Universidad de Almería • Master en Estudios Ingleses

In this paper, I will analyse the use of satire in Hard times and the ways Dickens criticizes the most prominent changes brought by the industrial revolution to British society. I will also examine how Dickens challenges the prevailing view of the society that practicality and facts were of greater importance than feelings and people. Finally, I will show how through the dualistic characters, using satire, Dickens wants to expose Victorian society's hypocrisy as well as his critical point of vi...

A person’s perception of such matters as civil rights, economy, immigration, wars and welfare are significantly affected by the manner and extent of media coverage. Mass media de¬cide what type of information will be given to the public, in what amount and how exactly will be given. This work consists of two parts: the first part offers an overview of those scholars who exposed in their works the evidences similar to those presented by Herman and Chomsky in Manufacturing Consent (1988). The s...

In this paper, I’m analyzing the travel brochure about a variety of local tours organized by International travel solutions agency to Moscow. First, I’ll take a look at the specific structure of the brochure, next, I will examine the language being used to attract readers attention and different persuasive techniques to persuade people into buying the tourism products and services being promoted.

In this work, I will analyze the topic of the heritage of gender inequality and the reasons of women’s lower position in the modern society. I will explore Virginia Woolf’s essay “A room of one’s own” in which she described the struggle of women in the early 20th century to break into men-dominated areas. I will also examine the reasons there were so few good women novelists, artists, or writers for so long a time.