Is The Plague An Existential Novel?,
2012
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Is The Plague An Existential Novel?, Ethan Jacobs '12
2012 Spring Semester
Existentialism refers to a broad range of philosophical beliefs and related cultural phenomena. While its origins can be traced to the latter half of the 19th century, existentialism as a unified movement only gained serious traction, especially among literary circles, by the close of World Wars I and II, as writers contemplated the sheer man-made destruction and loss of life of these two wars. Though often confused with nihilism and absurdism, existentialism is a distinct philosophical movement that presents man as fundamentally unknowable through science, logic, or morality. Albert Camus, a French Algerian “Pied-Noir” settler, epitomized the sudden turn toward …
The Spinning Plague,
2012
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
The Spinning Plague, Sean Yamakawa '13
2012 Spring Semester
In her piece, “The Centripetal Structure of Camus’s La Peste,” Jennifer Waelti-Walters explains her idea that the narrative and plot of The Plague form a circular movement. There is a centripetal force that pulls all predominant characters and images to the center. Waelti-Walters determines that Rieux, the protagonist doctor, is this central figure. Though an apt analysis, her argument has a single flaw: her placement of Cottard within this circle does not accurately reflect his place in the novel. Though Waelti-Walters acknowledges Cottard as Rieux’s counterpart, she places Cottard next to other characters such as Tarrou, Rambert, and …
The French Identity Crisis: Fending Off The Franglais Invasion,
2012
Illinois Wesleyan University
The French Identity Crisis: Fending Off The Franglais Invasion, Laura Cohen
Honors Projects
In a nation that derives so much of its identity from a longstanding cultural heritage, rather than from an economic or political tradition, France finds itself facing an identity crisis. In recent decades, France has been unable to avoid the ever-expanding reach of globalization, and perhaps even more threatening, the grasp of Americanization. Consequently, as English has begun to permeate seemingly every aspect of French society, France's first line of defense against such a cultural intrusion is its language policy. This paper first examines the longstanding history between the creation of a French nation and the promotion of the French …
A Diachronic Analysis Of Schwa In French,
2012
Gettysburg College
A Diachronic Analysis Of Schwa In French, Joshua M. Griffiths
Student Publications
Since the beginning of the formal study of language, linguists have struggled with the phonological problems posed by the mid-central vowel sound schwa. Schwa poses a series of challenges for linguists who study many languages, and this is particularly true for phonologists and phoneticians who specialize in French. Most of the challenges that come from analyzing the articulations of schwa in French arise from the overlap it has with mid- and open-mid-front-rounded vowels in French such as in the second vowel in the word “atelier” (workshop) and the second vowel in the word “appeler” (to call.) In this study a …
La Comercialización Del Turismo Étnico En Guatemala Y Marruecos,
2012
Scripps College
La Comercialización Del Turismo Étnico En Guatemala Y Marruecos, Michelle Diana Gloster
Scripps Senior Theses
This thesis examines the commercialization of ethnic tourism in Guatemala and Morocco in a postcolonial world. Addressing notions of authenticity, Western expectations of the ethnic tourism experience, and colonial portrayals of the Mayas and the Berbers, the thesis argues that the Guatemalan and Moroccan governments reduce their indigenous populations to ‘authentic’ living museums in their touristic promotions targeting Western tourists. Catering to Western tourists’ expectations, the Guatemalan and Moroccan governments perpetuate the stereotypes of their indigenous populations that were established during colonialism. Despite Guatemalan and Moroccan cultural repression of the Maya and the Berber populations, respectively, the governments exploit their …
C'Est Ouf : L'ÉVolution De La Langue FrançAise Et Les ConséQuences Sociales,
2012
University of Richmond
C'Est Ouf : L'ÉVolution De La Langue FrançAise Et Les ConséQuences Sociales, Hannah Kelley
Honors Theses
Cette dissertation vise à explorer le raisonnement complexe linguistique derrière la langue française officielle et le verlan, pour qu’on puisse mieux comprendre ce que le verlan est en train de faire socialement pour la communauté beur duquel il est venu. Pour nous situer d’abord un peu, on commence avec une histoire brève de l’immigration maghrébine (ou l’Afrique de Nord : l’Algérie, la Tunisie, et le Maroc) ainsi que les idéaux républicains de la France qui ont apporté la fierté légendaire en une langue française pure. Après, on examine la façon dont ses histoires interagissent aujourd’hui, ce qui laissent les identités …
Henry Miller À Dijon : L’Écrivain En Souffrance,
2012
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Henry Miller À Dijon : L’Écrivain En Souffrance, Kayla O'Meara
Honors Theses and Capstones
No abstract provided.
Urban Silhouettes: Mohand Mounsi's Creolized Paris,
2012
Smith College
Urban Silhouettes: Mohand Mounsi's Creolized Paris, Dawn Fulton
French Studies: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Mouvances Francophones,
2012
Western University
Mouvances Francophones, Servanne Woodward
Research Day (Arts & Humanities, FIMS, and Education)
No abstract provided.
