition. As far as the bibliography is concerned, the study of the poems will be based on the critical edition by Rey and Alonso Veloso (2021). Although criticism has not paid much attention to Quevedo's religious poetry, in comparison with other areas of his literature, there are some previous contributions relevant to my purpose, among which there is no lack of analyses of both collections of poems. I cite only for example those of Furr (1986 and 1993), Varela Gestoso (1995), Rey (1999 and 2000), Alonso Veloso (2008 and 2022), Galván (2010), Moreno (2012 and 2017) and Vallejo (2017), among others.
Direction
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Tutorships)
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
I will not see you die by Antonio Muñoz Molina: literary analysis
Authorship
A.C.M.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
A.C.M.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 18:00
07.16.2024 18:00
Summary
The aim of this study is to analyse the novel No te veré morir, by Antonio Muñoz Molina, in its entirety. Published in August 2023, the narrative is his most recent work. Antonio Muñoz Molina (Úbeda, 1956), a writer of renowned prestige and extensive literary career, develops in this novel the story of two characters, Gabriel and Adriana, two lovers who, despite having lived fifty years apart, meet again almost at the end of their lives. The story asks the question: what happens to love over time? It is therefore not just a sentimental novel, as the narrative revolves around the passage of time and other related themes, such as the need to emigrate to another country. Distance, memory and return will be the fundamental elements on which the story is based, as it is through them that the plot of the novel is narrated. My analysis aims to delve deeper into the main themes and narrative techniques that Muñoz Molina puts into practice in his narrative. I will focus in particular on the study of structure, narrative voices and characterisation of the characters, and in more detail on space and time. In relation to these aspects, I will also examine the historical context in which the novel is set, post-war and Francoism, which explains or determines the decisions taken by the protagonist, who has to choose between leaving for the United States, and betraying his true character and vocation, or continuing his love affair. In this sense, the decisive influence of the experiences of the civil war on certain secondary protagonists could also be studied. On the other hand, from a methodological point of view, for the study of narrative techniques I will base myself on Gerard Genette's proposal of narratological analysis.
The aim of this study is to analyse the novel No te veré morir, by Antonio Muñoz Molina, in its entirety. Published in August 2023, the narrative is his most recent work. Antonio Muñoz Molina (Úbeda, 1956), a writer of renowned prestige and extensive literary career, develops in this novel the story of two characters, Gabriel and Adriana, two lovers who, despite having lived fifty years apart, meet again almost at the end of their lives. The story asks the question: what happens to love over time? It is therefore not just a sentimental novel, as the narrative revolves around the passage of time and other related themes, such as the need to emigrate to another country. Distance, memory and return will be the fundamental elements on which the story is based, as it is through them that the plot of the novel is narrated. My analysis aims to delve deeper into the main themes and narrative techniques that Muñoz Molina puts into practice in his narrative. I will focus in particular on the study of structure, narrative voices and characterisation of the characters, and in more detail on space and time. In relation to these aspects, I will also examine the historical context in which the novel is set, post-war and Francoism, which explains or determines the decisions taken by the protagonist, who has to choose between leaving for the United States, and betraying his true character and vocation, or continuing his love affair. In this sense, the decisive influence of the experiences of the civil war on certain secondary protagonists could also be studied. On the other hand, from a methodological point of view, for the study of narrative techniques I will base myself on Gerard Genette's proposal of narratological analysis.
Direction
JUAN BOLUFER, Mª de los DESAMPARADOS (Tutorships)
JUAN BOLUFER, Mª de los DESAMPARADOS (Tutorships)
Court
JUAN BOLUFER, Mª de los DESAMPARADOS (Student’s tutor)
JUAN BOLUFER, Mª de los DESAMPARADOS (Student’s tutor)
The monk as go-between. Edition of the short story
Authorship
L.E.D.C.V.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
L.E.D.C.V.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
06.19.2024 10:00
06.19.2024 10:00
Summary
The story Der Mönch als Liebesbote B by Heinrich Kaufringer is a short story (406 verses) from around 1400. It is only preserved in one manuscript, the Codex Germanicus Monacensis 270, from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Bavarian State Library). It consists of a collection of short stories by such author. This story was edited by Paul Sappler in his work in 1972. This work aims to offer a new edition of the text. In order to accomplish that, the text should first be transcribed in full, with special attention at abbreviations and original graphemes. Then, the historical-linguistic features should be commented on. Finally the edition itself will be presented, with the normalisation of ancient graphemes, the correction of errors, the introduction of punctuation signs and the correspondent critical comments. The new edition does not intend to replace the standard edition by Sappler, but to develop in a practical example the philological skills acquired in the Degree.
The story Der Mönch als Liebesbote B by Heinrich Kaufringer is a short story (406 verses) from around 1400. It is only preserved in one manuscript, the Codex Germanicus Monacensis 270, from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Bavarian State Library). It consists of a collection of short stories by such author. This story was edited by Paul Sappler in his work in 1972. This work aims to offer a new edition of the text. In order to accomplish that, the text should first be transcribed in full, with special attention at abbreviations and original graphemes. Then, the historical-linguistic features should be commented on. Finally the edition itself will be presented, with the normalisation of ancient graphemes, the correction of errors, the introduction of punctuation signs and the correspondent critical comments. The new edition does not intend to replace the standard edition by Sappler, but to develop in a practical example the philological skills acquired in the Degree.
Direction
MILLET SCHRÖDER, VICTOR (Tutorships)
MILLET SCHRÖDER, VICTOR (Tutorships)
Court
SABATE PLANES, MARIA DOLORES (Chairman)
GONZALEZ MIRANDA, EMILIO (Secretary)
DOVAL REIXA, IRENE (Member)
SABATE PLANES, MARIA DOLORES (Chairman)
GONZALEZ MIRANDA, EMILIO (Secretary)
DOVAL REIXA, IRENE (Member)
Vampires in literature: their evolution studied through the lens of Monster Theory
Authorship
A.R.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.R.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 10:45
06.19.2024 10:45
Summary
As literary figures, vampires have been able to mesmerise readers from their very first appearances in literature up until now. However, while our interest in them has remained firm, their portrayals have significantly fluctuated through time in an attempt to try and keep up with the ongoing changes in society. This final degree dissertation will then examine the evolution of the vampire in literature, specifically through the lens of the Monster Theory developed by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen so as to showcase how vampires have skilfully adjusted to mirror the desires, fears, and anxieties prevalent in their respective societies. For this, the dissertation will be divided into two parts. The first part will try and establish a clear definition of the term 'vampire' and it will outline the three primary vampire archetypes found in literature: the monster vampire, a creature stripped of humanity and driven mainly by instincts; the tragic vampire, creatures now humanized who seem to struggle with their own humanity; and the romantic vampire, capable of love and being loved. In the second part, the dissertation will focus on the exploration of Monster Theory and its importance to this thesis. This part is quite significant since Cohen's theories will provide the theoretical framework through which the figure of the vampire will be examined. As said analysis is carried out, and for the sake of clarity, three main works have been selected to exemplify the notions and ideas explored throughout this paper: Bram Stoker's Dracula [1897 (1993)] (corresponding to the Victorian era), Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (1976) (exemplifying 20th century struggles), and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight (2005- 2008) (representative of 21st century desires).
As literary figures, vampires have been able to mesmerise readers from their very first appearances in literature up until now. However, while our interest in them has remained firm, their portrayals have significantly fluctuated through time in an attempt to try and keep up with the ongoing changes in society. This final degree dissertation will then examine the evolution of the vampire in literature, specifically through the lens of the Monster Theory developed by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen so as to showcase how vampires have skilfully adjusted to mirror the desires, fears, and anxieties prevalent in their respective societies. For this, the dissertation will be divided into two parts. The first part will try and establish a clear definition of the term 'vampire' and it will outline the three primary vampire archetypes found in literature: the monster vampire, a creature stripped of humanity and driven mainly by instincts; the tragic vampire, creatures now humanized who seem to struggle with their own humanity; and the romantic vampire, capable of love and being loved. In the second part, the dissertation will focus on the exploration of Monster Theory and its importance to this thesis. This part is quite significant since Cohen's theories will provide the theoretical framework through which the figure of the vampire will be examined. As said analysis is carried out, and for the sake of clarity, three main works have been selected to exemplify the notions and ideas explored throughout this paper: Bram Stoker's Dracula [1897 (1993)] (corresponding to the Victorian era), Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (1976) (exemplifying 20th century struggles), and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight (2005- 2008) (representative of 21st century desires).
Direction
ALONSO ALONSO, MARIA (Tutorships)
ALONSO ALONSO, MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
Olympe de Gouges ou le féminisme avant la lettre
Authorship
A.F.P.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
A.F.P.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
06.20.2024 12:00
06.20.2024 12:00
Summary
Olympe de Gouges, née à Montauban en 1748, demeure une figure méconnue mais influente de la Révolution française. Elle fut écrivaine, philosophe, dramaturge et politique, laissant une empreinte indélébile dans l'histoire par son militantisme audacieux. Sa défense ardente des droits des femmes constitue l'une des facettes les plus marquantes de son activisme. Olympe de Gouges a consacré une part significative de son oevre à promouvoir l'égalité des sexes, un principe avant-gardiste pour son époque. De plus elle s’est positionné contre la violence politique et elle a été aussi une voix puissante contre l'esclavage, dénonçant cette pratique et plaidant pour son abolition. Tellessont les raisons pour lesquelles elle a été guillotinée à Paris en 1793 et aussi les raisons pour lesquelles on peut la considérer comme une pionnière des droits humains et une précurseure du féminisme. Tout au long de ce projet, nous explorons plus en profondeur la vie et l'oeuvre d'Olympe de Gouges et aborderons la question de la femme en mettant particulièrement l'accent sur la Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne, un véritable manifeste égalitaire, témoigne de son engagement indéfectible envers l'égalité et la justice.
Olympe de Gouges, née à Montauban en 1748, demeure une figure méconnue mais influente de la Révolution française. Elle fut écrivaine, philosophe, dramaturge et politique, laissant une empreinte indélébile dans l'histoire par son militantisme audacieux. Sa défense ardente des droits des femmes constitue l'une des facettes les plus marquantes de son activisme. Olympe de Gouges a consacré une part significative de son oevre à promouvoir l'égalité des sexes, un principe avant-gardiste pour son époque. De plus elle s’est positionné contre la violence politique et elle a été aussi une voix puissante contre l'esclavage, dénonçant cette pratique et plaidant pour son abolition. Tellessont les raisons pour lesquelles elle a été guillotinée à Paris en 1793 et aussi les raisons pour lesquelles on peut la considérer comme une pionnière des droits humains et une précurseure du féminisme. Tout au long de ce projet, nous explorons plus en profondeur la vie et l'oeuvre d'Olympe de Gouges et aborderons la question de la femme en mettant particulièrement l'accent sur la Déclaration des droits de la femme et de la citoyenne, un véritable manifeste égalitaire, témoigne de son engagement indéfectible envers l'égalité et la justice.
Direction
PÉREZ VARELA, CARLOS (Tutorships)
PÉREZ VARELA, CARLOS (Tutorships)
Court
PÉREZ VARELA, CARLOS (Student’s tutor)
PÉREZ VARELA, CARLOS (Student’s tutor)
Neologisms and Lexical Creativity in the Language of Social Media
Authorship
A.S.M.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.S.M.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 12:45
06.20.2024 12:45
Summary
During the last 35 years, the introduction of the Internet in our lives has supposed a revolution in the way people interact and express themselves. This digital migration has made our personal relationships more text-based than ever, carrying with it mayor changes in communication. The main objective of this project is to delve deeper into the topic of words invented originally on the Internet that over time have been introduced into our everyday speech. I will focus in particular on the process of word creation together with the methods followed to this end. An analysis of the sociolinguistic consequences dealing with the introduction of these terms in the daily vocabulary of new generations will also be present. Two main famous social networks will be basically considered: X (Twitter) and Reddit. These platforms are perfect locations to detect influence and lively changes in language because they have millions of users engaging in real-time conversations, creating a diverse and dynamic environment where new words and expressions quickly gain traction and reflect the evolving nature of language. Understanding this dynamic evolution of language within the digital sphere is crucial for grasping the broader implications of our increasingly interconnected world. The analysis will extend to different forms of online communication, including text based posts, comments, and multimedia content, which are common places where linguistic innovations occur.
During the last 35 years, the introduction of the Internet in our lives has supposed a revolution in the way people interact and express themselves. This digital migration has made our personal relationships more text-based than ever, carrying with it mayor changes in communication. The main objective of this project is to delve deeper into the topic of words invented originally on the Internet that over time have been introduced into our everyday speech. I will focus in particular on the process of word creation together with the methods followed to this end. An analysis of the sociolinguistic consequences dealing with the introduction of these terms in the daily vocabulary of new generations will also be present. Two main famous social networks will be basically considered: X (Twitter) and Reddit. These platforms are perfect locations to detect influence and lively changes in language because they have millions of users engaging in real-time conversations, creating a diverse and dynamic environment where new words and expressions quickly gain traction and reflect the evolving nature of language. Understanding this dynamic evolution of language within the digital sphere is crucial for grasping the broader implications of our increasingly interconnected world. The analysis will extend to different forms of online communication, including text based posts, comments, and multimedia content, which are common places where linguistic innovations occur.
Direction
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Tutorships)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
The treatment of English grammar contents in the Spanish Postsecondary school curriculum and their implementation in the textbooks used for this level
Authorship
K.O.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
K.O.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 10:00
06.19.2024 10:00
Summary
This dissertation is generally concerned with the teaching of English grammar and, more particularly, with the teaching of grammar at the Postsecondary or Bachillerato level. To this aim, I will firstly provide a definition of the notion of “grammar”, paying attention to how this term was originated and how it evolved. Next, I will be discussing the different approaches that have been adopted for the teaching of grammar, making reference as well to the main techniques and types of activities. This will lead me to the study of the Bachillerato curriculum as regards the teaching of grammar and its implementation in a sample of texbooks used with students of this level. The analysis of these textbooks will be based on a number of criteria established beforehand which will hopefully allow me to see up to what extent there is a correlation between the syllabuses and the teaching materials used.
This dissertation is generally concerned with the teaching of English grammar and, more particularly, with the teaching of grammar at the Postsecondary or Bachillerato level. To this aim, I will firstly provide a definition of the notion of “grammar”, paying attention to how this term was originated and how it evolved. Next, I will be discussing the different approaches that have been adopted for the teaching of grammar, making reference as well to the main techniques and types of activities. This will lead me to the study of the Bachillerato curriculum as regards the teaching of grammar and its implementation in a sample of texbooks used with students of this level. The analysis of these textbooks will be based on a number of criteria established beforehand which will hopefully allow me to see up to what extent there is a correlation between the syllabuses and the teaching materials used.
Direction
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Tutorships)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
Fragments from a Fractured Self: Abusive Queer Relationships in Carmen María Machado's In the Dream House (2019)
Authorship
C.C.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
C.C.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 13:00
06.21.2024 13:00
Summary
By forgetting that queer people are just human, we can fall into two contraposed tendencies: seeing them either as beings of “pure evil” or “pure goodness”. When we discuss the problems that the queer community must face, the conversation tends to centre around the negative backlash that it endures, but the opposite perspective can be just as dangerous. Envisioning queer individuals and their relationships as unflawed contributes to an inhuman idealisation that leads to the silencing of certain issues within the community, such as abuse in queer relationships. In this work we will address this matter through the analysis of Carmen María Machado’s memoir In the Dream House (2019), leaning into a theoretical framework focused on Queer Studies, the experience of abusive queer relationships and their intersection with literature. In doing this, we aim to bring light to the importance of literature that focuses on minorized and often silenced problems -such is abuse in queer relationships -in order to give visibility and create a wider and richer framework that backs up such issues. The work will count with three distinct chapters focusing on different aspects of the subject, and within each one there will be both a theoretical and an analytical component. The first chapter will handle queer essentialism and its role in perpetuating abuse in queer relationships; the second chapter will tackle the visible effects of trauma in writing with a focus on queer life writing; and, lastly, the third chapter will deal with the importance of narratives concerning abusive queer relationships reaching the general public, by using the image of their re-inscription into the collective imaginary through folktales and pop culture media.
By forgetting that queer people are just human, we can fall into two contraposed tendencies: seeing them either as beings of “pure evil” or “pure goodness”. When we discuss the problems that the queer community must face, the conversation tends to centre around the negative backlash that it endures, but the opposite perspective can be just as dangerous. Envisioning queer individuals and their relationships as unflawed contributes to an inhuman idealisation that leads to the silencing of certain issues within the community, such as abuse in queer relationships. In this work we will address this matter through the analysis of Carmen María Machado’s memoir In the Dream House (2019), leaning into a theoretical framework focused on Queer Studies, the experience of abusive queer relationships and their intersection with literature. In doing this, we aim to bring light to the importance of literature that focuses on minorized and often silenced problems -such is abuse in queer relationships -in order to give visibility and create a wider and richer framework that backs up such issues. The work will count with three distinct chapters focusing on different aspects of the subject, and within each one there will be both a theoretical and an analytical component. The first chapter will handle queer essentialism and its role in perpetuating abuse in queer relationships; the second chapter will tackle the visible effects of trauma in writing with a focus on queer life writing; and, lastly, the third chapter will deal with the importance of narratives concerning abusive queer relationships reaching the general public, by using the image of their re-inscription into the collective imaginary through folktales and pop culture media.
Direction
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
“For we think back through our mothers if we are women”: Gender and Genre in Virginia Woolf’s Oeuvre
Authorship
E.V.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
E.V.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 11:45
06.19.2024 11:45
Summary
As a woman and a writer, Virginia Woolf was remarkably aware of the constraints which patriarchy assigned to gender roles. Being critical with them, Woolf aimed to both question and break with those firm boundaries that prevented her and her female contemporaries from being as valued as men in the public sphere. On the other hand, the male-dominated writing tradition was not a satisfactory inspiration for women since it was not suitable to give voice to female concerns, as reflected in the author’s famous words in A Room of One’s Own (1929), used here as the title of this dissertation. In consequence, Woolf’s ardent feminist agenda also triggered her textual innovation in the literary genres which she produced. This dissertation will elaborate on the intense connection between gender and genre in Virginia Woolf’s oeuvre by firstly giving an overview of the socioeconomic context of women in nineteenth-century England. Thereafter, there will be provided an analysis of the innovations that Woolf introduced in literary genres through the inspection of several of her works, making a special emphasis on the essay; to finally comment on Woolf’s imprint on the numerous authors that were inspired by her work. To serve this purpose, this dissertation will inspect various works from the author such as her prominent essay A Room of One’s Own (1929). As a working methodology, this dissertation will be based on personal conclusions gathered from different sources, including critical studies on Woolf’s works which approach her oeuvre from a variety of critical angles. This dissertation will close with an examination of Alice Walker and other women writers, influenced in various ways by Woolf’s legacy.
As a woman and a writer, Virginia Woolf was remarkably aware of the constraints which patriarchy assigned to gender roles. Being critical with them, Woolf aimed to both question and break with those firm boundaries that prevented her and her female contemporaries from being as valued as men in the public sphere. On the other hand, the male-dominated writing tradition was not a satisfactory inspiration for women since it was not suitable to give voice to female concerns, as reflected in the author’s famous words in A Room of One’s Own (1929), used here as the title of this dissertation. In consequence, Woolf’s ardent feminist agenda also triggered her textual innovation in the literary genres which she produced. This dissertation will elaborate on the intense connection between gender and genre in Virginia Woolf’s oeuvre by firstly giving an overview of the socioeconomic context of women in nineteenth-century England. Thereafter, there will be provided an analysis of the innovations that Woolf introduced in literary genres through the inspection of several of her works, making a special emphasis on the essay; to finally comment on Woolf’s imprint on the numerous authors that were inspired by her work. To serve this purpose, this dissertation will inspect various works from the author such as her prominent essay A Room of One’s Own (1929). As a working methodology, this dissertation will be based on personal conclusions gathered from different sources, including critical studies on Woolf’s works which approach her oeuvre from a variety of critical angles. This dissertation will close with an examination of Alice Walker and other women writers, influenced in various ways by Woolf’s legacy.
Direction
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Tutorships)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
Martin Luther and his struggle against the enemies of his Christian message.
Authorship
M.P.P.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
M.P.P.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
09.12.2024 16:30
09.12.2024 16:30
Summary
The aim of this thesis is to analyse the realities that Luther considered to be the main enemies of the Christian faith in the context of the Protestant Reformation. By analysing certain written testimonies that Luther wrote as a medium to accuse and fight his opponents, the specific motivations and reasons as well as the meaning and intended effect of his conflict will be questioned. The first part of the thesis will briefly outline the historical context of the 16th century in order to understand the political and religious circumstances that led to the emergence and spread of the Lutheran Reformation. Another chapter will concisely analyse Luther's writing style in order to define and describe the linguistic means he used to convey his sharp criticism of the various areas. Finally, the main part of the work will deal with the presentation and analysis of the concrete realities to which Luther directs his criticism, above all the papacy, the Turks and the Jews. In doing so, certain testimonies will be consulted, including the pamphlet Wieder das Papsttum zu Rom, vom Teufel gestiftet (1545), in order to determine the aspects criticised and the strategies used to combat them. At the same time, the principles of the Christian faith advocated by Luther, which the true believer should embody, can be illuminated.
The aim of this thesis is to analyse the realities that Luther considered to be the main enemies of the Christian faith in the context of the Protestant Reformation. By analysing certain written testimonies that Luther wrote as a medium to accuse and fight his opponents, the specific motivations and reasons as well as the meaning and intended effect of his conflict will be questioned. The first part of the thesis will briefly outline the historical context of the 16th century in order to understand the political and religious circumstances that led to the emergence and spread of the Lutheran Reformation. Another chapter will concisely analyse Luther's writing style in order to define and describe the linguistic means he used to convey his sharp criticism of the various areas. Finally, the main part of the work will deal with the presentation and analysis of the concrete realities to which Luther directs his criticism, above all the papacy, the Turks and the Jews. In doing so, certain testimonies will be consulted, including the pamphlet Wieder das Papsttum zu Rom, vom Teufel gestiftet (1545), in order to determine the aspects criticised and the strategies used to combat them. At the same time, the principles of the Christian faith advocated by Luther, which the true believer should embody, can be illuminated.
Direction
GONZALEZ MIRANDA, EMILIO (Tutorships)
MILLET SCHRÖDER, VICTOR (Co-tutorships)
GONZALEZ MIRANDA, EMILIO (Tutorships)
MILLET SCHRÖDER, VICTOR (Co-tutorships)
Court
GONZALEZ MIRANDA, EMILIO (Coordinator)
MILLET SCHRÖDER, VICTOR (Student’s tutor)
GONZALEZ MIRANDA, EMILIO (Coordinator)
MILLET SCHRÖDER, VICTOR (Student’s tutor)
Learn and teach oral competence in FLE
Authorship
C.K.R.S.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
C.K.R.S.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
06.20.2024 11:00
06.20.2024 11:00
Summary
In this study we will address one of the four competencies of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFRL}, oral proficiency, which includes oral comprehension and expression. This remains the least studied compared to the others, despite its importance, and its analysis is essential because it contributes directly to improving the communicative competence of learners, thus strengthening their fluency and confidence in the practical use of the language in various communication contexts. First, we will present a theoretical outline of the main concepts concerning the teaching/learning of FLE. Thereafter, we will make a comparative synthesis of the tasks aimed at oral proficiency in two FLE manuals. For this, we will analyze the oral exercises of level B1 in the Echo B1 manual, and in the Rond-Point 2 manual, the objective being to make a comparative analysis at the level of convergences and divergences relating to production and reception activities. Thus, we will be able to draw a number of conclusions and propose areas for improvement.
In this study we will address one of the four competencies of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFRL}, oral proficiency, which includes oral comprehension and expression. This remains the least studied compared to the others, despite its importance, and its analysis is essential because it contributes directly to improving the communicative competence of learners, thus strengthening their fluency and confidence in the practical use of the language in various communication contexts. First, we will present a theoretical outline of the main concepts concerning the teaching/learning of FLE. Thereafter, we will make a comparative synthesis of the tasks aimed at oral proficiency in two FLE manuals. For this, we will analyze the oral exercises of level B1 in the Echo B1 manual, and in the Rond-Point 2 manual, the objective being to make a comparative analysis at the level of convergences and divergences relating to production and reception activities. Thus, we will be able to draw a number of conclusions and propose areas for improvement.
Direction
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Tutorships)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
Scande caeli templa, virgo: Philology’s astral journey in Martianus Capella’s work
Authorship
I.F.V.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
I.F.V.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
Defense date
07.16.2024 12:15
07.16.2024 12:15
Summary
The astral journey is one of the several ways of travelling present in Classical literature. Its literary attestations span almost a millennium of evolution from Parmenides to Martianus itself. The astral journey seems to show itself as a path towards knowledge restricted only to specific characters. In elaborating Philology's astral journey, Martianus Capella interacts with this tradition to create, adapt or innovate. This work intends to be a study on the particular way that the journey presents itself in De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, long used as a handbook, and it looks into the relations not only with other astral journeys but also with other related forms of travelling: ascensions to heaven in some tales and also apotheosis in its imperial configuration. Besides, an inquiry is made regarding some specific elements of this journey, such as the vehicle and the itinerary, while also intending to establish the hypotexts with which Martianus Capella works.
The astral journey is one of the several ways of travelling present in Classical literature. Its literary attestations span almost a millennium of evolution from Parmenides to Martianus itself. The astral journey seems to show itself as a path towards knowledge restricted only to specific characters. In elaborating Philology's astral journey, Martianus Capella interacts with this tradition to create, adapt or innovate. This work intends to be a study on the particular way that the journey presents itself in De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, long used as a handbook, and it looks into the relations not only with other astral journeys but also with other related forms of travelling: ascensions to heaven in some tales and also apotheosis in its imperial configuration. Besides, an inquiry is made regarding some specific elements of this journey, such as the vehicle and the itinerary, while also intending to establish the hypotexts with which Martianus Capella works.
Direction
DE CARLOS VILLAMARIN, HELENA ROSA (Tutorships)
DE CARLOS VILLAMARIN, HELENA ROSA (Tutorships)
Court
Carracedo Fraga, José (Chairman)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Secretary)
CABRILLANA LEAL, CONCEPCION VIRTUDES (Member)
Carracedo Fraga, José (Chairman)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Secretary)
CABRILLANA LEAL, CONCEPCION VIRTUDES (Member)
The woman and motherhood in the Cantigas de Santa María
Authorship
A.H.A.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
A.H.A.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
09.10.2024 12:00
09.10.2024 12:00
Summary
The Cantigas de Santa María, written by Alfonso X in the second half of the 13th century, like any literary product, bear witness to their time and the historical and cultural framework in which the society of that specific context unfolds. They provide a more or less faithful projection of what was happening in the various areas of daily life, defined by the vision of the creator of the work and his circumstances. The state of preservation and the level of detail make this compilation of 420 cantigas (along with the musical notation and the miniatures that accompany them) a particularly revealing source of life during the reign of Alfonso X and a way to approach life in the medieval period. This work will analyze the projection of the figure of the woman (who in this work appears portrayed in all stages of life and civil states), in the various female archetypes operative in the Medieval Age, to focus on those in which motherhood and the very realm of reproductive nature and sexual morality assume a leading role, with the sublimated image of the Virgin as mother being particularly relevant here.
The Cantigas de Santa María, written by Alfonso X in the second half of the 13th century, like any literary product, bear witness to their time and the historical and cultural framework in which the society of that specific context unfolds. They provide a more or less faithful projection of what was happening in the various areas of daily life, defined by the vision of the creator of the work and his circumstances. The state of preservation and the level of detail make this compilation of 420 cantigas (along with the musical notation and the miniatures that accompany them) a particularly revealing source of life during the reign of Alfonso X and a way to approach life in the medieval period. This work will analyze the projection of the figure of the woman (who in this work appears portrayed in all stages of life and civil states), in the various female archetypes operative in the Medieval Age, to focus on those in which motherhood and the very realm of reproductive nature and sexual morality assume a leading role, with the sublimated image of the Virgin as mother being particularly relevant here.
Direction
BOULLON AGRELO, ANA ISABEL (Tutorships)
BOULLON AGRELO, ANA ISABEL (Tutorships)
Court
BOULLON AGRELO, ANA ISABEL (Student’s tutor)
BOULLON AGRELO, ANA ISABEL (Student’s tutor)
About pandemic writings in Spanish: Fernanda Trías, Jorge Carrión and Tina Escaja (a comparative study)
Authorship
M.D.F.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
M.D.F.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.17.2024 11:30
07.17.2024 11:30
Summary
Despite the controversies raised by the Anthropocene, the term chosen by Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer to name the new geological era after the Holocene, its popularization has promoted a collective awareness about the human impact on the environment: labels such as climate fictions or speculative fictions account for the awakening of a biocentric sensitivity also in literature. Along these lines, the increase in the harmfulness and acceleration of the expansion of infectious diseases as a consequence of globalization and the environmental footprint stimulates the debate about “pandemic writings”, a conception prior to COVID-19, but whose scope and corpus has been enriched as a consequence of its arrival. This final degree project is based on the comparative analysis of three works that offer their own vision of these pandemic writings. Specifically, the novel Mugre Rosa (2020) by Fernanda Trías, the essay Lo viral (2020) by Jorge Carrión and the cyberliterature project Mar y virus/Virus and the sea (2020-2021) by Tina Escaja will be studied. In addition to offering a brief incursion into the recent cultural panorama, it seeks to establish points of contact and dissimilation in the treatment that these authors make of the current context. To do this, genologically different works have been chosen (novel, essay and cyberpoem) that reflect different experiences of the virus: while Fernanda Trías sent her novel to print four months before the WHO warned about a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, both Jorge Carrión and Tina Escaja conceived their projects as a result of COVID-19. Despite this, an initial hypothesis seems to suggest that concern for “states of exception”, the vulnerability of the body and the fear of contagion will dominate the discourse of the three works.
Despite the controversies raised by the Anthropocene, the term chosen by Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer to name the new geological era after the Holocene, its popularization has promoted a collective awareness about the human impact on the environment: labels such as climate fictions or speculative fictions account for the awakening of a biocentric sensitivity also in literature. Along these lines, the increase in the harmfulness and acceleration of the expansion of infectious diseases as a consequence of globalization and the environmental footprint stimulates the debate about “pandemic writings”, a conception prior to COVID-19, but whose scope and corpus has been enriched as a consequence of its arrival. This final degree project is based on the comparative analysis of three works that offer their own vision of these pandemic writings. Specifically, the novel Mugre Rosa (2020) by Fernanda Trías, the essay Lo viral (2020) by Jorge Carrión and the cyberliterature project Mar y virus/Virus and the sea (2020-2021) by Tina Escaja will be studied. In addition to offering a brief incursion into the recent cultural panorama, it seeks to establish points of contact and dissimilation in the treatment that these authors make of the current context. To do this, genologically different works have been chosen (novel, essay and cyberpoem) that reflect different experiences of the virus: while Fernanda Trías sent her novel to print four months before the WHO warned about a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, both Jorge Carrión and Tina Escaja conceived their projects as a result of COVID-19. Despite this, an initial hypothesis seems to suggest that concern for “states of exception”, the vulnerability of the body and the fear of contagion will dominate the discourse of the three works.
Direction
GATICA COTE, PAULO (Tutorships)
GATICA COTE, PAULO (Tutorships)
Court
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
Sleep through It: Rest Cures and Mental Illness in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper and Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Authorship
P.P.F.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
P.P.F.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 11:30
07.16.2024 11:30
Summary
If we look back in history, one could easily observe that mental illness has consistently been perceived as intrinsically linked to womanhood or femininity. As Elaine Showalter argues in The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English culture, 1830-1980 (1985), the name of the symbolic female disorder may change from one historical period to the next (i.e. neurasthenia, hysteria, melancholy, depression), but the gender asymmetry of the representational tradition remains constant, meaning that although males have also suffered from these same disorders, these are still inherently perceived and represented as female maladies. The aim of this dissertation is to establish a comparative literary analysis between two works that explore an unnamed female narrator suffering from mental illness and resorting to a treatment involving rest and detachment from the outside world as a way to alleviate pain: Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) and Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018). This dissertation will examine, from a gender perspective, the situation of women in the nineteenth century under the constraints of patriarchal society and institutions, along with the treatment for mental illness during that time, with a special focus on the rest cure. Additionally, the situation and mental health of women in late-capitalist society in the late twentieth and early twenty first centuries will be explored, scrutinizing the reasons behind the self-imposed rest cure undergone by the protagonist of My Year of Rest and Relaxation. The comparison between Perkins Gilman’s and Moshfegh’s works will pivot on their thematical similarities despite the temporal gap between their publication and their respective contexts - societal expectations, alienation, medicalization of the female body, identity and, of course, rest cures.
If we look back in history, one could easily observe that mental illness has consistently been perceived as intrinsically linked to womanhood or femininity. As Elaine Showalter argues in The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English culture, 1830-1980 (1985), the name of the symbolic female disorder may change from one historical period to the next (i.e. neurasthenia, hysteria, melancholy, depression), but the gender asymmetry of the representational tradition remains constant, meaning that although males have also suffered from these same disorders, these are still inherently perceived and represented as female maladies. The aim of this dissertation is to establish a comparative literary analysis between two works that explore an unnamed female narrator suffering from mental illness and resorting to a treatment involving rest and detachment from the outside world as a way to alleviate pain: Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) and Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018). This dissertation will examine, from a gender perspective, the situation of women in the nineteenth century under the constraints of patriarchal society and institutions, along with the treatment for mental illness during that time, with a special focus on the rest cure. Additionally, the situation and mental health of women in late-capitalist society in the late twentieth and early twenty first centuries will be explored, scrutinizing the reasons behind the self-imposed rest cure undergone by the protagonist of My Year of Rest and Relaxation. The comparison between Perkins Gilman’s and Moshfegh’s works will pivot on their thematical similarities despite the temporal gap between their publication and their respective contexts - societal expectations, alienation, medicalization of the female body, identity and, of course, rest cures.
Direction
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Tutorships)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
The chemistry of America: unraveling the dark side of the American Dream in Breaking Bad
Authorship
P.R.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
P.R.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 11:00
07.16.2024 11:00
Summary
The main purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the dark side of the American Dream that is displayed in the American TV series Breaking Bad. The American Dream is a deeply embraced concept in America that has been constantly addressed in its literature, official documents, or popular culture. The vast majority of American society is familiar with the bright side of this concept, but not so much with the other side of the coin, which is indeed very alive within the everyday lives of Americans. Breaking Bad tells a tragic story in which the American Dream constitutes the driving force that drives the lives of its characters, especially Walter White, whose experience is shaped by this phenomenon. In this dissertation, Walter White’s descent into chaos is going to be analyzed from two different perspectives. On the one hand, he can be considered a victim of the failure of the suburban American Dream. Breaking Bad conducts a critique of contemporary American society and some of its aspects and institutions, such as the healthcare system, education, capitalism, and drug trafficking. Walter White embodies the struggles of the American middle class in the early twentieth century. On the other hand, Walter White can be analyzed from a completely different point of view in which the American Dream also plays a fundamental role. As the series advances, Walter White’s actions make the audience reassess his image as a victim of the system and they see him as an agent of chaos. He acts as a sort of antihero who embodies the corruption that the American Dream may bring about. Breaking Bad ’s setting is not casual at all: it is set in the American West, in the desert of New Mexico, a land where traditionally many Western films have been set. Taking this into account, I am going to discuss whether Breaking Bad can be considered a Western genre piece or not.
The main purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the dark side of the American Dream that is displayed in the American TV series Breaking Bad. The American Dream is a deeply embraced concept in America that has been constantly addressed in its literature, official documents, or popular culture. The vast majority of American society is familiar with the bright side of this concept, but not so much with the other side of the coin, which is indeed very alive within the everyday lives of Americans. Breaking Bad tells a tragic story in which the American Dream constitutes the driving force that drives the lives of its characters, especially Walter White, whose experience is shaped by this phenomenon. In this dissertation, Walter White’s descent into chaos is going to be analyzed from two different perspectives. On the one hand, he can be considered a victim of the failure of the suburban American Dream. Breaking Bad conducts a critique of contemporary American society and some of its aspects and institutions, such as the healthcare system, education, capitalism, and drug trafficking. Walter White embodies the struggles of the American middle class in the early twentieth century. On the other hand, Walter White can be analyzed from a completely different point of view in which the American Dream also plays a fundamental role. As the series advances, Walter White’s actions make the audience reassess his image as a victim of the system and they see him as an agent of chaos. He acts as a sort of antihero who embodies the corruption that the American Dream may bring about. Breaking Bad ’s setting is not casual at all: it is set in the American West, in the desert of New Mexico, a land where traditionally many Western films have been set. Taking this into account, I am going to discuss whether Breaking Bad can be considered a Western genre piece or not.
Direction
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Sexism in Spanish Constructional Idioms
Authorship
S.B.C.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
S.B.C.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.19.2024 09:30
07.19.2024 09:30
Summary
This dissertation aims to analyse different Spanish constructional idioms to determine whether the notion of linguistic sexism may be applicable in this field of study, considering the intrinsic relationship between culture and phraseology. Within phraseology, we will focus on constructional idioms (defined by Mellado Blanco as constructions that have a joint lexical meaning along with a syntactic structure featuring occupied lexical elements and others that constitute free slots that are completed in the discourse taking into account semantic restrictions). This is because, unlike locutions or paroemia, these ‘fossilized’ segments, the slot characterising constructional idioms, offer a window into speaker preferences, potentially revealing underlying gender biases and stereotypes. By investigating constructional idioms, we seek to unveil whether there are disparities between what is said about women and men. Simultaneously, this dissertation will delve into whether certain gender-related stereotypes still manifest in the Spanish language nowadays. To this end, the study will be divided into two main parts: the first one will provide an overview of constructional idiom and linguistic sexism, setting the theoretical framework for our analysis. Subsequently, the second part will consist of deductive-type research based on corpus data. Specifically, I will be working with Spanish Web 2018 (esTenTen18) of Sketch Engine, a wide corpus of Spanish that comprises a diverse range of colloquial texts (in chats, forums, etc.), which makes it a suitable corpus for the study of phraseology and, particularly, of constructional idioms.
This dissertation aims to analyse different Spanish constructional idioms to determine whether the notion of linguistic sexism may be applicable in this field of study, considering the intrinsic relationship between culture and phraseology. Within phraseology, we will focus on constructional idioms (defined by Mellado Blanco as constructions that have a joint lexical meaning along with a syntactic structure featuring occupied lexical elements and others that constitute free slots that are completed in the discourse taking into account semantic restrictions). This is because, unlike locutions or paroemia, these ‘fossilized’ segments, the slot characterising constructional idioms, offer a window into speaker preferences, potentially revealing underlying gender biases and stereotypes. By investigating constructional idioms, we seek to unveil whether there are disparities between what is said about women and men. Simultaneously, this dissertation will delve into whether certain gender-related stereotypes still manifest in the Spanish language nowadays. To this end, the study will be divided into two main parts: the first one will provide an overview of constructional idiom and linguistic sexism, setting the theoretical framework for our analysis. Subsequently, the second part will consist of deductive-type research based on corpus data. Specifically, I will be working with Spanish Web 2018 (esTenTen18) of Sketch Engine, a wide corpus of Spanish that comprises a diverse range of colloquial texts (in chats, forums, etc.), which makes it a suitable corpus for the study of phraseology and, particularly, of constructional idioms.
Direction
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Tutorships)
BLANCO DOMINGUEZ, MARTA (Co-tutorships)
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Tutorships)
BLANCO DOMINGUEZ, MARTA (Co-tutorships)
Court
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Chairman)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Secretary)
SANTALLA DEL RIO, MARIA PAULA (Member)
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Chairman)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Secretary)
SANTALLA DEL RIO, MARIA PAULA (Member)
Two spaces of the hampa in Quevedo's jácaras: the taberna and the mancebía
Authorship
F.S.S.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
F.S.S.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.18.2024 11:00
07.18.2024 11:00
Summary
The jácara was a poetic and theatrical genre of the Golden Age, which, in the pen of Francisco de Quevedo, granted literary value to the marginal world, portraying the social underworld: a peripheral «microsociety» made up of jaques and daifas, characterized by use of a particular language (germanic lexicon) and their criminal actions. Taking into account the essential types of the underworld world and its behavior, the objective of this work is to study two prominent spaces, associated with certain vices prevalent at the time: the tavern and alcohol consumption, on the one hand; and girlhood and carnal dealings with women, on the other. In the first case, alcohol determines the life of the ruffian, since it is the source of all his evils: his violent behavior, quarrels against society and his peers, or the distorted conception of reality, which makes his interpersonal relationships difficult. The analysis will focus in the first instance, therefore, on the microcontext of the tavern, a meeting place that functions as a whole, as a beginning and as an end: it is where the quarrels begin and the check approaches to forget the evils. or resolve conflicts. Regarding the relationship with women, the study of the microcontext of the brothel and its environment is of great interest, in which the prominence falls on the bribe or prostitute and the sexual encounters with the jaques. The relationship with the latter holds some surprises: women are often victims of sexual objectification, but they can also deserve a genuine love interest. To carry out the proposed work, I will select a small lyrical corpus of Quevedo's jácaras, published posthumously in muse V, Terpsichore, in El Parnaso Español of 1648. I will base myself on the most recent edition of Quevedo's complete poetry, by by Rey and Alonso (2021), and in the philological annotation of Arellano's poems (2020). Among the secondary bibliography, I highlight the studies of Alonso Veloso (2005 and 2007), in particular the analysis of the style and themes of the jácaras, as well as the works of Lobato (2014) and Bègue (2014), among others.
The jácara was a poetic and theatrical genre of the Golden Age, which, in the pen of Francisco de Quevedo, granted literary value to the marginal world, portraying the social underworld: a peripheral «microsociety» made up of jaques and daifas, characterized by use of a particular language (germanic lexicon) and their criminal actions. Taking into account the essential types of the underworld world and its behavior, the objective of this work is to study two prominent spaces, associated with certain vices prevalent at the time: the tavern and alcohol consumption, on the one hand; and girlhood and carnal dealings with women, on the other. In the first case, alcohol determines the life of the ruffian, since it is the source of all his evils: his violent behavior, quarrels against society and his peers, or the distorted conception of reality, which makes his interpersonal relationships difficult. The analysis will focus in the first instance, therefore, on the microcontext of the tavern, a meeting place that functions as a whole, as a beginning and as an end: it is where the quarrels begin and the check approaches to forget the evils. or resolve conflicts. Regarding the relationship with women, the study of the microcontext of the brothel and its environment is of great interest, in which the prominence falls on the bribe or prostitute and the sexual encounters with the jaques. The relationship with the latter holds some surprises: women are often victims of sexual objectification, but they can also deserve a genuine love interest. To carry out the proposed work, I will select a small lyrical corpus of Quevedo's jácaras, published posthumously in muse V, Terpsichore, in El Parnaso Español of 1648. I will base myself on the most recent edition of Quevedo's complete poetry, by by Rey and Alonso (2021), and in the philological annotation of Arellano's poems (2020). Among the secondary bibliography, I highlight the studies of Alonso Veloso (2005 and 2007), in particular the analysis of the style and themes of the jácaras, as well as the works of Lobato (2014) and Bègue (2014), among others.
Direction
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Tutorships)
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
Some cases of lexicalization and grammaticization in Spanish.
Authorship
C.R.P.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
C.R.P.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 11:30
06.20.2024 11:30
Summary
The work will consist of the study of certain cases of lexicalization and grammaticization in current Spanish. To do so, I will begin by explaining the concepts of grammaticization and lexicalization as a process of transformation of the categorial nature of units, and by briefly describing the semantic, lexical and phonic changes that units subject to this process prototypically undergo. It will also briefly describe how it differs from the somewhat opposite process of lexicalisation. As an illustration of these two phenomenon, reference will be made to the transformation of the syntagms la mar (de) and un poco, the former with changes in a different sense and the latter with a transformation, in principle, of a less complex nature. As a source of cases we will use the corpus of the Real Academia de la lengua española Corpes XXI. For practical reasons, the search has been limited to the geographical area of Spain. The examination of the evolution of the use of initial noun phrases up to their value as adverbial locutions or determiners through the examples has allowed us to confirm the dynamism of category changes as an economic resource for vocabulary expansion.
The work will consist of the study of certain cases of lexicalization and grammaticization in current Spanish. To do so, I will begin by explaining the concepts of grammaticization and lexicalization as a process of transformation of the categorial nature of units, and by briefly describing the semantic, lexical and phonic changes that units subject to this process prototypically undergo. It will also briefly describe how it differs from the somewhat opposite process of lexicalisation. As an illustration of these two phenomenon, reference will be made to the transformation of the syntagms la mar (de) and un poco, the former with changes in a different sense and the latter with a transformation, in principle, of a less complex nature. As a source of cases we will use the corpus of the Real Academia de la lengua española Corpes XXI. For practical reasons, the search has been limited to the geographical area of Spain. The examination of the evolution of the use of initial noun phrases up to their value as adverbial locutions or determiners through the examples has allowed us to confirm the dynamism of category changes as an economic resource for vocabulary expansion.
