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A woman on the border : representations of La Malinche in the works of Laura Esquivel, Sandra Cisneros, and Lucha Corpi

Aho, Ilona (Itä-Suomen yliopistoUniversity of Eastern Finland, 2015-12-04)

representations in Laura Esquivel’s Malinche: A Novel, Sandra Cisneros’s “Never Marry a Mexican,” and Lucha Corpi’s Marina poetry. La Malinche was the interpreter, advisor and lover of Hernán Cortés during the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the sixteenth century...
intrinsically an essential part of the hybridity discourses of Chicanas/os and Mexicans. Esquivel’s and Corpi’s Malinches emphasise the indigenous cultural aspects and also mix them with the Christian influences brought by the Spanish conquistadors. Cisneros...

How are the names of fictional characters formed? – Study on the English and Finnish personal proper names of Duckburg characters

Pylkkänen, Eveliina (Itä-Suomen yliopistoUniversity of Eastern Finland, 2022-02-03)

. Characters express themselves through dialogue and the audience can make interpretations about the character by paying attention not only to what the characters say but to how they say things. In film, attitudes and emotions are revealed through subtle...
UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND Philosophical Faculty School of Humanities Foreign Languages and Translation Studies English Language and Translation Eveliina Pylkkänen HOW ARE THE NAMES OF FICTIONAL...

Social capital in community forestry: Findings from a quick scoping review about Oaxaca State, Mexico

Croezen, Robert (Itä-Suomen yliopistoUniversity of Eastern Finland, 2022-01-14)

is elaborated upon in the conceptual framework to show how institutional arrangements can help facilitate the generation of social capital in community forestry initiatives. This study aims at Mexican community forestry. Mexico has community forestry...
initiatives in several states, despite the knowledge being limited about the scope and nature of these initiatives (Madrid et al., 2009). For these reasons, Madrid et al. (2009), acknowledge that it is unknown to the Mexican government how community...

Commercial Linguistic Landscape in Donostia-San Sebastian

Olazabal, Lezertua Jon (Itä-Suomen yliopistoUniversity of Eastern Finland, 2019-06-14)

, and this is how the three models are defined: •Model A: Spanish is the instruction language for all the subject. However, Basque is a compulsory subject. •Model B: Bilingual System, half of the subjects are taught in Spanish and the other half in Basque. 16...
/05/2019 76 Sivuainetutkielma Kandidaatin tutkielma Aineopintojen tutkielma Tiivistelmä – Abstract This thesis focuses on the commercial linguistic landscape in Donostia-San Sebastian, a multilingual city of the Spanish Basque Country. Basque...

BASQUES AND BASQUENESS : COMPETING AND CONFLICTING IDENTITIES

Jokinen, Niina (Joensuun yliopistoUniversity of Joensuu, 2005-04-26)

the border in France, as belonging to the Basque regions as well. Together all these regions form the historical Basque Country (in Euskera: Euskal Herria, in Spanish: El País Vasco). As old nationalist graffiti says “4 + 3 = 1” (Kurlansky 2000, 29...
are built up by different imagined elements. Firstly he says that there is a story about the nation and how it is told in national histories, literature, media and popular culture. These produce stories, pictures, landscapes, historical events, national...

Constructing home away from home : home and community in Judith Ortiz Cofer'sThe Line of Sun

Portilla, Munera Luisa F (Itä-Suomen yliopistoUniversity of Eastern Finland, 2014-04-14)

such as the Spanish Harlem, the Bronx or the Lower East Side in New York City. Marquez states that Ortiz Cofer “reveals herself to be a prose writer of evocatively lyrical authority, a novelist of historical compass and sensitivity.” Marquez’s remark on how Ortiz...
, in diaspora and also in the homeland. The analysis uses William Safran’s list for the identification of diaspora to demonstrate how the community of El Building is as a matter of fact a diaspora. In addition, it draws on James Clifford’s idea of gendered...

Transcreating humor in international marketing: Comparing Kyrö Distillery's marketing texts in Finnish and English

Järvinen, Oona (Itä-Suomen yliopistoUniversity of Eastern Finland, 2023-06-27)

tricky skill and it requires linguistic and cultural understanding in order to be effective, especially in inter-cultural marketing. This master’s thesis studies how humor is created for the Finnish and US audiences in the marketing texts appearing...
considered from the perspectives of the brand and the market areas. The theoretical framework consists of marketing and humor and their translation. In marketing it is central to understand the concept of marketing communication, and how successful...

Language learning effects on cultural identity : a comparative study of Finnish and Spanish students of English

Sánchez Torres, Mónica (Itä-Suomen yliopistoUniversity of Eastern Finland, 2015-06-10)

UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND Philosophical Faculty School of Humanities Language learning effects on cultural identity. A comparative study of Finnish and Spanish students of English...
on cultural identity: a comparative study of Finnish and Spanish students of English. Main subject Sociolinguistics Level Masters’ thesis Date 18th May 2015 Number of pages 149 Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate whether learning...

Intercultural Communication Competence Acquisition through English as a Foreign Language. Finnish and Spanish Primary Education Classrooms. A Comparative Study

Marfil, Justo Ana (Itä-Suomen yliopistoUniversity of Eastern Finland, 2018-12-04)

Intercultural Communication Competence Acquisition through English as a Foreign Language. Finnish and Spanish Primary Education Classrooms. A Comparative Study. University of Eastern Finland, Itä-Suomen Yliopisto Philosophical Faculty School...
and Teacher Education Tekijät – Author Ana María Marfil Justo Työn nimi – Title Intercultural Communication Competence Acquisition through English as a Foreign Language. Finnish and Spanish Primary Education Classrooms. A Comparative Study. Pääaine...

The heroic north : The image of Finland and the Continuation War in the texts of Agustín de Foxá

Kallinen, Aaron (Itä-Suomen yliopistoUniversity of Eastern Finland, 2010-03-18)

of us, but it doesn‟t tell, however, how the message was received by the Spanish audience. 2. Agustín de Foxá and his context 2.1 Agustín de Foxá – writer and diplomat from a troubled Spain Agustín de Foxá, the Spanish diplomatic...
hordes as a threat to the European civilisation ........................................................ 54 5.3 Spanish prisoners in Nastola .............................................................................................. 62 5.4 Soviet...

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