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"Ich bin dann mal Deutsch lernen!": der Absentiv im DaF-Unterricht (2015)
Journal Article
Stollhans, S. (2015). "Ich bin dann mal Deutsch lernen!": der Absentiv im DaF-Unterricht. German as a Foreign Language, 2015(1),

Der Absentiv ist eine grammatische Struktur bestehend aus finitem sein und Infinitiv eines Handlungsverbs, die impliziert, dass der Subjektreferent zum Zeitpunkt der Äußerung von einem gewissen Ausgangsort abwesend ist bzw. für eine Interaktion nicht... Read More about "Ich bin dann mal Deutsch lernen!": der Absentiv im DaF-Unterricht.

Federico García Lorca y el cine (2015)
Journal Article
Roberts, S. G. (2015). Federico García Lorca y el cine. Europe -Paris- Revue Litteraire Mensuelle-, 93(1032), 170-185

This article analyses Federico García Lorca's relationship with cinema, taking into account not only his screenplays but also his incorporation into his drama and poetic works of techniques borrowed from cinema.

Introduction: The Arkhitekton (2015)
Book Chapter
García, P. (2015). Introduction: The Arkhitekton. In Space and the postmodern fantastic in contemporary literature: the architectural void. Routledge

Arising from the philosophical conviction that our sense of space plays a direct role in our apprehension and construction of reality (both factual and fictional), this book investigates how conceptions of postmodern space have transformed the histor... Read More about Introduction: The Arkhitekton.

Fanon's Les Damnés de la terre : translation, de-philosophization and the intensification of violence (2015)
Journal Article
Batchelor, K. (2015). Fanon's Les Damnés de la terre : translation, de-philosophization and the intensification of violence. Nottingham French Studies, 54(1), https://doi.org/10.3366/nfs.2015.0103

The influence of Jean-Paul Sartre’s Critique de la raison dialectique on Frantz Fanon’s Les Damnés de la terre can be seen in Fanon’s direct engagement with Sartre’s text as well as in the vocabulary that he adopts when discussing key ideas, particul... Read More about Fanon's Les Damnés de la terre : translation, de-philosophization and the intensification of violence.

J.M.G. Le Clézio et Édouard Glissant: pour une poétique de la trace (2015)
Journal Article
Ridon, J.-X. (2015). J.M.G. Le Clézio et Édouard Glissant: pour une poétique de la trace. Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, 19(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/17409292.2015.998079

En utilisant les textes que J.M.G Le Clézio et Edouard Glissant ont écrits pour la collection Peuples de l’eau aux éditions du Seuil, cet article analyse la façon dont les deux auteurs repensent la notion d’interculturalité à partir du concept de tra... Read More about J.M.G. Le Clézio et Édouard Glissant: pour une poétique de la trace.

Continuity and rupture: Levinas's temporal ethics and Gideon Koppel'ssleep furiously (2015)
Journal Article
Harries, R. (2015). Continuity and rupture: Levinas's temporal ethics and Gideon Koppel'ssleep furiously. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 13(2), 189-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2015.1004962

This paper considers the work of Emmanuel Levinas alongside Gideon Koppel's film sleep furiously to explore the significance of temporality for the ethical potential of documentary film. Though comparatively little attention has been devoted to Levin... Read More about Continuity and rupture: Levinas's temporal ethics and Gideon Koppel'ssleep furiously.

Orality, trauma theory, and interlingual translation: a study of repetition in Kourouma's Allah n'est pas obligé (2015)
Journal Article
Batchelor, K. (in press). Orality, trauma theory, and interlingual translation: a study of repetition in Kourouma's Allah n'est pas obligé. Translation Studies, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/14781700.2014.1001777

The use of stylistic devices based around repetition in Ahmadou Kourouma’s Allah n’est pas obligé is usually taken as one of the markers of the novel’s link to oral story-telling traditions. It is, however, equally feasible to read such devices as ma... Read More about Orality, trauma theory, and interlingual translation: a study of repetition in Kourouma's Allah n'est pas obligé.

Segalen et l'Autre impossible (2015)
Book Chapter
Ridon, J.-X. (2015). Segalen et l'Autre impossible. In Exotisme et Altérité, Segalen et la Polynésie (81-97). Honoré Champion

The e-learning tool Voxopop and its benefits on oral skills: activities for final year students of German (2015)
Book Chapter
Stollhans, S. (2015). The e-learning tool Voxopop and its benefits on oral skills: activities for final year students of German. In K. Borthwick, E. Corradini, & A. Dickens (Eds.), 10 years of the LLAS elearning symposium: case studies in good practice / edited by Kate Borthwick, Erika Corradini, Alison Dickens. Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2015.000278

This case study demonstrates how Voxopop, a voice based e-learning tool, can be used to practise oal skills in the target language by presenting activities which have been developed for students of German at the University of Nottingham. The focus li... Read More about The e-learning tool Voxopop and its benefits on oral skills: activities for final year students of German.

Remarks on subversive performance at the trial of Giulio Cesare Vanini (1618-19) (2015)
Journal Article
Horsley, A. (2015). Remarks on subversive performance at the trial of Giulio Cesare Vanini (1618-19). Modern Language Review, 110(1), https://doi.org/10.5699/modelangrevi.110.1.0085

This article uses the theoretical framework of James C. Scott's Domination and the Art of Resistance (1990) to analyse the trial and execution of Giulio Cesare Vanini (1585–1619). It argues that Vanini's final actions were subversive acts of rebellio... Read More about Remarks on subversive performance at the trial of Giulio Cesare Vanini (1618-19).