Direction
JIMENEZ JULIA, TOMAS EDUARDO (Tutorships)
JIMENEZ JULIA, TOMAS EDUARDO (Tutorships)
Court
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Chairman)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Secretary)
SANTALLA DEL RIO, MARIA PAULA (Member)
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Chairman)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Secretary)
SANTALLA DEL RIO, MARIA PAULA (Member)
Grammatical gender and innovate forms in CORGA
Authorship
M.G.C.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
M.G.C.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 11:00
09.11.2024 11:00
Summary
This work aims to make an approach to grammatical gender in the Galician language, alluding to the changes that occur in it, the reason for these changes, and the innovative forms that appear in the language. Gender is represented in traditional grammars with the generic masculine 3l, which includes both genders. This is what we are trying to change, we intend to include the feminine in writing along with the masculine, in order to give it visibility and avoid linguistic sexism. With this desire for correction and change on the part of society, innovations appear in writing to correct this imbalance: spellings or forms that include both genders such as the presentation of two words, one for the feminine and another for the masculine; the appearance of two articles for words that do not have gender variation; and the use of innovative forms such as the “@” that includes both genders. On the other hand, CORGA presents data on both genders in Galician words, as well as offers data on these new forms. Through these data we will be able to see their level of use, in what contexts these new forms are used, and in what percentage society chooses one over the other for its communication with respect to the generic masculine. These data always depend on the degree of acceptance by society, and also on whether or not they are accepted by linguists and grammarians. It will also delve into the problems of use that may arise in the use of these innovations, identifying which, through the data, are those that will continue in the language and which will disappear. In short, the work will try to provide a definition of grammatical gender, how it is represented, what innovations it suffers and emerge to change the situation of linguistic seism. All of this is based on the data and treatment provided by CORGA.
This work aims to make an approach to grammatical gender in the Galician language, alluding to the changes that occur in it, the reason for these changes, and the innovative forms that appear in the language. Gender is represented in traditional grammars with the generic masculine 3l, which includes both genders. This is what we are trying to change, we intend to include the feminine in writing along with the masculine, in order to give it visibility and avoid linguistic sexism. With this desire for correction and change on the part of society, innovations appear in writing to correct this imbalance: spellings or forms that include both genders such as the presentation of two words, one for the feminine and another for the masculine; the appearance of two articles for words that do not have gender variation; and the use of innovative forms such as the “@” that includes both genders. On the other hand, CORGA presents data on both genders in Galician words, as well as offers data on these new forms. Through these data we will be able to see their level of use, in what contexts these new forms are used, and in what percentage society chooses one over the other for its communication with respect to the generic masculine. These data always depend on the degree of acceptance by society, and also on whether or not they are accepted by linguists and grammarians. It will also delve into the problems of use that may arise in the use of these innovations, identifying which, through the data, are those that will continue in the language and which will disappear. In short, the work will try to provide a definition of grammatical gender, how it is represented, what innovations it suffers and emerge to change the situation of linguistic seism. All of this is based on the data and treatment provided by CORGA.
Direction
MOSCOSO MATO, EDUARDO MIGUEL (Tutorships)
LOPEZ MARTINEZ, MARIA SOL (Co-tutorships)
MOSCOSO MATO, EDUARDO MIGUEL (Tutorships)
LOPEZ MARTINEZ, MARIA SOL (Co-tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ MARTINEZ, MARIA SOL (Student’s tutor)
MOSCOSO MATO, EDUARDO MIGUEL (Student’s tutor)
LOPEZ MARTINEZ, MARIA SOL (Student’s tutor)
MOSCOSO MATO, EDUARDO MIGUEL (Student’s tutor)
Estudio monográfico de los World Englishes en las escuelas.
Authorship
A.B.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.B.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 11:30
07.16.2024 11:30
Summary
Es un hecho realmente conocido que el inglés es la lengua de la globalización, con una tendencia a la conceptualización eurocéntrica de la lengua. Sin embargo, el inglés ya no es patrimonio de los británicos, ni siquiera de los británicos y los estadounidenses, sino una lengua internacional que existe en cada vez más diferentes variedades. En muchos países donde el inglés tiene el estatus de segunda lengua, este es en verdad la lengua materna de muchos de los habitantes. World Englishes es un término para referirse a las distintas variedades de inglés habladas en todo el mundo por personas de diversos orígenes culturales en una amplia gama de contextos sociolingüísticos. En lo que concierne a la educación, estos World Englishes son olvidados, se encuentran fuera del canon educativo y a menudo su utilidad es cuestionada. No se trata de clasificar las variedades del inglés en nativas o no nativas, sino de integrar los “World Englishes” en la adquisición de segundas lenguas, por ejemplo, en países como España, donde el inglés no es la lengua nativa. El objetivo principal de esta tesis es profundizar en la investigación de métodos de enseñanza y enfoques que consideren la diversidad de las variedades del inglés en la escuela, sin verlas como una amenaza. En la primera parte de esta, se explorarán las distintas definiciones de los idiomas del mundo desde diferentes perspectivas. Además, una vez reconocidos los diferentes prejuicios y opiniones sobre las variedades del inglés, la segunda parte incluirá, si es posible, un estudio de caso de escuelas que reflejen la diversidad de los “World Englishes”. Para ello, se utilizarán encuestas en centros escolares, tanto a alumnos como a profesores, con el fin de saber qué conoce la población sobre todas las variedades, sus aplicaciones y si en las aulas se aprecia algún tipo de manifestación de dichas variedades.
Es un hecho realmente conocido que el inglés es la lengua de la globalización, con una tendencia a la conceptualización eurocéntrica de la lengua. Sin embargo, el inglés ya no es patrimonio de los británicos, ni siquiera de los británicos y los estadounidenses, sino una lengua internacional que existe en cada vez más diferentes variedades. En muchos países donde el inglés tiene el estatus de segunda lengua, este es en verdad la lengua materna de muchos de los habitantes. World Englishes es un término para referirse a las distintas variedades de inglés habladas en todo el mundo por personas de diversos orígenes culturales en una amplia gama de contextos sociolingüísticos. En lo que concierne a la educación, estos World Englishes son olvidados, se encuentran fuera del canon educativo y a menudo su utilidad es cuestionada. No se trata de clasificar las variedades del inglés en nativas o no nativas, sino de integrar los “World Englishes” en la adquisición de segundas lenguas, por ejemplo, en países como España, donde el inglés no es la lengua nativa. El objetivo principal de esta tesis es profundizar en la investigación de métodos de enseñanza y enfoques que consideren la diversidad de las variedades del inglés en la escuela, sin verlas como una amenaza. En la primera parte de esta, se explorarán las distintas definiciones de los idiomas del mundo desde diferentes perspectivas. Además, una vez reconocidos los diferentes prejuicios y opiniones sobre las variedades del inglés, la segunda parte incluirá, si es posible, un estudio de caso de escuelas que reflejen la diversidad de los “World Englishes”. Para ello, se utilizarán encuestas en centros escolares, tanto a alumnos como a profesores, con el fin de saber qué conoce la población sobre todas las variedades, sus aplicaciones y si en las aulas se aprecia algún tipo de manifestación de dichas variedades.
Direction
GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, ELSA MARIA (Tutorships)
GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, ELSA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, ELSA MARIA (Student’s tutor)
GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, ELSA MARIA (Student’s tutor)
30 years of British Vogue: an analysis of linguistic features in women´s magazines
Authorship
D.M.D.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
D.M.D.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.12.2024 11:00
09.12.2024 11:00
Summary
Fashion magazines are playing an important role in today’s society, not only as a source of information and entertainment but also as a mirror for young women living in a world where they are expected to show their best version, which is achieved through discourse. In fact, women’s magazines speak as friend in chatty conversation with their readers, according to Janice Winship (1989:66). My aim is to analyze the linguistic features in magazines to see the role they play in reflecting and stimulating more general processes of change (Norman Fairclough, 1995:61). Through this essay, I would like to examine whether an exclusively feminine language continues to be perpetuated or contested. In other words, whether women’s magazines, through their apparent chatty conversation,represent a type of power discourse. Within the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis, I want to research the way social power, abuse, dominance, and inequality are enacted, reproduced, and resisted by text and talk in social and political contexts (Van Dijk, 2004:352). I will particularly investigate American Vogue magazine through the lens of genderlect theory, which posits that women communicate differently from men; women communicate in order to connect with others, and men use communication to achieve status (Tannen, 1990:8). Some examples of these linguistic features include the use of pronouns (e.g., I, we), irony, hyperbole, and heavy use of interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences. I am interested in instances that show the direct relationship between the author and the reader. My corpus of data consists of fashion feature articles in American Vogue magazine from a selection of issues covering the last 30 years, that is, from the turn of the 21st century. Through an inductive process starting with a qualitative analysis of the text, I hope to provide an inventory of the linguistic resources used.
Fashion magazines are playing an important role in today’s society, not only as a source of information and entertainment but also as a mirror for young women living in a world where they are expected to show their best version, which is achieved through discourse. In fact, women’s magazines speak as friend in chatty conversation with their readers, according to Janice Winship (1989:66). My aim is to analyze the linguistic features in magazines to see the role they play in reflecting and stimulating more general processes of change (Norman Fairclough, 1995:61). Through this essay, I would like to examine whether an exclusively feminine language continues to be perpetuated or contested. In other words, whether women’s magazines, through their apparent chatty conversation,represent a type of power discourse. Within the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis, I want to research the way social power, abuse, dominance, and inequality are enacted, reproduced, and resisted by text and talk in social and political contexts (Van Dijk, 2004:352). I will particularly investigate American Vogue magazine through the lens of genderlect theory, which posits that women communicate differently from men; women communicate in order to connect with others, and men use communication to achieve status (Tannen, 1990:8). Some examples of these linguistic features include the use of pronouns (e.g., I, we), irony, hyperbole, and heavy use of interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences. I am interested in instances that show the direct relationship between the author and the reader. My corpus of data consists of fashion feature articles in American Vogue magazine from a selection of issues covering the last 30 years, that is, from the turn of the 21st century. Through an inductive process starting with a qualitative analysis of the text, I hope to provide an inventory of the linguistic resources used.
Direction
SANCHEZ ROURA, MARIA TERESA (Tutorships)
SANCHEZ ROURA, MARIA TERESA (Tutorships)
Court
SANCHEZ ROURA, MARIA TERESA (Student’s tutor)
SANCHEZ ROURA, MARIA TERESA (Student’s tutor)
The (new) “Saia da Carolina”
Authorship
N.I.A.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
N.I.A.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.18.2024 18:00
07.18.2024 18:00
Summary
The present work is centered on the popular song “A Saia da Carolina”, which experienced strong transmission for decades and whose circulation is still important in Galicia as part of musical tradition and folklore. In the case of Portugal, the transmission of “Saia da Carolina” is also recognized as “traditional” or “folkloric”, but the release in 2023 of “A saia da Carolina”, by Portuguese singer Carolina Deslandes, meant a new interpretation and diffusion, of feminist and demanding nature of this popular song. This work consists of an approach to the phenomena of (re-)valuation and (re-)popularization of lyrics, melodies and aesthetics linked to popular music, through the case of this (new) Saia da Carolina. It will also be essential to try to provide an update on the context in which the world of Portuguese folklore finds itself, as well as to collect data regarding the historical path and the most relevant versions of the “Saia da Carolina”. Furthermore, we intend to analyze in depth the multimodal elements that make up this new Portuguese interpretation and (re-)reading of “A saia da Carolina”. By studying this song, we can therefore get closer to a musical, literary and cultural world that connects a tradition shared between Galicia and Portugal.
The present work is centered on the popular song “A Saia da Carolina”, which experienced strong transmission for decades and whose circulation is still important in Galicia as part of musical tradition and folklore. In the case of Portugal, the transmission of “Saia da Carolina” is also recognized as “traditional” or “folkloric”, but the release in 2023 of “A saia da Carolina”, by Portuguese singer Carolina Deslandes, meant a new interpretation and diffusion, of feminist and demanding nature of this popular song. This work consists of an approach to the phenomena of (re-)valuation and (re-)popularization of lyrics, melodies and aesthetics linked to popular music, through the case of this (new) Saia da Carolina. It will also be essential to try to provide an update on the context in which the world of Portuguese folklore finds itself, as well as to collect data regarding the historical path and the most relevant versions of the “Saia da Carolina”. Furthermore, we intend to analyze in depth the multimodal elements that make up this new Portuguese interpretation and (re-)reading of “A saia da Carolina”. By studying this song, we can therefore get closer to a musical, literary and cultural world that connects a tradition shared between Galicia and Portugal.
Direction
FORNEIRO PEREZ, JOSE LUIS (Tutorships)
FORNEIRO PEREZ, JOSE LUIS (Tutorships)
Court
MORAN CABANAS, MARIA ISABEL (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PRADO, MARIA FELISA (Secretary)
VILLARINO PARDO, Ma DEL CARMEN (Member)
MORAN CABANAS, MARIA ISABEL (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PRADO, MARIA FELISA (Secretary)
VILLARINO PARDO, Ma DEL CARMEN (Member)
Comparative phraseologisms in spanish-german and german-spanish translations
Authorship
U.M.V.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
U.M.V.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
09.11.2024 12:00
09.11.2024 12:00
Summary
In this essay I will discuss the translation of comparative phraseologisms in the Spanish-German and German-Spanish language combination. First, I will describe phraseologisms and their characteristics and then I will present one of the many existing classifications, in this case that of Burger (1998). After this overview of phraseologisms, I will go on to explain the type I am going to focus on, comparative phraseologisms, and I will also explain where I got my 70 samples from and the methodology of the essay. In the next point I will propose a semantic and a structural classification. Finally, in the last point I will analyse the translations of my comparative phraseologisms and their corresponding degrees of equivalence. To search for phraseologisms and to obtain translations I used the parallel corpus Korpus PaGeS and idiomatic dictionaries.
In this essay I will discuss the translation of comparative phraseologisms in the Spanish-German and German-Spanish language combination. First, I will describe phraseologisms and their characteristics and then I will present one of the many existing classifications, in this case that of Burger (1998). After this overview of phraseologisms, I will go on to explain the type I am going to focus on, comparative phraseologisms, and I will also explain where I got my 70 samples from and the methodology of the essay. In the next point I will propose a semantic and a structural classification. Finally, in the last point I will analyse the translations of my comparative phraseologisms and their corresponding degrees of equivalence. To search for phraseologisms and to obtain translations I used the parallel corpus Korpus PaGeS and idiomatic dictionaries.
Direction
DOVAL REIXA, IRENE (Tutorships)
DOVAL REIXA, IRENE (Tutorships)
Court
DOVAL REIXA, IRENE (Student’s tutor)
DOVAL REIXA, IRENE (Student’s tutor)
A Preliminary Study of the Representation of Australian English in Literary Fiction and Films
Authorship
C.P.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
C.P.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 10:30
07.16.2024 10:30
Summary
The aim of this dissertation is to provide a description of the variety of English spoken in Australia and to illustrate how writers and film producers use language to represent different cultural social backgrounds as well as how language is used as a literary device to portray characters in fiction with their own qualities and personality. To this end, this work will start, firstly, with a descriptive analysis of the main features of Australian English in terms of four main areas of linguistic analysis: phonology, lexis, morphology, and syntax. Secondly, I will be dealing with the different regional and social dialects of this variety across Australia. This means that three different dialects based on social factors will be considered: Broad, General and Cultivated. In a third part all the information previously compiled will be practically applied to some concrete examples taken from different Australian works, both fiction and film productions, that portray contemporary characters from different cultural backgrounds and represent how these speakers use language to reflect their own experiences.
The aim of this dissertation is to provide a description of the variety of English spoken in Australia and to illustrate how writers and film producers use language to represent different cultural social backgrounds as well as how language is used as a literary device to portray characters in fiction with their own qualities and personality. To this end, this work will start, firstly, with a descriptive analysis of the main features of Australian English in terms of four main areas of linguistic analysis: phonology, lexis, morphology, and syntax. Secondly, I will be dealing with the different regional and social dialects of this variety across Australia. This means that three different dialects based on social factors will be considered: Broad, General and Cultivated. In a third part all the information previously compiled will be practically applied to some concrete examples taken from different Australian works, both fiction and film productions, that portray contemporary characters from different cultural backgrounds and represent how these speakers use language to reflect their own experiences.
Direction
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Tutorships)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
A Study of Migration and Identity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Thing around Your Neck
Authorship
C.C.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
C.C.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 09:00
07.16.2024 09:00
Summary
This dissertation aims to examine the ordeal of emigration as represented in seven stories from The Thing around Your Neck (2009) by the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1997). My analysis will have a focus on women's struggles to adapt to the destination country, considering notions of class, language, religion, ethnicity and the institution of the family. The short stories that will be analysed are: 'Imitation', 'Ghosts', 'On Monday of Last Week', 'The Thing around Your Neck', 'The American Embassy', 'The Shivering', and 'The Arrangers of Marriage'. The structure will consist of an introduction, two chapters, and a conclusion. The first chapter will provide the theoretical frame of the thesis by considering Migration Studies in their intersections with the postcolonial context of Nigeria and feminist studies. In the second chapter, I will carry the analysis of the stories dividing them by themes in three parts: 'Ghosts' and 'The American Embassy', dealing with migration due to violent situations or war; 'On Monday of Last Week' and 'The Shivering', dealing with migration, identity and cultural differences; and lastly, 'Imitation', 'The Thing around Your Neck' and 'The Arrangers of Marriage', which portray women's experiences as migrants in the context of family bonds.
This dissertation aims to examine the ordeal of emigration as represented in seven stories from The Thing around Your Neck (2009) by the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1997). My analysis will have a focus on women's struggles to adapt to the destination country, considering notions of class, language, religion, ethnicity and the institution of the family. The short stories that will be analysed are: 'Imitation', 'Ghosts', 'On Monday of Last Week', 'The Thing around Your Neck', 'The American Embassy', 'The Shivering', and 'The Arrangers of Marriage'. The structure will consist of an introduction, two chapters, and a conclusion. The first chapter will provide the theoretical frame of the thesis by considering Migration Studies in their intersections with the postcolonial context of Nigeria and feminist studies. In the second chapter, I will carry the analysis of the stories dividing them by themes in three parts: 'Ghosts' and 'The American Embassy', dealing with migration due to violent situations or war; 'On Monday of Last Week' and 'The Shivering', dealing with migration, identity and cultural differences; and lastly, 'Imitation', 'The Thing around Your Neck' and 'The Arrangers of Marriage', which portray women's experiences as migrants in the context of family bonds.
Direction
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Tutorships)
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas’ innovation of young adult fantasy
Authorship
M.D.M.M.M.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
M.D.M.M.M.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 11:45
07.16.2024 11:45
Summary
A Court of Thorns and Roses is a tetralogy written by the American author Sarah J. Maas, with its first book released in 2015 this series of books tell the story of a human girl called Feyre who enters the lands of the faeries. In this new and magical world, she faces different trials and wars, however, all these obstacles lead her to a new and better life. In this journey she not only discovers true love and a new family but also herself. In the fourth book of the series the story continues but the main focus of the narrative is no longer Feyre, but her sister, Nesta, which gives readers access to the inner thinking of characters other than Feyre. This essay will analyze how Maas’ tetralogy introduces new topics and approaches that differentiate her work from that of her predecessors as it creates a new current of fantasy and set as the new standard for present-day young adult fantasy. It will be divided in three main parts. First, it will focus on the similitudes and differences with its precursors and so clarify what makes Maas’ tetralogy an innovative work in the genres of fantasy in general and young adult fantasy in particular. Secondly, it will carry out an in-depth analysis of the characters and how each of the books is representative of certain relevant topics from the perspective of genre studies, trauma studies, of the portrayal of love and sexual relationships. Finally, it will explore the marketing strategy to account for their popularity and influence.
A Court of Thorns and Roses is a tetralogy written by the American author Sarah J. Maas, with its first book released in 2015 this series of books tell the story of a human girl called Feyre who enters the lands of the faeries. In this new and magical world, she faces different trials and wars, however, all these obstacles lead her to a new and better life. In this journey she not only discovers true love and a new family but also herself. In the fourth book of the series the story continues but the main focus of the narrative is no longer Feyre, but her sister, Nesta, which gives readers access to the inner thinking of characters other than Feyre. This essay will analyze how Maas’ tetralogy introduces new topics and approaches that differentiate her work from that of her predecessors as it creates a new current of fantasy and set as the new standard for present-day young adult fantasy. It will be divided in three main parts. First, it will focus on the similitudes and differences with its precursors and so clarify what makes Maas’ tetralogy an innovative work in the genres of fantasy in general and young adult fantasy in particular. Secondly, it will carry out an in-depth analysis of the characters and how each of the books is representative of certain relevant topics from the perspective of genre studies, trauma studies, of the portrayal of love and sexual relationships. Finally, it will explore the marketing strategy to account for their popularity and influence.
Direction
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Tutorships)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
Under Western Eyes: Representations of the Orient and the Dark Continent in Agatha Christie's novels
Authorship
A.M.F.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.M.F.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 12:45
07.16.2024 12:45
Summary
Crime fiction has captivated readers for decades, from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories to Agatha Christie's intriguing mysteries or Patricia Cornwell's best-selling novels. The genre's blend of suspense, intrigue and human psychology has contributed to its enduring allure, and particularly since the second half of the twentieth century crime fiction has also been accorded increasing attention within literary criticism. Within a Western literary tradition, the origins of crime fiction can be traced back at least to the early nineteenth century: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was one of the genre's pioneers and, later, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) consolidated what has been termed detective fiction, a subgenre of crime fiction also practised by Agatha Christie (1890-1976), the queen of crime. As an easily recognisable genre, crime fiction was, therefore, cemented during a period that coincided with the heyday of European empires, including the British Empire, and, partly as a result, from the nineteenth century to the modern era, certain works within the crime fiction genre reflect the logics of colonial discourse, at times emphasised by the portrayal of detectives as colonial or imperial agents. Departing from these considerations, the present dissertation intends to provide a reading of Agatha Christie's novels under a postcolonial lens. To this end, the study will be divided into two main parts: the theoretical framework and the case studies, respectively. In the first part, I shall first provide an overview of crime fiction from its origins to the so-called Golden Age, the period to which Christie belongs, tracing the connection between empire and the discourse of criminality. This will be followed by a theoretical exploration of colonial discourse theories, bringing in the work of key thinkers such as Edward Said. Drawing on this theoretical framework, the second part of the study will provide a close reading of two novels by Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile (1937), which takes place in Egypt, and The Man in the Brown Suit (1924), which is set in Southern Africa, in an attempt to unveil how Christie's texts contributed to constructing the colonial Other by reproducing Orientalist figurations and stereotypical images of the Dark Continent.
Crime fiction has captivated readers for decades, from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories to Agatha Christie's intriguing mysteries or Patricia Cornwell's best-selling novels. The genre's blend of suspense, intrigue and human psychology has contributed to its enduring allure, and particularly since the second half of the twentieth century crime fiction has also been accorded increasing attention within literary criticism. Within a Western literary tradition, the origins of crime fiction can be traced back at least to the early nineteenth century: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was one of the genre's pioneers and, later, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) consolidated what has been termed detective fiction, a subgenre of crime fiction also practised by Agatha Christie (1890-1976), the queen of crime. As an easily recognisable genre, crime fiction was, therefore, cemented during a period that coincided with the heyday of European empires, including the British Empire, and, partly as a result, from the nineteenth century to the modern era, certain works within the crime fiction genre reflect the logics of colonial discourse, at times emphasised by the portrayal of detectives as colonial or imperial agents. Departing from these considerations, the present dissertation intends to provide a reading of Agatha Christie's novels under a postcolonial lens. To this end, the study will be divided into two main parts: the theoretical framework and the case studies, respectively. In the first part, I shall first provide an overview of crime fiction from its origins to the so-called Golden Age, the period to which Christie belongs, tracing the connection between empire and the discourse of criminality. This will be followed by a theoretical exploration of colonial discourse theories, bringing in the work of key thinkers such as Edward Said. Drawing on this theoretical framework, the second part of the study will provide a close reading of two novels by Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile (1937), which takes place in Egypt, and The Man in the Brown Suit (1924), which is set in Southern Africa, in an attempt to unveil how Christie's texts contributed to constructing the colonial Other by reproducing Orientalist figurations and stereotypical images of the Dark Continent.
Direction
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
German grammar in Educación Secundaria Obligatoria: analysis of separable verbs and methodological approach
Authorship
A.N.G.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
A.N.G.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.15.2024 09:00
07.15.2024 09:00
Summary
This dissertation examines the grammatical phenomenon of separable verbs in German as a fundamental element of the grammar of this language by analysing how this phenomenon is presented in textbooks for the first year of the Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (which corresponds to level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). To this end, the dissertation consists of two parts. Firstly, a grammatical-theoretical chapter on separable verbs is presented, describing their form and meaning in German. Secondly, it analyses how they are presented and explained in selected textbooks. For the purpose of analysis, the selected textbooks and the suggested exercises and learning activities are described. It will also be analysed whether the chosen textbooks take into account the new methods for teaching grammar as proposed in the new education law (known as LOMLOE). Following this analysis, which is based on the characteristics of separable verbs and the different ways of teaching these skills to non-advanced students, a didactic teaching unit is presented based on the methods suggested by the LOMLOE. In this context, an approach to a grammar teaching unit is offered in order to be more attractive to students and different from the traditional Grammar-Translation Method.
This dissertation examines the grammatical phenomenon of separable verbs in German as a fundamental element of the grammar of this language by analysing how this phenomenon is presented in textbooks for the first year of the Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (which corresponds to level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). To this end, the dissertation consists of two parts. Firstly, a grammatical-theoretical chapter on separable verbs is presented, describing their form and meaning in German. Secondly, it analyses how they are presented and explained in selected textbooks. For the purpose of analysis, the selected textbooks and the suggested exercises and learning activities are described. It will also be analysed whether the chosen textbooks take into account the new methods for teaching grammar as proposed in the new education law (known as LOMLOE). Following this analysis, which is based on the characteristics of separable verbs and the different ways of teaching these skills to non-advanced students, a didactic teaching unit is presented based on the methods suggested by the LOMLOE. In this context, an approach to a grammar teaching unit is offered in order to be more attractive to students and different from the traditional Grammar-Translation Method.
Direction
DOMINGUEZ VAZQUEZ, MARIA JOSE (Tutorships)
DOMINGUEZ VAZQUEZ, MARIA JOSE (Tutorships)
Court
DOMINGUEZ VAZQUEZ, MARIA JOSE (Student’s tutor)
DOMINGUEZ VAZQUEZ, MARIA JOSE (Student’s tutor)
Her-Story: A Vindication of Womanhood in Eavan Boland’s Outside History and Yolanda Castaño’s Materia
Authorship
I.C.M.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
I.C.M.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 10:00
06.19.2024 10:00
Summary
The main objective of the present dissertation is to provide a comparison between Materia by Yolanda Castaño and Outside History by Eavan Boland. These poetry collections break with the imposed historical discourse in order to repossess women's Her-Story by denouncing social regulations and expectations regarding women's lives and encouraging a break with the peripheral position of the female collective in history and literature. Structurally speaking, this dissertation will include two main chapters, the first of which will provide the theoretical background necessary to carry the comparative analysis that will follow in the second. Regarding the methodology, the narrative introduction will define Comparative Literature and Feminism, and it will provide a brief survey of Galicia's and lreland's histories, as they have affected the experiences of lrish and Galician women as well. The analytic chapter will start by providing a brief context of the works and their corresponding authors' lives; then, it will be mainly devoted to exploring the works' depiction of women's lives through a selection of poems. Overall, on the basis of the patriarchal constitution of Galician and lrish histories, this project focuses on how Materia and Outside History aim to dignify women's role in them by destigmatising the concept of womanhood through poetry.
The main objective of the present dissertation is to provide a comparison between Materia by Yolanda Castaño and Outside History by Eavan Boland. These poetry collections break with the imposed historical discourse in order to repossess women's Her-Story by denouncing social regulations and expectations regarding women's lives and encouraging a break with the peripheral position of the female collective in history and literature. Structurally speaking, this dissertation will include two main chapters, the first of which will provide the theoretical background necessary to carry the comparative analysis that will follow in the second. Regarding the methodology, the narrative introduction will define Comparative Literature and Feminism, and it will provide a brief survey of Galicia's and lreland's histories, as they have affected the experiences of lrish and Galician women as well. The analytic chapter will start by providing a brief context of the works and their corresponding authors' lives; then, it will be mainly devoted to exploring the works' depiction of women's lives through a selection of poems. Overall, on the basis of the patriarchal constitution of Galician and lrish histories, this project focuses on how Materia and Outside History aim to dignify women's role in them by destigmatising the concept of womanhood through poetry.
Direction
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Tutorships)
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
The theme of love in some palatine plays of last Lope
Authorship
M.C.P.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
M.C.P.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 10:00
06.21.2024 10:00
Summary
Lope de Vega contributed to a significant increase in the theatrical repertoire of the Golden Age through the 314 comedies and 42 autos sacramentals he wrote. He did not even abandon his pen in what critics have called his cycle de senectute, whose time reference is established between the year in which he signed his first will, in 1627, and the date of his death, in 1635. It is true that the differences in his theatre of old age with respect to the previous one are great: the rhythm of his theatrical production diminishes considerably and the subgenres on which the author works are also reduced, with the most important being the comedy of intrigue, the tragic comedy, the comedy of saints and those written for the palace spectacle, of great importance in the reign of Felipe IV. The Court was to be very present in the life of the Fénix, causing in these last years a bittersweet feeling of frustration at seeing his hopes of palatine recognition that never came. But if there is one thing that was never lacking in his work, not only in drama but also in poetry, it was love as the main theme. The later Lope did not fail to demonstrate his knowledge of the treatment of love in the earlier tradition, with numerous Platonic allusions. In this paper we will analyse the amorous treatment that Lope in his old age embodied in three of his palatine plays, La boba para los otros y discreta para sí, (over 1630), Porfiando vence amor (1624-1630) and ¡Si no vieran las mujeres! (1631-1632), works in which love is the main theme. Although love is very present in his work, our Fénix always finds a way to be novel, which is another proof of his extraordinary talent.
Lope de Vega contributed to a significant increase in the theatrical repertoire of the Golden Age through the 314 comedies and 42 autos sacramentals he wrote. He did not even abandon his pen in what critics have called his cycle de senectute, whose time reference is established between the year in which he signed his first will, in 1627, and the date of his death, in 1635. It is true that the differences in his theatre of old age with respect to the previous one are great: the rhythm of his theatrical production diminishes considerably and the subgenres on which the author works are also reduced, with the most important being the comedy of intrigue, the tragic comedy, the comedy of saints and those written for the palace spectacle, of great importance in the reign of Felipe IV. The Court was to be very present in the life of the Fénix, causing in these last years a bittersweet feeling of frustration at seeing his hopes of palatine recognition that never came. But if there is one thing that was never lacking in his work, not only in drama but also in poetry, it was love as the main theme. The later Lope did not fail to demonstrate his knowledge of the treatment of love in the earlier tradition, with numerous Platonic allusions. In this paper we will analyse the amorous treatment that Lope in his old age embodied in three of his palatine plays, La boba para los otros y discreta para sí, (over 1630), Porfiando vence amor (1624-1630) and ¡Si no vieran las mujeres! (1631-1632), works in which love is the main theme. Although love is very present in his work, our Fénix always finds a way to be novel, which is another proof of his extraordinary talent.
Direction
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Tutorships)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
An analysis about the myth of don Juan in El burlador de Sevilla, by Tirso de Molina, and in Valor, agravio y mujer, by Ana Caro Mallén
Authorship
A.G.O.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
A.G.O.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 11:00
06.21.2024 11:00
Summary
The purpose of this paper is to conduct a comparative analysis of one of the most prolific myths in the imagination of Spanish literature (the myth of Don Juan), through two selected works: The Trickster of Seville by the Baroque playwright Tirso de Molina, along with Worth, Offense, and Woman, one of the comedies written by the Andalusian Ana Caro de Mallén. This contemporary playwright, like Tirso himself, enjoyed a substantial degree of popularity and influence at the time, which did not prevent her from eventually being consigned to the same oblivion that befell many other literate women. Prior to the comparative analysis, an overview of each playwright's works will be provided, as well as a study on the content and evolution of the myth of Don Juan. Within the strict analysis of the myth itself, the focus will be on two groups of characters: on the one hand, Don Juan and his faithful servant; on the other, the female characters. The reason for focusing on the characters is none other than the weight and significance they hold in these works (and in the different literalized versions of the myth), combined with the different perspectives with which they are treated in each. The aim is to compare how two works, centered on the same theme and written in such close periods, have turned out to be pieces that are not merely similar but radically different.
The purpose of this paper is to conduct a comparative analysis of one of the most prolific myths in the imagination of Spanish literature (the myth of Don Juan), through two selected works: The Trickster of Seville by the Baroque playwright Tirso de Molina, along with Worth, Offense, and Woman, one of the comedies written by the Andalusian Ana Caro de Mallén. This contemporary playwright, like Tirso himself, enjoyed a substantial degree of popularity and influence at the time, which did not prevent her from eventually being consigned to the same oblivion that befell many other literate women. Prior to the comparative analysis, an overview of each playwright's works will be provided, as well as a study on the content and evolution of the myth of Don Juan. Within the strict analysis of the myth itself, the focus will be on two groups of characters: on the one hand, Don Juan and his faithful servant; on the other, the female characters. The reason for focusing on the characters is none other than the weight and significance they hold in these works (and in the different literalized versions of the myth), combined with the different perspectives with which they are treated in each. The aim is to compare how two works, centered on the same theme and written in such close periods, have turned out to be pieces that are not merely similar but radically different.
Direction
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Tutorships)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
The role of Paul Grice’s conversational maxims and Oswald Ducrot’s laws of discourse in linguistic exchanges
Authorship
C.P.V.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
C.P.V.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
09.10.2024 14:15
09.10.2024 14:15
Summary
As speakers, speaking subjects possess different skills: linguistic skills, logical skills, encyclopaedic skills and rhetorical-pragmatic skills. The latter includes knowledge of how discursive principles work, which should in principle be observed during linguistic exchanges. It is Paul Grice's ‘conversational maxims’ and Oswald Ducrot's ‘laws of discourse’ that will occupy us in our reflections, even if we intend to evoke other postulates that have been developed along the same lines, such as Sperber and Wilson's theory of relevance or Gordon and Lakoff's postulates of conversation. In enunciation, the principle of cooperation must be taken into account, i.e. linguistic production must be adapted to the purpose of communication and the interlocutor must be able to decode the message in order to understand it. In some cases, however, utterances are very likely to give rise to ambiguity or confusion, when they do not respect the principle of cooperation and the conversational maxims and laws of discourse are transgressed. The interlocutor then has to resort to the implicit in order to interpret the message adequately, since what is said explicitly is not sufficient. Given that there is a shared knowledge between speakers of a language, each of them imagines that the other is following the rules, and in turn tries to conform to them. As soon as there is a transgression of any kind, we have to be able to grasp the implicit meaning, otherwise the message remains misunderstood. Our aim in this paper is to explore this whole issue with supporting examples in order to understand what happens in real-life communication situations.
As speakers, speaking subjects possess different skills: linguistic skills, logical skills, encyclopaedic skills and rhetorical-pragmatic skills. The latter includes knowledge of how discursive principles work, which should in principle be observed during linguistic exchanges. It is Paul Grice's ‘conversational maxims’ and Oswald Ducrot's ‘laws of discourse’ that will occupy us in our reflections, even if we intend to evoke other postulates that have been developed along the same lines, such as Sperber and Wilson's theory of relevance or Gordon and Lakoff's postulates of conversation. In enunciation, the principle of cooperation must be taken into account, i.e. linguistic production must be adapted to the purpose of communication and the interlocutor must be able to decode the message in order to understand it. In some cases, however, utterances are very likely to give rise to ambiguity or confusion, when they do not respect the principle of cooperation and the conversational maxims and laws of discourse are transgressed. The interlocutor then has to resort to the implicit in order to interpret the message adequately, since what is said explicitly is not sufficient. Given that there is a shared knowledge between speakers of a language, each of them imagines that the other is following the rules, and in turn tries to conform to them. As soon as there is a transgression of any kind, we have to be able to grasp the implicit meaning, otherwise the message remains misunderstood. Our aim in this paper is to explore this whole issue with supporting examples in order to understand what happens in real-life communication situations.
Direction
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Tutorships)
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Student’s tutor)
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Student’s tutor)
Language and cultural promotion in the Municipality of Santiago de Compostela
Authorship
D.I.R.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
D.I.R.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
07.15.2024 17:00
07.15.2024 17:00
Summary
The aim of this work is to observe and analyze the sociolinguistic reality of the sociocultural centers of the municipality of Santiago de Compostela through the activities that each center offers to the infant and primary population (children from three to twelve years old) and the perception of the sociolinguistic situation of each context. In the municipality of Santiago, there is a large number of such centers, which means that there is significant sociocultural activity. Therefore, for the realization of this study, a small number of centers with different characteristics will be selected to serve as a sample of the general spectrum. The methodology followed to carry out the work will be through semi-structured interviews lasting approximately half an hour. A specific number of interviews will be conducted with personnel related to the field of investigation, such as those responsible for the centers or those in charge of the linguistic area of the Municipality; in general, people involved in the cultural action of the municipal centers. The questions will serve as a guide for the conversation, and the intention is for the interviewees to answer according to their personal knowledge and elaborate as much as they need. The initial hypothesis is that participation in the cultural dynamization of communities has a positive effect on the attitudes and linguistic practices of the people who collaborate in them and their environment. This hypothesis will be tested through the aforementioned interviews and the subsequent analyses that will be carried out from them.
The aim of this work is to observe and analyze the sociolinguistic reality of the sociocultural centers of the municipality of Santiago de Compostela through the activities that each center offers to the infant and primary population (children from three to twelve years old) and the perception of the sociolinguistic situation of each context. In the municipality of Santiago, there is a large number of such centers, which means that there is significant sociocultural activity. Therefore, for the realization of this study, a small number of centers with different characteristics will be selected to serve as a sample of the general spectrum. The methodology followed to carry out the work will be through semi-structured interviews lasting approximately half an hour. A specific number of interviews will be conducted with personnel related to the field of investigation, such as those responsible for the centers or those in charge of the linguistic area of the Municipality; in general, people involved in the cultural action of the municipal centers. The questions will serve as a guide for the conversation, and the intention is for the interviewees to answer according to their personal knowledge and elaborate as much as they need. The initial hypothesis is that participation in the cultural dynamization of communities has a positive effect on the attitudes and linguistic practices of the people who collaborate in them and their environment. This hypothesis will be tested through the aforementioned interviews and the subsequent analyses that will be carried out from them.
Direction
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Tutorships)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Tutorships)
Court
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Student’s tutor)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Student’s tutor)
Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Diana of Wales: History and Popularity
Authorship
C.C.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
C.C.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.10.2024 10:30
09.10.2024 10:30
Summary
Queen Elizabeth II was one of the world’s most influential personalities from her coronation in 1952 until her recent demise in September of 2022. There has been much research and analysis regarding her historical figure and role in the Royal Family, including some conspiracy theories about her part in the death of Diana Frances Spencer, her son and heir’s (now King Charles III) former wife whose tragic death in a car crash back in 1997 shocked the entire world. The rivalry between the legendary ex-Princess of Wales and the Royal Family was one of the most crucial aspects in the recent history of the British monarchy, a conflict that may extend to her youngest son, Prince Harry. The late Elizabeth II and Lady Diana Spencer may be considered two of the most relevant British icons of the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries, both becoming extremely popular figures in the rest of the world, too. This study aims at a comparative/contrastive analysis of both historical figures which will pinpoint their similarities and differences in the role they played as popular and historical British icons and figures. For this purpose, a variety of sources will be used: from relevant and authorised biographies to audiovisual materials such as TV series, films or interviews.
Queen Elizabeth II was one of the world’s most influential personalities from her coronation in 1952 until her recent demise in September of 2022. There has been much research and analysis regarding her historical figure and role in the Royal Family, including some conspiracy theories about her part in the death of Diana Frances Spencer, her son and heir’s (now King Charles III) former wife whose tragic death in a car crash back in 1997 shocked the entire world. The rivalry between the legendary ex-Princess of Wales and the Royal Family was one of the most crucial aspects in the recent history of the British monarchy, a conflict that may extend to her youngest son, Prince Harry. The late Elizabeth II and Lady Diana Spencer may be considered two of the most relevant British icons of the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries, both becoming extremely popular figures in the rest of the world, too. This study aims at a comparative/contrastive analysis of both historical figures which will pinpoint their similarities and differences in the role they played as popular and historical British icons and figures. For this purpose, a variety of sources will be used: from relevant and authorised biographies to audiovisual materials such as TV series, films or interviews.
Direction
MOURON FIGUEROA, CRISTINA (Tutorships)
MOURON FIGUEROA, CRISTINA (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
Portrayal of Romantic Relationships Within Sally Rooney’s Normal People
Authorship
A.R.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.R.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 13:00
07.16.2024 13:00
Summary
This dissertation analyses the different types of romantic relationships, healthy and toxic, and its characteristics. Taking Normal People by Sally Rooney and Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë as sources of examples of romantic relationships, we are going to analyse the aspects portrayed using sociological bibliography. The objectives are to give an explanation to those characteristics and teach people about romantic relationships in order that they will be able to distinguish between toxic and non-toxic features. Popular romantic novels tend to use love as a source for selling, however, Normal People introduces a realistic representation of the characteristics of a romantic relationship from adolescence to adulthood.
This dissertation analyses the different types of romantic relationships, healthy and toxic, and its characteristics. Taking Normal People by Sally Rooney and Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë as sources of examples of romantic relationships, we are going to analyse the aspects portrayed using sociological bibliography. The objectives are to give an explanation to those characteristics and teach people about romantic relationships in order that they will be able to distinguish between toxic and non-toxic features. Popular romantic novels tend to use love as a source for selling, however, Normal People introduces a realistic representation of the characteristics of a romantic relationship from adolescence to adulthood.
Direction
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Tutorships)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
Parenting styles in Gilmore Girls
Authorship
T.S.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
T.S.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 12:00
07.16.2024 12:00
Summary
It is a well-known fact that television series often serve as mirrors of an era, reflecting societal norms and values. This is the case with one such series, Gilmore Girls (2000-2007), created by Amy Sherman-Palladino. Centered around the lives of Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and her daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel), Gilmore Girls captivated audiences with its rich character development, witty dialogue, and exploration of familial dynamics. Set during the early 21st century, a period marked by shifting family dynamics and evolving cultural beliefs, the series offers a representation of a new set of diverse parenting approaches and its complexities embodied by its central characters. The aim of this dissertation is to explore this portrayal of contemporary parenting styles in Gilmore Girls, examining how the series navigates the intersections of authority, intimacy, and independence within the context of modern family life. By analyzing behavioral patterns, character interactions, key episodes, and narrative arcs, this dissertation seeks to shed light on the underlying philosophies of the different parenting approaches depicted in the series: authoritative, permissive, uninvolved and authoritarian. Moreover, it will analyze the implications of these parenting styles on family dynamics, intergenerational relationships, and the development of the central characters. Through an analysis of Gilmore Girls, this research aims to contribute to broader conversations surrounding contemporary parenting practices, media representation, and the evolving dynamics of familial relationships in the 21st century. As we dig into the world of Stars Hollow, we embark on a journey of exploration, unraveling the complexities of parenthood and the enduring bonds that unite families across generations.
It is a well-known fact that television series often serve as mirrors of an era, reflecting societal norms and values. This is the case with one such series, Gilmore Girls (2000-2007), created by Amy Sherman-Palladino. Centered around the lives of Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and her daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel), Gilmore Girls captivated audiences with its rich character development, witty dialogue, and exploration of familial dynamics. Set during the early 21st century, a period marked by shifting family dynamics and evolving cultural beliefs, the series offers a representation of a new set of diverse parenting approaches and its complexities embodied by its central characters. The aim of this dissertation is to explore this portrayal of contemporary parenting styles in Gilmore Girls, examining how the series navigates the intersections of authority, intimacy, and independence within the context of modern family life. By analyzing behavioral patterns, character interactions, key episodes, and narrative arcs, this dissertation seeks to shed light on the underlying philosophies of the different parenting approaches depicted in the series: authoritative, permissive, uninvolved and authoritarian. Moreover, it will analyze the implications of these parenting styles on family dynamics, intergenerational relationships, and the development of the central characters. Through an analysis of Gilmore Girls, this research aims to contribute to broader conversations surrounding contemporary parenting practices, media representation, and the evolving dynamics of familial relationships in the 21st century. As we dig into the world of Stars Hollow, we embark on a journey of exploration, unraveling the complexities of parenthood and the enduring bonds that unite families across generations.
Direction
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Documents in Portuguese from the Collegiate Church of Sta. M. ª da Oliveira de Guimarães from 1301 to 1320.
