Theses/Dissertations - Modern Languages and Cultures: Recent submissions
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A cognitive poetic exploration of Elena Poniatowska’s La noche de Tlatelolco.
(2021-05-04)This study of Elena Poniatowska’s La noche de Tlateloco is based on a cognitive poetic approach to explore readers’ perceptions of the work. It affirms both the historical veracity and literary ingenuity of the text by ... -
Power struggle and systematic oppression as reflected in twentieth-century Spanish and Latin American novels.
(2021-04-30)This thesis examines three novels: Sonata de otoño (1903) by Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Los santos inocentes (1981) by Miguel Delibes, and El indio (1935) by Gregorio López y Fuentes to identify the similar socioeconomic ... -
El desarraigo en la narrativa latinoamericana de la segunda mitad del siglo XX : el caso de Juan Rulfo = Unhomeliness in the Latin American narrative of the second half of the 20th Century : the case of Juan Rulfo.
(2021-04-23)En base a una perspectiva analítica ecléctica con énfasis en la crítica cultural, esta tesis analiza el concepto del desarraigo que se reitera en textos narrativos latinoamericanos publicados a partir de la segunda parte ... -
Second language acquisition : the need for explicit pragmatic instruction in beginning-level language classes.
(2020-04-02)Conventional classroom instruction leaves a void in the formation of communicative competence among language learners. This communicative competence deficiency can in part be attributed to learners’ deficient pragmatic ... -
A comparison between an inventive present perfect and the preterite.
(2020-04-08)Based on research evidence proving the evolution and expansion of uses of the present perfect tense, a comparison between the preterite and the present perfect should be acknowledged and instructed in the Spanish language ... -
Heritage and second language learner perception of Spanish pronunciation.
(2020-04-17)Spanish heritage language (HL) learners demonstrate measurable differences in their production and accent when compared to both native speakers (NS) and second language (L2) learners of Spanish (Montrul, 2011; Potowski, ... -
The relevance of the absurd in mid-20th century Latin-American literature.
(2019-07-23)Esta tesis explora un segmento representativo de la literatura latinoamericana publicada durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Se enfoca en reconocidos textos literarios del mexicano Carlos Fuentes y el colombiano Gabriel ... -
La muerte física y psicológica en obras poéticas de Federico García Lorca
(2019-04-05)La muerte es un tema omnipresente en la obra del poeta español, Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) desde sus primeras colecciones, en que se crea un lenguaje poético de símbolos asociados con la muerte que emplea a lo largo ... -
La ropa hace la mujer : explorando la cuestión de la voluntad femenina en obras de Emilia Pardo Bazán y Benito Pérez Galdós = Clothes make the woman : exploring female agency in Emilia Pardo Bazán’s short stories and in La de Bringas by Benito Pérez Galdós.
(2018-05-03)En el siglo XIX se comenzó a debatir el papel de la mujer española. Emilia Pardo Bazán, considerada la autora fundamental del naturalismo español, ilumina la lucha de la mujer en el siglo XIX de obtener algún control sobre ... -
The relationship between role-shifting and errors in nurse-interpreter dialogue with Spanish-speaking patients.
(2018-05-02)Interpretation in the United States is a profession of variance. In some places, healthcare employees double as interpreters when needed, and are called dual-role interpreters. Previous studies focused on error production ... -
The recognition of human rights in Latin American literature = El reconocimiento de los derechos humanos en la narrativa latinoamericana.
(2017-04-07)El reconocimiento de los derechos humanos en la narrativa latinoamericana. Sobre la base de la crítica cultural, esta tesis examina la búsqueda de los derechos humanos en los cuentos “Luvina” de Juan Rulfo, “La siesta del ... -
Minimizing transfer : including Spanish phonetics and phonology in curricula for beginner and intermediate university students of Spanish.
(2017-04-07)This thesis explores the ways in which certain types of linguistic transfer, specifically phonetic and phonological, impact the second language acquisition process of university students whose target language is Spanish. ... -
A pragmalinguistic analysis of missed opportunities for building rapport in interpreted medical interviews with Spanish-speaking patients.
(2016-03-14)Interpreted medical discourse presents significant challenges for communication because portions of the original message are often reduced, omitted, or revised (Aranguri, Davidson, & Ramirez, 2006), particularly by lay ... -
Exploring the metaphoric value of idioms : a taxonomy of Spanish conceptual metaphors and idioms.
(2016-03-30)In 1980, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson challenged the traditional view of metaphors by showing their prevalence in everyday speech. Instead of a literary device, Lakoff and Johnson proposed that metaphors are commonly ... -
The family myth and the rhetoric of silence in the early post-war theater of Spain: Jardiel Poncela, Buero Vallejo, and Sastre.
(2016-03-11)This thesis studies how playwrights in the first two decades of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship in Spain created an alternative discourse to counteract the repressive Nationalist narrative. Focusing on three plays, Enrique ... -
El impulso ético en la narrativa latinoamericana del siglo XXI = The ethical impulse in the Latin American narrative of the 21st century.
(2016-03-31)Esta tesis analiza el impulso ético en la narrativa latinoamericana del siglo XXI. Examina en profundidad los cuentos “Santa Fe” de Alejandra Costamagna, “Imágenes photoshop” de Edmundo Paz Soldán y “Horses in the Smoke” ... -
Teaching verbal aspect of Spanish and French past tenses.
(2016-04-14)Aspect is one of the most challenging syntactic elements for Anglophone students of Spanish and French to master. While aspect is expressed in English, morphological and semantic differences among English, Spanish, and ... -
La trayectoria de la justicia en la literatura latinoamericana.
(, 2014-01-28)Esta tesis propone que el concepto de la justicia conforma un elemento fundamental e ineludible en la literatura latinoamericana. Siguiendo las ideas planteadas por filósofos sociopolíticos de la actualidad tales como Axel ... -
Male characters in Nada (1945) and Entre Visillos (1958)
(, 2014-01-28)This study demonstrates how male characters in Nada (1945) and Entre visillos (1958), two twentieth-century novels written under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, play a pivotal role in the development of two impressionable ... -
Developing a Spanish for Heritage Speakers Program for universities in Texas.
(, 2013-09-16)In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that 37.6% of the persons in Texas were of Hispanic or Latino origin, up from 32.0% in 2000. As demographic trends across Texas show growing Hispanic populations, universities ...