Considered one of the most representative playwrights in the contemporary Irish scene, Brian Friel offers in his plays a changeable and inconstant perception of language, where words are mainly understood as transitory and ...

Grazie agli sviluppi del metodo sperimentale nell’ambito degli studi sull’elettricità nel Settecento e al crescente interesse pubblico per fenomeni che riguarderanno la neurologia nell’Ottocento, nel tardo illuminismo ...

From the perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis I will consider the reporting on the subject of immigrants in the Spanish press during the last elections. I will analyze how the reification of actions and actors moves ...

This paper deals with the continuing dialogue between dramatic text and audience, while resorting to the tenets of reception theory. I have focused on the moral issues resulting from the unfolding of dramatic action in ...

A narrative text (narration) is traditionally explained in two main alternative ways. First explanation: we have a narration when a text is structured in relation to time. The narrative text is a story, the facts are ...

Allo stato attuale la difficoltà di apprendimento di una lingua non è più limitata alla struttura o al lessico, ma a tutte quelle sfumature che concorrono a costituire le peculiarità di una lingua e di una cultura. A tal ...

This paper intends to investigate the interplay of text and image in contemporary forms of travel literature: modern travelogues and travel guides. Attention will mainly be given to on-line guides as well as websites for ...

William Shakespeare’s Richard ii presents philosophical and political themes related to the history of England and a symbolical interpretation of the Wars of the Roses, on the one hand; and to the person of Queen Elizabeth ...