Authorship
L.C.M.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
L.C.M.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.19.2024 12:00
07.19.2024 12:00
Summary
This study is based on a corpus of legal instrument documents that were produced between 1301 and 1320 in the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria da Oliveira in Guimarães and are now held in the Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo (ANTT), an institution located in Lisbon. The investigation includes a set of edited deeds from the selected time, chosen based on the following principles: they must be notarial texts with direct links to the city of Guimarães, that arouse linguistic interest, that have formal elements of notarial activity, that demonstrate chronological range and that are palaeographically and diplomatically conformed. With this in mind, we intend to analyse the edited set of documents and carry out a study that can demonstrate the establishment of the romance language in the notarial acts of the office and the specific time limit, focusing on aspects of a scriptographic nature, such as the graphical representation of certain sounds, but also on linguistic issues of a morphological and lexical nature.
This study is based on a corpus of legal instrument documents that were produced between 1301 and 1320 in the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria da Oliveira in Guimarães and are now held in the Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo (ANTT), an institution located in Lisbon. The investigation includes a set of edited deeds from the selected time, chosen based on the following principles: they must be notarial texts with direct links to the city of Guimarães, that arouse linguistic interest, that have formal elements of notarial activity, that demonstrate chronological range and that are palaeographically and diplomatically conformed. With this in mind, we intend to analyse the edited set of documents and carry out a study that can demonstrate the establishment of the romance language in the notarial acts of the office and the specific time limit, focusing on aspects of a scriptographic nature, such as the graphical representation of certain sounds, but also on linguistic issues of a morphological and lexical nature.
Direction
SOUTO CABO, JOSÉ ANTÓNIO (Tutorships)
SOUTO CABO, JOSÉ ANTÓNIO (Tutorships)
Court
FORNEIRO PEREZ, JOSE LUIS (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PRADO, MARIA FELISA (Secretary)
VILLARINO PARDO, Ma DEL CARMEN (Member)
FORNEIRO PEREZ, JOSE LUIS (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PRADO, MARIA FELISA (Secretary)
VILLARINO PARDO, Ma DEL CARMEN (Member)
The expression of the feminine in nouns referring to animated beings in Galician
Authorship
I.F.S.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
I.F.S.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
07.17.2024 17:00
07.17.2024 17:00
Summary
This undergraduate dissertation aims to analyze the expression of the feminine gender in nouns referring to animated beings in the Galician language. I start from the basis that in the grammar of the language there are sets of units in paradigmatic opposition, that is, they are values that cannot appear at the same time in the same position. Such is the case of the morphosyntactic properties Masculine and Feminine, grouped in the morphosyntactic category of Gender. In academic works it is customary to say that in nouns referring to animate beings, the existence of a link between the Masculine morphosyntactic property and the semantic stroke 'male' and the Feminine property and the semantic stroke 'female' is common, although this association is not always true in the case of human beings, since in this area for the delimitation of morphological gender the so-called social gender can also be taken into account. In academic works, it is also customary to attribute the unmarked value of the opposition to the Masculine property, since in common use it serves to refer to both male animate beings and sets of male and female animate beings; many times it is also considered that the forms of the feminine derive from those of the masculine; that is to say, the feminine is constructed in front of the masculine not with its own meaning, but rather taking the masculine as neutral, so that the feminine is constituted as alterity. In this TFG I am going to explore to what extent these assumptions are appropriate. For this, in the first instance I will develop a theoretical framework based on reading various Galician Grammars and several articles related to the issue. Once the theoretical framework has been built, I will study certain pairs of nouns referring to animated beings between which the masculine-feminine opposition mediates and which are particularly interesting and illustrative, due to their morphological composition.
This undergraduate dissertation aims to analyze the expression of the feminine gender in nouns referring to animated beings in the Galician language. I start from the basis that in the grammar of the language there are sets of units in paradigmatic opposition, that is, they are values that cannot appear at the same time in the same position. Such is the case of the morphosyntactic properties Masculine and Feminine, grouped in the morphosyntactic category of Gender. In academic works it is customary to say that in nouns referring to animate beings, the existence of a link between the Masculine morphosyntactic property and the semantic stroke 'male' and the Feminine property and the semantic stroke 'female' is common, although this association is not always true in the case of human beings, since in this area for the delimitation of morphological gender the so-called social gender can also be taken into account. In academic works, it is also customary to attribute the unmarked value of the opposition to the Masculine property, since in common use it serves to refer to both male animate beings and sets of male and female animate beings; many times it is also considered that the forms of the feminine derive from those of the masculine; that is to say, the feminine is constructed in front of the masculine not with its own meaning, but rather taking the masculine as neutral, so that the feminine is constituted as alterity. In this TFG I am going to explore to what extent these assumptions are appropriate. For this, in the first instance I will develop a theoretical framework based on reading various Galician Grammars and several articles related to the issue. Once the theoretical framework has been built, I will study certain pairs of nouns referring to animated beings between which the masculine-feminine opposition mediates and which are particularly interesting and illustrative, due to their morphological composition.
Direction
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Tutorships)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Tutorships)
Court
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Member)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Member)
Literary analysis of Cualquiera que os dé muerte, novel by Cecilia G. de Guilarte.
Authorship
E.P.S.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
E.P.S.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 11:30
06.21.2024 11:30
Summary
The main objective of this paper is to carry out a literary analysis of the novel Cualquiera que os dé muerte by Cecilia G. de Guilarte (1915-1989), a Spanish author committed to the Second Republic, a fact that forces her into exile in Mexico after the Spanish Civil War. When she returned to Spain (1964), she struggled to revive her writing career and won the Águilas Prize (1969) with the mentioned story. Despite her importance, Guilarte's works have been largely forgotten, therefore, this work seeks to rescue the figure of this author through the literary study of one of her novels.
The main objective of this paper is to carry out a literary analysis of the novel Cualquiera que os dé muerte by Cecilia G. de Guilarte (1915-1989), a Spanish author committed to the Second Republic, a fact that forces her into exile in Mexico after the Spanish Civil War. When she returned to Spain (1964), she struggled to revive her writing career and won the Águilas Prize (1969) with the mentioned story. Despite her importance, Guilarte's works have been largely forgotten, therefore, this work seeks to rescue the figure of this author through the literary study of one of her novels.
Direction
JUAN BOLUFER, Mª de los DESAMPARADOS (Tutorships)
JUAN BOLUFER, Mª de los DESAMPARADOS (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
Constrastive analysis of spanish vowels sounds and their correspondences in the gomeran whistled language
Authorship
J.C.R.H.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
J.C.R.H.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
09.09.2024 16:15
09.09.2024 16:15
Summary
In this work a phonetic explanation of the Gomero whistle is given as regards the vocal sounds. On the island of La Gomera there is a particularity of the sounds of human communication, an articulated language whistled that, in turn, does not cease to be a whistled Spanish, In other words, the Gomero whistle is not a language as such, but it is a language that we can consider as a substitute for the Spanish language. There are few studies on the Gomero whistled language and little information is available. Nevertheless, the linguistic interest that the study of a whistled language can bring is enriching and does not fail to present a challenge, and an opportunity, in carrying it out. The work therefore begins with a summary of some historical, social and political aspects related to the subject, and then focuses in general on linguistic aspects and In particular, in phonetic aspects of both the Spanish and the whistle. The objectives are, on the one hand, and in a more specific way, to exemplify the vowel sounds of the Gomero whistle and compare them with the vowel sounds of the Spanish language. To carry out this comparative analysis, the vocal elements of real samples of whistled idioms taken in situ are contrasted with the vowels of Spanish. This is based on the fact that a whistled language replaces each vowel or consonant with a whistled sound. In this way, the sounds in whistled language can be distinguished by their acoustic bases, that is to say, by having a low or high pitch tone in the case of vowels, as well as its continuous or interrupted character in what affects the consonants.
In this work a phonetic explanation of the Gomero whistle is given as regards the vocal sounds. On the island of La Gomera there is a particularity of the sounds of human communication, an articulated language whistled that, in turn, does not cease to be a whistled Spanish, In other words, the Gomero whistle is not a language as such, but it is a language that we can consider as a substitute for the Spanish language. There are few studies on the Gomero whistled language and little information is available. Nevertheless, the linguistic interest that the study of a whistled language can bring is enriching and does not fail to present a challenge, and an opportunity, in carrying it out. The work therefore begins with a summary of some historical, social and political aspects related to the subject, and then focuses in general on linguistic aspects and In particular, in phonetic aspects of both the Spanish and the whistle. The objectives are, on the one hand, and in a more specific way, to exemplify the vowel sounds of the Gomero whistle and compare them with the vowel sounds of the Spanish language. To carry out this comparative analysis, the vocal elements of real samples of whistled idioms taken in situ are contrasted with the vowels of Spanish. This is based on the fact that a whistled language replaces each vowel or consonant with a whistled sound. In this way, the sounds in whistled language can be distinguished by their acoustic bases, that is to say, by having a low or high pitch tone in the case of vowels, as well as its continuous or interrupted character in what affects the consonants.
Direction
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Tutorships)
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Tutorships)
Court
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Chairman)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Secretary)
SANTALLA DEL RIO, MARIA PAULA (Member)
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Chairman)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Secretary)
SANTALLA DEL RIO, MARIA PAULA (Member)
The Gothic in Shakespeare: A comparative analysis of Titus Andronicus and Hamlet.
Authorship
A.R.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.R.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 17:00
09.11.2024 17:00
Summary
The purpose of this work is to question the belonging or not of the world-famous English playwright William Shakespeare to the genre of gothic literature, considering the difference between the centuries in which Shakespeare wrote his work and the centuries in which this genre arises. To do so, I will use two techniques of analysis. First, I will pursue an analysis of the main features of gothic literature and those that can be found in Shakespeare's literary production and the types of Gothicism that we can observe in it. Secondly, I will focus on a deep analysis from a comparative perspective between two plays by William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, where a bloody and macabre Gothicism can be found; and Hamlet, where another type of Gothicism can be seen, a much more psychological one. With all this, the intention of this dissertation is to suggest that there are a number of gothic features that can be found in Shakespeare's works centuries before the genre itself was coined. This would imply that Shakespeare could be considered a precursor of Gothic literature.
The purpose of this work is to question the belonging or not of the world-famous English playwright William Shakespeare to the genre of gothic literature, considering the difference between the centuries in which Shakespeare wrote his work and the centuries in which this genre arises. To do so, I will use two techniques of analysis. First, I will pursue an analysis of the main features of gothic literature and those that can be found in Shakespeare's literary production and the types of Gothicism that we can observe in it. Secondly, I will focus on a deep analysis from a comparative perspective between two plays by William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, where a bloody and macabre Gothicism can be found; and Hamlet, where another type of Gothicism can be seen, a much more psychological one. With all this, the intention of this dissertation is to suggest that there are a number of gothic features that can be found in Shakespeare's works centuries before the genre itself was coined. This would imply that Shakespeare could be considered a precursor of Gothic literature.
Direction
ALONSO ALONSO, MARIA (Tutorships)
ALONSO ALONSO, MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
A sociolinguistic analysis of the Irish TV Show 'Derry Girls'
Authorship
S.M.T.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
S.M.T.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 10:30
09.11.2024 10:30
Summary
The main aim of this work consists in a sociolinguistic analysis of the Northern Irish TV show 'Derry Girls'. Created and written by Lisa McGee, 'Derry Girls' (2018) is classified as a coming-of-age sitcom about a group of teenagers living in the city of Derry during the 1990s. Five teenagers try to cope with their biggest problem, adolescence, while attending a Catholic school, thus downplaying the turbulent historical situation in which they find themselves, the end of the Troubles. What stands out in the show is that it seems to provide a fairly accurate portrayal of real life in Derry, most specifically of the accent and the socio political context, which is represented rather objectively. The main objective of this research is therefore to determine the accuracy of the show by analysing how well the Derry accent is portrayed, describing the main differences between characters in their use of dialect features and relating the linguistic diversity to the socio-historical context. For this purpose, I will analyse some specific scenes of the 1st season of the show in which the dialectal elements play a relevant role. These features can be associated to every level of language analysis: phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic/discourse. I will try to connect the variation observed so social dimensions such as age, social class, religion or political beliefs. In addition to analysing the accuracy of the sociolinguistic portrayal of the Derry community, the result of this analysis can also serve as a guide for viewers who wish to understand the subtler aspects of the characters' language.
The main aim of this work consists in a sociolinguistic analysis of the Northern Irish TV show 'Derry Girls'. Created and written by Lisa McGee, 'Derry Girls' (2018) is classified as a coming-of-age sitcom about a group of teenagers living in the city of Derry during the 1990s. Five teenagers try to cope with their biggest problem, adolescence, while attending a Catholic school, thus downplaying the turbulent historical situation in which they find themselves, the end of the Troubles. What stands out in the show is that it seems to provide a fairly accurate portrayal of real life in Derry, most specifically of the accent and the socio political context, which is represented rather objectively. The main objective of this research is therefore to determine the accuracy of the show by analysing how well the Derry accent is portrayed, describing the main differences between characters in their use of dialect features and relating the linguistic diversity to the socio-historical context. For this purpose, I will analyse some specific scenes of the 1st season of the show in which the dialectal elements play a relevant role. These features can be associated to every level of language analysis: phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic/discourse. I will try to connect the variation observed so social dimensions such as age, social class, religion or political beliefs. In addition to analysing the accuracy of the sociolinguistic portrayal of the Derry community, the result of this analysis can also serve as a guide for viewers who wish to understand the subtler aspects of the characters' language.
Direction
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Tutorships)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Tutorships)
Court
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Student’s tutor)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Student’s tutor)
History of furniture lexicon between the 18th and 19th centuries.
Authorship
A.L.B.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
A.L.B.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 16:45
06.20.2024 16:45
Summary
The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the knowledge of a part of the lexicon related to everyday life, that of furniture, through the analysis of a series of words that were incorporated into Spanish as a consequence of French influence during the 18th and 19th centuries, a period in which loanwords were practically equivalent to Gallicism. Relations between French and Spanish have been very productive throughout history, but the cultural exchange between Spain and France intensified in these centuries due to the establishment of the Bourbon monarchy in the Spanish nation. In order to carry out this work, first of all, a provisional inventory of words related to the field of furniture will be compiled by searching the Enclave RAE resource. Subsequently, diachronically oriented lexicographical repertoires (such as the Nuevo tesoro lexicográfico de la lengua española) will be consulted in order to obtain the first data on the history of these words. Finally, research will be carried out in different diachronic corpora and digital sources (newspaper archives and libraries), as well as in other relevant resources for the history of the lexicon, such as the Fichero general de la RAE. Based on the information gathered from these sources, it will be possible to delimit the meanings and definitions of each word, its historical trajectory and its validity in current Spanish.
The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the knowledge of a part of the lexicon related to everyday life, that of furniture, through the analysis of a series of words that were incorporated into Spanish as a consequence of French influence during the 18th and 19th centuries, a period in which loanwords were practically equivalent to Gallicism. Relations between French and Spanish have been very productive throughout history, but the cultural exchange between Spain and France intensified in these centuries due to the establishment of the Bourbon monarchy in the Spanish nation. In order to carry out this work, first of all, a provisional inventory of words related to the field of furniture will be compiled by searching the Enclave RAE resource. Subsequently, diachronically oriented lexicographical repertoires (such as the Nuevo tesoro lexicográfico de la lengua española) will be consulted in order to obtain the first data on the history of these words. Finally, research will be carried out in different diachronic corpora and digital sources (newspaper archives and libraries), as well as in other relevant resources for the history of the lexicon, such as the Fichero general de la RAE. Based on the information gathered from these sources, it will be possible to delimit the meanings and definitions of each word, its historical trajectory and its validity in current Spanish.
Direction
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Tutorships)
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Tutorships)
Court
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Chairman)
BLANCO DOMINGUEZ, MARTA (Secretary)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Member)
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Chairman)
BLANCO DOMINGUEZ, MARTA (Secretary)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Member)
The search of romantic love as seen in Sally Rooney’s Normal People through the concepts of ‘vulnerability’ and ‘affect’.
Authorship
I.C.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
I.C.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 12:30
06.21.2024 12:30
Summary
Romantic relationships have been represented through literature in a variety of ways since the beginning of times. The overall major aim of this dissertation is to analyse the concept of romantic love through the eyes of two young millennials from the present century. In order to do so, a research on the characters from the novel Normal People, published by Irish writer Sally Rooney in 2018, will be carried out. This analysis will be based not only on Judith Butler’s concept of ‘vulnerability’, but also on Affect Theory, more specifically on the work by Melissa Gregg and Gregory Seigworth. To study the relationship between the two main characters in the story, the importance of different topics will also be taken into consideration. One of the main issues will be the perception of what society currently considers to be modern love. Related to this, this research will ponder things such as violence or communication, as well as how mental health and self-esteem affect young people’s relationships in 21st Century society. Additionally, it will also be explored the way in which characters grow up mentally from being teenagers to becoming young adults and the family environment in which they were brought up. Furthermore, this dissertation will also highlight how the social and economic contrast between both of the protagonists affect the way each character behaves throughout the novel.
Romantic relationships have been represented through literature in a variety of ways since the beginning of times. The overall major aim of this dissertation is to analyse the concept of romantic love through the eyes of two young millennials from the present century. In order to do so, a research on the characters from the novel Normal People, published by Irish writer Sally Rooney in 2018, will be carried out. This analysis will be based not only on Judith Butler’s concept of ‘vulnerability’, but also on Affect Theory, more specifically on the work by Melissa Gregg and Gregory Seigworth. To study the relationship between the two main characters in the story, the importance of different topics will also be taken into consideration. One of the main issues will be the perception of what society currently considers to be modern love. Related to this, this research will ponder things such as violence or communication, as well as how mental health and self-esteem affect young people’s relationships in 21st Century society. Additionally, it will also be explored the way in which characters grow up mentally from being teenagers to becoming young adults and the family environment in which they were brought up. Furthermore, this dissertation will also highlight how the social and economic contrast between both of the protagonists affect the way each character behaves throughout the novel.
Direction
ALONSO ALONSO, MARIA (Tutorships)
ALONSO ALONSO, MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
The José Saramago Literary Prize: a projection instrument for young Portuguese- Speaking authors
Authorship
E.J.T.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
E.J.T.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
06.20.2024 12:30
06.20.2024 12:30
Summary
Literary prizes are one of the instruments of legitimization and consecration (Sapiro 2016) of literary works which, in addition to granting approval to the awarded work(s), place the author in the limelight. Among the numerous literary prizes that exist today, and which we will address in the Portuguese-speaking world (Ribeiro, 2017), this work intends to focus on the José Saramago Literary Prize, established in 1999, one year after the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature to the Portuguese writer. This award is a project that, every two years, singles out a specific work by a young author (in this case, people under 40) in the Portuguese-speaking world. The main objective of the work is to understand the functioning of this prize, to see to what extent it is consistent with others in the context of Lusophony, and to what extent these particularities can contribute to the winners’ accumulation of symbolic capital. A second objectives has to do, precisely, with knowing who won the different editions and with which works -but also the names of the books’ publishers or the number of subsequent translations-, in an attempt to reveal the extent to which the José Saramago Literary Prize was -or still is- a prominent milestone in their respective trajectories. The starting hypothesis is that this is an award that serves to promote writers in a certain context (Lusophone) and for young people under 40. The approach is based on proposals from the Sociology of Literature, with special focus on works that study literary awards and other instances of legitimization in the literary world.
Literary prizes are one of the instruments of legitimization and consecration (Sapiro 2016) of literary works which, in addition to granting approval to the awarded work(s), place the author in the limelight. Among the numerous literary prizes that exist today, and which we will address in the Portuguese-speaking world (Ribeiro, 2017), this work intends to focus on the José Saramago Literary Prize, established in 1999, one year after the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature to the Portuguese writer. This award is a project that, every two years, singles out a specific work by a young author (in this case, people under 40) in the Portuguese-speaking world. The main objective of the work is to understand the functioning of this prize, to see to what extent it is consistent with others in the context of Lusophony, and to what extent these particularities can contribute to the winners’ accumulation of symbolic capital. A second objectives has to do, precisely, with knowing who won the different editions and with which works -but also the names of the books’ publishers or the number of subsequent translations-, in an attempt to reveal the extent to which the José Saramago Literary Prize was -or still is- a prominent milestone in their respective trajectories. The starting hypothesis is that this is an award that serves to promote writers in a certain context (Lusophone) and for young people under 40. The approach is based on proposals from the Sociology of Literature, with special focus on works that study literary awards and other instances of legitimization in the literary world.
Direction
VILLARINO PARDO, Ma DEL CARMEN (Tutorships)
VILLARINO PARDO, Ma DEL CARMEN (Tutorships)
Court
FORNEIRO PEREZ, JOSE LUIS (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PRADO, MARIA FELISA (Secretary)
MORAN CABANAS, MARIA ISABEL (Member)
FORNEIRO PEREZ, JOSE LUIS (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PRADO, MARIA FELISA (Secretary)
MORAN CABANAS, MARIA ISABEL (Member)
Comparison between the speech of San Martín de Trebejo (Cáceres) and the speech of Porto (Zamora)
Authorship
D.B.A.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
D.B.A.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 10:00
06.20.2024 10:00
Summary
In the Galician-Portuguese domain we have a language island in the Jálama Valley (or the Ellas River) the “fala”. As it borders Portugal, it was believed to be a continuation of Portuguese from Portugal by authors such as Leite de Vasconcelos, Fink, Krüger ou Onís, but was later discarded by Lindley Cintra, Azevedo e Camarasa and more recently by Costas and Gargallo who find it more like eastern Galician. They defend that it is the evolution of an archaic Galician brought there in a repopulation (A.C. Alén do Val, 2004). The main objective of this paper is to compare the dialectal variety from the Jálama Valley with one of the outer Eastern Galician dialect and thus to consider (or not) the hypothesis, that there was a continuum between the Fala of Extremadura and Eastern Galician in the past that remains discontinous at present. To this end, in this paper, the speeches of San Martín de Trebejo (mañegu) and that of Porto, in Zamora (portexo) are compared. The former is considered by several authors to be the “purest” of the three varieties of the Cáceres valley because it is the “least influenced by Castilian” (A.C. Alén do Val, 2004). The second, in addition to being a variety of outer eastern Galician that Henrique Costas exposes to be more like the Extremaduran fala (Costas González, 2013), also for being considered as “peculiar due to its similarity with the speeches of the Ellas Valley” (Álvarez Pousa, 2019). To undertake this task, several fragments of the two speeches are compared. In the case of mañego, they are taken from data previously collected by other authors and in the case of portexo it is also complemented with material personally obtained in Porto in the same year the paper was written. The aim is to see if there are so many common fragments between the two dialects as to consider Mañego more like the Galician of Porto compared to any other Galician dialect, and if there are common fragments, not common to other Galician dialects, to analyze whether this may be due to external influences or if there are particular fragments which could lead to consider there is a link between both of them.
In the Galician-Portuguese domain we have a language island in the Jálama Valley (or the Ellas River) the “fala”. As it borders Portugal, it was believed to be a continuation of Portuguese from Portugal by authors such as Leite de Vasconcelos, Fink, Krüger ou Onís, but was later discarded by Lindley Cintra, Azevedo e Camarasa and more recently by Costas and Gargallo who find it more like eastern Galician. They defend that it is the evolution of an archaic Galician brought there in a repopulation (A.C. Alén do Val, 2004). The main objective of this paper is to compare the dialectal variety from the Jálama Valley with one of the outer Eastern Galician dialect and thus to consider (or not) the hypothesis, that there was a continuum between the Fala of Extremadura and Eastern Galician in the past that remains discontinous at present. To this end, in this paper, the speeches of San Martín de Trebejo (mañegu) and that of Porto, in Zamora (portexo) are compared. The former is considered by several authors to be the “purest” of the three varieties of the Cáceres valley because it is the “least influenced by Castilian” (A.C. Alén do Val, 2004). The second, in addition to being a variety of outer eastern Galician that Henrique Costas exposes to be more like the Extremaduran fala (Costas González, 2013), also for being considered as “peculiar due to its similarity with the speeches of the Ellas Valley” (Álvarez Pousa, 2019). To undertake this task, several fragments of the two speeches are compared. In the case of mañego, they are taken from data previously collected by other authors and in the case of portexo it is also complemented with material personally obtained in Porto in the same year the paper was written. The aim is to see if there are so many common fragments between the two dialects as to consider Mañego more like the Galician of Porto compared to any other Galician dialect, and if there are common fragments, not common to other Galician dialects, to analyze whether this may be due to external influences or if there are particular fragments which could lead to consider there is a link between both of them.
Direction
REGUEIRA FERNANDEZ, XOSE LUIS (Tutorships)
REGUEIRA FERNANDEZ, XOSE LUIS (Tutorships)
Court
REGUEIRA FERNANDEZ, XOSE LUIS (Student’s tutor)
REGUEIRA FERNANDEZ, XOSE LUIS (Student’s tutor)
Witches in Popular Modern US Culture
Authorship
N.P.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
N.P.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 12:00
07.16.2024 12:00
Summary
Western society has been obsessed with the concept of witchcraft for as long as it has existed. The original European myths of the Western tradition were brought to the New World by Puritanism, a religion that for centuries would consolidate the North American religious framework. The concept of witch embodies the collective of women who go against the dominant patriarchal and Christian society. Those who are free of shame, enjoy power and grace and make free use of their sexuality. In puritan society, these ideas were unacceptable and were the ultimate cause of the witch hunts, the Salem witch trials (1692-1693) being the most outstanding. This paper attempts to glimpse how witchcraft has gone from being a tool of oppression during Puritanism to becoming a source of empowerment in modern day North America. Using a series of media references, this paper shows how the concept of the witch has evolved over time; from the fearsome sorceress to a revolutionary individual who does not enroll in the surrounding society. The film The Witch: A New England Folktale (2015), truthfully reinterprets the Puritan witch in a feminist view, depicting her as a misogynist nightmare. This study will also focus on how heinous events such as the Salem witch hunt have been adopted in the media. In the 1960s, with the popular TV series Bewitched, the city of Salem experience a resurgence and stopped being ashamed of the trials. Most recently, the Netflix series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina contributed to the creation of the teenager, modern-day-witch and even American Horror Story’s Coven criticizes the stereotype. Moreover, the interest of the new generations in the occult is something that cannot be ignored. The New Generation Witches (2007) authors Aloi and Johnston consider this trend to be everywhere: from the shelves of mainstream bookstores and the pages of teen magazines, to popular films and television series. This paper will be intended to show how widespread the new concept of witch is in North American modern culture.
Western society has been obsessed with the concept of witchcraft for as long as it has existed. The original European myths of the Western tradition were brought to the New World by Puritanism, a religion that for centuries would consolidate the North American religious framework. The concept of witch embodies the collective of women who go against the dominant patriarchal and Christian society. Those who are free of shame, enjoy power and grace and make free use of their sexuality. In puritan society, these ideas were unacceptable and were the ultimate cause of the witch hunts, the Salem witch trials (1692-1693) being the most outstanding. This paper attempts to glimpse how witchcraft has gone from being a tool of oppression during Puritanism to becoming a source of empowerment in modern day North America. Using a series of media references, this paper shows how the concept of the witch has evolved over time; from the fearsome sorceress to a revolutionary individual who does not enroll in the surrounding society. The film The Witch: A New England Folktale (2015), truthfully reinterprets the Puritan witch in a feminist view, depicting her as a misogynist nightmare. This study will also focus on how heinous events such as the Salem witch hunt have been adopted in the media. In the 1960s, with the popular TV series Bewitched, the city of Salem experience a resurgence and stopped being ashamed of the trials. Most recently, the Netflix series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina contributed to the creation of the teenager, modern-day-witch and even American Horror Story’s Coven criticizes the stereotype. Moreover, the interest of the new generations in the occult is something that cannot be ignored. The New Generation Witches (2007) authors Aloi and Johnston consider this trend to be everywhere: from the shelves of mainstream bookstores and the pages of teen magazines, to popular films and television series. This paper will be intended to show how widespread the new concept of witch is in North American modern culture.
Direction
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
A Study of Elizabeth Keckley's Behind the Scenes, or Thirty years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
Authorship
N.B.V.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
N.B.V.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
02.14.2024 09:30
02.14.2024 09:30
Summary
This academic study will deal with the issue of Afro-American slavery in the 1860s through a deep analysis of the autobiography Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House. In order to understand the context of this book, there will be, at the beginning, a deep explanation of what was happening in that period of time. When Abraham Lincoln rose to power, he took measures about slavery, trying to convince the public and politicians about how slavery was damaging the nation. Some of the speeches he gave before and after becoming President against slavery are going to be analysed, as well as the measures he is taking in order to abolish slavery, such as the Emancipation Proclamation. This autobiography is set in the years of the American Civil War, between the 1861 and 1865, another important fact to understand the context in which this autobiography is written. The topic of genre will be taken into account in order to analyse the book. It is an autobiography and partly a memoir of Elizabeth’s life. However, autobiographies may have some fictional aspects, which are essential to take into consideration. This is a slave narrative but also the story of a successful black woman who ends up by living with the President of America. Moreover, it is quite different from other slave narratives, as not everyone can enter in the White House after being a slave. Keckley, little by little, gains empowerment and her liberation from that slavery system. Therefore, this study will treat the differences between this narrative and others, such as Frederick Douglas’s or Harriet Jacob’s autobiographies. Comparisons between female and male writing, as well as the unrelated views of slavery, due to their personal experiences, will be examined. After considering all these aspects of the story, the last part of this study will be a personal conclusion not only of Keckley’s book, but also of the brutalities many Afro-American slaves were made to pass through.
This academic study will deal with the issue of Afro-American slavery in the 1860s through a deep analysis of the autobiography Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House. In order to understand the context of this book, there will be, at the beginning, a deep explanation of what was happening in that period of time. When Abraham Lincoln rose to power, he took measures about slavery, trying to convince the public and politicians about how slavery was damaging the nation. Some of the speeches he gave before and after becoming President against slavery are going to be analysed, as well as the measures he is taking in order to abolish slavery, such as the Emancipation Proclamation. This autobiography is set in the years of the American Civil War, between the 1861 and 1865, another important fact to understand the context in which this autobiography is written. The topic of genre will be taken into account in order to analyse the book. It is an autobiography and partly a memoir of Elizabeth’s life. However, autobiographies may have some fictional aspects, which are essential to take into consideration. This is a slave narrative but also the story of a successful black woman who ends up by living with the President of America. Moreover, it is quite different from other slave narratives, as not everyone can enter in the White House after being a slave. Keckley, little by little, gains empowerment and her liberation from that slavery system. Therefore, this study will treat the differences between this narrative and others, such as Frederick Douglas’s or Harriet Jacob’s autobiographies. Comparisons between female and male writing, as well as the unrelated views of slavery, due to their personal experiences, will be examined. After considering all these aspects of the story, the last part of this study will be a personal conclusion not only of Keckley’s book, but also of the brutalities many Afro-American slaves were made to pass through.
Direction
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
Renaming and self-naming: an approach to naming tendencies in the Galician trans community
Authorship
R.B.G.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
R.B.G.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 10:00
06.20.2024 10:00
Summary
Recent developments in onomastic studies have come to value sociolinguistic and pragmatic approaches to the object of study, names, and their relationship with speakers’ identities. However, these perspectives are lacking in Galician onomastics. They are not particularly fruitful, even though there are some works that do apply them, and they are in the minority compared to other kinds of studies. In this paper I intend to continue the effort of those previous works and expand the use of these perspectives in Galician onomastics, specifically regarding anthroponomy. As such, I will conduct a sociolinguistic approach with the intention of identifying the tendencies operating within the onomastic practices of the Galician trans community, which is an area of special interest because of its relation to personal names, identity, gender and language. With this in mind, I interviewed ten trans people living in Galicia, born between 1991 and 2005. I analysed these semidirected interviews qualitatively, paying attention to the relationship between the name choice and use, and the informants’ gender identity and identity as speakers.
Recent developments in onomastic studies have come to value sociolinguistic and pragmatic approaches to the object of study, names, and their relationship with speakers’ identities. However, these perspectives are lacking in Galician onomastics. They are not particularly fruitful, even though there are some works that do apply them, and they are in the minority compared to other kinds of studies. In this paper I intend to continue the effort of those previous works and expand the use of these perspectives in Galician onomastics, specifically regarding anthroponomy. As such, I will conduct a sociolinguistic approach with the intention of identifying the tendencies operating within the onomastic practices of the Galician trans community, which is an area of special interest because of its relation to personal names, identity, gender and language. With this in mind, I interviewed ten trans people living in Galicia, born between 1991 and 2005. I analysed these semidirected interviews qualitatively, paying attention to the relationship between the name choice and use, and the informants’ gender identity and identity as speakers.
Direction
BOULLON AGRELO, ANA ISABEL (Tutorships)
BOULLON AGRELO, ANA ISABEL (Tutorships)
Court
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Obsessive Neurosis and Paranoia in Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories
Authorship
C.S.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
C.S.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 16:30
09.11.2024 16:30
Summary
Edgar Allan Poe was a prolific writer known to be one of the American masters of the Gothic short story. Concerned with a wide range of topics such as death, isolation, or the paranormal, Poe creates a world full of terror which traps his tormented characters in a perpetual state of self-induced madness. Obsessions and subsequent compulsions, aggravated by continuous intrusive thoughts, shape the characters’ psyche and contribute greatly to the deterioration of their balance. Thus, their actions and eventual crimes are a direct consequence of a climatic impulsiveness caused by their fixated moral perversion. This BA thesis will analyse some selected stories by Edgar Allan Poe from a psychoanalytical point of view. It will bring to light the manifestation in each story of repeated patterns of Sigmund Freud’s conception of obsessional neurosis, as well as its close relation to the development of paranoia. The analysis of Poe’s stories will be, then, carried out within Freudian theoretical framework, which will be enriched by the contribution of other psychoanalysts.
Edgar Allan Poe was a prolific writer known to be one of the American masters of the Gothic short story. Concerned with a wide range of topics such as death, isolation, or the paranormal, Poe creates a world full of terror which traps his tormented characters in a perpetual state of self-induced madness. Obsessions and subsequent compulsions, aggravated by continuous intrusive thoughts, shape the characters’ psyche and contribute greatly to the deterioration of their balance. Thus, their actions and eventual crimes are a direct consequence of a climatic impulsiveness caused by their fixated moral perversion. This BA thesis will analyse some selected stories by Edgar Allan Poe from a psychoanalytical point of view. It will bring to light the manifestation in each story of repeated patterns of Sigmund Freud’s conception of obsessional neurosis, as well as its close relation to the development of paranoia. The analysis of Poe’s stories will be, then, carried out within Freudian theoretical framework, which will be enriched by the contribution of other psychoanalysts.
Direction
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Tutorships)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Stage and publishing fortune of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz´s profane theater: the example of Los empeños de una casa
Authorship
M.A.G.L.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
M.A.G.L.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 10:30
06.21.2024 10:30
Summary
The main objective of this work is to delve into the reception, editorial and stage, of the secular theater of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz in the Iberian Peninsula during the Modern Age. To achieve this objective, we will study not only the premiere of his secular theater or the publication of the first editions, but particularly the subsequent trajectory of the works during the Modern Age, considering the success that the baroque theater had throughout the XVIII century. In the case of stage fortune, the study is based on the documentation offered by the CATCOM and DICAT databases, which collect theatrical documentation related to the staging of the theater of the Siglo de Oro; as well as through other prints such as the comedy relations, linked to the private or particular performances of this author's theater. For the editorial fortune, a tour will be made of the manuscripts and printed editions in which all, or part, of Sor Juana's secular theater has been included. To draw the aforementioned panorama, the work Los empeños de una casa, edited by Celsa Carmen García Valdés in 2010 (Cátedra), will be used as an example.
The main objective of this work is to delve into the reception, editorial and stage, of the secular theater of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz in the Iberian Peninsula during the Modern Age. To achieve this objective, we will study not only the premiere of his secular theater or the publication of the first editions, but particularly the subsequent trajectory of the works during the Modern Age, considering the success that the baroque theater had throughout the XVIII century. In the case of stage fortune, the study is based on the documentation offered by the CATCOM and DICAT databases, which collect theatrical documentation related to the staging of the theater of the Siglo de Oro; as well as through other prints such as the comedy relations, linked to the private or particular performances of this author's theater. For the editorial fortune, a tour will be made of the manuscripts and printed editions in which all, or part, of Sor Juana's secular theater has been included. To draw the aforementioned panorama, the work Los empeños de una casa, edited by Celsa Carmen García Valdés in 2010 (Cátedra), will be used as an example.
Direction
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Tutorships)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
From Videogame to TV Series: Trans/Intermediality in The Last of Us (2013/2023)
Authorship
J.R.V.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
J.R.V.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 12:30
06.19.2024 12:30
Summary
In our digital age, the boundaries between traditional forms such as literature or film and new media such as videogames and digital platforms have become increasingly porous. This has not simply fuelled studies on transmediality and intermediality, but it has also encouraged research into areas previously unexplored within scholarly work. As a case in point, the study of videogames as trans/intermedial products represents an evolving field that bridges the gap between media theory and game studies. Taking these considerations as a point of departure, the present dissertation seeks to examine the videogame The Last of Us (2013) and its eponymous adaptation into an HBO TV series (2023) as trans/intermedial products. To this end, the study will be divided into two main parts corresponding to the theoretical framework and the case study, respectively. Accordingly, the first part will examine contemporary theories of transmediality and intermediality, laying bare the theoretical vocabulary that will inform the subsequent analysis. Combining trans/intermedial theory and game studies, the dissertation will move on to explore Naughty Dog’s videogame as a product that exists at the intersection of multiple forms of media, including storytelling, visual arts, music, and technology. This will be followed by an analysis of the TV series adaptation created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, showing how the TV series incorporates and mimics techniques characteristic of the videogame medium. Ultimately, this work seeks to demonstrate the multifaceted nature of contemporary media products and how they impact the way we consume, interact, and interpret our evolving media landscape.
In our digital age, the boundaries between traditional forms such as literature or film and new media such as videogames and digital platforms have become increasingly porous. This has not simply fuelled studies on transmediality and intermediality, but it has also encouraged research into areas previously unexplored within scholarly work. As a case in point, the study of videogames as trans/intermedial products represents an evolving field that bridges the gap between media theory and game studies. Taking these considerations as a point of departure, the present dissertation seeks to examine the videogame The Last of Us (2013) and its eponymous adaptation into an HBO TV series (2023) as trans/intermedial products. To this end, the study will be divided into two main parts corresponding to the theoretical framework and the case study, respectively. Accordingly, the first part will examine contemporary theories of transmediality and intermediality, laying bare the theoretical vocabulary that will inform the subsequent analysis. Combining trans/intermedial theory and game studies, the dissertation will move on to explore Naughty Dog’s videogame as a product that exists at the intersection of multiple forms of media, including storytelling, visual arts, music, and technology. This will be followed by an analysis of the TV series adaptation created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, showing how the TV series incorporates and mimics techniques characteristic of the videogame medium. Ultimately, this work seeks to demonstrate the multifaceted nature of contemporary media products and how they impact the way we consume, interact, and interpret our evolving media landscape.
Direction
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
Edna O'Brien's Uses of Literature in 'Girl' (2019): Knowledge, Recognition and Shock
Authorship
M.A.S.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
M.A.S.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 11:30
07.16.2024 11:30
Summary
The main purpose of this essay is to analyse 'Girl' (2019), written by the Irish writer Edna O'Brien, an internationally acclaimed author who has demonstrated social and political commitment with the most diverse causes throughout her literary trajectory. O'Brien, who has a long and ample literary production, had focused in the past on the most controverted issues, such as religion, politics and sexuality in her native Ireland ('The Country Girls Trilogy', 'Down by the River', 'In the Forest', etc.) as well as on socio-political conflicts in Europe ('The Little Red Chairs'). Despite the diverse topics and settings of her novels, her attention to the condition of women and her vindication of their rights have been recurrently addressed. At 88, Edna O'Brien has fictionalised one of the most painful episodes of recent history, the kidnapping of a group of girls, based on the real story of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Jihadist Boko Haram in 2014. O'Brien illustrates with this traumatic historical episode pressing concerns of our contemporary society such as fundamentalism, terrorism and gender violence. It is our intention to study O'Brien's fictional rendering of such a delicate and traumatic episode, analysing both the formal excellence of the narrative as well as the importance of the contents that we interpret following Rita Felski's theories in 'Uses of Literature' and 'The Limits of Critique'.
The main purpose of this essay is to analyse 'Girl' (2019), written by the Irish writer Edna O'Brien, an internationally acclaimed author who has demonstrated social and political commitment with the most diverse causes throughout her literary trajectory. O'Brien, who has a long and ample literary production, had focused in the past on the most controverted issues, such as religion, politics and sexuality in her native Ireland ('The Country Girls Trilogy', 'Down by the River', 'In the Forest', etc.) as well as on socio-political conflicts in Europe ('The Little Red Chairs'). Despite the diverse topics and settings of her novels, her attention to the condition of women and her vindication of their rights have been recurrently addressed. At 88, Edna O'Brien has fictionalised one of the most painful episodes of recent history, the kidnapping of a group of girls, based on the real story of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Jihadist Boko Haram in 2014. O'Brien illustrates with this traumatic historical episode pressing concerns of our contemporary society such as fundamentalism, terrorism and gender violence. It is our intention to study O'Brien's fictional rendering of such a delicate and traumatic episode, analysing both the formal excellence of the narrative as well as the importance of the contents that we interpret following Rita Felski's theories in 'Uses of Literature' and 'The Limits of Critique'.
Direction
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Tutorships)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Transcription and Commentary of a Document from the Monastery of Santa María de Melón from the 13th century.
Authorship
A.C.F.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
A.C.F.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
Defense date
07.16.2024 09:45
07.16.2024 09:45
Summary
In this paper we will study the following document: Archivo Histórico Nacional, CLERO-SECULAR_REGULAR, Car.1445, N.4., belonging to the monastery of Santa María de Melón (Ourense), dated in 1249, and wrote in medieval Latin. This document has been transcribed in a doctoral thesis with difficult access: Cambón Suárez, S., (1957): El monasterio de Santa María de Melón (siglos XII-XIII). However, some words can have a different reading. Therefore, a new transcription will be proposed, with a translation to Spanish to facilitate the work of others specialists, like historians, who could need it. Also, a contextualization and a commentary of the document will be done. Moreover, it is worth mentioning that there is intention to consult a later testimony of it, which is found in the Archivo Histórico Provincial de Ourense, still without transcription. And if it were possible, another document with similar characteristics would be studied, following the same methodology.
In this paper we will study the following document: Archivo Histórico Nacional, CLERO-SECULAR_REGULAR, Car.1445, N.4., belonging to the monastery of Santa María de Melón (Ourense), dated in 1249, and wrote in medieval Latin. This document has been transcribed in a doctoral thesis with difficult access: Cambón Suárez, S., (1957): El monasterio de Santa María de Melón (siglos XII-XIII). However, some words can have a different reading. Therefore, a new transcription will be proposed, with a translation to Spanish to facilitate the work of others specialists, like historians, who could need it. Also, a contextualization and a commentary of the document will be done. Moreover, it is worth mentioning that there is intention to consult a later testimony of it, which is found in the Archivo Histórico Provincial de Ourense, still without transcription. And if it were possible, another document with similar characteristics would be studied, following the same methodology.
Direction
VARELA RODRIGUEZ, JOEL (Tutorships)
VARELA RODRIGUEZ, JOEL (Tutorships)
Court
Carracedo Fraga, José (Chairman)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Secretary)
CABRILLANA LEAL, CONCEPCION VIRTUDES (Member)
Carracedo Fraga, José (Chairman)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Secretary)
CABRILLANA LEAL, CONCEPCION VIRTUDES (Member)
Working towards Linguistic Decolonisation through Drama in Galicia and Ireland.
Authorship
E.C.D.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
E.C.D.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.12.2024 10:30
09.12.2024 10:30
Summary
Language has been used as a colonial tool to alienate a social group from their national identity, thereby making it easier to dominate that nation. Such alienation has been experienced by the Irish and Galician nations and has left a noticeable imprint on both literatures. In many instances, the Irish case has been seen as a model for the Galician society in multiple aspects, one of them being literature. It is easy to spot similarities between Irish and Galician literary works because of the influence the former has had on Galician authors. This dissertation studies the connection between Irish and Galician Drama, paying special atention to certain works, among which Translations (1980), by Brian Friel, and ¡Airiños... Levame a ela! (1905), by Nan de Allariz. The analysis will be informed by drama studies, sociolinguistic studies and comparative literature, such as Galician and Irish in the European Context: Attitudes towards Weak and Strong Minority Languages (Bernadette O’Rourke, 2011) and The Politics of Irish Drama: Plays in Context from Boucicault to Friel (Nicholas Grene, 2000). The aim of this study is to achieve a better understanding of how authors attempt not to lose their national identity by having recourse to drama, without yielding to dominant forces.
