Browsing by Subject "Languages, Literatures & Cultural Studies, Ph.D."
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Becoming-Sarmatian, becoming-Steppe. Deleuzoguattarian multiplicities / thresholds / potentialities and the art-work of Marek Konieczny
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Russian & Slavonic Studies, 2016)The present dissertation maps out the artistic practices of the Polish neo-avant-garde artist Marek Konieczny between 1962 and 1986. Marek Konieczny is a Warsaw-based artist who since the late 1960s has embarked on a ... -
Embodied words upon the stage : W.B. Yeats, translation and theatre-making
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Italian Department, 2015)This thesis starts out with an analysis of Yeats's reception in Italy over a century, which shows how his dramatic production was relegated to a position of lesser importance, whereas his reputation as a poet gradually ... -
From ways of seeing to ways of being : a study of the phenomenological and ontological dynamics of vision in the fiction of Julio Cortázar
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Hispanic Studies, 2013)The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate that the dynamics of vision in the fiction of Julio Cortazar can be successfully analysed as paradigmatic of phenomenological ontology. A close and comprehensive reading of ... -
Grammatical, lexical and phonological control by adults learning Turkish : a corpus-based approach to expanding the Can Do descriptors in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2015)This thesis investigates the grammatical, lexical and phonological control of adult Turkish students in order to provide better understanding of the Turkish language development in second language learners. It aims to ... -
Performing Bürgerlichkeit : the German bourgeoisie and contemporary theatre
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Germanic Studies, 2012)This dissertation will investigate Bürgertum and Bürgerlichkeit and their relevance to the work of three contemporary German theatre directors; Michael Thalheimer, Thomas Ostermeier and René Pollesch. While the concept of ... -
Suffragism and italianità : political and literary discourses of women's citizenship in Italy, 1900-1923
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Italian Department, 2014)The present research sets out to trace distinctive patterns of language use around the issue of women’s suffrage in early-twentieth-century Liberal Italy. In particular, the question of how women’s identities were constructed ... -
The beauty of the Grotesque : a history and semiotics of serifless typefaces
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies, 2016)This is a study of a style of typeface - the Grotesque - and a way of thinking about this style that was central to twentieth-century typographic discourse. It traces both the development of Grotesque styles, and the ... -
The history and internal politics of Ireland's Jewish community in their international Jewish context (1881-1914)
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Umberto Eco and Rabelaisian grotesque : Bakhtinian echoes and sociopolitical criticism in the fictional works of Umberto Eco
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Italian Department, 2013)Despite the fact that Eco is a world-renowned public intellectual with an evident desire to contribute to the changes of contemporary Italian society, scholarly literature has given little attention to the sociopolitical ...