Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Subject "France"
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Addressing the nation and Europe: a study of French presidential election texts, 1988-2007
(2013-02-12)This doctoral thesis examines how French presidential favourites have addressed the nation and Europe in their bids for the presidency from 1988 to 2007. The study demonstrates the malleability of de Gaulle's influence on ... -
Exploring temporality in first-person illness narratives (France, 1910-2017)
(NUI Galway, 2023-06-21)This thesis considers how first-person written accounts might provide an understanding of the lived experience of illness in France by exploring how temporality is evoked and expressed in texts drawn from a French ... -
Fidelity to founder under the Bourbon régime: the Congregation of the Mission, 1660-1736.
(2012-09-18)On 27 September 1660, the famous French reformer Vincent de Paul died. With his demise the institute of missionaries he founded and led for thirty five years, the Congregation of the Mission, was without its steward and ... -
From phantasmagoria to mundanity: the fetishization of the automobile in 20th-century French representations
(2015-01-30)The automobile is an object that has been systematically consumed to become part of the fabric of society, hence its impact and its perception make the car a particularly precise means of studying cultural values. As it ... -
Performing the Pied-Noir family: Weaving narratives of memory and identity
(2014-03-10)Although the Algerian war (1954-1962) is now fifty years past, it remains a contentious issue in France. In the aftermath of this particularly violent conflict, the French public was encouraged to forget the hostilities ...