French, Francophone & Italian Studies Dissertations and Theses
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Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn
(University of Kansas, 1970-05-31) -
Reimagining the Human in Modern French Science Fiction
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Due to human activity and technology, such as deforestation, nuclear testing, and the burning of fossil fuels, many geologists and environmentalists agree that we have entered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. The ... -
‘Ung Espace de Temps’ – The Role of Time in Le Roman de Gillion de Trazegnies
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Between 1450 and 1529, five Middle French versions of a manuscript recounting the tale of Gillion de Trazegnies were produced in the ducal courts of Burgundy. The objective of this thesis is to explore representations of ... -
The Earl of Essex in La Calprenède, Thomas Corneille, and Henry Jones
(University of Kansas, 1933-08-31) -
Balzac, Financial Adviser: Society and the Birth of Modern Finance
(University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)Honoré de Balzac, through his monumental cycle of novels and short stories that constitute La Comédie humaine, bears witness to early nineteenth-century, post-revolutionary, French society. This analysis will situate six ... -
A Critical Study of the Chorus in the Plays of Robert Garnier
(University of Kansas, 1954-05)Conventions in Art are born rather than made: like most conventions the Greek Chorus is a beautiful accident, and like most accidents, it is not perfect. Superbly as its great dramatists adapt and modify this relic of ... -
Paul Verlaine and Arthur Symons. A comparative study of their verse
(University of Kansas, 1931) -
Estienne Jodelle's Cleopatre Captive and Samuel Daniel's Cleopatra ; a comparison
(University of Kansas, 1930) -
The historical basis of Romain Rolland's Le Jeu de L'Amour et de la Mort
(University of Kansas, 1932) -
The historical basis of Hennique's La Mort du Duc d'Enghien
(University of Kansas, 1931) -
Fabre's Timon d'Athènes : Sources and relation to Shakespeare's Timon of Athens
(University of Kansas, 1930) -
Four devices used by Maeterlinck in creating the atmosphere of his early plays
(University of Kansas, 1929) -
La crise de la postmodernité et de la masculinité dans les romans de Michel Houellebecq
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-31)In the last twenty years, Michel Houellebecq has become one of the most prominent French writers, whose international renown is still growing. The author, however, is still misunderstood by some critics, for whom he is a ... -
Les rapports des Héritiérs Rabourdin d'Émile Zola au Volpone de Ben Jonson et au théâtre de Molière
(University of Kansas, 1930) -
The historical background of Sardou's Thermidor
(University of Kansas, 1929) -
Assigning Rhythms to Troubadour Poems
(University of Kansas, 1973) -
A modern treatment of Esther
(University of Kansas, 1931) -
François Villon in French and English drama and fiction since 1877
(University of Kansas, 1931) -
Alfred de Vigny's treatment of Thomas Chatterton
(University of Kansas, 1926) -
Charlotte Corday in literature
(University of Kansas, 1929)