RSS 1.0School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies
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Recent Submissions
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Sustaining learner engagement and achievement through the study abroad experience
(2021)The study abroad, also known as Year Abroad or Period Abroad, has always been and remains a very important part of any language degree programme. Whilst abroad, students are expected to develop language, academic, cultural, ... -
Socio-cultural shifts in the representation of gender (in)equality in Africa
(2023)Like anywhere else, many African societies were historically characterised by traditional gender roles and patriarchal structures, where men held dominant positions. Over time, social and political discourse on gender ... -
Intersecting and Contiguous Identities in African Narratives: ontological and Anthropological Perspectives
(2022)The tribal and ethnic identities in Africa have been associated with many social tensions, political intolerance and violence. Through the lenses of fatalistic pessimism, many African writers have generally portrayed ... -
Representation of Educational Elitism and Entrepreneurship Merit in Contemporary Africa: A Cultural Shift to Self-Fulfilment
(2023)This paper explores and acknowledges the recurring theme of education in African literature, which is often depicted as both a means to reclaim African identity and culture and a tool for social mobility and economic ... -
Negotiating the currents: Translation and translationality in Acadie
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Lang, Lit. & Cultural Studies. Discipline of French, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, 2024)Described as the ‘berceau de la traduction’ in Canada (Gallant 1985), Acadie no longer has legal boundaries but lives on in the language and culture of a Francophone community located primarily in Atlantic Canada. Doubly ... -
The reception in Spain of African literature written in English: statistical data generation using the specialised bibliographic database BDAFRICA
(2018)This paper explores the reception in Spain of African literature written originally in English by focusing on BDÁFRICA, a bibliographical database of works of fiction by African-born authors published in Spain, in Spanish ... -
Crossing the border between postcolonial reality and the `outer world': Translation and representation of the third space into a fourth space
(2019)Stemming from poststructuralist interpretations of space and following Bhabha’s third space enunciation, in this paper we have coined the term fourth space and used this concept as a heuristic tool to address the need ... -
Decalogue of the Characteristics of Postcolonial Literature: A Proposal of a Taxonomy for Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature Studies
(2021)This paper aims to offer a classification proposal of the features that are typically found, to a greater or lesser extent, in postcolonial texts in any language. In spite of the fact that this tax- onomy model is based ... -
Pandemic natives, pandemic immigrants: Effects of COVID-19 confinement on the wellbeing of children in preschool education
(2021)This study explores the behavioural effects of COVID-19 confinement in preschool children (aged 3–5) based on their parents’ perceptions. Now that policy makers in numerous countries are drawing up new policies on ... -
Francophone African literature in Spain: A quantitative study based on the BDAFRICA database
(2022)This article intends for the first time to show quantitative data regarding the reception of French-speaking African literature in Spain. Since it was not searchable in any repository, we have used the BDAFRICA bibliographic ... -
Accommodating the Third Space in a Fourth Society: BDAFRICA, a groundbreaking source for the analysis of African Literature Reception in Spain
(2018)Inherent features of African postcolonial literature have hampered reception quan- tification, which is even more often neglected in countries with limited experience of African decolonization processes. This has been ... -
Digital resources in praxis and research in humanistic translation: The case of the BDAFRICA database
(Comares, 2023)This research highlights the need for a revolution in the convergence between Humanistic Translation and Digital Humanities. It is true that the Translation practice has already led the inclusion of electronic resources, ... -
Design and implementation of a database of Postcolonial African literature published in Spain
(2016)This paper evidences the absence of a repository or databa- se that scompiles the publications of Postcolonial African writing in Spain, thus precluding comprehensive quantitative or qualitative studies on the impact ... -
Sociological reading of the impact of nepotistic tribalism on political and socio-economic sustainable development in Africa
(2024)This study examines the portrayal of the manifestation and impact of nepotistic tribalism on political and socio-economic sustainable development in Africa. It is argued that tribal affiliation is an enriching cultural ... -
Power and agency: a critical analysis of the role of mistresses in francophone African literature
(2024)In the context of postcolonial literature, mistresses are often portrayed as subjugated concubines seeking job opportunities, career advancement, and income security in societies that are characterised by stark social ... -
Pandemic natives: preschoolers� remote learning during COVID-19 confinement
(2021)The aim of this research is to analyze the development of remote learning in preschool educa- tion during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study de- ploys descriptive and inferential statistics to interpret the data collected ... -
Examining Alterity Dynamics Through the Conceptualisation and (Re)Construction of Social and Political Enemy in Post-Independent Francophone African Literature
(2024)The exploration of alterity in francophone African literature offers a rich and multifaceted understanding of identity dynamics and cultural hybridity. By examining the impact of post-independence socio-political landscape, ... -
Vanguards of the Counter-revolution: The Far-right and the French Army's Guerre Révolutionnaire Doctrine
(2023)Guerre révolutionnaire doctrine was conceived of as a riposte to the new form of warfare which the French Army encountered and fell victim to in Indochina. Taking inspiration from both the Indochina experience and communist ... -
Dante and the Arthurian Literature: Contexts, Reception and Critical Perspectives
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Lang, Lit. & Cultural Studies. Discipline of Italian, 2024)This doctoral dissertation offers the first comprehensive study of Dante¿s reception of Arthurian literature. In particular, it aims to identify the Arthurian romances that Dante knew, to define the ways in which he read ...
