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“New Critical Approaches to the History of the Early English Novel”
(2017-10-16)The critical appraisal of the rise of the novel in English has changed drastically from the publication of Ian Watt’s homonymous study in 1957. Some thirty years later, one of Watt’s disciples, Michael McKeon, suggested a ... -
Orthographic standardization in middle english documentary texts
Esteban-Segura, Maria Laura
(Universidad de Murcia, 2022-06)
Standardisation has been defined as “the reduction of variation in language, or […] as the selection, elaboration and codification of a particular dialect” (Hope, 2000: 51). When language users are unconsciously sensitive ... -
Reading, Writing, and Re-Visioning the Past: the historical novel in history. (Part I)
(2016-12-19)The extraordinary popularity of historical fiction shows no sign of abating. Historical novels have been attempted by most major contemporary novelists; they regularly top bestseller lists and win literary prizes; and the ... -
Riots, Foster Homes and a Royal Wedding: The Unequal Allocation of Vulnerability in Kit de Waal's My Name Is Leon
Kit de Waal’s debut novel, My Name Is Leon (2016), was an instant success. Both critics and readers praised de Waal’s ability to capture the social complexities of Britain in the 1980s, a moment largely marked both by the ... -
Significance of the Scream: Otherness in Postcolonial and Gothic Fiction
(2014-09-23)Starting with an examination of some of the gothic tropes used to narrate India in colonial literature (fiction and non-fiction), this paper will look at some highly visible postcolonial narratives of/about India and compare ... -
The expression of sentiment in user reviews of hotels
Moreno-Ortiz, Antonio Jesus; Fuster-Márquez, Miguel (2017-06-09)
The linguistic expression of sentiment, understood as the polarity of an opinion, is known to be domain-specific to a certain extent (Aue & Gamon, 2005; Choi et al., 2009). Even though many words and expressions convey the ... -
The Public Place of the (Neo-)Victorians
(2017-10-16)The Victorians are everywhere. Neo-Victorian adaptations of their writings, lives and culture are all around us in the contemporary marketplace. (Neo)Victorianism sells in its most popular forms, from blockbuster films, ... -
The somatechnics of enfreakment: literary articulations of the body
Pettersson, Lin Elinor (2015-04-22)
Lately, the Victorian freak show has attracted scholarly and literary attention alike. New critical approaches to the freak show set the European exhibition of human corporeal deviance apart from the American side show as ... -
The Visible and the Invisible Hilary Mantel
(2016-07-25)This talk addresses the scarcity of critical material on Hilary Mantel’s writing in the academy. It questions the suitability of the ‘origin’ paradigm within the criticism that is available, which closes off the excess of ... -
El uso del aprendizaje basado en juegos como medio de motivación en las aulas del SESO IES Dunas de las Chapas
Yelamos-Guerra, Maria Salome (2021-10-06)
Con los recientes cambios en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje experimentados en las últimas décadas, los profesores del s. XXI deben adaptarse a una nueva realidad docente. La motivación del alumnado es crucial para ... -
Words and their many meanings
(2014-11-28)Words and their many meanings Professor Carita Paradis (University of Lund, Sweden) Words are very slippery customers. This is both good and bad for human communication – good if we want to be creative, flexible or ... -
"Writing and Developing Research Proposals: MA Theses and PhD Dissertations"
(2014-04-30)Designing research proposals, writing MA Theses, and Doctoral Dissertations are task that are closely related to the development of research competencies, thinking and planning abilities, and writing skills. The purpose ...