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Full-Text Articles in Modern Languages
Shoule Québec Rename Its Language? A Diachronic Analysis Of Québécois French, Tessa C. Fackrell
Shoule Québec Rename Its Language? A Diachronic Analysis Of Québécois French, Tessa C. Fackrell
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
Canadian French has evolved away from metropolitan French in vocabulary, accent, slang, and even grammar structures since it was colonized in the 16th century. In analyzing the development of the Québécois language, this thesis aims to provide insights as to whether renaming Canadian French that is spoken in the province of Québec to Québécois would better represent the culture and people who use the language. This thesis includes an analysis of the history of Québec from its colonization by France, the legislation in place to protect the languages of French and Québécois, and an analysis of some of the linguistic …
L’Alphabet De Lyon De Bruno Benoit Traducido Al Español, Rosslyn M. Lyell
L’Alphabet De Lyon De Bruno Benoit Traducido Al Español, Rosslyn M. Lyell
World Languages and Cultures
This is a translation of the novel L'Alphabet de Lyon by Bruno Benoit. It goes into the rich history and culture of Lyon, France.
Sur Quel Pied Le Danser? Ideas For Using Feu! Chatterton In The French-Language Classroom, Brian Kennelly
Sur Quel Pied Le Danser? Ideas For Using Feu! Chatterton In The French-Language Classroom, Brian Kennelly
World Languages and Cultures
Included in this Dossier pédagogique are suggestions for using a wealth of activities encompassing the three modes of communication, and best-suited for students at the upperintermediate or higher levels. Students will use authentic resources to learn both about the French band, Feu! Chatterton, and analyze some of their recent songs.
Plagiarism Of The Plates? The Validity Of Accusations Against Diderot's Encyclopédie (1751-1772), Ian Curtis
Plagiarism Of The Plates? The Validity Of Accusations Against Diderot's Encyclopédie (1751-1772), Ian Curtis
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts
A literary monument of the eighteenth century, the French Encyclopédie (1751–1772) was a massive reference work written by a team of experts that aimed to depict arts and crafts in unprecedented detail. It eventually grew to contain twenty-eight large folio volumes but the journey there was filled with uncertainty due to royal suppressions from seditious and anti-religious ideas and accusations of plagiarism. Since 1951, scholars have studied one of these accusations, made by architect Pierre Patte against the plates, editor Denis Diderot, and the four publishers. This scandal, which is critical in the history of the Encyclopédie, has faded from …
A Part Le Bonheur, Il N’Y A Rien D’Essentiel: The Transnational Narrative Model In Maryse Condé’S Desirada, Eliana Vāgālāu
A Part Le Bonheur, Il N’Y A Rien D’Essentiel: The Transnational Narrative Model In Maryse Condé’S Desirada, Eliana Vāgālāu
Modern Languages and Literatures: Faculty Publications and Other Works
The chapter contends that Maryse Condé’s novel Desirada has been repeatedly read as an identity quest novel, since the narrative impulse is determined by the protagonist’s search for her father’s identity. It argues, however, that Condé goes one step further by entirely subverting the identity quest narrative and presenting us with an excess, the production of fiction, which becomes something entirely different: a quest for an aesthetic truth rather than a filially determined identity. As such, by presenting us with a pastiche of the identity quest model, Condé’s transnationalism moves from minor to major, as her critique aims to dismantle …
On Tasso In Prison By Charles Baudelaire, Sharon Fish Mooney
On Tasso In Prison By Charles Baudelaire, Sharon Fish Mooney
Transference
Translation of and commentary on Baudelaire's "On Tasso in Prison," which is an ekphrastic poem after Delacroix's painting of the same name.
While Dreaming, While Writing (Excerpt) By Max Alhau, Patrick Williamson
While Dreaming, While Writing (Excerpt) By Max Alhau, Patrick Williamson
Transference
A free rendering of Max Alhau's "While dreaming, while writing," with commentary. The original source text is included.
Two Poems By Charles Baudelaire, Arnold Johnston
Two Poems By Charles Baudelaire, Arnold Johnston
Transference
Arnold Johnston's translations of Baudelaire's "The Lovely Ship" and "Invitation to the Voyage."
Two Poems By Nohad Salameh, Susanna Lang
Two Poems By Nohad Salameh, Susanna Lang
Transference
Susanna Lang's translations of Nohad Salameh's "I Greet You, My Twin" and "Dance of the One/the Moon."
