Crossing Boundaries: From Private to public Space in Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Dracula.
TOUSSAINT MARGUERITE
Abstract
This dissertation focuses on what are probably the three most famous ‘monster
stories’ of the 19th century: Frankenstein (1818), The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
(1886) and Dracula (1897). The aim of my research was to determine how information is
shared or not shared within and across private, semi-private, and public spaces in the
three novels, and how the different characters contribute to the production of those
spaces. Almost all of the main...
my dystopian reality – my dystopian future? An analysis of the relation between dystopian fiction, the realities experienced by a teenage readership today-and the role this plays in shaping their visi
by Frommen Jens-Christian
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Narration and the Visual Arts in Four Works of Contemporary Fiction
by Wilwers Vincent
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An analysis of interculturality in English language courses at Luxembourg’s Institut National des Langues
Krämer Fabian
This thesis tries to analyze to what extent interculturality plays a role in English courses for adults in Luxembourg and aims to show how additional self-created material dealing with this subject can be implemented into such courses. In the first chapter, the thesis provides the theoretical framework through examining various interpretations of the notions of “culture” and “interculturality” in general and related to (English) language teaching. Scientists in this...
History, Postmodernism and Fiction: A Reading of Three Novels Thomas Pynchon’s V., W.G. Sebald’s Austerlitz, and Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day
by Neiertz Stéphanie
This ‘travail de candidature’ (TC) aims to argue that the narrativization of official historical records moves history closer to the realm of fiction. Historical accounts may not always be as objective and as coherent as the plot-structure makes them seem. Problems of whose truth is represented, of what is omitted, and of unreliable memory, must be considered. Hence, the argument centres upon the fact that the narrativization of official historical records moves history closer to...
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by Weber Ralph
This travail de candidature will discuss Herbert George Wells’s intentions behind his early works. First, it will provide some key biographical information about the author and present the historical context. Then, it will place Wells’s persona within society of the British Empire and touch upon various elements which motivated his writing. In particular, it will focus on the intertwined roles of science, religion and social issues discussed in his works. After the introductory...