Elizabethan dramatists, foremost amongst them William Shakespeare, thoroughly explored the theme of evil in their plays, as its reach was extremely extensive and completely impregnated the Elizabethan conception of the ...

Few people would question that English has become the de facto main international language of communication in virtually all fields of human activity in today’s increasingly connected world, and furthermore, that it ...

This research project focuses on the role of English and Spanish as linguae francae. More specifically, the research attempts to answer the following questions: (i) What is the place of English and Spanish as linguae francae ...

Des que l’Ebola va ser identificat el 1976, dinou epidèmies han tingut lloc a l'Àfrica, però el brot de 2014 no té precedents ni en escala, ni en gravetat, ni en complexitat. Fins el 2012, la malaltia es presenta com un ...

This study focuses on the analysis of Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace (1996) and its principal character, Grace Marks, a young maid of humble origins accused of murdering her master and his housekeeper. For this purpose, ...

In our progressively older society, ageing studies are acquiring more importance as a research domain in the social sciences, and the study of literature is gaining ground in this interdisciplinary field. Short stories are ...

With globalization, the flow of immigration and adoptions has increased over the years. In Spain, and particularly in Catalonia, a lot of children with different nationalities learn Spanish, Catalan, and English apart from ...

Adolescence is both a life stage and a transition in its own right, as it presents the passage from childhood to young adulthood, and is closely connected to the formation of adult identity. A phase considered both conflictive ...

Feminist thinkers have pointed out the controversial and political implications of the institution of motherhood within a patriarchal society. Over the years, television and popular culture, together with anti-feminist ...