Theses - French
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Opératrice dans les coulisses: Re-evaluating filles de l’Opéra Through the Case of Élisabeth-Claire Le Duc (1721-1793)
Aubrae Nichole Wilson Abstract: Opératrice dans les coulisses: Re-evaluating filles de l’Opéra Through the Case of Élisabeth-Claire Le Duc (1721-1793)— Since the eighteenth century, filles de l’Opéra—women employed at the ... -
Negative faith: the heretical writings of Valéry, Bataille and Laruelle
The aim of this thesis is to outline a new concept: negative faith. Negative faith is an unsayable, unknowable faith without an object, a form of energeia that explains the existence of what can be called impossible ... -
A Different Subject: Autotheory in Contemporary French Self-Writing
This thesis considers the increased entanglement of contemporary French self-writing and theorising in the 2000s, with particular reference to questions of gender, sex and sexuality. The study of modern French autobiography ... -
Communication, Relevance, and Power in Montaigne's 'Essais'
This study explores Michel de Montaigne’s interest in how communication functions through intention and inference. Throughout his Essais, Montaigne suggests that communication, whether verbal or extralinguistic, is ...