Knightly Bird Vows: A Case Study In Late Medieval Courtly Culture,
2012
Brigham Young University - Provo
Knightly Bird Vows: A Case Study In Late Medieval Courtly Culture, Liel Y. Boyce
Theses and Dissertations
In the late Middle Ages, there was a series of instances wherein knights vowed upon birds. Two of these, the first and the last, are historical events: The Feast of the Swans with Edward I in England on 22 May 1306 and the Feast of the Pheasant with Philip the Good in the duchy of Burgundy on 17 February 1454. Edward I held the Feast of the Swans as part of his son's dubbing ceremony, including the entire court taking vows on two swans. The Feast of the Pheasant was an elaborate banquet that Philip the Good used to gather …
Redemption In The Life And Work Of Camille Claudel,
2012
Brigham Young University - Provo
Redemption In The Life And Work Of Camille Claudel, Haleigh Heaps Burgon
Theses and Dissertations
Camille Claudel is a sculptor who has traditionally been approached in terms of her relationship to Rodin and his influence on her work. Indeed, the two shared a passionate relationship and there are certainly similarities between the two sculptors' work which provide for fascinating analyses. However, one of the acknowledged but previously unexplored speculations on Claudel's art suggests that it involves a measure of veiled spirituality sealed within its stone. It is precisely this sacred element within her sculptures that offers viewers an opportunity to experience transcendence while identifying with fundamental themes. Furthermore, Claudel created her figures as a method …
A Comparative Analysis Of Text Usage And Composition In Goscinny's Le Petit Nicolas, Goscinny's Astérix, And Albert Uderzo's Astérix,
2012
Brigham Young University - Provo
A Comparative Analysis Of Text Usage And Composition In Goscinny's Le Petit Nicolas, Goscinny's Astérix, And Albert Uderzo's Astérix, Dennis Scott Meyer
Theses and Dissertations
The goal of this thesis is to analyze the textual composition of René Goscinny’s Astérix and Le petit Nicolas, demonstrating how they differ and why. Taking a statistical look at the comparative qualities of each series of works, the structural differences and similarities in language use in these two series and their respective media are highlighted and compared. Though one might expect more complicated language use in traditional text by virtue of its format, analysis of average word length, average sentence length, lexical diversity, the prevalence of specific forms (the passé composé, possessive pronouns, etc.), and preferred collocations …
Review Of "La Blessure La Vraie" By F. Bégaudeau,
2012
Chapman University
Review Of "La Blessure La Vraie" By F. Bégaudeau, Véronique Olivier
World Languages and Cultures Faculty Articles and Research
A review of François Bégaudeau's La blessure la vraie, published by Verticales in 2011. In French.
Translation Into English: Poems By Marie-Léontine Tsibinda,
2012
University of Northern Iowa
Translation Into English: Poems By Marie-Léontine Tsibinda, Catherine Macgillivray
UNIversitas: Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Marie Léontine Tsibinda was born in French Congo in the village of Girard. She later attended school in the capital of Brazzaville, where she went on to university and ultimately received a Master’s degree in English in 1983. In response to the burning down of her house in the context of Congo's civil war in 1997, Tsibinda fled her homeland in 1999; she then spent time in Niger and Benin, eventually settling in Canada in 2001, where she continues to reside.
The Burden Of Knowing: Camus, Qohelet, And The Limitations Of Human Reason,
2012
Liberty University
The Burden Of Knowing: Camus, Qohelet, And The Limitations Of Human Reason, Justin K. Morgan
Liberty Theological Review
In one of the most influential works of the twentieth century, The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus writes this: “This heart within me I can feel, and I judge that it exists. This world I can touch, and I likewise judge that it exists. There ends all my knowledge, and the rest is construction.” Here, Camus addresses what he believes to be one of the main sources of the absurd: the limitations of human reason. He claims that his inability to fully understand human reality creates a gap between his existence and its meaning, and, in effect, renders the …
Paratexts To Frida Kahlo's Oeuvre: The Relationship Between The Visual And The Textual, The Self And The Other, From The Self-Portraits To The Diary Entries,
2012
Otterbein University
Paratexts To Frida Kahlo's Oeuvre: The Relationship Between The Visual And The Textual, The Self And The Other, From The Self-Portraits To The Diary Entries, Levilson C. Reis
Modern Languages & Cultures Faculty Scholarship
This article examines the relationship between the visual and the textual in Frida Kahlo’s paintings and writings. It argues that an understanding of this relationship would offer a better picture of Kahlo’s oeuvre. The article begins with an examination of the dedicatory inscriptions in the self-portraits, engaging with Gérard Genette’s concept of paratext and Philippe Lejeune’s autobiographical pact, as a prelude to the study of the relationship between text and drawings in the diary. In a close reading of the diary, informed by Jacques Lacan’s theories of subject formation and object relations, the article goes on to show that the …
Contemporary Francophone African Writers And The Burden Of Commitment,
2012
Columbus State University
Contemporary Francophone African Writers And The Burden Of Commitment, Cécile Accilien
Faculty Bibliography
No abstract provided.
Women In Corneille’S Le Cid And Diderot’S Le Fils Naturel,
2012
Georgia College & State University
Women In Corneille’S Le Cid And Diderot’S Le Fils Naturel, Kelsey Brennan
The Corinthian
The role of women in literature and society has been ever evolving and has also varied between writers and even individual works. In both society and literature, women have often been either marginalized or idealized. In this essay, I will focus on the works of French writers Pierre Corneille and Denis Diderot, specifically their plays, Le Cid (The Cid, 1636) and Le Fils naturel (The Natural Son, 1757). In terms of the role of women in these two plays, there are marked differences regarding their significance as characters and their expected feminine roles as well as how they interact with …
Re-Viewing Verne's Invisible Man,
2012
DePauw University
Re-Viewing Verne's Invisible Man, Arthur B. Evans
Global Language Studies Faculty publications
No abstract provided.
Rachilde, Marguerite Eymery Vallette (1860-1953),
2012
CUNY Guttman Community College
Rachilde, Marguerite Eymery Vallette (1860-1953), Ria Banerjee
Publications and Research
This is a biographical overview of the life and principle works of the French author Rachilde, a.k.a. Marguerite Eymery Vallette (1860-1953), one of the few women writers working in the masculinist field of fin-de-siecle or decadent fiction.