Language has been used as a colonial tool to alienate a social group from their national identity, thereby making it easier to dominate that nation. Such alienation has been experienced by the Irish and Galician nations and has left a noticeable imprint on both literatures. In many instances, the Irish case has been seen as a model for the Galician society in multiple aspects, one of them being literature. It is easy to spot similarities between Irish and Galician literary works because of the influence the former has had on Galician authors. This dissertation studies the connection between Irish and Galician Drama, paying special atention to certain works, among which Translations (1980), by Brian Friel, and ¡Airiños... Levame a ela! (1905), by Nan de Allariz. The analysis will be informed by drama studies, sociolinguistic studies and comparative literature, such as Galician and Irish in the European Context: Attitudes towards Weak and Strong Minority Languages (Bernadette O’Rourke, 2011) and The Politics of Irish Drama: Plays in Context from Boucicault to Friel (Nicholas Grene, 2000). The aim of this study is to achieve a better understanding of how authors attempt not to lose their national identity by having recourse to drama, without yielding to dominant forces.
Direction
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Tutorships)
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
Gender rewriting analysis of mythological characters: A cabeza de Medusa (2010) and Ali Babá, Morxiana e os corenta usureiros (2017), by Marilar Aleixandre
Authorship
M.L.G.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
M.L.G.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
07.17.2024 16:00
07.17.2024 16:00
Summary
The canon of classical literature is constantly reinterpreted and has served as a pillar main of numerous artistic works, forming the bases for subsequent creations, in the solo within the literature itself, but also on other platforms and formats. Among these classics there are the stories of Medusa and Morxiana, female characters from Greek mythology and Persian, respectively, on which the foundations of this work are established, which has as an objective to carry out a hermeneutic analysis of two contemporary works of the Galician literature compared to the original stories. These works are: The head of Medusa (2010) and Ali Baba, Morxiana and the forty usurers (2017), by Marilar Aleixandre, in which the author rewrites the two classic figures in terms of genre. In this way, a remarkable transformation is manifested not only in the plot and the context in which it is ascribed, but in the narrative voice, time, space,... Thus, in the present work the key points are analyzed of contemporary feminism, such as female empowerment or responsibility sexual, in addition to dismantling prejudices that are the result of a patriarchal society, such as concept of the woman as a secondary figure linked to a man.
The canon of classical literature is constantly reinterpreted and has served as a pillar main of numerous artistic works, forming the bases for subsequent creations, in the solo within the literature itself, but also on other platforms and formats. Among these classics there are the stories of Medusa and Morxiana, female characters from Greek mythology and Persian, respectively, on which the foundations of this work are established, which has as an objective to carry out a hermeneutic analysis of two contemporary works of the Galician literature compared to the original stories. These works are: The head of Medusa (2010) and Ali Baba, Morxiana and the forty usurers (2017), by Marilar Aleixandre, in which the author rewrites the two classic figures in terms of genre. In this way, a remarkable transformation is manifested not only in the plot and the context in which it is ascribed, but in the narrative voice, time, space,... Thus, in the present work the key points are analyzed of contemporary feminism, such as female empowerment or responsibility sexual, in addition to dismantling prejudices that are the result of a patriarchal society, such as concept of the woman as a secondary figure linked to a man.
Direction
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Tutorships)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Tutorships)
Court
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Member)
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Member)
Critical edition of La alcaldesa de Zamarramala, an unpublished work by Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch
Authorship
D.R.C.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
D.R.C.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
02.15.2024 12:30
02.15.2024 12:30
Summary
As indicated by its title, in this Bachelor’s Thesis, I will carry out a critical edition of the unpublished work La alcaldesa de Zamarramala by Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch, a writer from Madrid. I have come across this piece through two manuscripts by the author himself cataloged in the Digital Hispanic Library. Firstly, a detailed collation of both manuscripts will be conducted, which will allow us to determine the transmission of the work and establish a critical text. The variants will be included in the relevant critical apparatus. The text will be accompanied by explanatory notes on voices, passages, and contextual references that require explanation. The introductory study will address aspects concerning the author, date of composition, themes, structure and style, representations of the work, and reception by its contemporary audience. Although it is a work and author from the 19th century, it is worth noting that this project is based on the foundations of textual criticism, a fundamental discipline in text editing since ancient times and widely applied to authors of the Spanish Golden Age. Furthermore, the philological and literary profile of Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch is by no means unrelated to this period, as demonstrated by the numerous adaptations of works by authors from the Golden Age that he carried out.
As indicated by its title, in this Bachelor’s Thesis, I will carry out a critical edition of the unpublished work La alcaldesa de Zamarramala by Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch, a writer from Madrid. I have come across this piece through two manuscripts by the author himself cataloged in the Digital Hispanic Library. Firstly, a detailed collation of both manuscripts will be conducted, which will allow us to determine the transmission of the work and establish a critical text. The variants will be included in the relevant critical apparatus. The text will be accompanied by explanatory notes on voices, passages, and contextual references that require explanation. The introductory study will address aspects concerning the author, date of composition, themes, structure and style, representations of the work, and reception by its contemporary audience. Although it is a work and author from the 19th century, it is worth noting that this project is based on the foundations of textual criticism, a fundamental discipline in text editing since ancient times and widely applied to authors of the Spanish Golden Age. Furthermore, the philological and literary profile of Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch is by no means unrelated to this period, as demonstrated by the numerous adaptations of works by authors from the Golden Age that he carried out.
Direction
AZAUSTRE GALIANA, ANTONIO (Tutorships)
AZAUSTRE GALIANA, ANTONIO (Tutorships)
Court
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
Women in Exile: A Comparative Analysis of Sebastian Barry's On Canaan's Side and Rosa Aneiros' Sol de inverno
Authorship
N.V.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
N.V.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 17:00
09.11.2024 17:00
Summary
This work aims at offering a comparative analysis on the role of women in the exile of two nations whose history is heavily marked by migratory movements: Galicia and lreland. The analysis will be based on the study of two novels: On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry, which will provide us with the lrish perspective, and Sol de Inverno by Rosa Aneiros that will allow us to analyse the Galician case. These two historical novels narrated retrospectively from a feminine perspective will allow us to comment on the commonalities of two fictional stories that could easily correspond to the real memories of thousands of lrish and Galician women that emigrated to the USA and Cuba respectively. The main purpose behind this work is to place the focus on the role of those who traditionally remained invisible to the study of international migrations; to examine women's exile by looking at the various causes behind it, at the different dynamics of integration in the host countries, at the process of creation of new transnational identities, at the transformation of family bonds and at the coping mechanisms in the face of an unrelieved exile. Methodologically, this work will consist in a thorough analysis of each novel separately that will lead up to a section where all the commonalities and main differences regarded in the Galician and lrish feminine exile will be considered together.
This work aims at offering a comparative analysis on the role of women in the exile of two nations whose history is heavily marked by migratory movements: Galicia and lreland. The analysis will be based on the study of two novels: On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry, which will provide us with the lrish perspective, and Sol de Inverno by Rosa Aneiros that will allow us to analyse the Galician case. These two historical novels narrated retrospectively from a feminine perspective will allow us to comment on the commonalities of two fictional stories that could easily correspond to the real memories of thousands of lrish and Galician women that emigrated to the USA and Cuba respectively. The main purpose behind this work is to place the focus on the role of those who traditionally remained invisible to the study of international migrations; to examine women's exile by looking at the various causes behind it, at the different dynamics of integration in the host countries, at the process of creation of new transnational identities, at the transformation of family bonds and at the coping mechanisms in the face of an unrelieved exile. Methodologically, this work will consist in a thorough analysis of each novel separately that will lead up to a section where all the commonalities and main differences regarded in the Galician and lrish feminine exile will be considered together.
Direction
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Tutorships)
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
An analysis of neology through Martes Neológico
Authorship
M.F.A.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
M.F.A.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 16:00
06.20.2024 16:00
Summary
The Martes Neológico is a blog of the Observatori de Neología of the IULATERM group of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Instituto Cervantes which, since October 2015, publishes every Tuesday an analysis of a neologism (from January 2023, every other Tuesday), conceived as a word that is used with a certain frequency but is not included in the Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española. The analysis of each neologism incorporates morphological, semantic, etymological and documentary information (i.e. the textual sources in which it is attested). This work aims to examine the neologisms collected in this blog during the period from 4 January 2022 to 19 December 2023, in order to be able to establish a typology of the voices studied, as well as the type of texts in which they are recorded, the thematic areas in which they arise, the dictionaries that record them and the recommendations of specialists on the advisability of incorporating them (or not) into the Diccionario de la lengua española de la RAE by virtue of some criteria, explicit or not, of dictionarisation of neology.
The Martes Neológico is a blog of the Observatori de Neología of the IULATERM group of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Instituto Cervantes which, since October 2015, publishes every Tuesday an analysis of a neologism (from January 2023, every other Tuesday), conceived as a word that is used with a certain frequency but is not included in the Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española. The analysis of each neologism incorporates morphological, semantic, etymological and documentary information (i.e. the textual sources in which it is attested). This work aims to examine the neologisms collected in this blog during the period from 4 January 2022 to 19 December 2023, in order to be able to establish a typology of the voices studied, as well as the type of texts in which they are recorded, the thematic areas in which they arise, the dictionaries that record them and the recommendations of specialists on the advisability of incorporating them (or not) into the Diccionario de la lengua española de la RAE by virtue of some criteria, explicit or not, of dictionarisation of neology.
Direction
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Tutorships)
CAMPOS SOUTO, MARIA DO MAR (Tutorships)
Court
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Chairman)
BLANCO DOMINGUEZ, MARTA (Secretary)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Member)
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Chairman)
BLANCO DOMINGUEZ, MARTA (Secretary)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Member)
Methodological approach to teaching FLE at CLM (USC) focused on learner profiles and error analysis.
Authorship
C.D.S.F.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
C.D.S.F.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.17.2024 11:00
07.17.2024 11:00
Summary
This dissertation is the result of our experience as observers for two months of a C1 level course given at the Centre for Modern Languages at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Our main aim is to analyse the methodologies used by the teacher and how they are adapted to the needs of the students taking part in the course. We will also present the different methods used in the course and provide some examples of the material used during our placement. We will focus on a detailed description of the organisation and structure of the course, paying particular attention to the different learner profiles, as well as to the typology of the most common errors observed during the learning process, in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations proposed by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). We will conclude our study with an overall evaluation of the course, attempting to compare it with other types of teaching provided within our faculty.
This dissertation is the result of our experience as observers for two months of a C1 level course given at the Centre for Modern Languages at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Our main aim is to analyse the methodologies used by the teacher and how they are adapted to the needs of the students taking part in the course. We will also present the different methods used in the course and provide some examples of the material used during our placement. We will focus on a detailed description of the organisation and structure of the course, paying particular attention to the different learner profiles, as well as to the typology of the most common errors observed during the learning process, in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations proposed by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). We will conclude our study with an overall evaluation of the course, attempting to compare it with other types of teaching provided within our faculty.
Direction
PINO SERRANO, Mª DOLORES LAURA (Tutorships)
PINO SERRANO, Mª DOLORES LAURA (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
Coordinates of a Shore: César Vallejo seen through José Ángel Valente
Authorship
M.M.L.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
M.M.L.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 10:10
06.21.2024 10:10
Summary
Jose Ángel Valente’s relationship with Hispanic-American literature was prolific and multifaceted. As Valente’s critical work shows, alongside multiple biographical works about him, the reading of Cesar Vallejo’s poetry was one of his earliest contacts with Hispanic-American literature. This contact remained in time during the writer’s career, as many texts of different nature, written throughout his life can testify. Thus, this work aims to start from reading the author’s critical work to offer a clear idea of Valente’s vision of César Vallejo, in order to make an approach to the work of the Peruvian poet that allows to put it into dialogue with Spanish poetry and the new poetic sensibility of the 20th century. Furthermore, reading Vallejo’s poetry from José Ángel Valente’s perspective means to come close to Valente’s multifaceted figure and knowing the integrative nature of his creativity. Another objective of this work is, therefore, to investigate the main factors that distinguish Valente as a critic from the Spanish literary criticism of Hispanic-American literature in the 20th century. Although César Vallejo and José Ángel Valente never got to know each other, Valente constructs in his poetry and in his prose a space for dialogue with Vallejo’s work, making the Peruvian’s poetic legacy fit into a concrete and privileged place within an integrative vision of arts and literature.
Jose Ángel Valente’s relationship with Hispanic-American literature was prolific and multifaceted. As Valente’s critical work shows, alongside multiple biographical works about him, the reading of Cesar Vallejo’s poetry was one of his earliest contacts with Hispanic-American literature. This contact remained in time during the writer’s career, as many texts of different nature, written throughout his life can testify. Thus, this work aims to start from reading the author’s critical work to offer a clear idea of Valente’s vision of César Vallejo, in order to make an approach to the work of the Peruvian poet that allows to put it into dialogue with Spanish poetry and the new poetic sensibility of the 20th century. Furthermore, reading Vallejo’s poetry from José Ángel Valente’s perspective means to come close to Valente’s multifaceted figure and knowing the integrative nature of his creativity. Another objective of this work is, therefore, to investigate the main factors that distinguish Valente as a critic from the Spanish literary criticism of Hispanic-American literature in the 20th century. Although César Vallejo and José Ángel Valente never got to know each other, Valente constructs in his poetry and in his prose a space for dialogue with Vallejo’s work, making the Peruvian’s poetic legacy fit into a concrete and privileged place within an integrative vision of arts and literature.
Direction
CHOUCIÑO FERNANDEZ, ANA GLORIA (Tutorships)
CHOUCIÑO FERNANDEZ, ANA GLORIA (Tutorships)
Court
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
The representation of women in three discourses of Pilar Primo de Rivera: between wives and activists.
Authorship
A.F.A.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
A.F.A.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 11:00
07.16.2024 11:00
Summary
Pilar Primo de Rivera (PPR), daughter of dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera and sister of Falange’s founder, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, was the national delegate of the Feminine Section (Sección Femenina) of Falange. She controlled a good part of the policy of the Franco’s regime destined to women. She is also author to Cuatro discursos (1939) and Disposiciones sobre el trabajo de la mujer (1969). From her politic position, she used her discourses to show an idea of women, with its own capacities and obligations, that could work in Falage’s ideology. Aimed mainly to the Feminine Section activists, those texts had the double finality of explaining this model of woman and, from a political authority position, persuade or convince her audience to make it their own. A represention of women known today as benevolent sexism can be observed in her discourses, similar to the one discovered in contemporary field studies analyzing women’s self-image (Garaigordobil y Aliri, 2011). Even though it was considered as a new form of sexism in recent studies (Rodríguez Castro et al., 2009), PPR’s discourses show that this is not a new phenomenon. The main objectives of this Trabajo de Fin de Grado are two. The first one is to identify and explain the pragmatic-linguistic mecanisms used to build the feminine figure and the persuasive mecanisms aimed to influence women’s behaviour, aknowledging the conditions of the discursive production. The second objective is to compare the similarities between the sexist self-image of women showed in recent studies with the image constructuted in PPR’s discourses to demonstrate its historic prevalence. It is our intention to highlight the importance of adopting a historical perspective in ideological discourse studies, in this case the feminism. As of its elaboration, three discourses will be analyzed, which were pronounced between 1937 and 1940 in the National Conventions of the Feminine Section. We will adopt the approach of the critical discourse analysis (Van Dijk, 2003; Colorado y Wodak, 2010; Pardo Abril, 2012), combining the historical perspective (Wodak, 2003; Navarro, 2008) with the systemic analysis of (Fairclough, 1989, 2003; Montemator-Borsinger, 2018).
Pilar Primo de Rivera (PPR), daughter of dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera and sister of Falange’s founder, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, was the national delegate of the Feminine Section (Sección Femenina) of Falange. She controlled a good part of the policy of the Franco’s regime destined to women. She is also author to Cuatro discursos (1939) and Disposiciones sobre el trabajo de la mujer (1969). From her politic position, she used her discourses to show an idea of women, with its own capacities and obligations, that could work in Falage’s ideology. Aimed mainly to the Feminine Section activists, those texts had the double finality of explaining this model of woman and, from a political authority position, persuade or convince her audience to make it their own. A represention of women known today as benevolent sexism can be observed in her discourses, similar to the one discovered in contemporary field studies analyzing women’s self-image (Garaigordobil y Aliri, 2011). Even though it was considered as a new form of sexism in recent studies (Rodríguez Castro et al., 2009), PPR’s discourses show that this is not a new phenomenon. The main objectives of this Trabajo de Fin de Grado are two. The first one is to identify and explain the pragmatic-linguistic mecanisms used to build the feminine figure and the persuasive mecanisms aimed to influence women’s behaviour, aknowledging the conditions of the discursive production. The second objective is to compare the similarities between the sexist self-image of women showed in recent studies with the image constructuted in PPR’s discourses to demonstrate its historic prevalence. It is our intention to highlight the importance of adopting a historical perspective in ideological discourse studies, in this case the feminism. As of its elaboration, three discourses will be analyzed, which were pronounced between 1937 and 1940 in the National Conventions of the Feminine Section. We will adopt the approach of the critical discourse analysis (Van Dijk, 2003; Colorado y Wodak, 2010; Pardo Abril, 2012), combining the historical perspective (Wodak, 2003; Navarro, 2008) with the systemic analysis of (Fairclough, 1989, 2003; Montemator-Borsinger, 2018).
Direction
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Tutorships)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Tutorships)
Court
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Chairman)
BLANCO DOMINGUEZ, MARTA (Secretary)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Member)
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Chairman)
BLANCO DOMINGUEZ, MARTA (Secretary)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Member)
Lecturers' perspectives on English as a Medium of Instruction at the University of Santiago de Compostela
Authorship
D.M.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
D.M.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 13:15
07.16.2024 13:15
Summary
In an age characterized by internationalisation, English stands as the ubiquitous lingua franca. Embedded within its role as a global language is the pivotal position it occupies as a medium of instruction (EMI) (Bowles and Murphy, 2020, p.8). The objective of this study is to delve into the concept of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in the context of the University of Santiago de Compostela. It seeks to illuminate the attitudes held by lecturers towards instructing in English at a Galician university. The methodology hinges on the compilation of bibliographic data, scrutiny of USC official documentation, and finally, small-scale surveys to professors across various disciplines within the university. These surveys are a structured set of questions, to be answered during approximately 30-minute interviews with a sample of lecturers from different disciplines and different age-groups. The primary aim of these interviews is, first, to capture a snapshot of current lecturers' opinions on various aspects related to the eventual implementation of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) at their university, and second, to gather valuable information for potential future implementations of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) or any other linguistic initiatives at the University. As such, questions will delve into the prerequisites that professors are required to fulfil, encompassing aspects of faculty development and training. Explorations will extend to their experiences with English as a Medium of Instruction EMI and with the English language. Additionally, the questions will probe their perspectives on the implementation of EMI, considering its economic and educational implications. This includes an examination of their insights into student engagement, learning outcomes, and other pertinent facets. The study will be structured into three main parts. Firstly, it will present a comprehensive overview of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI), providing a foundational understanding of EMI both as a subject matter and an area of investigation. The second part will delve into the specific context of EMI at the USC, examining the current state of the issue. Lastly, the third part will present and analyse the results derived from the surveys conducted with a representative sample of faculty. This section aims to showcase the diverse opinions held by faculty members regarding EMI, facilitating a comparative analysis of their perspectives. Bowles, H., and Murphy, A. C. (2020). English-medium instruction and the internationalization of Universities. Palgrave Macmillan.
In an age characterized by internationalisation, English stands as the ubiquitous lingua franca. Embedded within its role as a global language is the pivotal position it occupies as a medium of instruction (EMI) (Bowles and Murphy, 2020, p.8). The objective of this study is to delve into the concept of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in the context of the University of Santiago de Compostela. It seeks to illuminate the attitudes held by lecturers towards instructing in English at a Galician university. The methodology hinges on the compilation of bibliographic data, scrutiny of USC official documentation, and finally, small-scale surveys to professors across various disciplines within the university. These surveys are a structured set of questions, to be answered during approximately 30-minute interviews with a sample of lecturers from different disciplines and different age-groups. The primary aim of these interviews is, first, to capture a snapshot of current lecturers' opinions on various aspects related to the eventual implementation of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) at their university, and second, to gather valuable information for potential future implementations of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) or any other linguistic initiatives at the University. As such, questions will delve into the prerequisites that professors are required to fulfil, encompassing aspects of faculty development and training. Explorations will extend to their experiences with English as a Medium of Instruction EMI and with the English language. Additionally, the questions will probe their perspectives on the implementation of EMI, considering its economic and educational implications. This includes an examination of their insights into student engagement, learning outcomes, and other pertinent facets. The study will be structured into three main parts. Firstly, it will present a comprehensive overview of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI), providing a foundational understanding of EMI both as a subject matter and an area of investigation. The second part will delve into the specific context of EMI at the USC, examining the current state of the issue. Lastly, the third part will present and analyse the results derived from the surveys conducted with a representative sample of faculty. This section aims to showcase the diverse opinions held by faculty members regarding EMI, facilitating a comparative analysis of their perspectives. Bowles, H., and Murphy, A. C. (2020). English-medium instruction and the internationalization of Universities. Palgrave Macmillan.
Direction
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Tutorships)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
Burguillos’ sonnets and the controversy of the highbrow style.
Authorship
L.C.C.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
L.C.C.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 09:00
06.21.2024 09:00
Summary
The diffusion of Góngora’s greatest poems (Polifemo and Soledades) provoked one of the most intense and substantial controversies of our literary history. Precisely, it was discussed the permissibility of the complex style found in the verses of the poet from Córdoba. Apart from personal confrontations, some reasonings came across based on the literary dogma, fundamentally on rhetoric and poetics. Many of the scholars and writers of the moment were divided between advocates and opponents of this style, characterized by the frequent use of cultisms, latinisms, obscure metaphors and hiperbathons, among others figures. Lope de Vega was one of those poets who stood out in the opposition of said poetic language. One of the ways to do so, was through the creation of poems which would parody said style. The main goal of this paper is to discuss Lope’s vision and reception of this controversy, mainly focusing the analysis in a selection of sonnets, which are included in Rimas humanas y divinas del licenciado Tomé de Burguillos. In those sonnets, Lope/Tomé parodies that style’s darkness, which will be analysed in its diverse variants.
The diffusion of Góngora’s greatest poems (Polifemo and Soledades) provoked one of the most intense and substantial controversies of our literary history. Precisely, it was discussed the permissibility of the complex style found in the verses of the poet from Córdoba. Apart from personal confrontations, some reasonings came across based on the literary dogma, fundamentally on rhetoric and poetics. Many of the scholars and writers of the moment were divided between advocates and opponents of this style, characterized by the frequent use of cultisms, latinisms, obscure metaphors and hiperbathons, among others figures. Lope de Vega was one of those poets who stood out in the opposition of said poetic language. One of the ways to do so, was through the creation of poems which would parody said style. The main goal of this paper is to discuss Lope’s vision and reception of this controversy, mainly focusing the analysis in a selection of sonnets, which are included in Rimas humanas y divinas del licenciado Tomé de Burguillos. In those sonnets, Lope/Tomé parodies that style’s darkness, which will be analysed in its diverse variants.
Direction
AZAUSTRE GALIANA, ANTONIO (Tutorships)
AZAUSTRE GALIANA, ANTONIO (Tutorships)
Court
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
Galician-Italian online lexicon of Galician fishes
Authorship
A.A.P.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
A.A.P.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.15.2024 18:00
07.15.2024 18:00
Summary
The field of ichthyology is very important in Galicia, not only from the point of view of biology, but also for trade and economics, establishing international relations that may need specialised linguistic reference sources in their communications. Analysing the different lexicographical resources available, both in print and online, we observe that one does not always find the right translation in bilingual dictionaries. For this reason, we propose the creation of a list of specific terms to Galician ichthyology, i.e., a lexicon centred on the names of Galician fishes. The objective of our TFG will, therefore, be to present a vocabulary collecting the names of all the native species of fishes in Galicia, with their equivalences into Italian, the scientific name to which they correspond, together with their phonetical transcription (both for the lemma and the translator), image and sound. In addition, we will assess, as appropriate, the possibility of adding some links to other pages for further information. Our bibliographic references will mainly be the monographic studies of Fernández de la Cigoña and Cerradelo, the dictionary of the Real Academia da Lingua Galega, as well as the IATE website (Interactive Terminology for Europe) and other specialised reference sources. All these will contribute, as primary or secondary sources, to the creation of our lexicon, which will include exclusively the names of Galician fishes both sea and river, with an estimated list of just over 400 headwords. The final goal of our study will be to make the resulting vocabulary available on the Lingua Viva platform, corresponding to the website of the Instituto da Lingua Galega (ILG), so that it can be offered to the Galician and Italian communities. This will allow us to continue improving the content in the future, with modifications or extensions, such as the addition of equivalences in other languages or descriptions that might be considered relevant.
The field of ichthyology is very important in Galicia, not only from the point of view of biology, but also for trade and economics, establishing international relations that may need specialised linguistic reference sources in their communications. Analysing the different lexicographical resources available, both in print and online, we observe that one does not always find the right translation in bilingual dictionaries. For this reason, we propose the creation of a list of specific terms to Galician ichthyology, i.e., a lexicon centred on the names of Galician fishes. The objective of our TFG will, therefore, be to present a vocabulary collecting the names of all the native species of fishes in Galicia, with their equivalences into Italian, the scientific name to which they correspond, together with their phonetical transcription (both for the lemma and the translator), image and sound. In addition, we will assess, as appropriate, the possibility of adding some links to other pages for further information. Our bibliographic references will mainly be the monographic studies of Fernández de la Cigoña and Cerradelo, the dictionary of the Real Academia da Lingua Galega, as well as the IATE website (Interactive Terminology for Europe) and other specialised reference sources. All these will contribute, as primary or secondary sources, to the creation of our lexicon, which will include exclusively the names of Galician fishes both sea and river, with an estimated list of just over 400 headwords. The final goal of our study will be to make the resulting vocabulary available on the Lingua Viva platform, corresponding to the website of the Instituto da Lingua Galega (ILG), so that it can be offered to the Galician and Italian communities. This will allow us to continue improving the content in the future, with modifications or extensions, such as the addition of equivalences in other languages or descriptions that might be considered relevant.
Direction
SANMARCO BANDE, MARIA TERESA (Tutorships)
SANMARCO BANDE, MARIA TERESA (Tutorships)
Court
SANMARCO BANDE, MARIA TERESA (Student’s tutor)
SANMARCO BANDE, MARIA TERESA (Student’s tutor)
Current dramatic literature of female authorship: new New thematic and aesthetic work lines
Authorship
E.O.A.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
E.O.A.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
07.17.2024 17:30
07.17.2024 17:30
Summary
The dramatic literature in Galician, as a result of the philologizing definition of theater and the symbolic value attributed to our literature, has occupied a privileged place within a marginal theatrical system. This is why, in the early years of theater development in Galicia, female authors focused on literary creation, emphasizing the text and female protagonism. However, starting in the 1990s, female voices shifted towards the realm of stage creation, and with them, the general thematic lines and the focus of criticism and theatrical theory changed, now centering on the stage. This paper will offer a representative selection of authors and works spanning from the late 1980s to the recent years of our century. The objective is to provide a categorization of the themes and aesthetics of the texts, paying special attention to the most contemporary works as they are the least attended to by traditional historiography. From this characterization, the aim is to reconstruct a timeline in which to situate the dramatic-literary creations, identifying whether there exists a homogeneous discourse and repertoire or if, on the contrary, the lack of systematicity prevents grouping the works of female authorship under the same umbrella.
The dramatic literature in Galician, as a result of the philologizing definition of theater and the symbolic value attributed to our literature, has occupied a privileged place within a marginal theatrical system. This is why, in the early years of theater development in Galicia, female authors focused on literary creation, emphasizing the text and female protagonism. However, starting in the 1990s, female voices shifted towards the realm of stage creation, and with them, the general thematic lines and the focus of criticism and theatrical theory changed, now centering on the stage. This paper will offer a representative selection of authors and works spanning from the late 1980s to the recent years of our century. The objective is to provide a categorization of the themes and aesthetics of the texts, paying special attention to the most contemporary works as they are the least attended to by traditional historiography. From this characterization, the aim is to reconstruct a timeline in which to situate the dramatic-literary creations, identifying whether there exists a homogeneous discourse and repertoire or if, on the contrary, the lack of systematicity prevents grouping the works of female authorship under the same umbrella.
Direction
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Tutorships)
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Tutorships)
Court
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
The Great American Dream: A Delusinal mindset
Authorship
N.C.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
N.C.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 10:30
06.21.2024 10:30
Summary
The aim of this dissertation will be to carry out an analysis about the concept of The Great American Dream, intimately attached to the American identity, and which can be seen in the selected works, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, among others that exemplify the concept, such as the film versions of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. In this way, after analyzing these multidisciplinary works, we will be able to understand the values and models of conduct that govern American society and its literature, seen once again as a reflection of the most objective reality. We will analize the delusional reality caused by the promises of the American Dream in these works and see how it deeply affects the psychological development of the characters. Hence, we will proceed by identifying the most basic narrative features of the American dream: its actor or hero, its setting, and its primary action, and then, deal with the impossibility of achieving real success, failing to be the self-made man that they tried to be.
The aim of this dissertation will be to carry out an analysis about the concept of The Great American Dream, intimately attached to the American identity, and which can be seen in the selected works, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, among others that exemplify the concept, such as the film versions of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. In this way, after analyzing these multidisciplinary works, we will be able to understand the values and models of conduct that govern American society and its literature, seen once again as a reflection of the most objective reality. We will analize the delusional reality caused by the promises of the American Dream in these works and see how it deeply affects the psychological development of the characters. Hence, we will proceed by identifying the most basic narrative features of the American dream: its actor or hero, its setting, and its primary action, and then, deal with the impossibility of achieving real success, failing to be the self-made man that they tried to be.
Direction
FRA LOPEZ, PATRICIA (Tutorships)
FRA LOPEZ, PATRICIA (Tutorships)
Court
FRA LOPEZ, PATRICIA (Student’s tutor)
FRA LOPEZ, PATRICIA (Student’s tutor)
The adjective and its relation to the other word classes
Authorship
D.R.D.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
D.R.D.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
02.15.2024 11:00
02.15.2024 11:00
Summary
The present End-of-degree project will focus on the relations between the adjective and other word categories with which it has affinity, be it formal or semantic. The essay will begin with the concept of adjective, its formal features, its different types and its syntagmatic possibilities. Then, I will focus on the main goal of this research, which is the relations that it has with other word categories (noun, adverb, determiner and pronoun), be it for historical reasons, of form evolution from Latin, or due to semantic or syntagmatic proximity and the cases of partial neutralization between categories. This second part of the research will be structured in different sections devoted to the relation of the adjective to every one of these categories, ending with a conclusion about the criteria that allow us to tell apart categories and its nature, which is not always discrete. This work will not have a quantitative dimension and the references and sources will be specific bibliography about word categories and information from lexicographic sources, as well as the use of reference corpora to collect data.
The present End-of-degree project will focus on the relations between the adjective and other word categories with which it has affinity, be it formal or semantic. The essay will begin with the concept of adjective, its formal features, its different types and its syntagmatic possibilities. Then, I will focus on the main goal of this research, which is the relations that it has with other word categories (noun, adverb, determiner and pronoun), be it for historical reasons, of form evolution from Latin, or due to semantic or syntagmatic proximity and the cases of partial neutralization between categories. This second part of the research will be structured in different sections devoted to the relation of the adjective to every one of these categories, ending with a conclusion about the criteria that allow us to tell apart categories and its nature, which is not always discrete. This work will not have a quantitative dimension and the references and sources will be specific bibliography about word categories and information from lexicographic sources, as well as the use of reference corpora to collect data.
Direction
JIMENEZ JULIA, TOMAS EDUARDO (Tutorships)
JIMENEZ JULIA, TOMAS EDUARDO (Tutorships)
Court
JIMENEZ JULIA, TOMAS EDUARDO (Student’s tutor)
JIMENEZ JULIA, TOMAS EDUARDO (Student’s tutor)
Unraveling the Mystery of The Moonstone: the Victorian Era and its Anxieties
Authorship
R.O.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
R.O.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 10:00
07.16.2024 10:00
Summary
The Victorian Era has been one of the most important periods in the history of Britain. It changed the country almost radically by speeding up economic, technological, industrial and, even, sociocultural progress. The literature of the time reflected these epochal changes. One of the literary works that best represented this was The Moonstone, a novel written by Wilkie Collins and published in 1868. This novel is not only a repository of the Victorian values, but also a reflection of the main anxieties of the period. The proposed BA Thesis will consist of two main parts, progressing from a general contextualizing to the particular analysis of Collins novel: 1.1. An introduction to the Victorian Era; 1.2. An account of relevant facts of Wilkie Collins’ biography; 1.3. An overview of the literary context that pays special attention to the genre of the so called Sensation Novel and to the reception of The Moonstone; 2.1. An explanation of the issues of race and degeneration; 2.2. An analysis of how femininity, masculinity and sexuality are portrayed in the novel; and 2.3. An analysis of how progress and moral insecurities are reflected in the novel.
The Victorian Era has been one of the most important periods in the history of Britain. It changed the country almost radically by speeding up economic, technological, industrial and, even, sociocultural progress. The literature of the time reflected these epochal changes. One of the literary works that best represented this was The Moonstone, a novel written by Wilkie Collins and published in 1868. This novel is not only a repository of the Victorian values, but also a reflection of the main anxieties of the period. The proposed BA Thesis will consist of two main parts, progressing from a general contextualizing to the particular analysis of Collins novel: 1.1. An introduction to the Victorian Era; 1.2. An account of relevant facts of Wilkie Collins’ biography; 1.3. An overview of the literary context that pays special attention to the genre of the so called Sensation Novel and to the reception of The Moonstone; 2.1. An explanation of the issues of race and degeneration; 2.2. An analysis of how femininity, masculinity and sexuality are portrayed in the novel; and 2.3. An analysis of how progress and moral insecurities are reflected in the novel.
Direction
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Tutorships)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
The retranslation into Spanish of Simone de Beauvoir’s existentialist and feminist work, Le Deuxième Sexe
Authorship
C.R.R.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
C.R.R.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
09.10.2024 13:30
09.10.2024 13:30
Summary
Translation studies is a science that emerged in the second half of the 20th century, which examines the various linguistic processes involved in translation, taking into account extratextual aspects related to culture, language, and cognitive factors. We will propose a brief diachronic overview of the evolution of this discipline and the main schools of translation, such as Steiner's hermeneutic approach, Seleskovitch and Lederer's interpretive model, or the cultural turn of the 1990s. After an introduction to the principles of translation studies, we will analyze some translational aspects in the Spanish translation of Simone de Beauvoir's philosophical and feminist work Le Deuxième Sexe published in 1949. This study focuses, more specifically, on the issue of retranslation applied to this work, comparing two different Spanish translations: the first, dated 1954 and carried out in Argentina by Pablo Palant, disseminated in Spain under the Franco dictatorship, and the latest translation, dated 1999, from our corpus' 2015 edition, carried out in Spain by Alicia Martorell. Through this comparative analysis, we will expose the reasons for retranslation and the ways in which the social, temporal, and geographical context, as well as aspects specific to the translator, such as gender, the school of translation, or possible interpretations of the source text, influence the translation. Among the various possible parameters, we have selected a lexical criterion focusing on the difference in the translation of certain terms from Beauvoir's thought or recurring in her work (such as mâle or Autre), a morphological criterion focusing on the translation of gender (such as the generic masculine), relating it to other aspects that could be perceived as inaccuracies or misinterpretations of the original ideas.
Translation studies is a science that emerged in the second half of the 20th century, which examines the various linguistic processes involved in translation, taking into account extratextual aspects related to culture, language, and cognitive factors. We will propose a brief diachronic overview of the evolution of this discipline and the main schools of translation, such as Steiner's hermeneutic approach, Seleskovitch and Lederer's interpretive model, or the cultural turn of the 1990s. After an introduction to the principles of translation studies, we will analyze some translational aspects in the Spanish translation of Simone de Beauvoir's philosophical and feminist work Le Deuxième Sexe published in 1949. This study focuses, more specifically, on the issue of retranslation applied to this work, comparing two different Spanish translations: the first, dated 1954 and carried out in Argentina by Pablo Palant, disseminated in Spain under the Franco dictatorship, and the latest translation, dated 1999, from our corpus' 2015 edition, carried out in Spain by Alicia Martorell. Through this comparative analysis, we will expose the reasons for retranslation and the ways in which the social, temporal, and geographical context, as well as aspects specific to the translator, such as gender, the school of translation, or possible interpretations of the source text, influence the translation. Among the various possible parameters, we have selected a lexical criterion focusing on the difference in the translation of certain terms from Beauvoir's thought or recurring in her work (such as mâle or Autre), a morphological criterion focusing on the translation of gender (such as the generic masculine), relating it to other aspects that could be perceived as inaccuracies or misinterpretations of the original ideas.
Direction
RODRIGUEZ FERREIRO, VERONICA (Tutorships)
RODRIGUEZ FERREIRO, VERONICA (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
Literary adaptation during Franquism through José Luis Sáenz de Heredia´s films
Authorship
B.V.V.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
B.V.V.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.18.2024 09:30
07.18.2024 09:30
Summary
Of the 432 films made during the first decade of Franco´s Spain, 196 were adaptations of spanish writings. This work tries to give a general view of the phenomenon of adaptation in Spain´s cinema in that period through some films of one of the most important directors of that time, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia. Having a place secured in history because of the reactionary film Raza and for his relationship with José Antonio Primo de Rivera, his filmografy offers a good example of the theoretical approaches that guided a handful of adaptations of the dictatorship period and shows the different ways of doing so. This work will focus on six films based of six different writings: Raza, El escándalo, Las aguas bajan negras, Don Juan, Los derechos de la mujer and El indulto, trying to present their differences as films made in different moments of the dictatorship.
Of the 432 films made during the first decade of Franco´s Spain, 196 were adaptations of spanish writings. This work tries to give a general view of the phenomenon of adaptation in Spain´s cinema in that period through some films of one of the most important directors of that time, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia. Having a place secured in history because of the reactionary film Raza and for his relationship with José Antonio Primo de Rivera, his filmografy offers a good example of the theoretical approaches that guided a handful of adaptations of the dictatorship period and shows the different ways of doing so. This work will focus on six films based of six different writings: Raza, El escándalo, Las aguas bajan negras, Don Juan, Los derechos de la mujer and El indulto, trying to present their differences as films made in different moments of the dictatorship.
Direction
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Tutorships)
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
Intensifiers and appreciatives as gender markers: the cases of super- and -it in Galician spanish
Authorship
M.C.A.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
M.C.A.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
09.10.2024 12:30
09.10.2024 12:30
Summary
The present Undergraduate dissertation aims to introduce the reader to the discursive differences of gender through the study of the intensifying and evaluative affixes super- and -it in Galician Spanish from two distinct but complementary perspectives: grammatical and pragmatic-semantic. Firstly, an introduction to the existing link between gender and discourse is provided. Next, a description of the affixes under study is proposed from both a descriptive and functional point of view. Thirdly, the mechanisms of intensification and attenuation are presented, focusing on super- and -it from a pragmatic-semantic perspective. This is followed by a thorough analysis of data extracted from the ESLORA corpus, which allows us to discuss the link between gender and discourse in accordance with the previously described affixes. Finally, the conclusion explains how this is a multidisciplinary work that, by utilizing various sources, enables a holistic interpretation of the results.
The present Undergraduate dissertation aims to introduce the reader to the discursive differences of gender through the study of the intensifying and evaluative affixes super- and -it in Galician Spanish from two distinct but complementary perspectives: grammatical and pragmatic-semantic. Firstly, an introduction to the existing link between gender and discourse is provided. Next, a description of the affixes under study is proposed from both a descriptive and functional point of view. Thirdly, the mechanisms of intensification and attenuation are presented, focusing on super- and -it from a pragmatic-semantic perspective. This is followed by a thorough analysis of data extracted from the ESLORA corpus, which allows us to discuss the link between gender and discourse in accordance with the previously described affixes. Finally, the conclusion explains how this is a multidisciplinary work that, by utilizing various sources, enables a holistic interpretation of the results.
Direction
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Tutorships)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Tutorships)
Court
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Student’s tutor)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Student’s tutor)
On staying delulu and being the GOAT: How GenZ is shaping the English language
Authorship
A.R.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.R.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.10.2024 09:30
09.10.2024 09:30
Summary
Generation Z, or the population born between the late 90’s and early 2010’s, is dramatically changing the way people of all generations communicate. The emergence of new slang terms and the transformation of existing ones highlight the complex cultural and linguistic trends within this distinctive group of language users. This Bachelor’s thesis seeks to investigate their impact on the constructional changes undergone by the English slang words delulu (delusional) and GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) in the recent history of English. This dissertation is structured into two parts. The first part analyses the earlier meanings and morphological forms of each slang word through a collocate analysis within the Corpus of Historical American English (COHA; Davies 2010). The second part then moves on to examine their contemporary use on the basis of the News on the Web (NOW; Davies 2016) corpus. The analyses of the results from both corpus-based studies are expected to reveal significant changes in the form and meaning of these slang terms over time, highlighting the generational influence on linguistic innovation and cultural expression.
Generation Z, or the population born between the late 90’s and early 2010’s, is dramatically changing the way people of all generations communicate. The emergence of new slang terms and the transformation of existing ones highlight the complex cultural and linguistic trends within this distinctive group of language users. This Bachelor’s thesis seeks to investigate their impact on the constructional changes undergone by the English slang words delulu (delusional) and GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) in the recent history of English. This dissertation is structured into two parts. The first part analyses the earlier meanings and morphological forms of each slang word through a collocate analysis within the Corpus of Historical American English (COHA; Davies 2010). The second part then moves on to examine their contemporary use on the basis of the News on the Web (NOW; Davies 2016) corpus. The analyses of the results from both corpus-based studies are expected to reveal significant changes in the form and meaning of these slang terms over time, highlighting the generational influence on linguistic innovation and cultural expression.
Direction
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Tutorships)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Tutorships)
Court
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Student’s tutor)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Student’s tutor)
Documentary drama and collective creation in contemporary galician dramaturgy
Authorship
I.R.A.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
I.R.A.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
09.12.2024 13:00
09.12.2024 13:00
Summary
This study analyzes the currents of collective creation and documentary theater in two plays by Chévere: Eroski Paraíso and N.E.V.E.R.M.O.R.E. By studying the two dramaturgies, we attempt to examine the production and the level of convergence with these contemporary literary trends, as well as to observe the evolution of current Galician theater.
This study analyzes the currents of collective creation and documentary theater in two plays by Chévere: Eroski Paraíso and N.E.V.E.R.M.O.R.E. By studying the two dramaturgies, we attempt to examine the production and the level of convergence with these contemporary literary trends, as well as to observe the evolution of current Galician theater.
Direction
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Tutorships)
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Tutorships)
Court
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Student’s tutor)
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Student’s tutor)
To Kill a Mockingjay: A study on Katniss Everdeen and The Hunger Games
Authorship
M.M.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
M.M.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 09:00
07.16.2024 09:00
Summary
This dissertation will focus on Katniss Everdeen, the main character of The Hunger Games (2008), Catching Fire (2009) and Mockingjay (2010), by Suzanne Collins, analyzing her character and its evolution through the theoretical framework of trauma studies. To understand Katniss as a character, it is important to understand the society she was born into, and how it shaped her view of the world. The first chapter of this dissertation will reflect on how the modern Panem society carne to be, and how it changed over the years, using information from the prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020), and analyzing its real-life counterparts, mainly Ancient Rome and classical greco-roman myths. Then, the focus will be put on Katniss herself, arguing that, due to the violent and precarious nature of her society, she had to become very protective: putting rationality before emotion at all times, and even betraying her own values at times, in order to protect herself and her loved ones. As the novels progress, her mental health worsens, and, even if her protective attitude mainly remains, her relationship with emotion and rationality starts to shift. Lastly, in an attempt to understand her better, this essay will analyze Katniss's relationships and dynamics with other characters from the saga.
This dissertation will focus on Katniss Everdeen, the main character of The Hunger Games (2008), Catching Fire (2009) and Mockingjay (2010), by Suzanne Collins, analyzing her character and its evolution through the theoretical framework of trauma studies. To understand Katniss as a character, it is important to understand the society she was born into, and how it shaped her view of the world. The first chapter of this dissertation will reflect on how the modern Panem society carne to be, and how it changed over the years, using information from the prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020), and analyzing its real-life counterparts, mainly Ancient Rome and classical greco-roman myths. Then, the focus will be put on Katniss herself, arguing that, due to the violent and precarious nature of her society, she had to become very protective: putting rationality before emotion at all times, and even betraying her own values at times, in order to protect herself and her loved ones. As the novels progress, her mental health worsens, and, even if her protective attitude mainly remains, her relationship with emotion and rationality starts to shift. Lastly, in an attempt to understand her better, this essay will analyze Katniss's relationships and dynamics with other characters from the saga.