The Translator-Function: Translating Bande-Dessinée For The Anglophone Reader, Ryan C. Gomez
The Translator-Function: Translating Bande-Dessinée For The Anglophone Reader, Ryan C. Gomez
Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs
This thesis focuses on the question of translator roles in literary theory. I characterize these roles between positions that have traditionally been described by literary and philosophical theorists such as Roland Barthes and Michel Foucault. By examining the products of translation (French-language bandes-dessinées and their English translations), and considering critical literary and translation theories, I demonstrate the unique position held by translators and their work through the proposal of what I call the translator-function (modeled after Foucault’s author-function). The principal aim of this thesis is to problematize preconceived ideas about translators and to examine the unique position of the …
French Club, Brett Foster, Madisen Bell
French Club, Brett Foster, Madisen Bell
Honors Program: Expanded Learning Clubs
Afterschool club that introduces French Language and Culture to young elementary students. Through hands-on activities and discussions, students will learn the basics of French Language and complete a French Journal full of everything they learned that semester to take home.
Four Poems From House Of Razor Blades By Linda Maria Baros, Kathryn Kimball
Four Poems From House Of Razor Blades By Linda Maria Baros, Kathryn Kimball
Transference
No abstract provided.
Looking At Shadows: Four French Texts In English Translation, Kalena M. Hermes
Looking At Shadows: Four French Texts In English Translation, Kalena M. Hermes
World Languages and Cultures
This project present four French texts in English translation that share the theme of loss. This theme is perhaps one of the most poignant and relevant; loss is an experience that every human will encounter, and as people we continue across time to grapple with what it means for us and how to deal with it. These four texts will bring the perspectives of four authors to light in English. When we study how other countries and cultures deal with common human issues, we are able to gain new views on these issues. This project will make these texts accessible …
Crise Linguistique En Algérie: Les Conséquences De L’Arabisation, Lily Keener
Crise Linguistique En Algérie: Les Conséquences De L’Arabisation, Lily Keener
Senior Capstone Theses
This essay details the implementation and eventual failure of the Arabization policies intended to reinstate and reform Arabophone and Islamic culture in Algeria after independence. I lay out the actions taken by the ruling party (the FLN) against the three main languages spoken in Algeria - Algerian Arabic, French, and Berber - through various laws and even in the language of the Algerian constitution. Ultimately, I conclude that the attempted repression of these languages is an injustice against the Algerian people and should desist for the good of the country.
Say "Oui" To "We": A Longitudinal Analysis Of Pronouns And Articles In French And English, Colleen Wilkes
Say "Oui" To "We": A Longitudinal Analysis Of Pronouns And Articles In French And English, Colleen Wilkes
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
Modern English only uses gender in personal, reflexive, and possessive third person singular pronouns. Modern English also does not use gendered articles, which extends to not assigning an arbitrary gender to inanimate objects. This study examines how recent this aspect of grammar is, and to what degree did cultural interaction with the French throughout history influence the use of gendered pronouns. Two written texts in British English (one in Old English, one in Modern English) and one written text in French are analyzed for elements of grammatical gender embedded within articles, pronouns, and possessive adjectives. The geopolitical influences on incorporating …
French Women In Art: Reclaiming The Body Through Creation/Les Femmes Artistes Françaises : La Réclamation Du Corps À Travers La Création, Liatris Hethcoat
French Women In Art: Reclaiming The Body Through Creation/Les Femmes Artistes Françaises : La Réclamation Du Corps À Travers La Création, Liatris Hethcoat
Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters
The research I have conducted for my French Major Senior Thesis is a culmination of my passion for and studies of both French language and culture and the history and practice of Visual Arts. I have examined, across the history of art, the representation of women, and concluded that until the 20th century, these representations have been tools employed by the makers of history and those at the top of the patriarchal system, used to control women’s images and thus women themselves. I survey these representations, which are largely created by men—until the 20th century. I discuss pre-historical …
Orchards 52, Orchards 54, Orchards 57: The Doe, And Orchards 59 By Rainer Maria Rilke, Susanne Petermann
Orchards 52, Orchards 54, Orchards 57: The Doe, And Orchards 59 By Rainer Maria Rilke, Susanne Petermann
Transference
Translated from the French by Susanne Petermann.
Ua68/7/2/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Modern Languages Student Organizations Le Cercle Francais, Wku Archives
Ua68/7/2/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Modern Languages Student Organizations Le Cercle Francais, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the French Club, known as Le Cercle Francais.
First Mill (Excerpts) By René Char, Nancy Naomi N. Carlson
First Mill (Excerpts) By René Char, Nancy Naomi N. Carlson
Transference
Translated from the French with commentary by Nancy Naomi Carlson.
