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The Haunted Mind: Translating Shirley Jackson
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Elly Benčić This Master’s thesis focuses on the translation of three American Gothic short stories from the genre of American Gothicand written by Shirley Jackson. The aim of this paper is to accurately translate and analyze these classic short stories and to provide solutions to the possible issues that arose during the process of translation. The thesis includes abrief introduction into the topic and the author, and a general theoretical background on short stories and the genre of Gothic. The main...
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The Impact of Allen Ginsberg's Howl on American Counterculture Representatives: Bob Dylan and Patti Smith
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Vlatka Makovec This thesis sets out to explore the influence exerted by Allen Ginsberg’s poem Howl on the poetics of Bob Dylan and Patti Smith. In particular, it will elaborate how some elements of Howl, be it the form or the theme, can be found in lyrics of Bob Dylan’s and Patti Smith’s songs. Along with Jack Kerouac’s On the Road and William Seward Burroughs’ Naked Lunch, Ginsberg’s poem is considered as one of the seminal texts of the Beat generation. Their works exemplify the same traits,...
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The Impact of Colorism on the Lives of African American Women
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Romana Kuharić In this M.A. thesis I will present and explore the issue of colorism and the way it impacts the lives of African American women. The origins of colorism – oppression based on skin tone and physical features – can be traced back to the times of slavery, when lighter-skinned slaves were preferred and given easier tasks than slaves whose skin was darker. Skin tone, hair texture, facial features, and other factors on the basis of which colorism is executed will be explored, as well as many...
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The Impact of Speech in Politics
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Martina Jurdana This paper explores and explains the means of gaining a following and a sense of trust among potential voters or other political figures. First off, the paper focuses on rhetoric in politics – how it has developed and evolved from the ancient times until now, and what significance it really had in each major period in history where political discourse was prominent. Following that, the focus is on persuasion and in what ways this discourse needs to be formed in order to serve its purpose....
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The Influence of African American Subculture to the American Mainstream Culture
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Borna Tarle According to 2020 research, roughly 12% of the population in the United States of America self-identifies as Black.(Slack, 2021) With the Hispanics being the only larger minority group in the country, there is no denying that the African American subculture has a massive impact on American society as a whole. This B.A. thesis aims to depict the influence of African American art, predominantly music, in the United States of America while depicting its origin and evolution. The thesis will...
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The Influence of English on German: A Morphosyntactic Analysis
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Mirela Ganić The aim of this study was to investigate English linguistic elements in the German grammar. Many linguists (such as Zimmer (1997); Carstensen (1980); and Onysko (2007)) dealt with this topic. The results of their studies revealed some changes in the morphology and syntax of the German language due to the importation of English loan words. This study hopes to offer a different insight into the Denglish phenomenon at the level of morphosnytax. The first part of the research offers an overview...
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The Influence of English on Italian Examined Through Linguisticborrowing
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Karlo Megec English as a global language has inevitably left its mark on other languages. In this paper, its influence on Italian will be examined, starting from the analysis of direct cultural contact between England and Italy, the effect of mediator languages, such as French, and the effect of borrowing from Latin into English. Italian is a Romance language and derives a great portion of its vocabulary from Latin but English has abundant words of Romance origin as well, which can cause the appearance...
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The Influence of English on Italian Translated Texts: Corpus Analysis of Translated Journal Articles
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Manuela Mihelić The growing power and influence of the English language are the major reasons for linguistic changes in other languages. Various languages are changing their structure and acquiring new lexical items under the influence of the English language. In translations from English, this interference is even stronger. Different studies have analysed various types of translations in order to categorise the interference and discover which language levels are most susceptible to the influence of the...
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The Jezebel Stereotype
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Ivana Obrazović In this M.A. thesis I will explore the development and meaning of the Jezebel stereotype, formed in order to control and exploit African American women. The reason I chose this topic was because the effects of it can still be seen today and are still present in everyday lives of African American women. The stereotype itself originated in slavery, over 300 years ago, and it is fascinating that the controlling images that were found then are still present today. The Jezebel stereotype portrays...
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The Linguistic Anatomy of a Villain: A Discourse of Villainy
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Dea Maržić From the beginnings of human culture to the multimedia environment in which we live today, stories have been used as powerful socializing and pedagogical tools, providing communities with clear patterns of acceptable and abhorrent behavior through their heroes and villains. For this to be effective, it was necessary to code such characters in a way that was immediately understood by the story’s recipients. One such code is the characters’ language and how it is used to create a cultural...
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The Makeover in Hitchcock's Vertigo and Marnie
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Sendi Kontošić This thesis will examine the idea of the makeover in Vertigo and Marnie and explore its function for the plot and characterisation. Namely, it will discuss the connection between the physical makeover and the change of character's identity as well as their mental and emotional state and the ways in which this contributes to movie's dynamic. It will also analyse the different uses of the makeover in these two films. Namely, in Vertigo, Judy is transformed into Madeleine twice, both times by...
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