Direction
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
Violence from the theatre seat: the Holocaust in Juan Mayorga’s dramaturgy
Authorship
P.Y.B.F.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
P.Y.B.F.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 12:00
09.11.2024 12:00
Summary
In this thesis, the issue of violence in relation to the linked plot will be addressed to the Holocaust through the plays Himmelweg and El cartógrafo by the playwright Juan Mayorga. Firstly, an introduction will be made that briefly summarizes the argument of the works proposed for analysis. After this, we will proceed to the study of the dramatic texts, where at first, there is a context related to violence during the Holocaust in order to later be able to relate it to the figure of the author as a historian. The question of historical memory will be raised in relation to both works. Subsequently, it will be necessary to develop an analysis of the characters that will allow us to examine the complex relationships between victims and perpetrators within the context of the Shoah. Next, questions related to the structure of the texts will serve to understand its link with the theme of the Holocaust, delving above all into narrative techniques such as the ethical violence of language. Finally, it is essential to investigate the gaze of the spectator as an audience delivered to the repolitization of historical memory. To conclude our work, we will make a review that reflects all the results from the analysis of the different aspects of the works in relation to the context of violence during the Holocaust.
In this thesis, the issue of violence in relation to the linked plot will be addressed to the Holocaust through the plays Himmelweg and El cartógrafo by the playwright Juan Mayorga. Firstly, an introduction will be made that briefly summarizes the argument of the works proposed for analysis. After this, we will proceed to the study of the dramatic texts, where at first, there is a context related to violence during the Holocaust in order to later be able to relate it to the figure of the author as a historian. The question of historical memory will be raised in relation to both works. Subsequently, it will be necessary to develop an analysis of the characters that will allow us to examine the complex relationships between victims and perpetrators within the context of the Shoah. Next, questions related to the structure of the texts will serve to understand its link with the theme of the Holocaust, delving above all into narrative techniques such as the ethical violence of language. Finally, it is essential to investigate the gaze of the spectator as an audience delivered to the repolitization of historical memory. To conclude our work, we will make a review that reflects all the results from the analysis of the different aspects of the works in relation to the context of violence during the Holocaust.
Direction
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Tutorships)
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
An analysis of american literature in the era of prohibition (1920s and 1930s)
Authorship
R.C.M.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
R.C.M.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.17.2024 12:30
07.17.2024 12:30
Summary
The excessive consumption of alcohol has been a controversial topic since the creation of the United States. With the increasing social pressure against alcoholism, led by a religious and conservative segment of American society, Prohibition was successfully enacted in 1920. Prohibition in the United States (1920-1933) aimed to cease alcohol consumption, but it also caused profound social polarization that influenced the literature of the time. Although it is commonly believed that Prohibition literature focuses on opposition to the law through themes like organized crime and the excesses of the Jazz Age, this thesis seeks to demonstrate how the selected works represent the social division between supporters and opponents of Prohibition and abstinence. To achieve this objective, I have read and thoroughly analysed three works in search of situations and characters that paradoxically reflect both sides of the debate within the same work. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the ineffectiveness of Prohibition is highlighted, while alcohol is presented as a destructive element for individuals and families. In Fitzgerald's Babylon Revisited, a long-term vision of the impact caused by the excessive lifestyle of the Jazz Age and the possibility of redemption through sobriety is offered. Upton Sinclair's The Wet Parade provides a deep portrait of the society of the time. Both arguments for and against Prohibition are backed by different characters, perfectly reflecting social polarization. In conclusion, through the analysis of the selected works, I have demonstrated the social polarization caused by Prohibition in the United States, reflecting the division between those who supported and those who rejected the law through characters and plots.
The excessive consumption of alcohol has been a controversial topic since the creation of the United States. With the increasing social pressure against alcoholism, led by a religious and conservative segment of American society, Prohibition was successfully enacted in 1920. Prohibition in the United States (1920-1933) aimed to cease alcohol consumption, but it also caused profound social polarization that influenced the literature of the time. Although it is commonly believed that Prohibition literature focuses on opposition to the law through themes like organized crime and the excesses of the Jazz Age, this thesis seeks to demonstrate how the selected works represent the social division between supporters and opponents of Prohibition and abstinence. To achieve this objective, I have read and thoroughly analysed three works in search of situations and characters that paradoxically reflect both sides of the debate within the same work. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the ineffectiveness of Prohibition is highlighted, while alcohol is presented as a destructive element for individuals and families. In Fitzgerald's Babylon Revisited, a long-term vision of the impact caused by the excessive lifestyle of the Jazz Age and the possibility of redemption through sobriety is offered. Upton Sinclair's The Wet Parade provides a deep portrait of the society of the time. Both arguments for and against Prohibition are backed by different characters, perfectly reflecting social polarization. In conclusion, through the analysis of the selected works, I have demonstrated the social polarization caused by Prohibition in the United States, reflecting the division between those who supported and those who rejected the law through characters and plots.
Direction
FRA LOPEZ, PATRICIA (Tutorships)
FRA LOPEZ, PATRICIA (Tutorships)
Court
FRA LOPEZ, PATRICIA (Student’s tutor)
FRA LOPEZ, PATRICIA (Student’s tutor)
Analysis of Jean-Baptiste Clamence, character in the book of Albert Camus
Authorship
A.B.P.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
A.B.P.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.17.2024 12:30
07.17.2024 12:30
Summary
After 1945, European society and literature faced the challenges of the Second World War. In this context, the question of the theme of the Shoah in literature is recurrent; some intellectuals, such as Adorno, propose not being able to write literature after Auschwitz. However, many authors will question and reflect on this subject. «La Chute» by Albert Camus explores existential themes through the character of Jean-Baptiste Clamence. This thesis (TFG) aims to analyze the personality of the character in the book. Unveiling its history helps to highlight the psychological aspect, especially with regard to religion, taking into account the historical, political and social context evoked. Clamence, a Parisian lawyer in exile in Amsterdam, confesses his moral sins to an anonymous interlocutor: to reveal his story is to reveal Clamence’s morality and existential questions such as guilt, moral sins and purgation. These themes are also recurrent in the Christian religion, on which Camus had worked enormously. It is perhaps one of the best known and least understood works of the Franco-Algerian author. «La Chute» takes place in the context of absurdity, characteristic of Camus' philosophy.
After 1945, European society and literature faced the challenges of the Second World War. In this context, the question of the theme of the Shoah in literature is recurrent; some intellectuals, such as Adorno, propose not being able to write literature after Auschwitz. However, many authors will question and reflect on this subject. «La Chute» by Albert Camus explores existential themes through the character of Jean-Baptiste Clamence. This thesis (TFG) aims to analyze the personality of the character in the book. Unveiling its history helps to highlight the psychological aspect, especially with regard to religion, taking into account the historical, political and social context evoked. Clamence, a Parisian lawyer in exile in Amsterdam, confesses his moral sins to an anonymous interlocutor: to reveal his story is to reveal Clamence’s morality and existential questions such as guilt, moral sins and purgation. These themes are also recurrent in the Christian religion, on which Camus had worked enormously. It is perhaps one of the best known and least understood works of the Franco-Algerian author. «La Chute» takes place in the context of absurdity, characteristic of Camus' philosophy.
Direction
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Tutorships)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Secretary)
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Member)
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Secretary)
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Member)
Variation and linguistic change in the municipality of Outes
Authorship
M.M.B.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
M.M.B.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 10:00
06.19.2024 10:00
Summary
The objective of this work is to analyze the variation and linguistic change in two populations in a municipality in the province of A Coruña, Outes, based on the analysis of the linguistic productions of a group of informants. The study will combine the variationist method with the analysis of change in apparent time. For this, the towns of Freixo and Valadares, two areas of the municipality of Outes, will be studied. On the one hand, Valadares is presented as the common Galician town, an interior space where the main sector is agriculture and livestock, and the majority of the population has always lived off livestock. However, Freixo is a coastal town, where the majority of the population has always worked in the fishing sector. Apart from that, today it is also influenced by tourism, since in addition to having a beautiful port, it has well-known restaurants in the area thanks to their local products. We start from the hypothesis that being two towns so different in their social characteristics, which implies such a disparate life (the inhabitants of Valadares practically never had to leave the town to work as a cattle rancher, while the work of a sailor involved being constantly out and interacting with more people), we will find dialect variation between areas, despite being so close. Likewise, the passing of the years has offered people more possibilities (both for travel, study and work). So, we think that this may have changed, becoming closer to each other in their speech, adopting common traits and even becoming unified. The data collection methodology is based on a semi-directed conversation (recorded and transcribed) with 8 speakers (two men and two women from each of the places and from different generations) with the aim of knowing the linguistic distance (similarities and differences). among them, taking into account both location and age. The aspects analyzed will be both lexical and morphosyntactic.
The objective of this work is to analyze the variation and linguistic change in two populations in a municipality in the province of A Coruña, Outes, based on the analysis of the linguistic productions of a group of informants. The study will combine the variationist method with the analysis of change in apparent time. For this, the towns of Freixo and Valadares, two areas of the municipality of Outes, will be studied. On the one hand, Valadares is presented as the common Galician town, an interior space where the main sector is agriculture and livestock, and the majority of the population has always lived off livestock. However, Freixo is a coastal town, where the majority of the population has always worked in the fishing sector. Apart from that, today it is also influenced by tourism, since in addition to having a beautiful port, it has well-known restaurants in the area thanks to their local products. We start from the hypothesis that being two towns so different in their social characteristics, which implies such a disparate life (the inhabitants of Valadares practically never had to leave the town to work as a cattle rancher, while the work of a sailor involved being constantly out and interacting with more people), we will find dialect variation between areas, despite being so close. Likewise, the passing of the years has offered people more possibilities (both for travel, study and work). So, we think that this may have changed, becoming closer to each other in their speech, adopting common traits and even becoming unified. The data collection methodology is based on a semi-directed conversation (recorded and transcribed) with 8 speakers (two men and two women from each of the places and from different generations) with the aim of knowing the linguistic distance (similarities and differences). among them, taking into account both location and age. The aspects analyzed will be both lexical and morphosyntactic.
Direction
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Tutorships)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Tutorships)
Court
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Student’s tutor)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Student’s tutor)
Borrowings from the Arabic of young speakers.
Authorship
N.C.V.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
N.C.V.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
06.20.2024 10:00
06.20.2024 10:00
Summary
The aim of this work is to show the linguistic diversity not only within the slang of French teenagers but also within the French language itself. The focus will be on one of the immigrant languages with which there is currently the most contact: Arabic. We will begin by defining the terms ''young speaker'' and ''borrower'' in order to understand the relationship between Arabic and French. To do this, we will analyse the historical linguistic links between the Arab community and the French community, as well as the relationship between these two languages and the speakers who use them to build their linguistic personality and their way of communicating. We need to study the types of borrowing from Arabic and their rapid expansion. But is this pace going to continue over time, or are we looking at a passing trend in the language of young people and suburban French that is not necessarily going to have a major impact on the lexical system? We will end this project with a discussion of the various reflections on this major phenomenon in the French language today.
The aim of this work is to show the linguistic diversity not only within the slang of French teenagers but also within the French language itself. The focus will be on one of the immigrant languages with which there is currently the most contact: Arabic. We will begin by defining the terms ''young speaker'' and ''borrower'' in order to understand the relationship between Arabic and French. To do this, we will analyse the historical linguistic links between the Arab community and the French community, as well as the relationship between these two languages and the speakers who use them to build their linguistic personality and their way of communicating. We need to study the types of borrowing from Arabic and their rapid expansion. But is this pace going to continue over time, or are we looking at a passing trend in the language of young people and suburban French that is not necessarily going to have a major impact on the lexical system? We will end this project with a discussion of the various reflections on this major phenomenon in the French language today.
Direction
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Tutorships)
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Tutorships)
Court
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
PoesI.A.: Writing machines in Ángel Carmona, Dionisio Cañas and Belén Gache
Authorship
P.M.U.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
P.M.U.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.18.2024 12:30
07.18.2024 12:30
Summary
The author has always been the neural center of traditional literary studies. However, since contemporary literary theories put him under scrutiny starting in the mid-20th century, the concept of authorship, along with the nuances of sublimity that imbue it, has faltered and diluted; instability that, despite everything, has not yet left its mark on the general line of study and teaching of literature in Spain. In this general context, the undeniable rise of generative artificial intelligences in the past year has not only opened fronts to academia in terms of intellectual property or plagiarism but also promises (albeit in the long term) to dynamite the modern category of the author, always centered on originality, often with a romantic touch. For this reason, the present work considers it urgent to look at the very evolution of literature composed by computers in our language, focusing on a corpus that compares the first and most primitive writing machines, specifically those used for the titles Poemas V2. Poesía compuesta por computadora by Ángel Carmona (1976) and Antología de poemas del robot Al Halim X9009 by Belén Gache (2015), with the novel, revitalizing functions of the title ¿Puede un computador escribir un poema de amor? Tecnorromanticismo y poesía electrónica by Dionisio Cañas (2010) and popular generative intelligences like ChatGPT. Along the way, their functioning, differences, and results (the texts) will be outlined, as well as the dialogue they establish with traditional philology items such as originality, interpretation, or meaning. The ultimate intention of the work is to serve as an entry portal to the literary project that computer-composed poetry represents, too young at the moment to draw definitive conclusions.
The author has always been the neural center of traditional literary studies. However, since contemporary literary theories put him under scrutiny starting in the mid-20th century, the concept of authorship, along with the nuances of sublimity that imbue it, has faltered and diluted; instability that, despite everything, has not yet left its mark on the general line of study and teaching of literature in Spain. In this general context, the undeniable rise of generative artificial intelligences in the past year has not only opened fronts to academia in terms of intellectual property or plagiarism but also promises (albeit in the long term) to dynamite the modern category of the author, always centered on originality, often with a romantic touch. For this reason, the present work considers it urgent to look at the very evolution of literature composed by computers in our language, focusing on a corpus that compares the first and most primitive writing machines, specifically those used for the titles Poemas V2. Poesía compuesta por computadora by Ángel Carmona (1976) and Antología de poemas del robot Al Halim X9009 by Belén Gache (2015), with the novel, revitalizing functions of the title ¿Puede un computador escribir un poema de amor? Tecnorromanticismo y poesía electrónica by Dionisio Cañas (2010) and popular generative intelligences like ChatGPT. Along the way, their functioning, differences, and results (the texts) will be outlined, as well as the dialogue they establish with traditional philology items such as originality, interpretation, or meaning. The ultimate intention of the work is to serve as an entry portal to the literary project that computer-composed poetry represents, too young at the moment to draw definitive conclusions.
Direction
VILARIÑO PICOS, MARIA TERESA (Tutorships)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Co-tutorships)
VILARIÑO PICOS, MARIA TERESA (Tutorships)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Co-tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
Unveiling Identity Echoes in Contemporary Irish Poetry: Exploring Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill’s The Fifty Minute Mermaid
Authorship
N.M.S.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
N.M.S.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 10:00
07.16.2024 10:00
Summary
The Fifty Minute Mermaid is a collection of poems by Irish author Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, originally written in Irish and translated into English by Paul Muldoon. The poems narrate the stories of a tribe of mermaids who must adapt to a new life on dry land. The author establishes a comparison between the loss of water, the loss of their roots and the trauma these caused, and the Irish postcolonial condition, including themes of colonial oppression and the situation of the Irish language. This dissertation will investigate the representation of identity in a selection of poems from The Fifty Minute Mermaid in order to scrutinize how the author engages with contemporary Irish identity issues through imagery, tropes and narrative devices present in the collection. The collection will be contextualized within its cultural and historical framework, and a detailed analysis will be made of a number of selected poems that aim to preserve the identifying features of the Gaelic culture. The analysis will also examine the effects of colonization on these features and how they endure in a postimperialist context. Ultimately, drawing on fundamental works such as Marianne Hirsch’s The Generation of Postmemory (2012), Pierre Nora’s Les Lieux de Mémoire (1984) and Cheryl Glenn’s Unspoken (2004), in addition to academic articles such as Maria Beville and Sara Dybris McQuaid’s ‘‘Speaking of silence: comments from an Irish Studies perspective’’ (2012), I seek to explore how both individual and collective memory, the use of silence as a narrative tool, and allegories and images from Irish folklore are employed to represent the contemporary Irish condition.
The Fifty Minute Mermaid is a collection of poems by Irish author Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, originally written in Irish and translated into English by Paul Muldoon. The poems narrate the stories of a tribe of mermaids who must adapt to a new life on dry land. The author establishes a comparison between the loss of water, the loss of their roots and the trauma these caused, and the Irish postcolonial condition, including themes of colonial oppression and the situation of the Irish language. This dissertation will investigate the representation of identity in a selection of poems from The Fifty Minute Mermaid in order to scrutinize how the author engages with contemporary Irish identity issues through imagery, tropes and narrative devices present in the collection. The collection will be contextualized within its cultural and historical framework, and a detailed analysis will be made of a number of selected poems that aim to preserve the identifying features of the Gaelic culture. The analysis will also examine the effects of colonization on these features and how they endure in a postimperialist context. Ultimately, drawing on fundamental works such as Marianne Hirsch’s The Generation of Postmemory (2012), Pierre Nora’s Les Lieux de Mémoire (1984) and Cheryl Glenn’s Unspoken (2004), in addition to academic articles such as Maria Beville and Sara Dybris McQuaid’s ‘‘Speaking of silence: comments from an Irish Studies perspective’’ (2012), I seek to explore how both individual and collective memory, the use of silence as a narrative tool, and allegories and images from Irish folklore are employed to represent the contemporary Irish condition.
Direction
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Tutorships)
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
Castelao: humor and literature
Authorship
I.R.R.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
I.R.R.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 13:15
06.19.2024 13:15
Summary
Humor is one of the main characteristics of the production of Castelao, both pictorial and literary. Intellectuals of Nós, including the author studied in this investigation, underline humor as one of the distinctives traits of the Volkgeist of the Galician people. Castelao deals with the humor in his artistic career through the perspective of humor as part of the spirit’s population. Firstly, this work will highlight some moments when humor took the main place in the author’s artistic career. There, the beginings of the author in the visual arts placed the ideological base that later was developed in his literary work. Then, this final project will pay special attention to the distinct analysis that some authors carried out about Castelao’s humoristic work in chronological order. These studies range from writers such as Eduardo Blanco Amor to Félix Caballero who inevitably mentioned Castelao in his work to do an examination of the “retranca”. Finally, the only two novels of Castelao Un ollo de vidro. Memorias dun esque/ete (1922) and Os dous de sempre (1934) will be analyzed from a humoristic approach.
Humor is one of the main characteristics of the production of Castelao, both pictorial and literary. Intellectuals of Nós, including the author studied in this investigation, underline humor as one of the distinctives traits of the Volkgeist of the Galician people. Castelao deals with the humor in his artistic career through the perspective of humor as part of the spirit’s population. Firstly, this work will highlight some moments when humor took the main place in the author’s artistic career. There, the beginings of the author in the visual arts placed the ideological base that later was developed in his literary work. Then, this final project will pay special attention to the distinct analysis that some authors carried out about Castelao’s humoristic work in chronological order. These studies range from writers such as Eduardo Blanco Amor to Félix Caballero who inevitably mentioned Castelao in his work to do an examination of the “retranca”. Finally, the only two novels of Castelao Un ollo de vidro. Memorias dun esque/ete (1922) and Os dous de sempre (1934) will be analyzed from a humoristic approach.
Direction
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Tutorships)
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Tutorships)
Court
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
An analysis of the phraseological structure [IRimperat. + a + ART + SUSTsg] from the Grammar of Constructions.
Authorship
L.C.L.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
L.C.L.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 10:15
07.16.2024 10:15
Summary
The present work aims at investigating and analyzing the Spanish phraseology [IRimperat. + a + ART + SUSTsg] (go to hell, go to hell, go to hell, etc.) in the field of Construction Grammar (CG). the shit, go to hell, go to hell, etc.) within the scope of Construction Grammar (CG), which conceives the language as a network of language as a network of constructions and the construction as the conventional union of form and meaning, in which the latter combines semantic the latter brings together semantic, pragmatic and discursive features. In QA, the study of what can be called phraseological constructions has been promoted. structures that are composed of fixed elements and variable elements (free boxes or free boxes). elements (free boxes or slots), which usually have certain limitations of a semantic nature. The phraseological scheme follows this pattern, since it is composed of a fixed part (go to) and a variable part (the noun), generally preceded by an article: la mierda, la porra, el infierno...). In this paper we will analyze the construction in detail, both in its formal aspect, in which we will study its degree of fixation, and in its semantic aspect, in which we will study its semantic aspect, in which we will study its semantic aspect. of fixation, as well as in its semantic aspect, in which its value of intensification stands out, a recurrent property in phraseologisms, which can sometimes phraseologisms, which can sometimes reveal issues such as the level of trust between interlocutors, and so on. The work will be divided into two parts. In the first, of a theoretical nature, an introduction to QA will be given and issues of particular relevance for the issues of particular relevance to the description of this construct, such as productivity and intensification. In the second part, the description of the construction will be carried out using corpus data, namely esTenTen18 from Sketch Engine. In this way, it will be possible to parameterize this phraseological construction, including its different nuances and connotations.
The present work aims at investigating and analyzing the Spanish phraseology [IRimperat. + a + ART + SUSTsg] (go to hell, go to hell, go to hell, etc.) in the field of Construction Grammar (CG). the shit, go to hell, go to hell, etc.) within the scope of Construction Grammar (CG), which conceives the language as a network of language as a network of constructions and the construction as the conventional union of form and meaning, in which the latter combines semantic the latter brings together semantic, pragmatic and discursive features. In QA, the study of what can be called phraseological constructions has been promoted. structures that are composed of fixed elements and variable elements (free boxes or free boxes). elements (free boxes or slots), which usually have certain limitations of a semantic nature. The phraseological scheme follows this pattern, since it is composed of a fixed part (go to) and a variable part (the noun), generally preceded by an article: la mierda, la porra, el infierno...). In this paper we will analyze the construction in detail, both in its formal aspect, in which we will study its degree of fixation, and in its semantic aspect, in which we will study its semantic aspect, in which we will study its semantic aspect. of fixation, as well as in its semantic aspect, in which its value of intensification stands out, a recurrent property in phraseologisms, which can sometimes phraseologisms, which can sometimes reveal issues such as the level of trust between interlocutors, and so on. The work will be divided into two parts. In the first, of a theoretical nature, an introduction to QA will be given and issues of particular relevance for the issues of particular relevance to the description of this construct, such as productivity and intensification. In the second part, the description of the construction will be carried out using corpus data, namely esTenTen18 from Sketch Engine. In this way, it will be possible to parameterize this phraseological construction, including its different nuances and connotations.
Direction
VAZQUEZ ROZAS, MARIA VICTORIA (Tutorships)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Co-tutorships)
VAZQUEZ ROZAS, MARIA VICTORIA (Tutorships)
RECALDE FERNANDEZ, MONSERRAT (Co-tutorships)
Court
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Chairman)
BLANCO DOMINGUEZ, MARTA (Secretary)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Member)
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Chairman)
BLANCO DOMINGUEZ, MARTA (Secretary)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Member)
Anne of the Thousand Faces: Queen Anne Boleyn in the Media
Authorship
N.C.V.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
N.C.V.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 09:30
07.16.2024 09:30
Summary
The enigmatic life of Anne Boleyn became a topic of interest for media adaptations. The woman who was once Queen Consort of England faced several accusations involving witchcraft, treason and even incest against her husband King Henry VIII. Hence, her portrayals could differ considerably in diverse sources. Anne Boleyn’s portrayals range from historically accurate to entirely fictional works, although her story is more complex than one might think at first notice. Thus, the interpretation of the character relies on the creativity of those involved in the filmmaking process. Moreover, the adaptations serve a deliberate purpose and have a target audience in mind. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the narratives, motives and artistic choices involved in the construct of her character and their impact on the audience. Using a comparative framework, this study conducts in-depth research on character development, historical accuracy, and contextual background. This methodology will expose the similarities and differences in the portrayal of Anne Boleyn in the media selected. Additionally, the gathered data will be contrasted with historical and accurate sources. The findings will contain a detailed character analysis, examining whether the approach taken prioritised historical accuracy or aimed for another type of narrative such as the dramatic one. This thesis will explore whether the portrayal of Anne Boleyn deviated significantly from historical records or was a complete fabrication. Ultimately, this work delves into the complexity of representing history through media and emphasises the relevance of the representations of historical figures for shaping the public’s perceptions. While acknowledging the need for innovation, this study also focuses on the responsibility of the media for achieving a balance between artistic expression and historical authenticity.
The enigmatic life of Anne Boleyn became a topic of interest for media adaptations. The woman who was once Queen Consort of England faced several accusations involving witchcraft, treason and even incest against her husband King Henry VIII. Hence, her portrayals could differ considerably in diverse sources. Anne Boleyn’s portrayals range from historically accurate to entirely fictional works, although her story is more complex than one might think at first notice. Thus, the interpretation of the character relies on the creativity of those involved in the filmmaking process. Moreover, the adaptations serve a deliberate purpose and have a target audience in mind. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the narratives, motives and artistic choices involved in the construct of her character and their impact on the audience. Using a comparative framework, this study conducts in-depth research on character development, historical accuracy, and contextual background. This methodology will expose the similarities and differences in the portrayal of Anne Boleyn in the media selected. Additionally, the gathered data will be contrasted with historical and accurate sources. The findings will contain a detailed character analysis, examining whether the approach taken prioritised historical accuracy or aimed for another type of narrative such as the dramatic one. This thesis will explore whether the portrayal of Anne Boleyn deviated significantly from historical records or was a complete fabrication. Ultimately, this work delves into the complexity of representing history through media and emphasises the relevance of the representations of historical figures for shaping the public’s perceptions. While acknowledging the need for innovation, this study also focuses on the responsibility of the media for achieving a balance between artistic expression and historical authenticity.
Direction
MOURON FIGUEROA, CRISTINA (Tutorships)
MOURON FIGUEROA, CRISTINA (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
A Psychoanalytical Approach to Alex in A Clockwork Orange
Authorship
I.D.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
I.D.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.15.2024 11:00
07.15.2024 11:00
Summary
A Clockwork Orange is a story that is set in a dystopian-futuristic English society that combines elements from American’s capitalism with Russian’s communism. Alex, who is the protagonist of the story, goes against this by using his natural instincts and openly criticizing the citizens that hide their inner-selves. However, Alex is influenced by this type of totalitarian government in his relationship with his parents and his droogs. In this project, I will focus on Alex’s natural impulses and how they change throughout the story. This analysis will cover both the book by Anthony Burgess (1962) as well as the film by Stanley Kubrick (1971). The main aim of the project is to analyze from a psychoanalytic standpoint the complexity of Alex’s subconscious and to demonstrate why a natural evil mindset is better than the forced passive one that Alex has during the second half of the story. In order to do this, I will be focusing on concepts related to the psychological realm such as narcissism, sexual repression and trauma. As for the theoretical framework, I will employ various books by Sigmund Freud such as The Ego and the Id (1923), with its definition of ego, id and the superego and Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920).
A Clockwork Orange is a story that is set in a dystopian-futuristic English society that combines elements from American’s capitalism with Russian’s communism. Alex, who is the protagonist of the story, goes against this by using his natural instincts and openly criticizing the citizens that hide their inner-selves. However, Alex is influenced by this type of totalitarian government in his relationship with his parents and his droogs. In this project, I will focus on Alex’s natural impulses and how they change throughout the story. This analysis will cover both the book by Anthony Burgess (1962) as well as the film by Stanley Kubrick (1971). The main aim of the project is to analyze from a psychoanalytic standpoint the complexity of Alex’s subconscious and to demonstrate why a natural evil mindset is better than the forced passive one that Alex has during the second half of the story. In order to do this, I will be focusing on concepts related to the psychological realm such as narcissism, sexual repression and trauma. As for the theoretical framework, I will employ various books by Sigmund Freud such as The Ego and the Id (1923), with its definition of ego, id and the superego and Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920).
Direction
ALONSO ALONSO, MARIA (Tutorships)
ALONSO ALONSO, MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
How the soldier repairs the gramophone: war as a starting point of an identity crisis.
Authorship
P.R.D.L.V.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
P.R.D.L.V.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
09.12.2024 17:00
09.12.2024 17:00
Summary
This paper presents a formal content analysis of the novel How the soldier repairs the gramophone by Sasa Stanisic. The study is divided into two chapters: in the first one, the novel, which takes a real event -the Bosnian war- as a starting point for the fictional story, is contextualised. Because of this, we will refer to the author’s life and work, Sasa Stanisic, who experienced this war. The second part is about the formal study of the novel, in which the polyphonic structure is analysed. This structure breaks with all the traditional narrative forms. In terms of content, this book shares with the traditional Bildungsroman the physic and psychologic development in the stage of the Jugendlehre. Transversal topics are analysed, such as violence, nationalism, religion and civil war, and they are linked to different minor characters. All these topics support the thesis that this novel defends: the search for identity from the young Aleksandar.
This paper presents a formal content analysis of the novel How the soldier repairs the gramophone by Sasa Stanisic. The study is divided into two chapters: in the first one, the novel, which takes a real event -the Bosnian war- as a starting point for the fictional story, is contextualised. Because of this, we will refer to the author’s life and work, Sasa Stanisic, who experienced this war. The second part is about the formal study of the novel, in which the polyphonic structure is analysed. This structure breaks with all the traditional narrative forms. In terms of content, this book shares with the traditional Bildungsroman the physic and psychologic development in the stage of the Jugendlehre. Transversal topics are analysed, such as violence, nationalism, religion and civil war, and they are linked to different minor characters. All these topics support the thesis that this novel defends: the search for identity from the young Aleksandar.
Direction
SABATE PLANES, MARIA DOLORES (Tutorships)
SABATE PLANES, MARIA DOLORES (Tutorships)
Court
MILLET SCHRÖDER, VICTOR (Chairman)
MELISS , MEIKE (Secretary)
DOVAL REIXA, IRENE (Member)
MILLET SCHRÖDER, VICTOR (Chairman)
MELISS , MEIKE (Secretary)
DOVAL REIXA, IRENE (Member)
An approach to everyday life: Julio Cortázar, Italo Calvino and Raymond Carver
Authorship
R.F.D.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
R.F.D.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.17.2024 12:00
07.17.2024 12:00
Summary
In his book L’Invention du quotidienne, from 1980, Michel De Certeau studies how everyday practices apparently mundane are, actually, spaces for creativity and resistance where individuals own their surroundings and produce significance within the social and cultural dominant structures. Taking this work as a basis, we will study the differences in focus of three of the key writers in the 20th century and their projections of everyday life in their stories: Julio Cortázar, Italo Calvino and Raymond Carver explore everyday life thoroughly to reveal complexities and tensions inherent in human interactions and daily existence. After choosing some of the stories that can be read in the books Todos los fuegos el fuego (1966), Gli amori difficili (1970) and Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? (1976) we will study everyday life representation and its utilisation by the authors who show closely how individuals seek significance in their lives.
In his book L’Invention du quotidienne, from 1980, Michel De Certeau studies how everyday practices apparently mundane are, actually, spaces for creativity and resistance where individuals own their surroundings and produce significance within the social and cultural dominant structures. Taking this work as a basis, we will study the differences in focus of three of the key writers in the 20th century and their projections of everyday life in their stories: Julio Cortázar, Italo Calvino and Raymond Carver explore everyday life thoroughly to reveal complexities and tensions inherent in human interactions and daily existence. After choosing some of the stories that can be read in the books Todos los fuegos el fuego (1966), Gli amori difficili (1970) and Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? (1976) we will study everyday life representation and its utilisation by the authors who show closely how individuals seek significance in their lives.
Direction
DOMINGUEZ PRIETO, CESAR PABLO (Tutorships)
DOMINGUEZ PRIETO, CESAR PABLO (Tutorships)
Court
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
The legacy of the Literary Battalion of Costa da Morte
Authorship
R.T.R.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
R.T.R.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
07.17.2024 18:15
07.17.2024 18:15
Summary
Since its creation in 1996, the Literary Battalion of the Costa da Morte has presented an ideological, literary and socio-cultural project of great value regarding the history of Galician literature. It was constituted from the contributions of small groups and associations founded prior to its creation, which prepared the ground for its establishment. These groups united under a common interest, from Un medio (1986) to Arre Sentelha! (1995). Firstly, a summary will be presented about the history of this poetic collective and the main events and initial publications, as well as a list of the authors who were part of it. The objective is to present an assessment of the impact of this group today, twenty-five years later. The evolution of the Battalion's trajectory will be analysed, followed by an overview of the corpus of authors who are still active and the importance of their legacy. The current impact of the literary trajectories of its participants, their works and their role in the contemporary literary scene will be compiled and researched.
Since its creation in 1996, the Literary Battalion of the Costa da Morte has presented an ideological, literary and socio-cultural project of great value regarding the history of Galician literature. It was constituted from the contributions of small groups and associations founded prior to its creation, which prepared the ground for its establishment. These groups united under a common interest, from Un medio (1986) to Arre Sentelha! (1995). Firstly, a summary will be presented about the history of this poetic collective and the main events and initial publications, as well as a list of the authors who were part of it. The objective is to present an assessment of the impact of this group today, twenty-five years later. The evolution of the Battalion's trajectory will be analysed, followed by an overview of the corpus of authors who are still active and the importance of their legacy. The current impact of the literary trajectories of its participants, their works and their role in the contemporary literary scene will be compiled and researched.
Direction
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Tutorships)
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Tutorships)
Court
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
The Problem Of Culture In The Translation Of Children’s Literature
Authorship
C.R.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
C.R.G.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
02.14.2024 09:30
02.14.2024 09:30
Summary
The topic of this thesis is the treatment of culture in literary translation, which is especially problematic in children’s fiction. Culture has always been a difficult element to handle in translation, and that is the reason why it is a central theme in translation theory. People from different countries or ethnicities, have specific traditions, and a particular perception about the world, all of which are difficult to reproduce in other languages for people with different cultural backgrounds. Many translation scholars have written about this problem, but Lawrence Venuti stands out from the rest, highlighting the two possible techniques to use while translating, “domestication” (changing or adapting the original text into the new culture) and “foreignization” (to give preference to the original text and maintain its cultural elements when translating it) (Venuti, 2005). The aim of my thesis is to analyse and explain the strategies that are used to solve the problems that can appear when translating cultural elements, especially in children’s literature, because “young readers cannot be expected to have acquired the breadth of understanding of other cultures, languages and geographies that are taken for granted in an adult readership” (Lathey, 2006). Consequently, my dissertation will be divided into two sections. In the first one, I will undertake a review of existing literature on the translation of culture in general, and more specifically on the translation of culture in children’s fiction. In the second part, I will apply all this information to conduct a comparative analysis of the treatment of culture in the translation of a small collection of children’s texts from English into Spanish, focusing on the identification of the cultural elements in the original text, and describing the translation procedures that are used in their translation. The ultimate intention is to determine which of the two poles of domestication or foreignization is being privileged.
The topic of this thesis is the treatment of culture in literary translation, which is especially problematic in children’s fiction. Culture has always been a difficult element to handle in translation, and that is the reason why it is a central theme in translation theory. People from different countries or ethnicities, have specific traditions, and a particular perception about the world, all of which are difficult to reproduce in other languages for people with different cultural backgrounds. Many translation scholars have written about this problem, but Lawrence Venuti stands out from the rest, highlighting the two possible techniques to use while translating, “domestication” (changing or adapting the original text into the new culture) and “foreignization” (to give preference to the original text and maintain its cultural elements when translating it) (Venuti, 2005). The aim of my thesis is to analyse and explain the strategies that are used to solve the problems that can appear when translating cultural elements, especially in children’s literature, because “young readers cannot be expected to have acquired the breadth of understanding of other cultures, languages and geographies that are taken for granted in an adult readership” (Lathey, 2006). Consequently, my dissertation will be divided into two sections. In the first one, I will undertake a review of existing literature on the translation of culture in general, and more specifically on the translation of culture in children’s fiction. In the second part, I will apply all this information to conduct a comparative analysis of the treatment of culture in the translation of a small collection of children’s texts from English into Spanish, focusing on the identification of the cultural elements in the original text, and describing the translation procedures that are used in their translation. The ultimate intention is to determine which of the two poles of domestication or foreignization is being privileged.
Direction
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Tutorships)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
The figure of the hero in the Poema de Fernán González
Authorship
A.P.C.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
A.P.C.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
09.12.2024 16:00
09.12.2024 16:00
Summary
Fernán González is one of the most recognized figures in the history of Spanish literature. Since a Benedictine monk from the Burgos Monastery of San Pedro de Arlanza wrote the famous Poema de Fernán González in the 13th century to attest to a literary tradition that dates back to shortly after the count's death, the noble Castilian has become a figure of paramount importance in the imagination of medieval Spanish history. In this work, we will analyze the birth of the legend of Count Fernán González and the political and historical circumstances that led to the story crystallizing in the Poem written in the second half of the 13th century in one of the religious centers of medieval Castile. Additionally, we will delve into the biography of the historical figure to understand the process of fictionalization he underwent to create the hero who has reached our days, and whose adventures we must understand within the ideological and literary context of the epic genre.
Fernán González is one of the most recognized figures in the history of Spanish literature. Since a Benedictine monk from the Burgos Monastery of San Pedro de Arlanza wrote the famous Poema de Fernán González in the 13th century to attest to a literary tradition that dates back to shortly after the count's death, the noble Castilian has become a figure of paramount importance in the imagination of medieval Spanish history. In this work, we will analyze the birth of the legend of Count Fernán González and the political and historical circumstances that led to the story crystallizing in the Poem written in the second half of the 13th century in one of the religious centers of medieval Castile. Additionally, we will delve into the biography of the historical figure to understand the process of fictionalization he underwent to create the hero who has reached our days, and whose adventures we must understand within the ideological and literary context of the epic genre.
Direction
LOPEZ MARTINEZ-MORAS, SANTIAGO (Tutorships)
LOPEZ MARTINEZ-MORAS, SANTIAGO (Tutorships)
Court
LORENZO GRADIN, MARIA PILAR (Chairman)
GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, DEBORA (Secretary)
GUTIERREZ GARCIA, SANTIAGO (Member)
LORENZO GRADIN, MARIA PILAR (Chairman)
GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, DEBORA (Secretary)
GUTIERREZ GARCIA, SANTIAGO (Member)
Women activity through Galician-Portuguese lyric
Authorship
A.P.D.L.I.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
A.P.D.L.I.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
09.12.2024 16:30
09.12.2024 16:30
Summary
This analysis focuses on the study of laboral activity trough Galician-Portuguese lyric, where activities which could be done by medieval women are collected. Thus, providing a significant corpus, emphasizing on cantigas de escarnio e maldizer different female figures will be explored trough two major classifications. First, the representation of feminine power trough figures such as queens, nobles and abbess will be addressed. Later, this publication will approach the space occupied by women on medieval society, above all, in the secular sphere, although the religious field will also be considered. The main goal will be to draw a visualization of the different scenarios of female activities that can be seen reflected on the Galician -Portuguese lyric during the 13th Century. To do so, reference digital tools in the scientific community (mainly MedDB data base) will be used as well as comparison with other areas of similar lyrical tradition such as Occitan or French ones. With the intention of establishing a panoramic overview of an area, which, in many cases is ignored, we intend to investigate the various job carried out by women in the Middle Ages trough a poetic a certain variety of activities of different kind which show its social relevance
This analysis focuses on the study of laboral activity trough Galician-Portuguese lyric, where activities which could be done by medieval women are collected. Thus, providing a significant corpus, emphasizing on cantigas de escarnio e maldizer different female figures will be explored trough two major classifications. First, the representation of feminine power trough figures such as queens, nobles and abbess will be addressed. Later, this publication will approach the space occupied by women on medieval society, above all, in the secular sphere, although the religious field will also be considered. The main goal will be to draw a visualization of the different scenarios of female activities that can be seen reflected on the Galician -Portuguese lyric during the 13th Century. To do so, reference digital tools in the scientific community (mainly MedDB data base) will be used as well as comparison with other areas of similar lyrical tradition such as Occitan or French ones. With the intention of establishing a panoramic overview of an area, which, in many cases is ignored, we intend to investigate the various job carried out by women in the Middle Ages trough a poetic a certain variety of activities of different kind which show its social relevance
Direction
CORRAL DIAZ, MARIA ESTHER (Tutorships)
CORRAL DIAZ, MARIA ESTHER (Tutorships)
Court
LORENZO GRADIN, MARIA PILAR (Chairman)
GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, DEBORA (Secretary)
GUTIERREZ GARCIA, SANTIAGO (Member)
LORENZO GRADIN, MARIA PILAR (Chairman)
GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, DEBORA (Secretary)
GUTIERREZ GARCIA, SANTIAGO (Member)
From the Jazz Age to the 2000s: the American Dream in The Great Gatsby and Gossip Girl
Authorship
N.B.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
N.B.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 12:15
06.20.2024 12:15
Summary
This work will deal with the impact that the American Dream has had on the American nation and society, rendering closer attention to the consequences of the ambitious dream in some characters of F.S.Fitzgeralds literary classic The Great Gatsby and the successful television series released during the 2000s, Gossip Girl by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. The American spirit is characterized by great ambition and a need for self-improvement, freedom, and success that was established even before the independence of the country which made the basis for the establishment of an American character based on the pursuit of a dream. The dream acquired new connotations throughout the generations whose differences and similitudes over the years are portrayed in its literary and social expressions. This final degree project will explore the concept of the American Dream as developed in some recent studies and books that provide information on its progression along US history, and will apply this information to the analysis and study of the two works mentioned above, with the main aim of some characters attitudes and their relationships with the dream and compare the differences, if any, of the desired dreams. The dream is not equal for everyone, each one has his own desires and wishes, however, Americans share the intrinsic pursuit of something better which persisted throughout centuries.
This work will deal with the impact that the American Dream has had on the American nation and society, rendering closer attention to the consequences of the ambitious dream in some characters of F.S.Fitzgeralds literary classic The Great Gatsby and the successful television series released during the 2000s, Gossip Girl by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. The American spirit is characterized by great ambition and a need for self-improvement, freedom, and success that was established even before the independence of the country which made the basis for the establishment of an American character based on the pursuit of a dream. The dream acquired new connotations throughout the generations whose differences and similitudes over the years are portrayed in its literary and social expressions. This final degree project will explore the concept of the American Dream as developed in some recent studies and books that provide information on its progression along US history, and will apply this information to the analysis and study of the two works mentioned above, with the main aim of some characters attitudes and their relationships with the dream and compare the differences, if any, of the desired dreams. The dream is not equal for everyone, each one has his own desires and wishes, however, Americans share the intrinsic pursuit of something better which persisted throughout centuries.
Direction
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
A critical review of the morphological segmentations of the preterite forms in Galician.
Authorship
X.M.C.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
X.M.C.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
07.17.2024 17:30
07.17.2024 17:30
Summary
There is not, according to the scholars of the Galician language who have analyzed this issue, total consensus when it comes to segmenting the forms of the preterite indicative (also called the perfect preterite indicative). This lack of unanimity is the main motivation for this work, as it critically analyzes the different proposals for the morphological segmentation of these units. This analysis mainly includes the forms corresponding to the standard variety of Galician, although it also makes references and comments about some dialectal forms, mainly with the aim of arguing for or against some possible morphological divisions. Similarly, this study focuses primarily from a synchronic point of view, but it also includes information about the historical development of the forms of this verbal tense and its constituents, because this perspective can help illuminate the issue. The main objective of the work, then, rather than to develop and argue for a segmentation proposal, is to critically review the different ways of separating the verbal forms of this tense into constituents and to examine the virtues and problems of each of these contributions.
There is not, according to the scholars of the Galician language who have analyzed this issue, total consensus when it comes to segmenting the forms of the preterite indicative (also called the perfect preterite indicative). This lack of unanimity is the main motivation for this work, as it critically analyzes the different proposals for the morphological segmentation of these units. This analysis mainly includes the forms corresponding to the standard variety of Galician, although it also makes references and comments about some dialectal forms, mainly with the aim of arguing for or against some possible morphological divisions. Similarly, this study focuses primarily from a synchronic point of view, but it also includes information about the historical development of the forms of this verbal tense and its constituents, because this perspective can help illuminate the issue. The main objective of the work, then, rather than to develop and argue for a segmentation proposal, is to critically review the different ways of separating the verbal forms of this tense into constituents and to examine the virtues and problems of each of these contributions.
Direction
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Tutorships)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Tutorships)
Court
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Member)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Member)
Fluid Identities: Popular Culture and the Shaping of Ethnic, Class and Gender Identities in Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbua (1990).