Voyager En France, Valerie J. Spaeth
Voyager En France, Valerie J. Spaeth
French Model Lesson Plans
In this lesson, students view a video that describes the most often used modes of transportation in France. Students then discuss the similarities and differences between travel in the US and travel in France.
The Journey Back: Revisiting Childhood Trauma, Ruth Lipman
The Journey Back: Revisiting Childhood Trauma, Ruth Lipman
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation examines the adult's endeavor to revisit childhood trauma in four sets of literary texts that are not typically studied together. These works, all published after 1968, address the central problem of revisiting childhood trauma in order to open a potential for mourning and sometimes for healing. I explore connections between individual/family trauma and collective/historical trauma. I argue that the use of objects and/or photographs is integral to the process of touching and representing the buried, embodied wounds of childhood, propelling the journeys and conveying the experience to the reader. Each pairing of literary works concerns a different kind …
Les Villes Jumelées: Finding Bowling Green A Francophone Sister City, Sarah Kinnicutt
Les Villes Jumelées: Finding Bowling Green A Francophone Sister City, Sarah Kinnicutt
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
The Villes Jumelées Project seeks to encourage the study of French language and culture in Bowling Green by creating a relationship with a francophone country. To do this, we have paired with a French-speaking high school in Porrentruy, Switzerland. WKU students of French are participating in virtual exchanges via a class webpage. Eventually, a cultural exchange of regional products and perhaps historical documents will take place. Ultimately, this project could serve as the groundwork for a new sister city relationship between Bowling Green and Porrentruy. As Western Kentucky University strives to become a university with international reach, it is important …
La Barbe: Feminine Beards And Other Mysteries Of French Grammatical Gender, Robin F. Keller
La Barbe: Feminine Beards And Other Mysteries Of French Grammatical Gender, Robin F. Keller
Senior Honors Projects
Grammatical gender in French language is one of the biggest guessing games for a native English speaker. Why a table is feminine and a book is masculine is a question that plagues those learning French as a second language. In French, all nouns have gender, masculine and feminine. The complication: only a small percentage of the nouns are assigned gender semantically leaving the remaining which are assigned gender seemingly arbitrarily. For English native speakers, the distinction of these basic parts in a foreign language is not a natural skill. The simple fact that nouns are either feminine or masculine is …
Dream Dinner Or Dinner Disaster? French And American Cultures Collide, Wendy W. Amato Ph.D.
Dream Dinner Or Dinner Disaster? French And American Cultures Collide, Wendy W. Amato Ph.D.
French Model Lesson Plans
Sociocultural Model Lesson Plan centered on a translinguistic and transcultural analysis of French and American dinner party conventions.
The Making And Breaking Of A Language: The French And Spanish Effect Upon The Catalan Regional Language, Margaret Emilyn Cychosz
The Making And Breaking Of A Language: The French And Spanish Effect Upon The Catalan Regional Language, Margaret Emilyn Cychosz
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
Almost four hundred years ago, the French and Spanish governments divided the Catalan border regions located between their respective countries. The subsequent centuries have seen the expansion and development of the Catalan language in Spain and the demise of the Catalan language in France, where it has nearly deteriorated to disuse. Is this a reflection upon the French and Spanish culture or was it simply governmental policy? If so, what did the central governments of Madrid and Paris do in the centuries following the division that resulted in this contrasting development of Catalan? What effect did the usage of Catalan …
Répétez S’Il Vous Plaît !: L’Enseignement De La Compréhension Auditive Dans La Salle De Classe, Jordan M. Bessette
Répétez S’Il Vous Plaît !: L’Enseignement De La Compréhension Auditive Dans La Salle De Classe, Jordan M. Bessette
Senior Honors Projects
Foreign language acquisition is a subject of increasing importance in today’s world, acting as the backbone of international relations, trade and communication. In addition, through examination of a foreign culture and language, individuals can come to appreciate philosophies and values other than those pertaining to their own society. However, the difficulty and apparent uselessness of the subject material in the “here and now” dissuades many students from continuing language acquisition after obligatory general education requirements have been fulfilled. Through examining acquisition theories and factors which affect students’ motivation to continue second language acquisition; I developed a strategy in order to …
Women Writers Of The French-Speaking Caribbean: An Overview, Marie-Denise Shelton
Women Writers Of The French-Speaking Caribbean: An Overview, Marie-Denise Shelton
CMC Faculty Publications and Research
The concept of Caribbean literature is relatively recent, validated by the growing awareness in the Caribbean of a common historical, cultural, and geopolitical experience that transcends national diversity. To state that there is a Caribbean literature is to recognize the existence of a certain relationship with language and the world which constitutes what some have called the Caribbean discourse.