Masters Dissertations & Portfolios: Recent submissions
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A new social media conscious approach to Celebrity Translators: a case study of Italian influencer Francesca Crescentini aka Tegamini
This work aims at providing a different contemporary perspective on Celebrity Translators in the context of modern society immersed in social media and influencer culture. The main research question is can influencer ... -
At the crossroad of unexplored paths: cultural back-translation and fantasy
Cultural back-translation is the translation into language B of a text written in language A that takes its cultural basis from culture and language B. The peculiar translation trajectory involves a cultural return that ... -
A comparative analysis of two writing styles: Latin American magical realism represented by García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude and Chinese hallucinatory realism represented by Mo Yan's Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out
In 2012, Chinese writer Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. His work differs from traditional socialist realism but draws on the writing techniques of many world literature, including Latin American magical ... -
The International Self: Comparative analysis of Gilles and A Dark Night's Passing
This dissertation aims to analyse the thematic similarities of the heroes of Drieu La Rochelle's Gilles and Shiga Naoya's A Dark Night's Passing in orther to produce an international conception of the Self as embodied by ... -
Building Virtual Worlds: Comparing the Values Behind Virtual Worlds in Academic Scholarship and Video Games
Virtual worlds have recently emerged as innovative tools in studying, preserving, and presenting history and cultural heritage. Within the digital humanities, scholars have begun deploying virtual worlds as a method of ... -
Between Playfulness, Trauma, and Autofiction: Postmemories of Childhood in Dictatorial Argentina and Chile
This dissertation explores the dynamic between postmemory, trauma, playfulness, and autofiction in The Rabbit House by Argentinian writer Laura Alcoba and Space Invaders by Chilean writer Nona Fernández. Since the early ...