Authorship
X.N.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
X.N.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
02.14.2024 12:00
02.14.2024 12:00
Summary
Since its publication in 1990, Hanif Kureishi's début novel, The Buddha of Suburbia, has received wide critical attention and praised for its subversive representation of ethnic, class and gender identities under the magnifying glass of popular culture. In effect, Kureishi's novel, which is set in the 1970s, captures the cultural uproar of a post-war period, while simultaneously exploring the diasporic experience of different generations of South Asian characters and their position in a British society affected by a national identity crisis resulting from the crumbling of empire. Combining cultural, gender and race/ethnic studies, the present study seeks to analyse how Kureishi deployed popular culture to aid his portrayal of identities as fluid, malleable and fragmentary ways of being positioned in the world. In particular, the dissertation will examine how the inclusion of popular culture in the text emerges as a site of struggle where essentialist notions of ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality are put to the test. To this end, I shall address the concept of popular culture in Kureishi's work and theorise identity in relation to the diasporic, migrant and multicultural experience. This will be followed by a close analysis of Kureishi's subversive representation of ethnic, class and gender identities in The Buddha of Suburbia.
Since its publication in 1990, Hanif Kureishi's début novel, The Buddha of Suburbia, has received wide critical attention and praised for its subversive representation of ethnic, class and gender identities under the magnifying glass of popular culture. In effect, Kureishi's novel, which is set in the 1970s, captures the cultural uproar of a post-war period, while simultaneously exploring the diasporic experience of different generations of South Asian characters and their position in a British society affected by a national identity crisis resulting from the crumbling of empire. Combining cultural, gender and race/ethnic studies, the present study seeks to analyse how Kureishi deployed popular culture to aid his portrayal of identities as fluid, malleable and fragmentary ways of being positioned in the world. In particular, the dissertation will examine how the inclusion of popular culture in the text emerges as a site of struggle where essentialist notions of ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality are put to the test. To this end, I shall address the concept of popular culture in Kureishi's work and theorise identity in relation to the diasporic, migrant and multicultural experience. This will be followed by a close analysis of Kureishi's subversive representation of ethnic, class and gender identities in The Buddha of Suburbia.
Direction
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Court
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Student’s tutor)
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Student’s tutor)
The Dreams of Kings in the History of Herodotus: Classification and Interpretation
Authorship
E.F.G.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
E.F.G.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
Defense date
07.16.2024 10:15
07.16.2024 10:15
Summary
This work shows a first analysis of all the dreams that appear throughout the 9 books of Herodotus' Stories. For this, a prior reading of the work will be carried out to make a collection of the dream stories, as well as a brief summary of each one. Also, after consulting various reference manuals, a brief introduction will be made to the biography of Herodotus and his time, the structure of the work and his influences. Finally, a classification of dreams will be offered with reference to the context, content, interpretation, protagonists, the tragic outcome of historical events, sociological aspects and terminology. The main objective of this study is to classify and interpret the dreams related to the non-Hellenic kings present in the work and identify the relationship they have with the events it addresses. This will be especially important to better understand its functionality in the story.
This work shows a first analysis of all the dreams that appear throughout the 9 books of Herodotus' Stories. For this, a prior reading of the work will be carried out to make a collection of the dream stories, as well as a brief summary of each one. Also, after consulting various reference manuals, a brief introduction will be made to the biography of Herodotus and his time, the structure of the work and his influences. Finally, a classification of dreams will be offered with reference to the context, content, interpretation, protagonists, the tragic outcome of historical events, sociological aspects and terminology. The main objective of this study is to classify and interpret the dreams related to the non-Hellenic kings present in the work and identify the relationship they have with the events it addresses. This will be especially important to better understand its functionality in the story.
Direction
RUIZ PEREZ, ANGEL (Tutorships)
PEREIRO PARDO, AMELIA DEL CARMEN (Co-tutorships)
RUIZ PEREZ, ANGEL (Tutorships)
PEREIRO PARDO, AMELIA DEL CARMEN (Co-tutorships)
Court
Carracedo Fraga, José (Chairman)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Secretary)
CABRILLANA LEAL, CONCEPCION VIRTUDES (Member)
Carracedo Fraga, José (Chairman)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Secretary)
CABRILLANA LEAL, CONCEPCION VIRTUDES (Member)
Social Class and Evolution in H. G. Wells's The Time Machine (1895)
Authorship
M.F.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
M.F.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.15.2024 12:30
07.15.2024 12:30
Summary
Marking the end of the nineteenth century, the so-called fin de siècle was a period determined by the tension between continuity and rupture and, partly as a result, it was a time characterised by a pervasive sense of anxiety and uncertainty. Concerns about new political and social movements - from Marxism to the New Woman phenomenon - as well as about imperialism, technological and scientific advancement, or about what came to be known as social Darwinism are all emblematic of such fin-de-siècle anxieties. Against this backdrop, dystopian fiction - as opposed to the more well-established genre of utopian literature -gained traction during this period, as exemplified, amongst others, by the speculative worlds created by H. G. Wells in The War of the Worlds (1898), The Sleeper Awakes (1899) or The Time Machine (1895), on which this work focuses. Following from this, the present dissertation aims to examine H. G. Wells's The Time Machine as a dystopian novel that problematises issues of social class and evolution. In order to do so, the study will be divided into two main parts: the theoretical framework and the analysis of Wells's novel. The first part will be devoted to providing an overview of fin-de-siècle anxieties in relation to Wells's work and to laying bare the theoretical foundations that will inform the subsequent analysis, mostly by engaging with dystopian fiction at the turn of the century. The second part of the dissertation will then offer an in-depth analysis of Wells's The Time Machine as a fictional exploration of class struggle and its potential devolutionary consequences.
Marking the end of the nineteenth century, the so-called fin de siècle was a period determined by the tension between continuity and rupture and, partly as a result, it was a time characterised by a pervasive sense of anxiety and uncertainty. Concerns about new political and social movements - from Marxism to the New Woman phenomenon - as well as about imperialism, technological and scientific advancement, or about what came to be known as social Darwinism are all emblematic of such fin-de-siècle anxieties. Against this backdrop, dystopian fiction - as opposed to the more well-established genre of utopian literature -gained traction during this period, as exemplified, amongst others, by the speculative worlds created by H. G. Wells in The War of the Worlds (1898), The Sleeper Awakes (1899) or The Time Machine (1895), on which this work focuses. Following from this, the present dissertation aims to examine H. G. Wells's The Time Machine as a dystopian novel that problematises issues of social class and evolution. In order to do so, the study will be divided into two main parts: the theoretical framework and the analysis of Wells's novel. The first part will be devoted to providing an overview of fin-de-siècle anxieties in relation to Wells's work and to laying bare the theoretical foundations that will inform the subsequent analysis, mostly by engaging with dystopian fiction at the turn of the century. The second part of the dissertation will then offer an in-depth analysis of Wells's The Time Machine as a fictional exploration of class struggle and its potential devolutionary consequences.
Direction
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
Rebels or just teenagers? Dissatisfaction and defiance in the American fifties: from Holden Caulfield to James Dean
Authorship
C.C.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
C.C.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.10.2024 13:15
09.10.2024 13:15
Summary
The conception of adolescence seems to be inevitably bound to wayward, nonconformist teenagers that see everyone around as their enemy for no apparent reason; a depiction that has been enhanced in the last decades by countless films and TV series. However, the idea of the rebel teen as we understand it nowadays could have its origin in a very concrete point in time. Indeed, a set of socio-historical circumstances taking place in the American fifties resulted in youths getting more prominence than ever before, thus becoming the main target of culture and consumerism. Consequently, many authors turned adolescents into the protagonists of their works, so as to capture the concerns and challenges of this new youth generation. This dissertation aims to analyse the figure of the rebel teen in the American fifties by focusing on two fictional characters. On one side, the protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye (J. D. Salinger, 1951), Holden Caulfield, who reflects a generation marked by a profound disenchantment with the society of his time. On the other, Jim Stark, the character played by James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955), as a representation of the mid-century film icons that turned rebelliousness into an attitude to imitate. Such an analysis will first explore the notion of adolescence as a stage of transition between childhood and maturity, as well as the socio-historical events that prompted American teens to rise up. Secondly, both characters will be analysed in their literary and cinematographic contexts respectively, being then compared to each other by considering different aspects such as the reasons of their defiance, the ways this is materialized in, and its consequences. Lastly, a final consideration will be made on the influence of these characters on later generations, thus trying to determine whether the teen rebellion is idiosyncratic of American fifties' culture, or it is rather an atemporal issue regardless of generational factors.
The conception of adolescence seems to be inevitably bound to wayward, nonconformist teenagers that see everyone around as their enemy for no apparent reason; a depiction that has been enhanced in the last decades by countless films and TV series. However, the idea of the rebel teen as we understand it nowadays could have its origin in a very concrete point in time. Indeed, a set of socio-historical circumstances taking place in the American fifties resulted in youths getting more prominence than ever before, thus becoming the main target of culture and consumerism. Consequently, many authors turned adolescents into the protagonists of their works, so as to capture the concerns and challenges of this new youth generation. This dissertation aims to analyse the figure of the rebel teen in the American fifties by focusing on two fictional characters. On one side, the protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye (J. D. Salinger, 1951), Holden Caulfield, who reflects a generation marked by a profound disenchantment with the society of his time. On the other, Jim Stark, the character played by James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955), as a representation of the mid-century film icons that turned rebelliousness into an attitude to imitate. Such an analysis will first explore the notion of adolescence as a stage of transition between childhood and maturity, as well as the socio-historical events that prompted American teens to rise up. Secondly, both characters will be analysed in their literary and cinematographic contexts respectively, being then compared to each other by considering different aspects such as the reasons of their defiance, the ways this is materialized in, and its consequences. Lastly, a final consideration will be made on the influence of these characters on later generations, thus trying to determine whether the teen rebellion is idiosyncratic of American fifties' culture, or it is rather an atemporal issue regardless of generational factors.
Direction
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Student’s tutor)
JIMENEZ PLACER, SUSANA MARIA (Student’s tutor)
Nature and environment in La Diana of Jorge de Montemayor.
Authorship
N.F.S.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
N.F.S.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 09:35
06.21.2024 09:35
Summary
The Seven Books of the Diana is a pastoral narration (or story) from the XVIth century, that belongs to the Spanish Golden Age and initiator of this genre. In this book, divided into seven parts, everything revolves around a retinue of shepherdesses who suffer the misfortune of a heartbreak. Three nymphs guide this procession to the palace of a sage woman, named Felicia, who will solve their problems. Once solved, they can return to their origin. This is a book full of flashbacks where the shepherdesses and shepherders tell their love stories and sing their sorrows. The objective of this work will be to analyze the treatment of the space that Montemayor makes in this book. There are multiple spaces full of symbology, the inclution of “cancioneros”, literary topics, legends, mythological and historical references. Every space will be analyzed, from the alders’s fountain to the temple of the goddess Diana, going through the portuguese landscapes, which are very important for Jorge de Montemayor. This analysis main goal is to illustrate the exclusiveness the author gives to every space and how these show different conditions or states of mind in the characters. It will also include a differentiation between the distincts environments of the stories about the shepherders lifes. Finally, the work will end with some conclusions and a bibliographic contribution.
The Seven Books of the Diana is a pastoral narration (or story) from the XVIth century, that belongs to the Spanish Golden Age and initiator of this genre. In this book, divided into seven parts, everything revolves around a retinue of shepherdesses who suffer the misfortune of a heartbreak. Three nymphs guide this procession to the palace of a sage woman, named Felicia, who will solve their problems. Once solved, they can return to their origin. This is a book full of flashbacks where the shepherdesses and shepherders tell their love stories and sing their sorrows. The objective of this work will be to analyze the treatment of the space that Montemayor makes in this book. There are multiple spaces full of symbology, the inclution of “cancioneros”, literary topics, legends, mythological and historical references. Every space will be analyzed, from the alders’s fountain to the temple of the goddess Diana, going through the portuguese landscapes, which are very important for Jorge de Montemayor. This analysis main goal is to illustrate the exclusiveness the author gives to every space and how these show different conditions or states of mind in the characters. It will also include a differentiation between the distincts environments of the stories about the shepherders lifes. Finally, the work will end with some conclusions and a bibliographic contribution.
Direction
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Tutorships)
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Tutorships)
Court
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
Language and Identity in the municipalities of Noia, Outes and Santa Comba
Authorship
M.C.R.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
M.C.R.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 17:00
09.11.2024 17:00
Summary
La relación entre la lengua y la identidad es una cuestión de gran interés, sobre todo en el contexto del sector juvenil gallego, donde estas dos se encuentran en constante interacción y cambio. En este Trabajo de Fin de Grado, tres estudiantes de tres localidades diferentes (Noia, Outes y Santa Comba) pretendemos indagar en nuestros propios ayuntamientos sobre la conexión que existe entre la lengua y la identidad gallega. Para esto, a lo largo de varios meses, entrevistamos según el enfoque cualitativo a diversas personas de entre 18 y 35 años, conversando con ellas, grabando su voz y sacando conclusiones que nos permitan extraer datos de relevante carácter informativo; acercándonos a la situación real de estos tres ayuntamientos y al significado que este sector le otorga a la identidad gallega.
La relación entre la lengua y la identidad es una cuestión de gran interés, sobre todo en el contexto del sector juvenil gallego, donde estas dos se encuentran en constante interacción y cambio. En este Trabajo de Fin de Grado, tres estudiantes de tres localidades diferentes (Noia, Outes y Santa Comba) pretendemos indagar en nuestros propios ayuntamientos sobre la conexión que existe entre la lengua y la identidad gallega. Para esto, a lo largo de varios meses, entrevistamos según el enfoque cualitativo a diversas personas de entre 18 y 35 años, conversando con ellas, grabando su voz y sacando conclusiones que nos permitan extraer datos de relevante carácter informativo; acercándonos a la situación real de estos tres ayuntamientos y al significado que este sector le otorga a la identidad gallega.
Direction
FEIJO TORRES, ELIAS JOSE (Tutorships)
FEIJO TORRES, ELIAS JOSE (Tutorships)
Court
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
When queer challenged grammar
Authorship
S.C.O.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
S.C.O.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 12:00
06.20.2024 12:00
Summary
Currently, in the media, opinion articles that are markedly critical of inclusive language are published with some frequency, understood as a corset that limits freedom of expression in oral or written language. I have decided to dedicate my TFG to this issue because two realities deeply affect me: on the one hand, my sensitivity towards people who do not recognize themselves in a sexist and eminently binary language; On the other hand, the fact of studying sociolinguistics during my time at this faculty has not allowed me to see (or hear) the words in the same way as I did before. With When queer challenged grammar I intend to address the debate between different forms of linguistic prescriptivism, for and against innovations, with the conviction that Spanish is a language used by diverse people, also trans and/or not binary; an evidence that should be remembered if someone tries to take away their legitimate claim to be present in grammar. Based on the published bibliography on inclusive language, I will attempt an in-depth analysis that I will complete with a corpus. I will take into account the uses of Paul B. Preciado (especially his latest work, Dysphoria mundi), which I will occasionally enrich with other examples of current authors who maintain a strong tension between the uses recommended by the RAE and the need, which they defend, to use the language in the most inclusive way possible.
Currently, in the media, opinion articles that are markedly critical of inclusive language are published with some frequency, understood as a corset that limits freedom of expression in oral or written language. I have decided to dedicate my TFG to this issue because two realities deeply affect me: on the one hand, my sensitivity towards people who do not recognize themselves in a sexist and eminently binary language; On the other hand, the fact of studying sociolinguistics during my time at this faculty has not allowed me to see (or hear) the words in the same way as I did before. With When queer challenged grammar I intend to address the debate between different forms of linguistic prescriptivism, for and against innovations, with the conviction that Spanish is a language used by diverse people, also trans and/or not binary; an evidence that should be remembered if someone tries to take away their legitimate claim to be present in grammar. Based on the published bibliography on inclusive language, I will attempt an in-depth analysis that I will complete with a corpus. I will take into account the uses of Paul B. Preciado (especially his latest work, Dysphoria mundi), which I will occasionally enrich with other examples of current authors who maintain a strong tension between the uses recommended by the RAE and the need, which they defend, to use the language in the most inclusive way possible.
Direction
Moure Pereiro, Teresa (Tutorships)
Moure Pereiro, Teresa (Tutorships)
Court
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Chairman)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Secretary)
LONGA MARTINEZ, VICTOR MANUEL (Member)
RODRIGUEZ ESPIÑEIRA, MARIA JOSE (Chairman)
CREGO GARCIA, VICKY (Secretary)
LONGA MARTINEZ, VICTOR MANUEL (Member)
The game in a French as a Foreign Language (FFL) class: pedagogical innovations
Authorship
E.A.A.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
E.A.A.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.17.2024 12:00
07.17.2024 12:00
Summary
Games are rarely present in education due to the difficulty of integrating them into educational programs. However, they are a resource that allows breaking the monotony of a traditional classroom by bringing motivation to learners, as they offer originality and diversity in the French as a Foreign Language (FLE) class. They are a useful pedagogical resource for language learning, making it more enjoyable while promoting real interactions, which in turn allow for the socialization of learners. Despite the drawbacks that games may present, their advantages are numerous. Therefore, we believe that they should be integrated into foreign language classes, especially in FLE, considering certain pedagogical considerations, such as adapting games to competence levels or creating a conducive environment for playful learning. The objective of this work is to analyze the role of games and their benefits as a pedagogical tool in FLE teaching. To do this, we will first discuss the evolution of games over recent years and the typology of playful activities present in various teaching/learning methodologies. We will pay particular attention to recent innovations that have emerged thanks to the action-oriented approach and new information and communication technologies (ICT). Secondly, we will attempt to develop two playful activities intended for Secondary Education (ESO): on the one hand, a simple and traditional game, and on the other hand, a game based on the action-oriented approach, in accordance with the principles of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Games are rarely present in education due to the difficulty of integrating them into educational programs. However, they are a resource that allows breaking the monotony of a traditional classroom by bringing motivation to learners, as they offer originality and diversity in the French as a Foreign Language (FLE) class. They are a useful pedagogical resource for language learning, making it more enjoyable while promoting real interactions, which in turn allow for the socialization of learners. Despite the drawbacks that games may present, their advantages are numerous. Therefore, we believe that they should be integrated into foreign language classes, especially in FLE, considering certain pedagogical considerations, such as adapting games to competence levels or creating a conducive environment for playful learning. The objective of this work is to analyze the role of games and their benefits as a pedagogical tool in FLE teaching. To do this, we will first discuss the evolution of games over recent years and the typology of playful activities present in various teaching/learning methodologies. We will pay particular attention to recent innovations that have emerged thanks to the action-oriented approach and new information and communication technologies (ICT). Secondly, we will attempt to develop two playful activities intended for Secondary Education (ESO): on the one hand, a simple and traditional game, and on the other hand, a game based on the action-oriented approach, in accordance with the principles of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Direction
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Tutorships)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
English phonetical and phonological productions of English Philology fourth year students at Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Authorship
M.L.C.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
M.L.C.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 16:00
09.11.2024 16:00
Summary
The purpose of this dissertation is to study the phonetic and phonological productions of fourth year students of English Philology at Universidad de Santiago de Compostela while speaking and reading in English in relation to the type of British Standard English pronunciation, also known as Received Pronunciation (RP). In the course of this work, the concepts of phonetics and phonology together will be required in order to comprehend the use of sounds in English speech. Phonetics will be taken into account as the study of the interaction between speech organs in order to articulate a sound as well as the manner in which these sounds are received by students through their hearing organs. When talking about phonology, what matters now is the system elements (e.g. vowels and consonants) that impact meaning (bit differs from pit in just one phoneme, precisely because the difference in the sound causes a difference in meaning), as well as the patterns of sounds of any particular language (in this case, English). Moreover, we have to bear in mind that the English system of sounds is not a one-by-one correspondence between spelling and pronunciation. As a result, during this work, the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) including and representing the different forty-four sounds of English will be taken as a reference to describe the phonetic and phonological productions.
The purpose of this dissertation is to study the phonetic and phonological productions of fourth year students of English Philology at Universidad de Santiago de Compostela while speaking and reading in English in relation to the type of British Standard English pronunciation, also known as Received Pronunciation (RP). In the course of this work, the concepts of phonetics and phonology together will be required in order to comprehend the use of sounds in English speech. Phonetics will be taken into account as the study of the interaction between speech organs in order to articulate a sound as well as the manner in which these sounds are received by students through their hearing organs. When talking about phonology, what matters now is the system elements (e.g. vowels and consonants) that impact meaning (bit differs from pit in just one phoneme, precisely because the difference in the sound causes a difference in meaning), as well as the patterns of sounds of any particular language (in this case, English). Moreover, we have to bear in mind that the English system of sounds is not a one-by-one correspondence between spelling and pronunciation. As a result, during this work, the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) including and representing the different forty-four sounds of English will be taken as a reference to describe the phonetic and phonological productions.
Direction
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Tutorships)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
Retorno a Tagen Ata an inter-artistic reading, from the literary work of Méndez Ferrín to the short film by Eloy Lozano.
Authorship
P.C.P.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
P.C.P.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 11:00
06.19.2024 11:00
Summary
The present thesis focuses on the study of the literary work ‘Retorno a Tagen Ata’ (1971) and its corresponding film adaptation in short film format (with the same title), directed by Eloy Lozano (1974). The exercise aims to shed light on the controversies that both narratives sparked in their historical context, allowing us to understand the political and cultural analyses that have evolved around the novel and the figure of the intellectual Ramón Piñeiro up to the present day. Currently, Méndez Ferrín’s book, published in 1971, is out of print in all its editions and can only be acquired through second-hand bookstores or public libraries. Access to the short film, shot on 35mm, is challenging due to its lack of institutional funding. While there is an option for in-person viewing at the Centro Galego de Artes da Imaxe (CGAI), its export is not permitted. Nevertheless, this project has obtained authorization from María de las Cuevas (owner of the rights to the late director Eloy Lozano) and provides an MP4 audiovisual piece for any members of the thesis committee to view. The methodology will employ tools from comparative literature, focusing on the interartistic relationship between the manifestations. Attention will be given to the adaptation phenomenon based on the analytical-comparative framework suggested by José Luís Sánchez Noriega in ‘De la literatura al cine’ (2000), using chapter and scene segmentation to delve into the adaptation procedures. Upon completing the comparative process, a comprehensive assessment will be made. Arguments supporting (or challenging) different interpretations and conceptions of the work will be explored, including opinions, chronicles, and journalistic notes, while also considering the writer’s direct perspective on their own work.
The present thesis focuses on the study of the literary work ‘Retorno a Tagen Ata’ (1971) and its corresponding film adaptation in short film format (with the same title), directed by Eloy Lozano (1974). The exercise aims to shed light on the controversies that both narratives sparked in their historical context, allowing us to understand the political and cultural analyses that have evolved around the novel and the figure of the intellectual Ramón Piñeiro up to the present day. Currently, Méndez Ferrín’s book, published in 1971, is out of print in all its editions and can only be acquired through second-hand bookstores or public libraries. Access to the short film, shot on 35mm, is challenging due to its lack of institutional funding. While there is an option for in-person viewing at the Centro Galego de Artes da Imaxe (CGAI), its export is not permitted. Nevertheless, this project has obtained authorization from María de las Cuevas (owner of the rights to the late director Eloy Lozano) and provides an MP4 audiovisual piece for any members of the thesis committee to view. The methodology will employ tools from comparative literature, focusing on the interartistic relationship between the manifestations. Attention will be given to the adaptation phenomenon based on the analytical-comparative framework suggested by José Luís Sánchez Noriega in ‘De la literatura al cine’ (2000), using chapter and scene segmentation to delve into the adaptation procedures. Upon completing the comparative process, a comprehensive assessment will be made. Arguments supporting (or challenging) different interpretations and conceptions of the work will be explored, including opinions, chronicles, and journalistic notes, while also considering the writer’s direct perspective on their own work.
Direction
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Tutorships)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Tutorships)
Court
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
Maintenance and transmission of the Galician language: an approach to families in the inland regions of the province of Ourense.
Authorship
M.V.S.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
M.V.S.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
07.17.2024 18:00
07.17.2024 18:00
Summary
The aim of this Final Degree Project is to study the processes of maintenance and transmission of the Galician language in the families of the inland counties of the province of Ourense. The study will cover the counties of A Limia, Allariz-Maceda, Ourense, Terra de Caldelas, Terra de Trives and Verín. This area stands out, for the most part, for its homogeneity in social and cultural aspects related to emigration to other territories, as well as being one of the most depopulated and ageing areas of the country. The general sociolinguistic framework will be designed on the basis of the data provided by the surveys on knowledge and use of Galician carried out by the Instituto Galego de Estatística (IGE). Another of the most important tools that will serve as a basis for this study will be the information collected in the work of the 3rd year course on Sociolingüística galega, since the 2004/2005 academic year. These works contain different sociolinguistic profiles of different families belonging to this area over three generations. The issues analysed have to do with the processes of maintenance, change and evolution of the Galician language, which will be related to social variables such as habitat and status, as well as their evolution.
The aim of this Final Degree Project is to study the processes of maintenance and transmission of the Galician language in the families of the inland counties of the province of Ourense. The study will cover the counties of A Limia, Allariz-Maceda, Ourense, Terra de Caldelas, Terra de Trives and Verín. This area stands out, for the most part, for its homogeneity in social and cultural aspects related to emigration to other territories, as well as being one of the most depopulated and ageing areas of the country. The general sociolinguistic framework will be designed on the basis of the data provided by the surveys on knowledge and use of Galician carried out by the Instituto Galego de Estatística (IGE). Another of the most important tools that will serve as a basis for this study will be the information collected in the work of the 3rd year course on Sociolingüística galega, since the 2004/2005 academic year. These works contain different sociolinguistic profiles of different families belonging to this area over three generations. The issues analysed have to do with the processes of maintenance, change and evolution of the Galician language, which will be related to social variables such as habitat and status, as well as their evolution.
Direction
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Tutorships)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Tutorships)
Court
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Protectress of the land: An Ecocritical Approach to Dairena Ní Chinnéide's Poetry
Authorship
A.A.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.A.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 11:15
06.20.2024 11:15
Summary
Dairena Ní Chinnéide is an Irish bilingual poet from County Kerry, namely from Corca Dhuibhne. The natural world, especially that of her homeland, is central to her poetry. The aim of this TFG is thereby to analyse the connections between nature and her Irish, female and poetic identity. More specifically, the aspects to be explored are the following: the connection of nature with the history, culture and everyday practices of Ireland; the connection of nature with femininity; and finally, the poetic voice’s conception of the poetic creation. To this end, a selection of poems from Ní Chinnéide’s literary works will be examined, specifically from The Warrior and Other Poems (2006), The Raven’s Mother (2008), Spellbound (2016) and Deleted (2019), as well as from the multi-lingual poetry collection With Foxgloves on our Fingers (2023) and the British-Irish Council’s poetic anthology Now the Sun Breaks Through (2023). Ecocritical approaches to nature, poetry and identity will provide the theoretical framework to this TFG. Iovino and Oppermann’s book entitled Material Ecocriticism will serve to define the conception of the natural world that will be taken into consideration. Furthermore, references such as Eóin Flannery’s book Ireland and Ecocriticism, Kate Rigby’s article Ecocriticism or Estévez-Saá and Lorenzo-Modia’s article The Ethics and Aesthetics of Eco-Caring: Contemporary Debates on Ecofeminism(s) will provide the conceptual perspectives on ecopoetry, postcolonialism, ecofeminism and posthuman identities that will guide the analysis.
Dairena Ní Chinnéide is an Irish bilingual poet from County Kerry, namely from Corca Dhuibhne. The natural world, especially that of her homeland, is central to her poetry. The aim of this TFG is thereby to analyse the connections between nature and her Irish, female and poetic identity. More specifically, the aspects to be explored are the following: the connection of nature with the history, culture and everyday practices of Ireland; the connection of nature with femininity; and finally, the poetic voice’s conception of the poetic creation. To this end, a selection of poems from Ní Chinnéide’s literary works will be examined, specifically from The Warrior and Other Poems (2006), The Raven’s Mother (2008), Spellbound (2016) and Deleted (2019), as well as from the multi-lingual poetry collection With Foxgloves on our Fingers (2023) and the British-Irish Council’s poetic anthology Now the Sun Breaks Through (2023). Ecocritical approaches to nature, poetry and identity will provide the theoretical framework to this TFG. Iovino and Oppermann’s book entitled Material Ecocriticism will serve to define the conception of the natural world that will be taken into consideration. Furthermore, references such as Eóin Flannery’s book Ireland and Ecocriticism, Kate Rigby’s article Ecocriticism or Estévez-Saá and Lorenzo-Modia’s article The Ethics and Aesthetics of Eco-Caring: Contemporary Debates on Ecofeminism(s) will provide the conceptual perspectives on ecopoetry, postcolonialism, ecofeminism and posthuman identities that will guide the analysis.
Direction
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Tutorships)
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Chairman)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Secretary)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Member)
Accent authenticity in TV dramas: exploring linguistic realism in Peaky Blinders.
Authorship
A.A.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.A.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.15.2024 10:00
07.15.2024 10:00
Summary
The representations of different varieties of English in TV have become something to what we are more than used to, probably as a mechanism to make the stories more accurate as well as to make a better characterization of the roles the actors are going to perform. The main purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the level of accuracy in the representation of the Birmingham English varieties by comparing the actors’ performance with academic descriptions taken from materials among which we can include some works like Beal (2010), Hughes, Trudgill, and Watt (2012), Orton and Dieth (1998), Wells (1982), and some online resources. The analysis is going to be based on the way Brummie’s features are imitated by some of the actors of the series, who are not users in their real life of the variety from Birmingham, Specifically, I will analyze in some detail speech samples of three of the main characters in the TV drama, played by Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory and Paul Anderson through the characters of Tommy Shelby, Polly Gray and Arthur Shelby Jr. respectively. In order to make an accurate description of their performance it is necessary to take into account the character’s social background and their role in the series. The characters were chosen with different social, age and gender characteristics since this can lead to variations in their execution of the accent. Polly is the eldest of the three and she is a woman with a wider life experience, Arthur and Tommy are both male, war veterans, and the most notorious difference between them is that fact that Arthur does not have to deal with educated people the way Tommy, as a businessman, does, which can influence the way he communicates and can even vary in terms of with who he is communicating with.
The representations of different varieties of English in TV have become something to what we are more than used to, probably as a mechanism to make the stories more accurate as well as to make a better characterization of the roles the actors are going to perform. The main purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the level of accuracy in the representation of the Birmingham English varieties by comparing the actors’ performance with academic descriptions taken from materials among which we can include some works like Beal (2010), Hughes, Trudgill, and Watt (2012), Orton and Dieth (1998), Wells (1982), and some online resources. The analysis is going to be based on the way Brummie’s features are imitated by some of the actors of the series, who are not users in their real life of the variety from Birmingham, Specifically, I will analyze in some detail speech samples of three of the main characters in the TV drama, played by Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory and Paul Anderson through the characters of Tommy Shelby, Polly Gray and Arthur Shelby Jr. respectively. In order to make an accurate description of their performance it is necessary to take into account the character’s social background and their role in the series. The characters were chosen with different social, age and gender characteristics since this can lead to variations in their execution of the accent. Polly is the eldest of the three and she is a woman with a wider life experience, Arthur and Tommy are both male, war veterans, and the most notorious difference between them is that fact that Arthur does not have to deal with educated people the way Tommy, as a businessman, does, which can influence the way he communicates and can even vary in terms of with who he is communicating with.
Direction
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Tutorships)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
Convergences and divergences between France and Morocco
Authorship
S.H.K.I.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
S.H.K.I.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
09.10.2024 13:00
09.10.2024 13:00
Summary
Tension between France and Morocco has been recognised and simmering for decades, but in recent years, and especially now, a new socio-political conflict has emerged. The aim of this dissertation is to identify the causes and possible consequences, in the short and medium term, of the antagonism between the two countries. Through a historiographic analysis of the main historical events, we will be able to study the political and diplomatic relations between France and Morocco over different periods of time and see what influence they have had on the internal and external structure of the two countries from colonisation to the present day. Today, these political disparities are perceptible at all levels, whether on the Western Sahara conflict, international alliances and cooperation, geopolitical interests or foreign policy in general. Since politics has an impact on society, we will also examine social, cultural and political differences, using a diachronic approach. Thus, by comparing the evolution of the two nations, we will try to define the triggers of the current situation and predict its consequences.
Tension between France and Morocco has been recognised and simmering for decades, but in recent years, and especially now, a new socio-political conflict has emerged. The aim of this dissertation is to identify the causes and possible consequences, in the short and medium term, of the antagonism between the two countries. Through a historiographic analysis of the main historical events, we will be able to study the political and diplomatic relations between France and Morocco over different periods of time and see what influence they have had on the internal and external structure of the two countries from colonisation to the present day. Today, these political disparities are perceptible at all levels, whether on the Western Sahara conflict, international alliances and cooperation, geopolitical interests or foreign policy in general. Since politics has an impact on society, we will also examine social, cultural and political differences, using a diachronic approach. Thus, by comparing the evolution of the two nations, we will try to define the triggers of the current situation and predict its consequences.
Direction
RODRIGUEZ FERREIRO, VERONICA (Tutorships)
RODRIGUEZ FERREIRO, VERONICA (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
The Presence of Abused Childhood in Emilia Pardo Bazán’s Fictional Narrative
Authorship
N.T.R.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
N.T.R.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
09.09.2024 09:00
09.09.2024 09:00
Summary
Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921), a writer located in Spanish Realism-Naturalism, is known for her great literary production and the variety of genres she deals with, including novels and short stories. In his vision of Spain in the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century, he shows a deep concern for social and political problems such as situations of abuse and violence. The violence that the author points out in her works, fictional or not, is generally directed at women, but it is also exercised, in various cases, on children. I will dedicate this Final Degree Project to delve into this selective topic, choosing, for this purpose, and preferably, two narrative works by the author where the outstanding presence of this childhood violence can be observed: the novels Los Pazos de Ulloa (1886) and La piedra angular (1891). They will study the child characters who are victims of abuse and what are the expressive modes that convey that circumstance to us and the literary approach that, over the years, gives them to us. In addition to these titles, some of the author's stories and chronicles will be analyzed that address, in a very wide spectrum of all social classes, a great variety of types of violence, called vicarious, against children, and that graduate into stages. ranging from verbal and psychological violence to labor exploitation and begging, but cases of neglect and abandonment also proliferate, and even infanticide, as an extreme phenomenon of this childhood violence. The use of the most useful secondary bibliography is, of course, planned as a tool that will facilitate the application of a descriptive methodology from which conclusions can be drawn that help to better interpret the texts referred to.
Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921), a writer located in Spanish Realism-Naturalism, is known for her great literary production and the variety of genres she deals with, including novels and short stories. In his vision of Spain in the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century, he shows a deep concern for social and political problems such as situations of abuse and violence. The violence that the author points out in her works, fictional or not, is generally directed at women, but it is also exercised, in various cases, on children. I will dedicate this Final Degree Project to delve into this selective topic, choosing, for this purpose, and preferably, two narrative works by the author where the outstanding presence of this childhood violence can be observed: the novels Los Pazos de Ulloa (1886) and La piedra angular (1891). They will study the child characters who are victims of abuse and what are the expressive modes that convey that circumstance to us and the literary approach that, over the years, gives them to us. In addition to these titles, some of the author's stories and chronicles will be analyzed that address, in a very wide spectrum of all social classes, a great variety of types of violence, called vicarious, against children, and that graduate into stages. ranging from verbal and psychological violence to labor exploitation and begging, but cases of neglect and abandonment also proliferate, and even infanticide, as an extreme phenomenon of this childhood violence. The use of the most useful secondary bibliography is, of course, planned as a tool that will facilitate the application of a descriptive methodology from which conclusions can be drawn that help to better interpret the texts referred to.
Direction
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Tutorships)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Tutorships)
Court
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
Pride and Prejudice through the lens of transmedia narratives
Authorship
M.P.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
M.P.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
02.15.2024 09:00
02.15.2024 09:00
Summary
The popularity of a classic of English literature such as Pride and Prejudice (1813), by Jane Austen, has reached diverse considerations: from being a cannon of love for a lot of people to being one of the first examples that contributed to the origins of Feminism. The aim of this dissertation is to explore the transmedia dimension of this novel. Nowadays, there are innumerable interpretations of the book in different fields, from cinema to even tattoos. The movie Pride and Prejudice (2005), directed by Joe Wright, has been taken as a source of inspiration to artistic representations, like illustrations or prints on t-shirts. A lot of teenagers have learnt that this book existed through the book saga Twilight (2005), from Stephenie Meyer, because the protagonists quote some passages both in the novel and in the movie adaptation (2008). What is more, fanfictions have also been inspired by Pride and Prejudice on many occasions, for example retelling the story from other points of view or even creating prequels or sequels. Having in mind that transmedia storytelling is the process of telling a story through multiple platforms and interpretations, I will pursue an investigation on the different ways in which Pride and Prejudice has been affected by this method.
The popularity of a classic of English literature such as Pride and Prejudice (1813), by Jane Austen, has reached diverse considerations: from being a cannon of love for a lot of people to being one of the first examples that contributed to the origins of Feminism. The aim of this dissertation is to explore the transmedia dimension of this novel. Nowadays, there are innumerable interpretations of the book in different fields, from cinema to even tattoos. The movie Pride and Prejudice (2005), directed by Joe Wright, has been taken as a source of inspiration to artistic representations, like illustrations or prints on t-shirts. A lot of teenagers have learnt that this book existed through the book saga Twilight (2005), from Stephenie Meyer, because the protagonists quote some passages both in the novel and in the movie adaptation (2008). What is more, fanfictions have also been inspired by Pride and Prejudice on many occasions, for example retelling the story from other points of view or even creating prequels or sequels. Having in mind that transmedia storytelling is the process of telling a story through multiple platforms and interpretations, I will pursue an investigation on the different ways in which Pride and Prejudice has been affected by this method.
Direction
ALONSO ALONSO, MARIA (Tutorships)
ALONSO ALONSO, MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
The terminology and phraseology of football from a translation perspective
Authorship
X.F.D.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
X.F.D.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.12.2024 11:30
09.12.2024 11:30
Summary
This project will deal with the translations of the terminology and phraseology that are used in sport language, more specifically in football language. Nowadays, football is more than a sport. It exerts a great impact in the culture of many countries, it is followed by fans all over the world and it is the focus of attention of lots of media such as newspapers, radio and TV programs, apps, podcasts and so on. Therefore, there are many texts about football that are written using ‘football metaphors and terms’ in them, and that pose a major potential problem for both translators and interpreters. The main aim of this thesis is to analyse and compare the characteristic expressions and terms used in the language of football in English and Spanish and, eventually, with this information to elaborate a bilingual (English-Spanish) glossary of football language. Methodologically, I will collect a small corpus of articles and chronicles on the topic published in the Spanish and the British press (sports press and general press), which I will analyse for both terminology and phraseology by means of the AntConc concordance programme. This thesis will be divided into two main parts: In the first part, I will provide a comprehensive review of all the relevant antecedents on the topic, e.g., current studies on the translation of sports language and on the characteristic language of football in both English and Spanish. The second part will be focused on the comparison and analysis of the two corpora (Spanish and English) and in the process of compilation of the resulting glossary.
This project will deal with the translations of the terminology and phraseology that are used in sport language, more specifically in football language. Nowadays, football is more than a sport. It exerts a great impact in the culture of many countries, it is followed by fans all over the world and it is the focus of attention of lots of media such as newspapers, radio and TV programs, apps, podcasts and so on. Therefore, there are many texts about football that are written using ‘football metaphors and terms’ in them, and that pose a major potential problem for both translators and interpreters. The main aim of this thesis is to analyse and compare the characteristic expressions and terms used in the language of football in English and Spanish and, eventually, with this information to elaborate a bilingual (English-Spanish) glossary of football language. Methodologically, I will collect a small corpus of articles and chronicles on the topic published in the Spanish and the British press (sports press and general press), which I will analyse for both terminology and phraseology by means of the AntConc concordance programme. This thesis will be divided into two main parts: In the first part, I will provide a comprehensive review of all the relevant antecedents on the topic, e.g., current studies on the translation of sports language and on the characteristic language of football in both English and Spanish. The second part will be focused on the comparison and analysis of the two corpora (Spanish and English) and in the process of compilation of the resulting glossary.
Direction
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Tutorships)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Student’s tutor)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Student’s tutor)
Literary approach to the historical figure of Don García de Galicia
Authorship
P.P.D.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
P.P.D.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 11:45
06.19.2024 11:45
Summary
This Final Degree work is a study through three books of different genres about how the Galizian literature fictionalizes history to transform it into literature. In this case, we are going to focus on the figure of Don Garcia II, the ill-fated king of Galizia. Firstly, an introduction will be presented to explain the different methods for the characterisation of this literature as historical, a chapter in which we are going to investigate about how really was this monarch’s life and later, an analyse of each of these selected books: the novel, Morte de Rei (1996) by Darío Xohán Cabana; the play, García (2007) by Cándido Pazó and the poem Don García, Rei, from the book Estirpe (1994) and whose author is Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín. We are going to pay particular attention in the way of the enunciation construction and the methods used to characterise these books as historical literature. The principal aim of this study is to make the literature figure of Don García public and verify the fact that the history is written by the winners and the literature is the only salvation for the losers.
This Final Degree work is a study through three books of different genres about how the Galizian literature fictionalizes history to transform it into literature. In this case, we are going to focus on the figure of Don Garcia II, the ill-fated king of Galizia. Firstly, an introduction will be presented to explain the different methods for the characterisation of this literature as historical, a chapter in which we are going to investigate about how really was this monarch’s life and later, an analyse of each of these selected books: the novel, Morte de Rei (1996) by Darío Xohán Cabana; the play, García (2007) by Cándido Pazó and the poem Don García, Rei, from the book Estirpe (1994) and whose author is Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín. We are going to pay particular attention in the way of the enunciation construction and the methods used to characterise these books as historical literature. The principal aim of this study is to make the literature figure of Don García public and verify the fact that the history is written by the winners and the literature is the only salvation for the losers.
Direction
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Tutorships)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Tutorships)
Court
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
The fundamental wound: a study on melancholy in the poetry of Alejandra Pizarnik.
Authorship
I.M.G.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
I.M.G.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 10:45
06.21.2024 10:45
Summary
This work aims to do a study on melancholy in the lyrical work of the Argentinian poet Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972). Pizarnik is one of the biggest poets of the Latin America literature of the 20th century, whose work was and is subject of study of numerous critics. This study will pay special attention to the configuration (or disfiguration) of the poetic identity (and personal) that accompanied the author her whole life and which is reflected in her poetry, due to the confessional nature of it. Firstly, this work will try to offer a theoretical framework of melancholy through different thinkers of different ages, who explained the concept and its possible causes. Once this is examined, this work will provide a summary of Pizarnik’s life in order to do a better analysis of the melancholy motifs and its causes in her poems, which were a reflection of her life. After these theorical aspects have been established the analysis and commentary of the poems (included in eight books). It will try to demonstrate that melancholy was not only an aspect of her poetry, but it transcended the literary world. This explanation can only be made through autobiographical information and the fragmentation of the author’s identity, the fragmentation of the poetic ‘I’ in the texts, which was one of the principal causes that afflicted her.
This work aims to do a study on melancholy in the lyrical work of the Argentinian poet Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972). Pizarnik is one of the biggest poets of the Latin America literature of the 20th century, whose work was and is subject of study of numerous critics. This study will pay special attention to the configuration (or disfiguration) of the poetic identity (and personal) that accompanied the author her whole life and which is reflected in her poetry, due to the confessional nature of it. Firstly, this work will try to offer a theoretical framework of melancholy through different thinkers of different ages, who explained the concept and its possible causes. Once this is examined, this work will provide a summary of Pizarnik’s life in order to do a better analysis of the melancholy motifs and its causes in her poems, which were a reflection of her life. After these theorical aspects have been established the analysis and commentary of the poems (included in eight books). It will try to demonstrate that melancholy was not only an aspect of her poetry, but it transcended the literary world. This explanation can only be made through autobiographical information and the fragmentation of the author’s identity, the fragmentation of the poetic ‘I’ in the texts, which was one of the principal causes that afflicted her.
Direction
CHOUCIÑO FERNANDEZ, ANA GLORIA (Tutorships)
CHOUCIÑO FERNANDEZ, ANA GLORIA (Tutorships)
Court
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
The odyssey of young learners: the complexity of learning and teaching english as a foreign language
Authorship
R.D.S.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
R.D.S.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.15.2024 12:00
07.15.2024 12:00
Summary
The objective of this project is to analyze and discuss the process of learning English as a foreign language by young age individuals whose native language is Spanish, from a psycholinguistic perspective. To achieve this goal, the project is divided into three main parts: (i)Theoretical Aspects: The first part is entirely theoretical and covers topics such as child language, brain plasticity, and the student’s stance towards different teaching methods, among others. (ii)Practical Study: The second part is more practical and involves a description of two corpora (CLC and SULEC). It aims to highlight and explain written examples, paying special attention to the morphological, lexical, and discourse levels of students’ language use to detect learning difficulties. (iii)Innovative Approach: Finally, the project proposes an additional line of work that seeks to update traditional teaching methods. It suggests potential advancements and applications to enhance learning effectiveness based on the results obtained in part (ii) and the theory in part (i).
