Master of Arts (MA)

<p>Cette thèse est une étude générale des lettres sur les quakers dans les Lettres philosophiques de Voltaire. En prenant comme point de départ les origines historiques des quakers, cette étude retrace l'idée que l'on se faisait de la secte en France avant la parution des Lettres philosophiques. L'analyse des lettres sur les quakers nous amène à déceler les intentions véritables qui incitèrent Voltaire à les écrire. Elle nous permet également de vérifier l'authencité de ses remarques en comparant ses observations avec les textes déjà publiés ou en examinant méthodiquement les réactions de ses contemporains.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>An analysis of Zola's La Conquête de Plassans, including notes on the composition and method of characterization, a study of the major socio-political aspects of the novel, and an examination of several recurring metaphorical patterns.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>The thesis presents an analysis of the much ignored yet essential theme of love in the novels of André Langevin. Love between man and God proves ineffectual while that love between man and others as well as the love between man and woman, although being characterized by several intrinsic limitations, are none the less beneficial to the Langevinian characters in providing a measure of relief from their basic condition of solitude.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>The purpose of this paper will be to examine the influence of Luigi Pirandello's works on the theatre of Jean Anouilh. In our presentation of Pirandello's concepts and techniques, examples will be chosen only from those plays that have been staged in Paris, as these would be most likely to have had an influence on the French dramatist . In Jean Anouilh's case, by far the greatest emphasis will be placed on the Pièces grinsantes and on his later plays that, because of their particular vision of life, could be considered as an imaginary Nouvelles pièces grinçantes. In this last group we list La Grotte, Cher Antoine ou l'Amour raté, Le Boulanger, la boulangère et le petit mitron, and Les Poissons rouges ou Mon père ce héros.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>The purpose of this dissertation will be as follows: to analyse the theme o f revolt as it is presented in seven of Jean Anouilh's plays -- namely, La Sauvage, Eurydice, L'Hermine, Le Voyageur sans bagage, L'Alouette, Becket ou L'Honneur de Dieu, Antigone, and to assess the dramatic value and importance of this theme in Anouilh's theatre.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>The purpose of this paper will be firstly to indicate the popularity of the chastity-testing theme in European medieval literature. This will be followed by an examination of the characters portrayed in two such texts, the Lai du Cor of Robert Biket and the anonymous Conte du Mantel. On the basis of this study, it will then be possible to ascertain at what stage in the development of the Arthurian romance these two poems were composed.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>The purpose of this dissertation is to examine Voltaire's portrayal of Peter the Great in his three histories, Histoire de Charles XII, Anecdotes sur le czar Pierre le Grand and Histoire de l'Empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand, In an attempt to assess the degree of historical accuracy In his presentation and to determine Voltaire's attitude towards Peter.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>A discussion of the theme of childhood in Rimbaud's work, along with an exploration into the many reasons for the transformation of this theme from a confident vision of the future in his early poetry, through a brief time of happy fulfillment, to a nostalgic memory of an idealized past in his later writings.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>Salacrou's black humour, one of the most important characteristics of his theatrer will be discussed in this thesis.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)