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‘With great power comes great responsibility’: The impact of the parent-child relationship on the development of the heroic identity within comic book and graphic novel culture
(2020-12-17)
The aim of this thesis is to explore the impact of the parent-child relationship on the
development of the heroic identity within the comic book and graphic novel genre.
The life of a hero is seen as a solitary one. ...
Breaking through the looking-glass: (re)imagining Alice through visual representation
(2020-12-17)
This thesis focuses on the visual iconography of the ‘Alice’ figure created in Lewis Carroll’s
Alice books, and it traces the progression of Alice’s characterisation through multimodal
platforms including illustration, ...
'Take him to the cleaners and make him do your homework': a corpus-based analysis of lexical structure used by English language learners
(2020-12-16)
The present study is an empirical corpus based analysis of the use of four lexical bundles or
strings by ESL students at a higher education centre in Ireland. The overall aim was to
ascertain if students at both ends ...
The evolution of Irish veterinary practice, 1700-1950
(2020-12-10)
This thesis explores the evolution of Irish veterinary practice, especially with regards to cattle practice, over the course of some 250 years. It begins in the eighteenth-century, with a discussion on prominent farriers ...
Cothú agus cleachtais na filíochta: cás-staidéar ar fhilí comhaimseartha chorca dhuibhne agus uíbh ráthaigh
(2020-12-17)
Pléann an tráchtas seo le saintaithí sé fhile dhéag comhaimseartha a bhaineann le dhá cheantar Gaeltachta i gCiarraí, Corca Dhuibhne agus Uíbh Ráthach. Fiosraítear réimsí éagsúla de thaithí na bhfilí maidir le cleachtadh ...
'An straiteis fiche bliain don Ghaeilge, 2010-2030' - cathair Chorcaí mar shuíomh taighde
(2020-12-18)
Tá pleanáil teanga don Ghaeilge ar siúl ag rialtais éagsúla ó bhunú an Stáit in Éirinn. Cheap
gach rialtas ón am sin i leith pleananna éagsúla chun an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn agus chun
beogacht na teanga a chothú ...
Contested goals and competing interests: freedpeople's education in North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1861-1875
(2020-12-18)
This dissertation examines the growth and development of North Carolina’s schools for the freedpeople during the Civil War and Reconstruction era, 1861-1875. In particular, it investigates who taught the freedpeople in ...
A Literary translation and critical analysis of Voltaire's "Prix de la justice et de l'humanité" (1777)
(2021-02-19)
On 1 October 1777, the Economic Society of Berne proposed a reform discussion in the Gazette de Berne, that required entrants to ‘compose and write a complete and detailed legislative proposal on criminal matters.’ As a ...
‘We think considerable improvement should be made.’ Irish insanity and the Limerick District Lunatic Asylum, 1772-1900
(2021-04-08)
The focus of this thesis is the Limerick District Lunatic Asylum (LDLA hereafter), its interconnected institutions and the people who used them. Established in 1827, LDLA was Ireland’s first large-scale provincial district ...
"Do you see this woman" (Luke 7:44). The multi-faceted witness of women in Luke's gospel
(2021-04-07)
The open question that is posed in this research, seeks to ascertain what the women
exemplify as they interact with Jesus in the Lukan Gospel. How does Jesus engage them
and what aspects of discipleship and response do ...