The objective of this project is to analyze and discuss the process of learning English as a foreign language by young age individuals whose native language is Spanish, from a psycholinguistic perspective. To achieve this goal, the project is divided into three main parts: (i)Theoretical Aspects: The first part is entirely theoretical and covers topics such as child language, brain plasticity, and the student’s stance towards different teaching methods, among others. (ii)Practical Study: The second part is more practical and involves a description of two corpora (CLC and SULEC). It aims to highlight and explain written examples, paying special attention to the morphological, lexical, and discourse levels of students’ language use to detect learning difficulties. (iii)Innovative Approach: Finally, the project proposes an additional line of work that seeks to update traditional teaching methods. It suggests potential advancements and applications to enhance learning effectiveness based on the results obtained in part (ii) and the theory in part (i).
Direction
Codesido García, Ana Isabel (Tutorships)
Codesido García, Ana Isabel (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
Woman and gender roles in Jane Austen's Work: A Special Emphasis on Emma
Authorship
M.D.M.G.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
M.D.M.G.L.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 09:30
06.19.2024 09:30
Summary
Jane Austen was a well-known writer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries who was born and grew up in Regency England. During this time, society was marked by very strict values, especially regarding the role of women. Girls were educated so that from an early age their aim in life was to marry and have children, leaving the door closed to any other alternative that would involve developing themselves as individuals. It was not until the first feminists appeared who, thanks to their struggle, managed to make women's voices heard. This early feminism influenced the life and work of some authors of the time, such as Jane Austen. Since then, her works have revolved around female protagonists, usually strong, astute and determined women, who fight for their own interests in a society that had their lives planned from birth. These women do not conceive marriage as a business in which both sides get something in return, in this case the husband gets a beautiful wife who gives him children and spoils him, and women get social validation, but they believe in the power of choice and demonstrate this by rejecting other suitors until they meet the man they fall in love with. It is true that they end up marrying, but they do so for love, not simply as a social construct. This is the difference that Austen intended to highlight in her novels by giving her protagonists this ending. In this dissertation I will analyse this theme in more depth, taking as main support the novel Emma, written by Jane Austen in 1815.
Jane Austen was a well-known writer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries who was born and grew up in Regency England. During this time, society was marked by very strict values, especially regarding the role of women. Girls were educated so that from an early age their aim in life was to marry and have children, leaving the door closed to any other alternative that would involve developing themselves as individuals. It was not until the first feminists appeared who, thanks to their struggle, managed to make women's voices heard. This early feminism influenced the life and work of some authors of the time, such as Jane Austen. Since then, her works have revolved around female protagonists, usually strong, astute and determined women, who fight for their own interests in a society that had their lives planned from birth. These women do not conceive marriage as a business in which both sides get something in return, in this case the husband gets a beautiful wife who gives him children and spoils him, and women get social validation, but they believe in the power of choice and demonstrate this by rejecting other suitors until they meet the man they fall in love with. It is true that they end up marrying, but they do so for love, not simply as a social construct. This is the difference that Austen intended to highlight in her novels by giving her protagonists this ending. In this dissertation I will analyse this theme in more depth, taking as main support the novel Emma, written by Jane Austen in 1815.
Direction
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Tutorships)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
A Study of the Relationship between Accent and Identity in the Movie Brassed Off (1996)
Authorship
M.V.S.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
M.V.S.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.15.2024 17:30
07.15.2024 17:30
Summary
For many years, sociolinguistics has studied the connection between language and identity and, in the past couple of decades, that research has grown to include the world of fiction. The aim of this dissertation is to show the relationship between the way in which characters speak and their identity and social background, and how this is portrayed in modern cinema. Alongside establishing settings, accents and dialects serve as tools for fleshing out characters’ portraits, through their association with distinguished social or regional groups of people that are conventionally linked to specific linguistic features (Bruti and Vignozi, 2016) Are these representations realistic enough to make the audience feel like the characters on the screen could be real people, or are they based on the typical stereotypes and connotations associated to all the different varieties? For this purpose, I will analyse the movie Brassed Off (1996) as it portrays realistic working-class characters living a difficult moment based on real historical events (the Miners’ Strike that happened in the UK in the late 20th C). The dissertation will consist of a first section, where key notions (e.g. accent, dialect, variety, etc.) will be defined and the characteristics of Northern English, as this is the main variety used in the film, will be described and illustrated with examples based on previous descriptive works from authors like Hughes and Trudgill (1979), Trudgill (1983) and Wells (1982). After that, we will dip into the main section, which includes a synopsis of the movie and a brief historical contextualization of the narrated events. The analysis will then focus on dialogue samples from the film, in order to determine how represented variation helps the viewer differentiate said characters’ social status and their belonging to a certain community in opposition to others who use a completely different variety of English.
For many years, sociolinguistics has studied the connection between language and identity and, in the past couple of decades, that research has grown to include the world of fiction. The aim of this dissertation is to show the relationship between the way in which characters speak and their identity and social background, and how this is portrayed in modern cinema. Alongside establishing settings, accents and dialects serve as tools for fleshing out characters’ portraits, through their association with distinguished social or regional groups of people that are conventionally linked to specific linguistic features (Bruti and Vignozi, 2016) Are these representations realistic enough to make the audience feel like the characters on the screen could be real people, or are they based on the typical stereotypes and connotations associated to all the different varieties? For this purpose, I will analyse the movie Brassed Off (1996) as it portrays realistic working-class characters living a difficult moment based on real historical events (the Miners’ Strike that happened in the UK in the late 20th C). The dissertation will consist of a first section, where key notions (e.g. accent, dialect, variety, etc.) will be defined and the characteristics of Northern English, as this is the main variety used in the film, will be described and illustrated with examples based on previous descriptive works from authors like Hughes and Trudgill (1979), Trudgill (1983) and Wells (1982). After that, we will dip into the main section, which includes a synopsis of the movie and a brief historical contextualization of the narrated events. The analysis will then focus on dialogue samples from the film, in order to determine how represented variation helps the viewer differentiate said characters’ social status and their belonging to a certain community in opposition to others who use a completely different variety of English.
Direction
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Tutorships)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
The Tree of Knowledge: Will, Representation and Criticism
Authorship
A.M.B.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
A.M.B.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.18.2024 10:00
07.18.2024 10:00
Summary
The aim of this undergraduate dissertation is to demonstrate how Pío Baroja constructs the personality of his alter ego, Andrés Hurtado, around Schopenhauer's philosophy, mainly as it is presented in his work The World as Will and Representation. In this way, we find that the novel The Tree of Science, published in 1911, bases its plot on Baroja's characteristic wandering, which characterizes the protagonist's thoughts. It is his rationalist, nonconformist, and maladjusted character that leads Andrés Hurtado to an incessant need to know and understand in depth the world around him, thus immersing himself in Schopenhauer's existentialist philosophy. In this way, his approach to Schopenhauer and his constant disappointments allow Baroja, true to the spirit of the Generation of '98, to give voice through Hurtado to a profound critique of Spanish society, its deep-rooted Christianity, and the political and educational backwardness that the country was experiencing at that time, as well as to establish a reflection on the meaning of life and the possibility of knowing the truth of things.
The aim of this undergraduate dissertation is to demonstrate how Pío Baroja constructs the personality of his alter ego, Andrés Hurtado, around Schopenhauer's philosophy, mainly as it is presented in his work The World as Will and Representation. In this way, we find that the novel The Tree of Science, published in 1911, bases its plot on Baroja's characteristic wandering, which characterizes the protagonist's thoughts. It is his rationalist, nonconformist, and maladjusted character that leads Andrés Hurtado to an incessant need to know and understand in depth the world around him, thus immersing himself in Schopenhauer's existentialist philosophy. In this way, his approach to Schopenhauer and his constant disappointments allow Baroja, true to the spirit of the Generation of '98, to give voice through Hurtado to a profound critique of Spanish society, its deep-rooted Christianity, and the political and educational backwardness that the country was experiencing at that time, as well as to establish a reflection on the meaning of life and the possibility of knowing the truth of things.
Direction
PERARNAU VIDAL, MARIA DOLORS (Tutorships)
PERARNAU VIDAL, MARIA DOLORS (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
Santiago de Compostela as a time-space framework for the Galician crime novel: Crime en Compostela (1984), Á de mosca (1998) and Beleza Vermella (2019)
Authorship
M.R.T.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
M.R.T.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 14:00
06.19.2024 14:00
Summary
The Galician crime novel has experienced an increase since the 1980s, after the appearance of Crime in Compostela (1984). This novel is considered the initiator of a genre and served as a model for the creation of a new narrative in Galician literature, to which different authors will join, to the point of speaking of a Galician noir boom. One of the fundamental elements of the noir genre is time-space location. The spaces linked to their plots often acquire considerable prominence. Santiago de Compostela was a space chosen on numerous occasions to host the deixis of this type of novels, so it will be in this city where we will focus the analysis. This will be carried out from a diachronic perspective that spans from the 80s to the present. In addition, female vision and conception, almost imperceptible in the last decades of the 20th century, will also be an object of study. This study is based on three books, written at different times, whose main setting is Compostela: the foundational Crime en Compostela, by Carlos G. Reigosa (1984); Á de mosca, by Aníbal Malvar (1998); and Beleza Vermella, by Arantza Portabales (2019). In this way, the aim is to analyze the possible changes in the treatment of space in relation to genre.
The Galician crime novel has experienced an increase since the 1980s, after the appearance of Crime in Compostela (1984). This novel is considered the initiator of a genre and served as a model for the creation of a new narrative in Galician literature, to which different authors will join, to the point of speaking of a Galician noir boom. One of the fundamental elements of the noir genre is time-space location. The spaces linked to their plots often acquire considerable prominence. Santiago de Compostela was a space chosen on numerous occasions to host the deixis of this type of novels, so it will be in this city where we will focus the analysis. This will be carried out from a diachronic perspective that spans from the 80s to the present. In addition, female vision and conception, almost imperceptible in the last decades of the 20th century, will also be an object of study. This study is based on three books, written at different times, whose main setting is Compostela: the foundational Crime en Compostela, by Carlos G. Reigosa (1984); Á de mosca, by Aníbal Malvar (1998); and Beleza Vermella, by Arantza Portabales (2019). In this way, the aim is to analyze the possible changes in the treatment of space in relation to genre.
Direction
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Tutorships)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Tutorships)
Court
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Member)
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Member)
The work focuses on the analysis of the teaching/learning methods of Italian LS most widely used today, applied to an audience of students who start from the condition of absolute beginners and whose objective is to reach a level of competence equal to A2
Authorship
P.M.P.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
P.M.P.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.17.2024 13:00
07.17.2024 13:00
Summary
The work focuses on the analysis of the teaching/learning methods of Italian LS most widely used today, applied to an audience of students who start from the condition of absolute beginners and whose objective is to reach a level of competence equal to A2 of the QCRE, therefore a level useful to interact with native speakers in situations and for purposes related to everyday life. The aim of this thesis is, firstly, to point out the criticisms of the aforementioned methods considered individually and, secondly, to present the operations through which they can be optimised as didactic techniques placed in interaction. Alternatives or variables that can be put into practice by integrating the different methodologies will be provided. This modus operandi may prove effective for the acquisition of a good level of pronunciation, knowledge and use of fundamental vocabulary (including polyrhymatic and colloquial speech patterns), awareness and communicative management of linguistic-pragmatic and cultural aspects (in a broad sense), ignorance of which may hinder integration into the community of reference.
The work focuses on the analysis of the teaching/learning methods of Italian LS most widely used today, applied to an audience of students who start from the condition of absolute beginners and whose objective is to reach a level of competence equal to A2 of the QCRE, therefore a level useful to interact with native speakers in situations and for purposes related to everyday life. The aim of this thesis is, firstly, to point out the criticisms of the aforementioned methods considered individually and, secondly, to present the operations through which they can be optimised as didactic techniques placed in interaction. Alternatives or variables that can be put into practice by integrating the different methodologies will be provided. This modus operandi may prove effective for the acquisition of a good level of pronunciation, knowledge and use of fundamental vocabulary (including polyrhymatic and colloquial speech patterns), awareness and communicative management of linguistic-pragmatic and cultural aspects (in a broad sense), ignorance of which may hinder integration into the community of reference.
Direction
MONTES LOPEZ, MARIA (Tutorships)
MONTES LOPEZ, MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
MONTES LOPEZ, MARIA (Student’s tutor)
MONTES LOPEZ, MARIA (Student’s tutor)
A Preliminary Approach to Some Features Characteristics of English Twitter Discourse
Authorship
M.C.V.S.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
M.C.V.S.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 13:00
06.20.2024 13:00
Summary
The main purpose of this project is to study and analyse some of the linguistic features characterised by English Twitter discourse. The project will consist of two parts. Firstly, I will provide a general and theoretical introduction to Netspeak (cf. Crystal 2006) and so-called Computer Mediated Communication (CMC). I will do this by discussing the impact of some of the new digital genres and different social media on the use of English, e.g. Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp etc., but with a special reference to Twitter (cf. Zappavigna 2012). In the second part of the work, examples of tweets from different user accounts will be retrieved, in order to illustrate some of the main characteristics of this mode of expression on the basis of the lexical linguistic parameters selected to this effect.
The main purpose of this project is to study and analyse some of the linguistic features characterised by English Twitter discourse. The project will consist of two parts. Firstly, I will provide a general and theoretical introduction to Netspeak (cf. Crystal 2006) and so-called Computer Mediated Communication (CMC). I will do this by discussing the impact of some of the new digital genres and different social media on the use of English, e.g. Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp etc., but with a special reference to Twitter (cf. Zappavigna 2012). In the second part of the work, examples of tweets from different user accounts will be retrieved, in order to illustrate some of the main characteristics of this mode of expression on the basis of the lexical linguistic parameters selected to this effect.
Direction
NUÑEZ PERTEJO, MARIA PALOMA (Tutorships)
NUÑEZ PERTEJO, MARIA PALOMA (Tutorships)
Court
NUÑEZ PERTEJO, MARIA PALOMA (Student’s tutor)
NUÑEZ PERTEJO, MARIA PALOMA (Student’s tutor)
Exploring Verb Phrases: A Didactic Unit Design
Authorship
L.L.D.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
L.L.D.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.17.2024 10:30
07.17.2024 10:30
Summary
The aim of this work is to design a comprehensive didactic unit focused on the English verb phrase. The verb phrase constitutes a crucial component across various English grammar courses, so this study provides a detailed exploration of the different constituents within the verb phrase, including complements and adjuncts, with a view to improving its understanding from a didactic point of view. The first phase of the unit involves an analysis of key grammar resources available in the literature, providing a comprehensive overview of existing approaches and methodologies. After that, I will dive into creating a special teaching unit aimed at improving understanding of verb phrases in an ideal grammar course. The designed unit includes a detailed description of each class of VP, featuring precise handouts and a series of exercises aimed at reinforcing the concepts learned. Every class is meticulously planned to build on what the student has learned before, ensuring an understanding of verb phrase components and how to use them effectively in different contexts.
The aim of this work is to design a comprehensive didactic unit focused on the English verb phrase. The verb phrase constitutes a crucial component across various English grammar courses, so this study provides a detailed exploration of the different constituents within the verb phrase, including complements and adjuncts, with a view to improving its understanding from a didactic point of view. The first phase of the unit involves an analysis of key grammar resources available in the literature, providing a comprehensive overview of existing approaches and methodologies. After that, I will dive into creating a special teaching unit aimed at improving understanding of verb phrases in an ideal grammar course. The designed unit includes a detailed description of each class of VP, featuring precise handouts and a series of exercises aimed at reinforcing the concepts learned. Every class is meticulously planned to build on what the student has learned before, ensuring an understanding of verb phrase components and how to use them effectively in different contexts.
Direction
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Tutorships)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Tutorships)
Court
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Student’s tutor)
Acuña Fariña, Juan Carlos (Student’s tutor)
Unconscious acquisition of English through social media.
Authorship
I.M.S.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
I.M.S.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
02.14.2024 10:00
02.14.2024 10:00
Summary
Currently, learning a language is not necessarily a process that requires the help of a teacher to write or speak it properly. With technological advances we can acquire a language from home, without the need for someone to help you. We have basic tools such as the Internet, music, films, series and even social media. English is a language that is used a lot in the world, so we can be learning it unconsciously while hanging out on social networks. In this dissertation, I am going to focus on how English can be unconsciously acquired by different social networks such as TikTok, Twitter or Instagram. We know that by using them, as well as entertaining ourselves or updating, we can be learning English. Just by having them in the language we would like to learn, we can acquire vocabulary and frequently used expressions. In addition, we can find many videos in English, which we can watch with subtitles and learn different accents, depending on where the person recording the video is from. Another important point is that there are many accounts that are dedicated exclusively to upload content about learning the language, a fun way to consider the apprenticeship of English. The main aim of this work is to show a different vision of English language acquisition, nothing similar to the scholarship learning, exclusively through social networks, which are present every day in our lives. In addition, time permitting, a survey of people of different ages will be included to test the real impact that social media has on language learning and their awareness of it.
Currently, learning a language is not necessarily a process that requires the help of a teacher to write or speak it properly. With technological advances we can acquire a language from home, without the need for someone to help you. We have basic tools such as the Internet, music, films, series and even social media. English is a language that is used a lot in the world, so we can be learning it unconsciously while hanging out on social networks. In this dissertation, I am going to focus on how English can be unconsciously acquired by different social networks such as TikTok, Twitter or Instagram. We know that by using them, as well as entertaining ourselves or updating, we can be learning English. Just by having them in the language we would like to learn, we can acquire vocabulary and frequently used expressions. In addition, we can find many videos in English, which we can watch with subtitles and learn different accents, depending on where the person recording the video is from. Another important point is that there are many accounts that are dedicated exclusively to upload content about learning the language, a fun way to consider the apprenticeship of English. The main aim of this work is to show a different vision of English language acquisition, nothing similar to the scholarship learning, exclusively through social networks, which are present every day in our lives. In addition, time permitting, a survey of people of different ages will be included to test the real impact that social media has on language learning and their awareness of it.
Direction
GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, ELSA MARIA (Tutorships)
GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, ELSA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, ELSA MARIA (Student’s tutor)
GONZALEZ ALVAREZ, ELSA MARIA (Student’s tutor)
The figure of the witch in pre-modern literature: a comparative study of the Brothers Grimm and Tieck's Hexensabbat.
Authorship
C.G.B.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
C.G.B.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
09.12.2024 16:00
09.12.2024 16:00
Summary
The aim of this thesis is to explore the literary world of witches in pre-modern literature and to analyse their development over time, focusing on the literary background up to the XVIIIth century. Subsequently, the depiction of witches in the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm will be analysed and finally the figure of the witch in Tieck's Hexensabbat will be examined in detail. In the background section (Witches in literature up to the 18th century) we will discuss the origins of the figure of the witch in literature. We will examine the earliest literary sources and analyse how witches were portrayed in different cultures and eras up to the 18th century. We will examine popular beliefs, myths and legends about witches as well as their role in society and the impact this had on the literature of the time.
The aim of this thesis is to explore the literary world of witches in pre-modern literature and to analyse their development over time, focusing on the literary background up to the XVIIIth century. Subsequently, the depiction of witches in the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm will be analysed and finally the figure of the witch in Tieck's Hexensabbat will be examined in detail. In the background section (Witches in literature up to the 18th century) we will discuss the origins of the figure of the witch in literature. We will examine the earliest literary sources and analyse how witches were portrayed in different cultures and eras up to the 18th century. We will examine popular beliefs, myths and legends about witches as well as their role in society and the impact this had on the literature of the time.
Direction
MILLET SCHRÖDER, VICTOR (Tutorships)
MILLET SCHRÖDER, VICTOR (Tutorships)
Court
MILLET SCHRÖDER, VICTOR (Student’s tutor)
MILLET SCHRÖDER, VICTOR (Student’s tutor)
The Continuity and Disruption of the Hero Archetype in Contemporary Narrative
Authorship
M.R.L.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
M.R.L.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.18.2024 10:30
07.18.2024 10:30
Summary
This project aims to conduct a study analyzing the persistence of the hero archetype in literature. Firstly, a theoretical review will be conducted to address the most prominent characteristics of heroic characters. In the second part of the project, the previously acquired knowledge will be applied to two literary works from different periods. The study will begin with the medieval hero, specifically El Cid Campeador from the Cantar de Mio Cid; then I will focus on Derguín Gorión from the work La Espada de Fuego by Javier Negrete, and conclude with a comparison between the two, studying their similarities and differences. Through this work, I intend to study the figure of the hero from a comparative perspective, providing a panoramic view of how it has evolved from the Middle Ages to the present, analyzing which elements remain constant and which have varied over time.
This project aims to conduct a study analyzing the persistence of the hero archetype in literature. Firstly, a theoretical review will be conducted to address the most prominent characteristics of heroic characters. In the second part of the project, the previously acquired knowledge will be applied to two literary works from different periods. The study will begin with the medieval hero, specifically El Cid Campeador from the Cantar de Mio Cid; then I will focus on Derguín Gorión from the work La Espada de Fuego by Javier Negrete, and conclude with a comparison between the two, studying their similarities and differences. Through this work, I intend to study the figure of the hero from a comparative perspective, providing a panoramic view of how it has evolved from the Middle Ages to the present, analyzing which elements remain constant and which have varied over time.
Direction
GUTIERREZ GARCIA, SANTIAGO (Tutorships)
GUTIERREZ GARCIA, SANTIAGO (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
FERNANDEZ MOSQUERA, SANTIAGO (Chairman)
PATIÑO EIRIN, CRISTINA (Secretary)
GIL GONZALEZ, ANTONIO JESUS (Member)
Characterization of the archers in the Iliad
Authorship
L.V.A.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
L.V.A.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
Defense date
07.16.2024 11:45
07.16.2024 11:45
Summary
The warriors who use the bow and arrows, both those unnamed who belong to the bulk of the troops and the recognized heroes who carry out focused combats, are part of the complex Homeric battlefield. On the divine plane, certain gods are characterized by their quality as archers. Over the years, many Homeric scholars (and already scholiasts) have pointed out that in the Iliad (and in a tangibly different way from the Odyssey), the use of the bow in battle is seen as an act of cowardice, with little military effectiveness or even of inferior category. In this work we will try to carry out a study of the vocabulary and expressions applied to all the elements related to the sphere of the bow and arrows, in addition to a detailed analysis of the passages starring those heroes (such as Pandar, Teucer or Paris, among others), peoples (such as the Locrians) or divinities (Apollo, Artemis) who stand out in the use of said weapon. An attempt will be made to define the role of the archer in battle scenes, pregnant with an ideology that exalts the martial value of the prómachos; of the aristocratic hero who fights at close range, face to face. The ultimate objective will be to draw a detailed plan of the characterization of the archers in the Iliad and, to the extent possible, determine their martial, moral and literary assessment.
The warriors who use the bow and arrows, both those unnamed who belong to the bulk of the troops and the recognized heroes who carry out focused combats, are part of the complex Homeric battlefield. On the divine plane, certain gods are characterized by their quality as archers. Over the years, many Homeric scholars (and already scholiasts) have pointed out that in the Iliad (and in a tangibly different way from the Odyssey), the use of the bow in battle is seen as an act of cowardice, with little military effectiveness or even of inferior category. In this work we will try to carry out a study of the vocabulary and expressions applied to all the elements related to the sphere of the bow and arrows, in addition to a detailed analysis of the passages starring those heroes (such as Pandar, Teucer or Paris, among others), peoples (such as the Locrians) or divinities (Apollo, Artemis) who stand out in the use of said weapon. An attempt will be made to define the role of the archer in battle scenes, pregnant with an ideology that exalts the martial value of the prómachos; of the aristocratic hero who fights at close range, face to face. The ultimate objective will be to draw a detailed plan of the characterization of the archers in the Iliad and, to the extent possible, determine their martial, moral and literary assessment.
Direction
RUIZ PEREZ, ANGEL (Tutorships)
RUIZ PEREZ, ANGEL (Tutorships)
Court
Carracedo Fraga, José (Chairman)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Secretary)
CABRILLANA LEAL, CONCEPCION VIRTUDES (Member)
Carracedo Fraga, José (Chairman)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Secretary)
CABRILLANA LEAL, CONCEPCION VIRTUDES (Member)
Characterization of the ideal man in Hesiod´s Works and Days: values in society and expertise in the countryside
Authorship
E.D.N.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
E.D.N.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
Defense date
02.16.2024 10:30
02.16.2024 10:30
Summary
Hesiod´s Works and Days constitute, for scholars of Greek culture (and in particular of the Archaic Age), an inexhaustible source of data on the ideal of life and interpersonal relations of that time. In this work we can find from a detailed description of the values that are considered fundamental in a person (among which justice or laboriousness stand out) to a detailed catalogue of agricultural tasks suitable for each season of the year, framed all this in a didactic context, the speech of the poetic self to his brother Perses to convince him to act with justice. The present work aims to analyze in depth the characterization of the hesiodic human model, in a foreground in the ethical and moral field, and then in his condition as a farmer: for this it will be necessary the explanation of the concepts used more frequently, of the different forms of their argumentation or the customs and labors of the peasants of the time, among other matters. In this way we can have an overview, within the principles most appreciated in the society of the time, of those that Hesiod highlights as fundamental, of very diverse origins, even superstitious, sometimes preserved in proverbs or other literary forms.
Hesiod´s Works and Days constitute, for scholars of Greek culture (and in particular of the Archaic Age), an inexhaustible source of data on the ideal of life and interpersonal relations of that time. In this work we can find from a detailed description of the values that are considered fundamental in a person (among which justice or laboriousness stand out) to a detailed catalogue of agricultural tasks suitable for each season of the year, framed all this in a didactic context, the speech of the poetic self to his brother Perses to convince him to act with justice. The present work aims to analyze in depth the characterization of the hesiodic human model, in a foreground in the ethical and moral field, and then in his condition as a farmer: for this it will be necessary the explanation of the concepts used more frequently, of the different forms of their argumentation or the customs and labors of the peasants of the time, among other matters. In this way we can have an overview, within the principles most appreciated in the society of the time, of those that Hesiod highlights as fundamental, of very diverse origins, even superstitious, sometimes preserved in proverbs or other literary forms.
Direction
RUIZ PEREZ, ANGEL (Tutorships)
RUIZ PEREZ, ANGEL (Tutorships)
Court
CASTRO CARIDAD, EVA MARIA (Chairman)
CABRILLANA LEAL, CONCEPCION VIRTUDES (Secretary)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Member)
CASTRO CARIDAD, EVA MARIA (Chairman)
CABRILLANA LEAL, CONCEPCION VIRTUDES (Secretary)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Member)
Kenneth Branagh’s Adaptations: Murder on the Orient Express (2017) and Death on the Nile (2022).
Authorship
J.G.A.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
J.G.A.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.15.2024 16:30
07.15.2024 16:30
Summary
The topic of this dissertation is the analysis of Agatha Christie's novels and films, with a special focus on Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile. To do so, the study will cover the most recent film adaptations, the former being released in 2017 and the latter in 2022, both being directed by Kenneth Branagh, who is well known for all the Shakespearean plays he directed and starred in. Consequently, the paper aims to understand what are the main differences between the two formats, how the main narrative characteristics of the author are brought to the films and, also, how the characters are represented cinematically. Furthermore, it examines the portrayal of mysteries in her novels, highlighting the intrigue, the play of clues, the solving of puzzles and the psychological complexity of the characters, as well as the setting of the period in which they are set. The project compares these features with their film adaptations, looking at how the mystery elements are translated to the big screen. It investigates how cinematography, visual interpretation and art direction influence the representation of the enigmas present in the original novels. Differences in the presentation of characters, the variations in the resolutions of challenges, and the adoption of suspense for audiovisual audiences will be analysed. To achieve this, narratological reports will be read as well as specialised documents comparing films and novels. Through this comparative analysis, the goal is to offer a broader and more detailed view of the adaptation of Agatha Christie's mysteries from the page to the screen, showing off the strengths and challenges of each format in the depiction of suspense and mystery.
The topic of this dissertation is the analysis of Agatha Christie's novels and films, with a special focus on Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile. To do so, the study will cover the most recent film adaptations, the former being released in 2017 and the latter in 2022, both being directed by Kenneth Branagh, who is well known for all the Shakespearean plays he directed and starred in. Consequently, the paper aims to understand what are the main differences between the two formats, how the main narrative characteristics of the author are brought to the films and, also, how the characters are represented cinematically. Furthermore, it examines the portrayal of mysteries in her novels, highlighting the intrigue, the play of clues, the solving of puzzles and the psychological complexity of the characters, as well as the setting of the period in which they are set. The project compares these features with their film adaptations, looking at how the mystery elements are translated to the big screen. It investigates how cinematography, visual interpretation and art direction influence the representation of the enigmas present in the original novels. Differences in the presentation of characters, the variations in the resolutions of challenges, and the adoption of suspense for audiovisual audiences will be analysed. To achieve this, narratological reports will be read as well as specialised documents comparing films and novels. Through this comparative analysis, the goal is to offer a broader and more detailed view of the adaptation of Agatha Christie's mysteries from the page to the screen, showing off the strengths and challenges of each format in the depiction of suspense and mystery.
Direction
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Tutorships)
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
PALACIOS MARTINEZ, IGNACIO MIGUEL (Chairman)
SACIDO ROMERO, JORGE (Secretary)
FERNANDEZ POLO, FRANCISCO J. (Member)
Baudelaire and the aesthetics of modernity: Paris, women and wine.
Authorship
V.A.P.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
V.A.P.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.17.2024 10:30
07.17.2024 10:30
Summary
The 19th century represented an unprecedented economic and cultural boom for the city of Paris. Real estate speculation and the expansion of the city facilitated the establishment of new fortunes and the creation of humble neighborhoods in a city always in motion. In this context, many women were excluded from networks of production and reproduction. The development of urban prostitution was remarkable, as was that of venereal diseases like syphilis. It was also a time of proliferation of drugs such as hashish in intellectual circles. These changes sparked a new aesthetic interest, which is uniquely reflected in Baudelaire's work. This study will analyze Baudelaire's poetic vision on the literary themes of women, drugs, and the modern city as a coherent whole, and will examine the new aesthetic values that make his work an essential reference for understanding modernity in the history of literature.
The 19th century represented an unprecedented economic and cultural boom for the city of Paris. Real estate speculation and the expansion of the city facilitated the establishment of new fortunes and the creation of humble neighborhoods in a city always in motion. In this context, many women were excluded from networks of production and reproduction. The development of urban prostitution was remarkable, as was that of venereal diseases like syphilis. It was also a time of proliferation of drugs such as hashish in intellectual circles. These changes sparked a new aesthetic interest, which is uniquely reflected in Baudelaire's work. This study will analyze Baudelaire's poetic vision on the literary themes of women, drugs, and the modern city as a coherent whole, and will examine the new aesthetic values that make his work an essential reference for understanding modernity in the history of literature.
Direction
GARCIA MARTINEZ, MANUEL (Tutorships)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, MANUEL (Tutorships)
Court
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
LOPEZ DIAZ, MONTSERRAT (Chairman)
RODRIGUEZ PEDREIRA, NURIA (Secretary)
MALINGRET , LAURENCE (Member)
Language and Identity in the municipalities of Noia, Outes and Santa Comba
Authorship
A.S.R.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
A.S.R.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 17:00
09.11.2024 17:00
Summary
La relación entre la lengua y la identidad es una cuestión de gran interés, sobre todo en el contexto del sector juvenil gallego, donde estas dos se encuentran en constante interacción y cambio. En este Trabajo de Fin de Grado, tres estudiantes de tres localidades diferentes (Noia, Outes y Santa Comba) pretendemos indagar en nuestros propios ayuntamientos sobre la conexión que existe entre la lengua y la identidad gallega. Para esto, a lo largo de varios meses, entrevistamos según el enfoque cualitativo a diversas personas de entre 18 y 35 años, conversando con ellas, grabando su voz y sacando conclusiones que nos permitan extraer datos de relevante carácter informativo; acercándonos a la situación real de estos tres ayuntamientos y al significado que este sector le otorga a la identidad gallega.
La relación entre la lengua y la identidad es una cuestión de gran interés, sobre todo en el contexto del sector juvenil gallego, donde estas dos se encuentran en constante interacción y cambio. En este Trabajo de Fin de Grado, tres estudiantes de tres localidades diferentes (Noia, Outes y Santa Comba) pretendemos indagar en nuestros propios ayuntamientos sobre la conexión que existe entre la lengua y la identidad gallega. Para esto, a lo largo de varios meses, entrevistamos según el enfoque cualitativo a diversas personas de entre 18 y 35 años, conversando con ellas, grabando su voz y sacando conclusiones que nos permitan extraer datos de relevante carácter informativo; acercándonos a la situación real de estos tres ayuntamientos y al significado que este sector le otorga a la identidad gallega.
Direction
FEIJO TORRES, ELIAS JOSE (Tutorships)
FEIJO TORRES, ELIAS JOSE (Tutorships)
Court
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
The desire and duty of return of Odysseus
Authorship
M.L.V.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
M.L.V.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
Defense date
06.20.2024 10:30
06.20.2024 10:30
Summary
For this Final Degree Project, whose chosen subject line is Greek Literature, I have in mind to work with Homer's Odyssey. My goal will be to make a literary analysis of the character of Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians and Arete, descendant of Poseidon. To develop it, I will study cantos VI, VII and VIII that explain why the goddess Athena appears to him, the rescue of Odysseus and how she helps him return to Ithaca by convincing his father to give him lodging and resources. Nausicaa is an interesting figure from many points of view, as she is considered a guide to good behavior and a female equivalent of Telemachus. She also draws attention for falling in love with Odysseus, although, unlike Circe and Calypso, she poses no danger to him. All three are similar in that they put their duty (obedience to the gods) before their feelings. To make this work more complete, it will also have an introduction, a conclusion and a purely academic bibliography.
For this Final Degree Project, whose chosen subject line is Greek Literature, I have in mind to work with Homer's Odyssey. My goal will be to make a literary analysis of the character of Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians and Arete, descendant of Poseidon. To develop it, I will study cantos VI, VII and VIII that explain why the goddess Athena appears to him, the rescue of Odysseus and how she helps him return to Ithaca by convincing his father to give him lodging and resources. Nausicaa is an interesting figure from many points of view, as she is considered a guide to good behavior and a female equivalent of Telemachus. She also draws attention for falling in love with Odysseus, although, unlike Circe and Calypso, she poses no danger to him. All three are similar in that they put their duty (obedience to the gods) before their feelings. To make this work more complete, it will also have an introduction, a conclusion and a purely academic bibliography.
Direction
AMADO RODRIGUEZ, MARIA TERESA (Tutorships)
AMADO RODRIGUEZ, MARIA TERESA (Tutorships)
Court
AMADO RODRIGUEZ, MARIA TERESA (Student’s tutor)
AMADO RODRIGUEZ, MARIA TERESA (Student’s tutor)
Orphism in Euripides' Alcestis: life after death
Authorship
A.G.S.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
A.G.S.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
Defense date
07.16.2024 11:15
07.16.2024 11:15
Summary
The purpose of this essay is the study of the Orphic traits we can find in Euripides' Alcestis. Mainly, we will try to establish a correlation between Alcestis' resurrection and the mysteric rituals that promised initiates a favourable vital continuity of the soul after the corporeal death. To do so, it's necessary to consider fifth-century BC Athens' cultural context, in which Euripides could have found, outside of the purest official religiosity of the State, elements that would allow him to approach the themes of life and death from a new perspective. Moreover, we will examine the role the characters play, emphasizing Admetus, Heracles, and the very Alcestis, to delineate what would be the sense of their actions in the context of Orphic morals. This inevitably leads us to ponder on the very nature of the play, a tragedy with a happy ending inserted in place of the usual satyric drama at the end of a tetralogy, and to reflect on how the ambivalences and dual aspects that characterise it offer different interpretations under this religious prism, already considered, on the other hand, by multiple authors.
The purpose of this essay is the study of the Orphic traits we can find in Euripides' Alcestis. Mainly, we will try to establish a correlation between Alcestis' resurrection and the mysteric rituals that promised initiates a favourable vital continuity of the soul after the corporeal death. To do so, it's necessary to consider fifth-century BC Athens' cultural context, in which Euripides could have found, outside of the purest official religiosity of the State, elements that would allow him to approach the themes of life and death from a new perspective. Moreover, we will examine the role the characters play, emphasizing Admetus, Heracles, and the very Alcestis, to delineate what would be the sense of their actions in the context of Orphic morals. This inevitably leads us to ponder on the very nature of the play, a tragedy with a happy ending inserted in place of the usual satyric drama at the end of a tetralogy, and to reflect on how the ambivalences and dual aspects that characterise it offer different interpretations under this religious prism, already considered, on the other hand, by multiple authors.
Direction
AMADO RODRIGUEZ, MARIA TERESA (Tutorships)
AMADO RODRIGUEZ, MARIA TERESA (Tutorships)
Court
Carracedo Fraga, José (Chairman)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Secretary)
CABRILLANA LEAL, CONCEPCION VIRTUDES (Member)
Carracedo Fraga, José (Chairman)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Secretary)
CABRILLANA LEAL, CONCEPCION VIRTUDES (Member)
Gender-neutral pronouns: Singular they and neopronouns for transgender realities.
Authorship
I.A.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
I.A.P.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 10:00
09.11.2024 10:00
Summary
Gender-neutral vocabulary has been a topic on the rise in recent years. New terms must appear to comprehend new realities. In the absence of a third-person singular gender-neutral pronoun which refers, not only to a person of unknown gender, but also to one who does not agree with any of the already existing binary pronouns, like nonbinary or genderqueer people, this piece will go over some of the options that try to fill this absence in the English language. The main focus of the paper will be on the use of the singular form of the pronoun they, which has been increasingly used among English speakers, as well as the possibility of it becoming a regular form of the pronoun with widespread use in everyday language and the idea of acquiring a genderless pronoun in the English language eventually. Alongside this, the paper will also discuss the creation and attempted normalisation of neopronouns, 'new coinages that were created as an alternative to they' (McGaughey, 2020). Also, what they are, their use, some of their models, like the Spivak, and their future in the English language. The use of gender-neutral pronouns as replacement for the binary ones helps make visible the reality of genderqueer and transgender people in society. Since language has a great impact in politics, giving a new meaning to this pronoun helps to materialise the reality that these people live. Therefore, the paper will also analyse the response different collectives have had to them, both the positive and negative. In order to determine the situation of these new forms and uses, the study will go over their origins, their current status, and also discuss their usage among the transgender community through an exploratory analysis of materials from Tumblr and other social media platforms, where people from different backgrounds share their views and opinions about the topic.
Gender-neutral vocabulary has been a topic on the rise in recent years. New terms must appear to comprehend new realities. In the absence of a third-person singular gender-neutral pronoun which refers, not only to a person of unknown gender, but also to one who does not agree with any of the already existing binary pronouns, like nonbinary or genderqueer people, this piece will go over some of the options that try to fill this absence in the English language. The main focus of the paper will be on the use of the singular form of the pronoun they, which has been increasingly used among English speakers, as well as the possibility of it becoming a regular form of the pronoun with widespread use in everyday language and the idea of acquiring a genderless pronoun in the English language eventually. Alongside this, the paper will also discuss the creation and attempted normalisation of neopronouns, 'new coinages that were created as an alternative to they' (McGaughey, 2020). Also, what they are, their use, some of their models, like the Spivak, and their future in the English language. The use of gender-neutral pronouns as replacement for the binary ones helps make visible the reality of genderqueer and transgender people in society. Since language has a great impact in politics, giving a new meaning to this pronoun helps to materialise the reality that these people live. Therefore, the paper will also analyse the response different collectives have had to them, both the positive and negative. In order to determine the situation of these new forms and uses, the study will go over their origins, their current status, and also discuss their usage among the transgender community through an exploratory analysis of materials from Tumblr and other social media platforms, where people from different backgrounds share their views and opinions about the topic.
Direction
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Tutorships)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Tutorships)
Court
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Student’s tutor)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Student’s tutor)
Linguistic dynamisation and cultural action at the local level: the municipality of Salceda de Caselas
Authorship
B.T.G.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
B.T.G.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 13:15
09.11.2024 13:15
Summary
The information obtained will be analyzed taking into account the socio-demographic and sociolinguistic context of the municipality and the region, using data from the population census and surveys of the Galician Institute of Statistics. This context has changed a lot in the last two decades, as the municipality of Salceda de Caselas has experienced a large population growth in the last two decades. has experienced a large population growth since 2000, to the point of being among the municipalities with the lowest average age and the highest birth rates in Galicia. In addition, it belongs to the region of Vigo, one of the most ungalleguized and with a very complex sociolinguistic reality. My study will have the interest of verifying to what extent the basic cultural activity at the local level has an impact on linguistic uses and attitudes, in a context of very rapid social change, a driving force of de-linguization, as is the case of the municipality of Salceda de Caselas.
The information obtained will be analyzed taking into account the socio-demographic and sociolinguistic context of the municipality and the region, using data from the population census and surveys of the Galician Institute of Statistics. This context has changed a lot in the last two decades, as the municipality of Salceda de Caselas has experienced a large population growth in the last two decades. has experienced a large population growth since 2000, to the point of being among the municipalities with the lowest average age and the highest birth rates in Galicia. In addition, it belongs to the region of Vigo, one of the most ungalleguized and with a very complex sociolinguistic reality. My study will have the interest of verifying to what extent the basic cultural activity at the local level has an impact on linguistic uses and attitudes, in a context of very rapid social change, a driving force of de-linguization, as is the case of the municipality of Salceda de Caselas.
Direction
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Tutorships)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Tutorships)
Court
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Student’s tutor)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Student’s tutor)
The Unstressed Vowel System as an Indicator of Galician Identity in Pronunciation: A Perceptual Study
Authorship
D.F.L.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
D.F.L.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 18:00
09.11.2024 18:00
Summary
The relevance of the final unstressed vowel system in the perception of Galician traits in pronunciation has been observed for years by different authors (Regueira, 2012; Tomé Lourido, 2018). Following Aguete's work (2020), Aguete e Fernández Rei (2022) hypothesized that unstressed vowels are more significant than stressed vowels in the perception of characteristically Galician traits in speech. Based on this idea, we formulated the central hypothesis of our work: the perception of Galician pronunciation is ideologically mediated, that is, a trait considered emblematic of spoken Galician (the differentiation of seven stressed vowels) is not the main indicator of its Galician identity. To demonstrate this, we will conduct an experiment, based on the hypothesis of Aguete e Fernández Rei (2022), which will consist of a perceptual test in which we will control the pronunciation variables of the stressed vowel system (7 and 5 vowels) and the unstressed vowel system (reduced and non-reduced). For its design and implementation, we will use the FOLERPA platform (Fernández Rei et al., 2021). In the test, we will include questions regarding the evaluation of the accent, traditionality, authenticity, and origin (rural-urban) of the informants. Additionally, we will seek reflection from the judges on these items to gather their metapragmatic judgments. We expect that the unstressed vowel variable will be more significant than the stressed vowel variable, which would confirm the experiment's hypothesis and support our main hypothesis. This involves a reflection on indexicality as a link between a form and a social meaning (Bucholtz e Hall, 2005): if speakers associate Galician pronunciation with the distinction of 7 stressed vowels and, on the contrary, perceive it through the reduction of unstressed vowels, we would be facing a social meaning linked to a preconception and not to a form, and, additionally, considering the possibility that the unstressed vowel system is the indexical form.
The relevance of the final unstressed vowel system in the perception of Galician traits in pronunciation has been observed for years by different authors (Regueira, 2012; Tomé Lourido, 2018). Following Aguete's work (2020), Aguete e Fernández Rei (2022) hypothesized that unstressed vowels are more significant than stressed vowels in the perception of characteristically Galician traits in speech. Based on this idea, we formulated the central hypothesis of our work: the perception of Galician pronunciation is ideologically mediated, that is, a trait considered emblematic of spoken Galician (the differentiation of seven stressed vowels) is not the main indicator of its Galician identity. To demonstrate this, we will conduct an experiment, based on the hypothesis of Aguete e Fernández Rei (2022), which will consist of a perceptual test in which we will control the pronunciation variables of the stressed vowel system (7 and 5 vowels) and the unstressed vowel system (reduced and non-reduced). For its design and implementation, we will use the FOLERPA platform (Fernández Rei et al., 2021). In the test, we will include questions regarding the evaluation of the accent, traditionality, authenticity, and origin (rural-urban) of the informants. Additionally, we will seek reflection from the judges on these items to gather their metapragmatic judgments. We expect that the unstressed vowel variable will be more significant than the stressed vowel variable, which would confirm the experiment's hypothesis and support our main hypothesis. This involves a reflection on indexicality as a link between a form and a social meaning (Bucholtz e Hall, 2005): if speakers associate Galician pronunciation with the distinction of 7 stressed vowels and, on the contrary, perceive it through the reduction of unstressed vowels, we would be facing a social meaning linked to a preconception and not to a form, and, additionally, considering the possibility that the unstressed vowel system is the indexical form.
