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Une Certaine Idée de l'Algérie: The Nationalist Right, the Army and the Ideological Fight for French Algeria 1958-1962
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Lang, Lit. & Cultural Studies. Discipline of French, 2025)The study of the defenders of French Algeria is typically centred around either a narrative of military praetorianism in three acts (13 May 1958, semaine des barricades, and putsch des généraux), or as a prologue to studies ... -
Mid-century poetics : the poetry in prose and verse of Nerval and Baudelaire
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of French, 2014)This thesis explores the Janus-like dynamic of the prose and verse writings of Nerval and Baudelaire, by analysing the ways in which they 'stretch' the boundaries of existing forms and subgenres as part of a mid-century ... -
Effective Soundbites for Democracy: The Strategic Use of Political Slogans as Instruments of Steadfast Democratic Consciousness and Mobilisation in Africa
(2025)Slogans play a crucial role in branding, mobilising collective actions and shaping democratic consciousness. The mobilisation of synergies is particularly important in contexts where socio-political engagement is politically ... -
The Representation of Cunning Strategies to Maximise the Political Personalisation: Machiavellian Approach to Holding and Retaining Power in Africa
(2025)This study explores the representation of Machiavellian strategies by dictators in Francophone Africa, focusing on their use of cunning discourse to manipulate political actors and the public to consolidate and retain ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Political Influence of Translation in a time of Revolution and War in France: a Microhistory of two Irish translators Nicholas Madgett (1738-1813) and John Sullivan (1767-1802)
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Lang, Lit. & Cultural Studies. Discipline of French, 2024)This thesis is an interdisciplinary study of two Irish translators, Nicholas Madgett and John Sullivan, incorporating approaches from translation studies and history. Drawing principally on French archival sources, the ... -
Hollow vessels : a study of some attitudinal, motivational and affective variables and their impact on L2 proficiency of English-speaking learners of French in the French Foreign Legion
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of French, 2005)The present investigation sets out - within a particular instructional setting - to establish empirical evidence to support the thesis that attitudinal, motivational and affective variables are related to proficiency in ... -
On the Return of the (Media) Author: Michel Houellebecq, écrivain médiatique
(2020)This article argues that Michel Houellebecq is an écrivain médiatique, a media author, and examines how and why he engages in a type of authorial strategy that relies on more than the text and presents the author as a ... -
Is The Map More Interesting Than The Territory? A Post-Representational Approach to Michel Houellebecq’s The Map and the Territory
(2018)This collaborative, interdisciplinary article analyses Houllebecq’s use of crime fiction and autofiction in The Map and the Territory (2010). The novel’s intra- inter- and extra-textual geographies, including its depiction ... -
'VISUAL CULTURES OF THE BANLIEUES: PRECARIOUS PERIPHERIES OR CREATIVE CENTRES?
(2023)The Parisian banlieues have long been depicted through harmful stereotypes in political speeches, the press and mainstream film as places of violence, crime and poverty, and of social, racial and religious divisions. In ... -
The impact of (un)ethical survival mode duality and choices of the educational elite on the African renaissance
(2024)In postcolonial Africa, education has always been perceived as pivotal for national and continental progress. For many Africans pursuing education abroad, the intent was to contribute to their countries’ development upon ...