Direction
FERNANDEZ REY, ELISA (Tutorships)
FERNANDEZ REY, ELISA (Tutorships)
Court
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Overcoming Trauma: Nature, Sorority and Self-discovery in Holly Ringland’s The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Authorship
S.M.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
S.M.B.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 12:15
07.16.2024 12:15
Summary
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is a novel written by the Australian writer Holly Ringland and published in 2018. The novel deals with the coming-of-age of Alice Hart, a young girl who faces a tragedy and is taken by her grandmother to her flower farm, a community of women who suffered male abuse and are there learning to heal. In her teenage years, Alice will set out on a journey to the Outback with the purpose of finding herself, but love will put her in danger again. This dissertation will focus on the causes and consequences of trauma, especially the ones resulting from male-perpetuated violence and from women's subordinate position in a patriarchal society. My main intention is to show how the author and the characters of the novel deal with and overcome pain and guilt. To serve this purpose, I will tackle the regenerating and relieving powers of writing in Ringland’s work, whose own traumatic experience inspired the novel. Nonetheless, I will also focus on the characters' alternative ways to heal and free themselves from the painful memories of the past. In this sense, this dissertation will also examine sorority, intergenerational relationships and feminism, as evident in the novel in the flower farm, a community of women established to resist male abuse whilst also having as central these women's contact with nature as therapy in the native Australian context. In consequence, this dissertation will also critically examine the language of flowers and flower imagery as an alternative mode of expressing fear and trauma, as well as the importance of self-discovery in the process of maturation. In order to do so, this dissertation will be informed from a methodological perspective by trauma studies, paying special attention to seminal works such as Cathy Caruth's The Unclaimed History: Trauma, Narrative and History (1996) as well as by the concept of Dangerous Writing (Tom Spanbauer, 2016), which consists in using fiction to write about unresolved past traumas. Finally, I will also refer to works related to gender studies and feminism, among others.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is a novel written by the Australian writer Holly Ringland and published in 2018. The novel deals with the coming-of-age of Alice Hart, a young girl who faces a tragedy and is taken by her grandmother to her flower farm, a community of women who suffered male abuse and are there learning to heal. In her teenage years, Alice will set out on a journey to the Outback with the purpose of finding herself, but love will put her in danger again. This dissertation will focus on the causes and consequences of trauma, especially the ones resulting from male-perpetuated violence and from women's subordinate position in a patriarchal society. My main intention is to show how the author and the characters of the novel deal with and overcome pain and guilt. To serve this purpose, I will tackle the regenerating and relieving powers of writing in Ringland’s work, whose own traumatic experience inspired the novel. Nonetheless, I will also focus on the characters' alternative ways to heal and free themselves from the painful memories of the past. In this sense, this dissertation will also examine sorority, intergenerational relationships and feminism, as evident in the novel in the flower farm, a community of women established to resist male abuse whilst also having as central these women's contact with nature as therapy in the native Australian context. In consequence, this dissertation will also critically examine the language of flowers and flower imagery as an alternative mode of expressing fear and trauma, as well as the importance of self-discovery in the process of maturation. In order to do so, this dissertation will be informed from a methodological perspective by trauma studies, paying special attention to seminal works such as Cathy Caruth's The Unclaimed History: Trauma, Narrative and History (1996) as well as by the concept of Dangerous Writing (Tom Spanbauer, 2016), which consists in using fiction to write about unresolved past traumas. Finally, I will also refer to works related to gender studies and feminism, among others.
Direction
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Tutorships)
LOJO RODRIGUEZ, LAURA MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
Singularities of the Galician female authorship in the approach of the memory of 36. Susana Sanches Arins and Iria Morgade Valcárcel, two case studies.
Authorship
E.N.B.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
E.N.B.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 10:15
06.19.2024 10:15
Summary
Memory is unreliable but it constitutes us. Its memory is not identical every time we recall it and its transmission is never homogeneous, but it is the basis of the value of individual experience and, as members of a society, by extension, of collective experience as well. Aware of the instability of this faculty -perhaps distorted, lost or excessively subjective-, these pages aim to go further: believing in its capacity to show the cause-effect relationship between past and present times, this work seeks to elucidate the way in which memory, in the form of literature, can become the instrument with which to overcome the trauma generated by the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship. Exploring the form(s) in which the memory of the 36th is recovered, capturing its effects and observing the renewal of the theme in the two case studies proposed -the readings of seique (Através, 2019) by Susana Sanches Arins and Quen escribirá a miña historia? by Iria Morgade Valcárcel (Galaxia, 2023)-, we will illustrate the change of the social discourse disseminated until now for a new one, more acaural and fundamentally based on the gender perspective. Subjecting the works to this purpose of reworking and counter-hegemonic production, the social function of the novel and its suitability for highlighting a series of tensions maintained between the official and unofficial Spanish State will be highlighted.
Memory is unreliable but it constitutes us. Its memory is not identical every time we recall it and its transmission is never homogeneous, but it is the basis of the value of individual experience and, as members of a society, by extension, of collective experience as well. Aware of the instability of this faculty -perhaps distorted, lost or excessively subjective-, these pages aim to go further: believing in its capacity to show the cause-effect relationship between past and present times, this work seeks to elucidate the way in which memory, in the form of literature, can become the instrument with which to overcome the trauma generated by the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship. Exploring the form(s) in which the memory of the 36th is recovered, capturing its effects and observing the renewal of the theme in the two case studies proposed -the readings of seique (Através, 2019) by Susana Sanches Arins and Quen escribirá a miña historia? by Iria Morgade Valcárcel (Galaxia, 2023)-, we will illustrate the change of the social discourse disseminated until now for a new one, more acaural and fundamentally based on the gender perspective. Subjecting the works to this purpose of reworking and counter-hegemonic production, the social function of the novel and its suitability for highlighting a series of tensions maintained between the official and unofficial Spanish State will be highlighted.
Direction
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Tutorships)
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Tutorships)
Court
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Chairman)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
Linguistic attitudes and language learning: theoretical review and didactic proposal for the Galician language
Authorship
I.F.D.A.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
I.F.D.A.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 18:35
09.11.2024 18:35
Summary
Linguistic attitudes play a determining role in the processes of language acquisition and learning, as they constitute one of the forms of expression of the linguistic awareness of speakers. Thus, along with other central elements in the field of sociolinguistics, such as beliefs or stereotypes, linguistic attitudes contribute to constructing visions and ideas about a language, factors that will influence the development of the user as a speaker of a language in a given social context. In situations of linguistic contact where two or more languages coexist with differences in prestige, the development of positive linguistic attitudes towards the minoritized language will be essential for its valuation within the speech community. In a context like Galician, it is necessary for speakers to adopt favorable stances towards the Galician language in order to counteract the advance of Spanish and ensure the preservation of Galician and the linguistic identity of Galicians. In this sense, education constitutes a fundamental tool for the development of these positive attitudes, since, as recent research shows, linguistic attitudes and motivation are two decisive factors linked to success in language learning processes. In this paper, a review of studies analyzing linguistic attitudes from the perspective of language learning and attitudes in the Galician educational context will be carried out, with the purpose of subsequently developing didactic material aimed at fostering favorable linguistic attitudes towards the Galician language. We will focus mainly on metalinguistic reflection activities designed to be integrated into Galician language and literature classrooms in secondary education.
Linguistic attitudes play a determining role in the processes of language acquisition and learning, as they constitute one of the forms of expression of the linguistic awareness of speakers. Thus, along with other central elements in the field of sociolinguistics, such as beliefs or stereotypes, linguistic attitudes contribute to constructing visions and ideas about a language, factors that will influence the development of the user as a speaker of a language in a given social context. In situations of linguistic contact where two or more languages coexist with differences in prestige, the development of positive linguistic attitudes towards the minoritized language will be essential for its valuation within the speech community. In a context like Galician, it is necessary for speakers to adopt favorable stances towards the Galician language in order to counteract the advance of Spanish and ensure the preservation of Galician and the linguistic identity of Galicians. In this sense, education constitutes a fundamental tool for the development of these positive attitudes, since, as recent research shows, linguistic attitudes and motivation are two decisive factors linked to success in language learning processes. In this paper, a review of studies analyzing linguistic attitudes from the perspective of language learning and attitudes in the Galician educational context will be carried out, with the purpose of subsequently developing didactic material aimed at fostering favorable linguistic attitudes towards the Galician language. We will focus mainly on metalinguistic reflection activities designed to be integrated into Galician language and literature classrooms in secondary education.
Direction
ALVAREZ DE LA GRANJA, MARIA (Tutorships)
ALVAREZ DE LA GRANJA, MARIA (Tutorships)
Court
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
MONTEAGUDO ROMERO, XOSE HENRIQUE (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Microtoponymy of the villages of Renche and Lourido Grande. Collection and study.
Authorship
S.S.F.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
S.S.F.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.20.2024 13:00
06.20.2024 13:00
Summary
The purpose of this work is to study the microtoponymy of the 148 names belonging to the neighboring villages of Renche and Lourido Grande, which are located in the municipality of Samos and belong to the province of Lugo. To carry out this study, these names have been previously collected, using documents such as the cadastre and developing fieldwork to contrast the information and, in certain cases, expand it. At the same time, they will be identified and registered in the Galicia Nomeada online project. After making a glossary, an etymological analysis of each of them will be carried out to account for their origin and the evolution they have undergone until the present day, taking into consideration different historical documentary sources and previous studies. At the same time, a semantic analysis will be carried out where an observation of the physical characteristics of the territory will be made to see to what extent they continue to reflect what the original name indicates. Finally, all of them will be classified according to the semantic field to which they belong and their etymological root.
The purpose of this work is to study the microtoponymy of the 148 names belonging to the neighboring villages of Renche and Lourido Grande, which are located in the municipality of Samos and belong to the province of Lugo. To carry out this study, these names have been previously collected, using documents such as the cadastre and developing fieldwork to contrast the information and, in certain cases, expand it. At the same time, they will be identified and registered in the Galicia Nomeada online project. After making a glossary, an etymological analysis of each of them will be carried out to account for their origin and the evolution they have undergone until the present day, taking into consideration different historical documentary sources and previous studies. At the same time, a semantic analysis will be carried out where an observation of the physical characteristics of the territory will be made to see to what extent they continue to reflect what the original name indicates. Finally, all of them will be classified according to the semantic field to which they belong and their etymological root.
Direction
BOULLON AGRELO, ANA ISABEL (Tutorships)
BOULLON AGRELO, ANA ISABEL (Tutorships)
Court
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
Sousa Fernández, Xulio (Chairman)
MIGUEZ REGO, VITOR (Secretary)
Dubert García, Francisco Xosé (Member)
The Grotesque and the Animal: Symbolism in Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories
Authorship
A.B.Q.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.B.Q.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.15.2024 09:30
07.15.2024 09:30
Summary
In this dissertation, I will explore animal representation in literature from an Animal Studies perspective. I aim to examine human classifications of nonhuman animals and their impact on their mutual relationships. Thus, the starting point will consist of an explanation of what an animal is and the various categories resulting from animals’ service to humankind. To achieve this, I will analyse the role of animals in four stories by Edgar Allan Poe: The Black Cat, Metzengerstein, Sphinx, Tale-Tell Heart and the narrative poem The Raven. The theoretical frame of Animal Studies will include the work, among others, of Margo DeMello's book Animals and Society: An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies. This will be complemented by a selection of literary criticism on these five stories, especially on their use of symbolism. Furthermore, I will explain the role of animals in literature, particularly their function in horror literature, by focusing on the literary animals presented in these five texts by Poe. I will explain why the animal figure in horror literature is so significant in instilling fear in the readers.
In this dissertation, I will explore animal representation in literature from an Animal Studies perspective. I aim to examine human classifications of nonhuman animals and their impact on their mutual relationships. Thus, the starting point will consist of an explanation of what an animal is and the various categories resulting from animals’ service to humankind. To achieve this, I will analyse the role of animals in four stories by Edgar Allan Poe: The Black Cat, Metzengerstein, Sphinx, Tale-Tell Heart and the narrative poem The Raven. The theoretical frame of Animal Studies will include the work, among others, of Margo DeMello's book Animals and Society: An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies. This will be complemented by a selection of literary criticism on these five stories, especially on their use of symbolism. Furthermore, I will explain the role of animals in literature, particularly their function in horror literature, by focusing on the literary animals presented in these five texts by Poe. I will explain why the animal figure in horror literature is so significant in instilling fear in the readers.
Direction
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Tutorships)
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Tutorships)
Court
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Student’s tutor)
PALACIOS GONZALEZ, MANUELA (Student’s tutor)
Unveiling TruthfulQA: A Critical Examination of Veracity in Large Language Models
Authorship
P.N.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
P.N.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 09:30
07.16.2024 09:30
Summary
This dissertation hosts a research whose main objective is to test the veracity of the TruthfulQA benchmark, a paradigm-shifting approach to the task of question answering, one of the most challenging for Large Language Models (LLMs). TruthfulQA is a benchmark to measure whether a language model is truthful in generating answers to questions. The benchmark gathers 817 questions encompassing 38 categories, including health, law, finance and politics (Lin, Hilton, and Evans, 2021). To start the investigation, the basic principies of TruthfulQA are established. The benchmark is particularly focused on false myths, which are less likely to be covered by existing answering benchmarks and are very challenging for LLMs. Regarding the language, a Galician-English relationship will be established by translating the benchmark from English to Galician. The aim of this TFG is to develop a specific TruthfulQA benchmark translated and adapted from English to Galician, which can be used to assess the ability of LLMs in relation to factuality in an adversarial context, such as that of false myths
This dissertation hosts a research whose main objective is to test the veracity of the TruthfulQA benchmark, a paradigm-shifting approach to the task of question answering, one of the most challenging for Large Language Models (LLMs). TruthfulQA is a benchmark to measure whether a language model is truthful in generating answers to questions. The benchmark gathers 817 questions encompassing 38 categories, including health, law, finance and politics (Lin, Hilton, and Evans, 2021). To start the investigation, the basic principies of TruthfulQA are established. The benchmark is particularly focused on false myths, which are less likely to be covered by existing answering benchmarks and are very challenging for LLMs. Regarding the language, a Galician-English relationship will be established by translating the benchmark from English to Galician. The aim of this TFG is to develop a specific TruthfulQA benchmark translated and adapted from English to Galician, which can be used to assess the ability of LLMs in relation to factuality in an adversarial context, such as that of false myths
Direction
Codesido García, Ana Isabel (Tutorships)
Gamallo Otero, Pablo (Co-tutorships)
de Dios Flores, Iria (Co-tutorships)
Codesido García, Ana Isabel (Tutorships)
Gamallo Otero, Pablo (Co-tutorships)
de Dios Flores, Iria (Co-tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
“The Couto Misto, along the years and current”
Authorship
B.R.F.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
B.R.F.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
07.15.2024 12:00
07.15.2024 12:00
Summary
In the current reality, in which achieving independence seems impossible for any territory, this work aims to study the situation that existed in a small area between Galicia and Portugal, where the inhabitants dictated the rules themselves, the Couto Misto. The study begins by contextualising and delimiting the objectives of the research, and then delves into the history of this unique state, highlighting its origins, evolution, and several types of borders. It examines its location, geographical characteristics, and environmental aspects. It analyses the political structure, local administration, cultural and literary influences and, at the same time, the historical heritage. In addition to an overview of this society throughout its history, with its reminiscences, the book explores contemporary challenges, social and demographic transformations and the movements or collective proposals, so as not to remain in the lurch, of the still nostalgic inhabitants in situ.
In the current reality, in which achieving independence seems impossible for any territory, this work aims to study the situation that existed in a small area between Galicia and Portugal, where the inhabitants dictated the rules themselves, the Couto Misto. The study begins by contextualising and delimiting the objectives of the research, and then delves into the history of this unique state, highlighting its origins, evolution, and several types of borders. It examines its location, geographical characteristics, and environmental aspects. It analyses the political structure, local administration, cultural and literary influences and, at the same time, the historical heritage. In addition to an overview of this society throughout its history, with its reminiscences, the book explores contemporary challenges, social and demographic transformations and the movements or collective proposals, so as not to remain in the lurch, of the still nostalgic inhabitants in situ.
Direction
QUIROGA DIAZ, JOSE CARLOS (Tutorships)
QUIROGA DIAZ, JOSE CARLOS (Tutorships)
Court
QUIROGA DIAZ, JOSE CARLOS (Student’s tutor)
QUIROGA DIAZ, JOSE CARLOS (Student’s tutor)
Family, Gender and History in Ireland: A study of Amanda Geard’s The Midnight House
Authorship
L.C.S.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
L.C.S.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.10.2024 10:00
09.10.2024 10:00
Summary
This research is focused on Amanda Geard’s debut novel The Midnight House (2021), that we study as a brilliant combination of mystery and historical fiction with a gender perspective. The narrative, set in rural Ireland, covers from 1939 till 2019, with many flashbacks and forwards that serve the author to recall relevant episodes of the history of Ireland such as Anglo-Irish relationships, the beginnings of the IRA revolutionaries, the Irish participation in the Second World War, till the political and economic scandals in Celtic Tiger Ireland. Furthermore, The Midnight House offers an interesting account of women’s condition on the isle throughout time, illustrating their hardships in the Irish patriarchal society, their fight for independence and their progressive although difficult access to the world of labour. Set in the west of Ireland, the novel also offers a sound reflection on the ideas of home and homelessness as experienced both in twentieth and in twenty-first century Ireland. Therefore, the analysis proposed studies Amanda Geard’s novel from a gender perspective, identifying also in the narrative elements from historical fiction, and mystery narratives as well as contextualising the work in the tradition of the Irish “Big House Novel”.
This research is focused on Amanda Geard’s debut novel The Midnight House (2021), that we study as a brilliant combination of mystery and historical fiction with a gender perspective. The narrative, set in rural Ireland, covers from 1939 till 2019, with many flashbacks and forwards that serve the author to recall relevant episodes of the history of Ireland such as Anglo-Irish relationships, the beginnings of the IRA revolutionaries, the Irish participation in the Second World War, till the political and economic scandals in Celtic Tiger Ireland. Furthermore, The Midnight House offers an interesting account of women’s condition on the isle throughout time, illustrating their hardships in the Irish patriarchal society, their fight for independence and their progressive although difficult access to the world of labour. Set in the west of Ireland, the novel also offers a sound reflection on the ideas of home and homelessness as experienced both in twentieth and in twenty-first century Ireland. Therefore, the analysis proposed studies Amanda Geard’s novel from a gender perspective, identifying also in the narrative elements from historical fiction, and mystery narratives as well as contextualising the work in the tradition of the Irish “Big House Novel”.
Direction
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Tutorships)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
Jaime Solá: early years, impact and response in Galicia
Authorship
N.V.O.J.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
N.V.O.J.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.17.2024 13:00
07.17.2024 13:00
Summary
This philological approach will mostly focus on the figure of Jaime Solá, Galician writer whose literary production is written in Spanish. The main goal will be to understand his start as a writer and his reception in the Galician late 19th century and beginning of the 20th. The acceptance of his work is going to be discussed throughout different newspaper articles and it will take into account his impact as an influential person in his social context. In order to accomplish this, a study of his texts will have to be done, and for the understanding of these texts as well as his impact as an author, an investigation of his literary and social context will have to take place, which will entail since the late 19th century until 1909. In this way, we will shed some light on Solá’s work and set him in his context.
This philological approach will mostly focus on the figure of Jaime Solá, Galician writer whose literary production is written in Spanish. The main goal will be to understand his start as a writer and his reception in the Galician late 19th century and beginning of the 20th. The acceptance of his work is going to be discussed throughout different newspaper articles and it will take into account his impact as an influential person in his social context. In order to accomplish this, a study of his texts will have to be done, and for the understanding of these texts as well as his impact as an author, an investigation of his literary and social context will have to take place, which will entail since the late 19th century until 1909. In this way, we will shed some light on Solá’s work and set him in his context.
Direction
FEIJO TORRES, ELIAS JOSE (Tutorships)
FEIJO TORRES, ELIAS JOSE (Tutorships)
Court
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
The perception of the transformation of Paris in the 19th century by the Impressionist painters and Marcel Proust, Jules Goncourt and Virginia Woolf
Authorship
A.V.B.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
A.V.B.
Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages and Literatures
Defense date
06.18.2024 11:00
06.18.2024 11:00
Summary
The renovation of Paris in the 19th century was a major public works project undertaken by Emperor Napoleon III and directed by the Prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870. The plan demolished the most insalubrious and overcrowded medieval districts of Paris. The plan led to the construction of new sewers, fountains and aqueducts. The layout of the streets and, more generally, the current appearance of the centre of Paris, are partly the result of the renovation directed by Baron Haussmann. The aim of this work is to show how this transformation was perceived by the artists of the Impressionist movement, as well as by two French authors: Marcel Proust and Jules Goncourt, and by an English author, Virginia Woolf, in order to show different points of view of this change in Paris. Impressionism, one of the main artistic movements to emerge in the second half of the nineteenth century, sought to capture light and the moment, creating a new representation of reality, but also to show certain transformations in the society and landscape of its time, particularly in the city of Paris. The painters on whom this research will be based are: Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, Alfred Sisley, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Camille Pissarro and Vincent Van Gogh.
The renovation of Paris in the 19th century was a major public works project undertaken by Emperor Napoleon III and directed by the Prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870. The plan demolished the most insalubrious and overcrowded medieval districts of Paris. The plan led to the construction of new sewers, fountains and aqueducts. The layout of the streets and, more generally, the current appearance of the centre of Paris, are partly the result of the renovation directed by Baron Haussmann. The aim of this work is to show how this transformation was perceived by the artists of the Impressionist movement, as well as by two French authors: Marcel Proust and Jules Goncourt, and by an English author, Virginia Woolf, in order to show different points of view of this change in Paris. Impressionism, one of the main artistic movements to emerge in the second half of the nineteenth century, sought to capture light and the moment, creating a new representation of reality, but also to show certain transformations in the society and landscape of its time, particularly in the city of Paris. The painters on whom this research will be based are: Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, Alfred Sisley, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, Camille Pissarro and Vincent Van Gogh.
Direction
GARCIA MARTINEZ, MANUEL (Tutorships)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, MANUEL (Tutorships)
Court
GARCIA MARTINEZ, MANUEL (Student’s tutor)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, MANUEL (Student’s tutor)
The forgotten perspective: feminism in the configuration of the canon in the Nova Narrativa Galega.
Authorship
X.C.R.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
X.C.R.
Bachelor's degree in Galician Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 09:30
06.19.2024 09:30
Summary
This thesis aims to analyse the relevance of the feminist perspective in the canon's configuration processes, applied to the context of the literary debates that the Nova Narrativa Galega (NNG) provoked in the 80s and 90s. The research carried out in this work has a twofold intention. On the one hand, to analyse the literary debates of the NNG in the 80s and 90s to point out that the canon, as its social construct, can be questioned and revised. On the other hand, the aim is to study the relevance of the gender perspective in the construction of the literary canon and how this perspective was absent in the literary debates of the NNG, relegating the few feminist reflections that were made to marginal spaces. This work is structured in two blocks of content. In the first block, a historical review is made of some works that constituted the literary debate around the Nova Narrativa Galega (from Camino Noia's thesis in 1968 to the publications of the 80s and 90s). The second reflects on the absence of the gender perspective in these debates on the configuration of the canon and on how the few feminist reflections were relegated to the margins. Furthermore, it also delves into the difficulties of being a female narrator (material and social), the limitations of the Rosalian model and the figure of María Xosé Queizán. It also takes into account the new feminist currents that are currently emerging.
This thesis aims to analyse the relevance of the feminist perspective in the canon's configuration processes, applied to the context of the literary debates that the Nova Narrativa Galega (NNG) provoked in the 80s and 90s. The research carried out in this work has a twofold intention. On the one hand, to analyse the literary debates of the NNG in the 80s and 90s to point out that the canon, as its social construct, can be questioned and revised. On the other hand, the aim is to study the relevance of the gender perspective in the construction of the literary canon and how this perspective was absent in the literary debates of the NNG, relegating the few feminist reflections that were made to marginal spaces. This work is structured in two blocks of content. In the first block, a historical review is made of some works that constituted the literary debate around the Nova Narrativa Galega (from Camino Noia's thesis in 1968 to the publications of the 80s and 90s). The second reflects on the absence of the gender perspective in these debates on the configuration of the canon and on how the few feminist reflections were relegated to the margins. Furthermore, it also delves into the difficulties of being a female narrator (material and social), the limitations of the Rosalian model and the figure of María Xosé Queizán. It also takes into account the new feminist currents that are currently emerging.
Direction
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Tutorships)
GARCIA MARTINEZ, PABLO (Tutorships)
Court
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Chairman)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
VILAVEDRA FERNANDEZ, DOLORES (Chairman)
SALGADO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL ANTONIO (Secretary)
NOGUEIRA PEREIRA, MARIA XESUS (Member)
History has its eyes on you: Hamilton: An American Musical in the light of Epic Theatre.
Authorship
A.M.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
A.M.C.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
07.16.2024 10:30
07.16.2024 10:30
Summary
At the beginning of the 20th century and influenced by the October revolution, Bertolt Brecht follows the trail of Erwin Piscator and his political theatre and develops its own theatrical theory: the Epic Theatre. This kind of theatre (directed to the working class instead of the bourgeois) wanted the spectator to reflect on those social aspects that had to be changed. A century later, in 2015, Broadway sees the premiere of Hamilton: An American Musical. This play written by Lin-Manuel Miranda follows the life of the founding father Alexander Hamilton, while exposing social problems that still prevail in the United States, such as racism or misogyny. The aim of this project is to explore how Brecht’s theories are not only used but also still effective in the 21th century, using Miranda’s musical as the demonstration for that due to its huge impact in Broadway in the past decade.
At the beginning of the 20th century and influenced by the October revolution, Bertolt Brecht follows the trail of Erwin Piscator and his political theatre and develops its own theatrical theory: the Epic Theatre. This kind of theatre (directed to the working class instead of the bourgeois) wanted the spectator to reflect on those social aspects that had to be changed. A century later, in 2015, Broadway sees the premiere of Hamilton: An American Musical. This play written by Lin-Manuel Miranda follows the life of the founding father Alexander Hamilton, while exposing social problems that still prevail in the United States, such as racism or misogyny. The aim of this project is to explore how Brecht’s theories are not only used but also still effective in the 21th century, using Miranda’s musical as the demonstration for that due to its huge impact in Broadway in the past decade.
Direction
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Tutorships)
ABUIN GONZALEZ, ANGEL EUGENIO (Tutorships)
Court
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES (Chairman)
BOUSO RIVAS, TAMARA (Secretary)
GARCIA CANDEIRA, MARGARITA (Member)
Comparative approach to the pragmatic development in Williams and Asperger Syndromes.
Authorship
M.B.B.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
M.B.B.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 13:00
06.19.2024 13:00
Summary
Using Williams and Asperger syndromes as a starting point from a pragmatic framework, the work will consist of a comparative approach to the development of pragmatic competence in subjects presenting these two disorders. Both in the case of Williams syndrome and Asperger syndrome, affected individuals have a considerable command of other linguistic fields such as grammar or syntax, but lack skills in the pragmatic part of language. When we speak of pragmatics, we refer to the discipline whose object of study is the analysis of the utterances emitted and interpreted by speakers in context. It is an essential part of language and an indispensable faculty for a fruitful linguistic exchange. The data used for this work comes from Spanish-speaking subjects and will be extracted from the repertoire-corpus of Eliseo Diez-Itza, Francisco J. Muñoz Rodríguez, Beatriz Gallardo Paúls and Elena Garayzábal, among others. Some of the inventories used for the work are located in the TalkBank platform (https://www.talkbank.org/), which will be one of our sample sources. The aim of the work will be to show the limitations that these syndromes cause in the communicative skills of the people who suffer from them, and to see how the absence of pragmatic aptitude greatly hinders conversational success.
Using Williams and Asperger syndromes as a starting point from a pragmatic framework, the work will consist of a comparative approach to the development of pragmatic competence in subjects presenting these two disorders. Both in the case of Williams syndrome and Asperger syndrome, affected individuals have a considerable command of other linguistic fields such as grammar or syntax, but lack skills in the pragmatic part of language. When we speak of pragmatics, we refer to the discipline whose object of study is the analysis of the utterances emitted and interpreted by speakers in context. It is an essential part of language and an indispensable faculty for a fruitful linguistic exchange. The data used for this work comes from Spanish-speaking subjects and will be extracted from the repertoire-corpus of Eliseo Diez-Itza, Francisco J. Muñoz Rodríguez, Beatriz Gallardo Paúls and Elena Garayzábal, among others. Some of the inventories used for the work are located in the TalkBank platform (https://www.talkbank.org/), which will be one of our sample sources. The aim of the work will be to show the limitations that these syndromes cause in the communicative skills of the people who suffer from them, and to see how the absence of pragmatic aptitude greatly hinders conversational success.
Direction
FERNANDEZ PEREZ, MILAGROS (Tutorships)
FERNANDEZ PEREZ, MILAGROS (Tutorships)
Court
FERNANDEZ PEREZ, MILAGROS (Student’s tutor)
FERNANDEZ PEREZ, MILAGROS (Student’s tutor)
The defense of women in Christine De Pizan through The Book of the City of Ladies.
Authorship
M.N.C.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
M.N.C.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
06.21.2024 11:20
06.21.2024 11:20
Summary
The following academic paper of the humanistic writer and one of the femmes de lettres that transformed the intellectual vocation into a profession will treat the figure of Christine de Pizan. The author will be the heart of the analysis of her book Le Livre de la Cité des Dames (1405), and we will elucidate why she is considered the foremother of actual western feminism. As a response towards the rejection of the traditional and misogynistic rules that prevailed in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, De Pizan wrote in defense of all women against the total subordination where they lived just for the simple matter of existing. Therefore, thanks to The Book of the City of Ladies, the author develops a series of criteria to elevate the intellectual capabilities and virtues of women to refute the stereotypes and the most used arguments against them from a vast range of distinguished female figures who live in said city.
The following academic paper of the humanistic writer and one of the femmes de lettres that transformed the intellectual vocation into a profession will treat the figure of Christine de Pizan. The author will be the heart of the analysis of her book Le Livre de la Cité des Dames (1405), and we will elucidate why she is considered the foremother of actual western feminism. As a response towards the rejection of the traditional and misogynistic rules that prevailed in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, De Pizan wrote in defense of all women against the total subordination where they lived just for the simple matter of existing. Therefore, thanks to The Book of the City of Ladies, the author develops a series of criteria to elevate the intellectual capabilities and virtues of women to refute the stereotypes and the most used arguments against them from a vast range of distinguished female figures who live in said city.
Direction
GUTIERREZ GARCIA, SANTIAGO (Tutorships)
GUTIERREZ GARCIA, SANTIAGO (Tutorships)
Court
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
The use of non-standard english varieties in animated films
Authorship
V.C.T.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
V.C.T.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
09.11.2024 16:30
09.11.2024 16:30
Summary
Animated films can be seen as an educational tool but they may also reinforce social stereotypes. This may be the case, for example, when specific accents and dialects are used in the construction of characters, without a clear justification (for example, when the characters are not even human beings). In this dissertation, I will be examining the use that animated films make of diverse nonstandard varieties of English in order to create characters. My main focus will be on two films produced by The Walt Disney Company, Mulan (1998) and The Lion King (1994), as in both of them a range of language varieties are used in the creation of characters, which in the case of the latter film are not human beings. I will describe the most salient language features (on the levels of pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar or syntax) used with the main characters in both films in order to identify the language variety which is used in each case (e.g. AAVE, British, American, Latin and Asian). I will then discuss the association of language varieties and character types and the reactions from viewers when these are made explicit in comments and reviews. Finally, a comparison of these films with other more recent ones from the same company will be made to check if there has been any change in terms of linguistic representation. Animated films could be contributing to the reinforcement of linguistic stereotypes and the propagation of linguistic ideologies, creating misconceptions about language in its viewers. It is interesting to see if in recent years they have become more aware of this issue and have striven to evolve in this area.
Animated films can be seen as an educational tool but they may also reinforce social stereotypes. This may be the case, for example, when specific accents and dialects are used in the construction of characters, without a clear justification (for example, when the characters are not even human beings). In this dissertation, I will be examining the use that animated films make of diverse nonstandard varieties of English in order to create characters. My main focus will be on two films produced by The Walt Disney Company, Mulan (1998) and The Lion King (1994), as in both of them a range of language varieties are used in the creation of characters, which in the case of the latter film are not human beings. I will describe the most salient language features (on the levels of pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar or syntax) used with the main characters in both films in order to identify the language variety which is used in each case (e.g. AAVE, British, American, Latin and Asian). I will then discuss the association of language varieties and character types and the reactions from viewers when these are made explicit in comments and reviews. Finally, a comparison of these films with other more recent ones from the same company will be made to check if there has been any change in terms of linguistic representation. Animated films could be contributing to the reinforcement of linguistic stereotypes and the propagation of linguistic ideologies, creating misconceptions about language in its viewers. It is interesting to see if in recent years they have become more aware of this issue and have striven to evolve in this area.
Direction
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Tutorships)
CAL VARELA, MARIO (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
Language and society in Menander
Authorship
R.C.M.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
R.C.M.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
Defense date
09.12.2024 12:30
09.12.2024 12:30
Summary
Menander is the main author of the so called Greek New Comedy, between IV and III century B. C., and he is the only one that we can read a virtually complete play of, Dyskolos, and another five with some extension. Focusing on them and specially on the former we will try to figure out the way characters are built by means of their use of language both syntactical and morphologically, trying to find registers taking also into account meter and dialect. Through that, the construction of comic stock characters and its reflection on the period’s Athenian society and institutions will be analyzed, as well as its prevalence nowadays. In this sociolinguistic essay we will highlight too the political and social change brought about by the Macedonian Conquest which can explain the raison d’être of the New Comedy versus Old and even Middle Comedy. For this research, the classic works of professor F. H. Sandbach on Menander will be used as well as recent contributions on language, style and construction of characters, considering as well the view of classic Greco-latin authors.
Menander is the main author of the so called Greek New Comedy, between IV and III century B. C., and he is the only one that we can read a virtually complete play of, Dyskolos, and another five with some extension. Focusing on them and specially on the former we will try to figure out the way characters are built by means of their use of language both syntactical and morphologically, trying to find registers taking also into account meter and dialect. Through that, the construction of comic stock characters and its reflection on the period’s Athenian society and institutions will be analyzed, as well as its prevalence nowadays. In this sociolinguistic essay we will highlight too the political and social change brought about by the Macedonian Conquest which can explain the raison d’être of the New Comedy versus Old and even Middle Comedy. For this research, the classic works of professor F. H. Sandbach on Menander will be used as well as recent contributions on language, style and construction of characters, considering as well the view of classic Greco-latin authors.
Direction
PEREIRO PARDO, AMELIA DEL CARMEN (Tutorships)
PEREIRO PARDO, AMELIA DEL CARMEN (Tutorships)
Court
Carracedo Fraga, José (Chairman)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Secretary)
DIAZ DE CERIO DIEZ, MARIA MERCEDES (Member)
Carracedo Fraga, José (Chairman)
Criado Boado, Cecilia (Secretary)
DIAZ DE CERIO DIEZ, MARIA MERCEDES (Member)
Satire and picaresque in the Life of Torres Villarroel
Authorship
C.M.C.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
C.M.C.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
07.17.2024 12:30
07.17.2024 12:30
Summary
The Life of Diego de Torres Villarroel (1694-1770), also known as the Piscator of Salamanca, has been the seed of some great debates in literature, not only because of its ambiguous generic classification, but also because of its incarnation of the figure of the rogue typical of the Spanish Golden Age. It is not the first time that this author has attracted the attention of critics and scholars: it is of great interest to remember his famous almanacs with which, thanks to his scandalous predictions, such as the death of the French King Louis I, he revolutionised eighteenth-century society. This work proposes a study of this work, specifically an analysis of the author himself in comparison with this emblematic literary figure. To support this analysis, a general typology of the features of the rogue will be established, based on key works of the genre, such as Lazarillo de Tormes, El Buscón, El Guzmán de Alfarache and La pícara Justina. Its contrast with Villarroel's biography and Life will allow us to gauge the extent to which he can be considered an eighteenth-century rogue. Furthermore, the analysis of the Life will make it possible to limit a panorama of the social types and customs that are the object of Torres Villarroel's criticism, a complex character in which the professor of mathematics at the University of Salamanca and the sharp and mocking witness of the reality of his time coexisted.
The Life of Diego de Torres Villarroel (1694-1770), also known as the Piscator of Salamanca, has been the seed of some great debates in literature, not only because of its ambiguous generic classification, but also because of its incarnation of the figure of the rogue typical of the Spanish Golden Age. It is not the first time that this author has attracted the attention of critics and scholars: it is of great interest to remember his famous almanacs with which, thanks to his scandalous predictions, such as the death of the French King Louis I, he revolutionised eighteenth-century society. This work proposes a study of this work, specifically an analysis of the author himself in comparison with this emblematic literary figure. To support this analysis, a general typology of the features of the rogue will be established, based on key works of the genre, such as Lazarillo de Tormes, El Buscón, El Guzmán de Alfarache and La pícara Justina. Its contrast with Villarroel's biography and Life will allow us to gauge the extent to which he can be considered an eighteenth-century rogue. Furthermore, the analysis of the Life will make it possible to limit a panorama of the social types and customs that are the object of Torres Villarroel's criticism, a complex character in which the professor of mathematics at the University of Salamanca and the sharp and mocking witness of the reality of his time coexisted.
Direction
AZAUSTRE GALIANA, ANTONIO (Tutorships)
AZAUSTRE GALIANA, ANTONIO (Tutorships)
Court
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
PEREZ-ABADIN BARRO, MARIA SOLEDAD (Chairman)
ULLA LORENZO, ALEJANDRA (Secretary)
HERNANDO MORATA, ISABEL (Member)
Absolutely Clueless? Remediating Jane Austen’s Emma (1815) via Amy Heckerling’s Clueless (1995)
Authorship
C.P.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
C.P.R.
Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature
Defense date
06.19.2024 10:30
06.19.2024 10:30
Summary
Jane Austen’s novels, with their vivid characterisation, timeless explorations of emotions, and keen social commentary, have captivated readers for decades and across generations, turning Austen into a cultural phenomenon. The so-called Austenmania has manifested itself in various forms and media, from innumerable film adaptations to fan-fiction rewritings or even Austen-themed merchandise. What makes Austen’s work particularly enduring is its ability to adapt to the changing cultural landscape, offering a timeless lens through which contemporary creators can explore romance, social structures, and personal growth. Departing from these considerations, this dissertation seeks to examine the dialogue between Jane Austen’s Emma (1815) and Amy Heckerling’s film Clueless (1995). To this end, the study will be divided into two main parts, corresponding to the theoretical framework and the case study, respectively. In the first part, I shall engage with the interrelated notions of adaptation, intemediality, and remediation in order to establish a theoretical framework that might prove useful to address Clueless as a film which, while not presented as an adaptation of Emma, covertly remediates Austen’s text both formally (through the film medium) and thematically (Heckerling’s Clueless transposes the original text from the Regency Period to the United States in the 1990s). This will be followed by a close reading of both Emma and Clueless, showing how Heckerling’s film text makes Austen’s original text speak to a contemporary teen audience, retaining the irony present in Austen’s novel and even adding further layers of meaning to the original texts when read alongside the film’s engagement with class, youth, and queer identities.
Jane Austen’s novels, with their vivid characterisation, timeless explorations of emotions, and keen social commentary, have captivated readers for decades and across generations, turning Austen into a cultural phenomenon. The so-called Austenmania has manifested itself in various forms and media, from innumerable film adaptations to fan-fiction rewritings or even Austen-themed merchandise. What makes Austen’s work particularly enduring is its ability to adapt to the changing cultural landscape, offering a timeless lens through which contemporary creators can explore romance, social structures, and personal growth. Departing from these considerations, this dissertation seeks to examine the dialogue between Jane Austen’s Emma (1815) and Amy Heckerling’s film Clueless (1995). To this end, the study will be divided into two main parts, corresponding to the theoretical framework and the case study, respectively. In the first part, I shall engage with the interrelated notions of adaptation, intemediality, and remediation in order to establish a theoretical framework that might prove useful to address Clueless as a film which, while not presented as an adaptation of Emma, covertly remediates Austen’s text both formally (through the film medium) and thematically (Heckerling’s Clueless transposes the original text from the Regency Period to the United States in the 1990s). This will be followed by a close reading of both Emma and Clueless, showing how Heckerling’s film text makes Austen’s original text speak to a contemporary teen audience, retaining the irony present in Austen’s novel and even adding further layers of meaning to the original texts when read alongside the film’s engagement with class, youth, and queer identities.
Direction
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Pereira Ares, Noemí (Tutorships)
Court
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
ESTEVEZ SAA, MARGARITA (Chairman)
BLANCO SUAREZ, ZELTIA (Secretary)
DOVAL SUAREZ, SUSANA MARIA (Member)
Between Earth and Heaven: Animals in Proto-Indo-European Astrological Onomastics.
Authorship
C.F.F.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
C.F.F.
Bachelor's degree in Classical Philology
Defense date
09.12.2024 12:00
09.12.2024 12:00
Summary
The present undergraduate dissertation’s main aim is to comparatively study the representation of the animal world in the terminology related to stars and zodiac constellations in Proto-Indo-European culture. We will analyse the lexicon used in the different branches of the family based on linguistic criteria considered from two perspectives: a synchronic one that studies the cultural framework of the terms in the preserved texts, and a diachronic one that refers to the Proto-Indo-European root and compares them with the possible cognates offered by the daughter languages. Astrology has its origins in prehistoric myths whose traces we can track from Indo-European societies to present days since even in contemporary times we preserve terminology inherited from the ancients for many of the constellations, especially those which are part of the zodiac. Regarding methodology, each section will start from the Proto-Indo-European protoforms, which will be extracted from the main etymological dictionaries, following their phonetic and semantic evolution until we reach the historical forms of the main Proto-Indo-European languages, with greater attention to Latin and Greek, as well as considering cultural and religious aspects that can help contextualize the object of study.
The present undergraduate dissertation’s main aim is to comparatively study the representation of the animal world in the terminology related to stars and zodiac constellations in Proto-Indo-European culture. We will analyse the lexicon used in the different branches of the family based on linguistic criteria considered from two perspectives: a synchronic one that studies the cultural framework of the terms in the preserved texts, and a diachronic one that refers to the Proto-Indo-European root and compares them with the possible cognates offered by the daughter languages. Astrology has its origins in prehistoric myths whose traces we can track from Indo-European societies to present days since even in contemporary times we preserve terminology inherited from the ancients for many of the constellations, especially those which are part of the zodiac. Regarding methodology, each section will start from the Proto-Indo-European protoforms, which will be extracted from the main etymological dictionaries, following their phonetic and semantic evolution until we reach the historical forms of the main Proto-Indo-European languages, with greater attention to Latin and Greek, as well as considering cultural and religious aspects that can help contextualize the object of study.
Direction
GARCIA TRABAZO, JOSE VIRGILIO (Tutorships)
GARCIA TRABAZO, JOSE VIRGILIO (Tutorships)
Court
GARCIA TRABAZO, JOSE VIRGILIO (Student’s tutor)
GARCIA TRABAZO, JOSE VIRGILIO (Student’s tutor)
The tradition of the marvellous in medieval travel literature. Analysis of Andanças e viajes de Pero Tafur
Authorship
L.L.F.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
L.L.F.
Bachelor's degree in Spanish Language and Literature
Defense date
09.09.2024 16:30
09.09.2024 16:30
Summary
This thesis explores the concept of the marvellous in travel literature throughout the Middle Ages, focusing on Andanças e viajes by Pero Tafur, a fifteenth-century work in which the author narrates his journey through the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Europe. Structured in two parts, the first part of this work consists of an introduction to the concept of travel literature, its origins, main characteristics and most representative works; as well as an analysis of the existing tradition of this type of tales of the marvellous, which are characterized by the prominent presence of supernatural and extraordinary elements accompanying the protagonists on their journeys. The second part analyses the mirabilia in Andanças e viajes, their characteristics and the different ways in which the author introduces them into the stories. This thesis attempts to identify which are the most frequent and defining marvellous elements in Andanças e viajes.
This thesis explores the concept of the marvellous in travel literature throughout the Middle Ages, focusing on Andanças e viajes by Pero Tafur, a fifteenth-century work in which the author narrates his journey through the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Europe. Structured in two parts, the first part of this work consists of an introduction to the concept of travel literature, its origins, main characteristics and most representative works; as well as an analysis of the existing tradition of this type of tales of the marvellous, which are characterized by the prominent presence of supernatural and extraordinary elements accompanying the protagonists on their journeys. The second part analyses the mirabilia in Andanças e viajes, their characteristics and the different ways in which the author introduces them into the stories. This thesis attempts to identify which are the most frequent and defining marvellous elements in Andanças e viajes.
Direction
GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, DEBORA (Tutorships)
GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, DEBORA (Tutorships)
Court
GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, DEBORA (Student’s tutor)
GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, DEBORA (Student’s tutor)