The 14^th Symposium of Students in English

AMERICAN LITERATURE I

Room 324

Moderator: Vesna Stepanov

AMERICAN LITERATURE II

Room 328

Moderator: Diana Gomboş

CULTURE AND THE MEDIA

Room 150

Moderator: Claudia Şonea

BRITISH LITERATURE

Room 522

Moderator: Mirela Lăpugean

11.45-12.05

Vesna Stepanov

1^st year, American Studies MA 

Lolita. The Wet Dreams of American Prudes

Diana Besoiu

1^st year, American Studies MA

Theodore Dreiser in the Society of the 20^th Century

Anne-Marie Popescu

1^st year, American Studies MA

The Amish Population       

Sabina Andone

3^rd year, English-French

Feminine Identities in Othello and Hamlet

12.05-12.25

Andrei Cherăscu

1^st year, American Studies MA

Frank Herbert’s Dune – The Human Element in Sci-Fi

Diana Gomboş

1^st year, American Studies MA 

Light in August: Male Figures – Victims or Prosecutors

Alexandra Ionescu

1^st year MA, University of Bucharest

The Jazz Age

Miruna Vălungan

2^nd year, Romanian-English

Jane Austen – Female Image                              

12.25-12.45

Eugen Neagoe

2^nd year, English-French

Fishing for Hemingway in Maclean

Rafaela Iacobescu

1^st year, American Studies MA 

William Faulkner’s Use of Foreshadowing in Light in August and Its Role in the Construction of the Characters

Andreea Draginov

1^st year, American Studies MA

Suburban Lifestyle in the 40’s-50’s

Florin Radu Borteş

2^nd year, English-French

What Lies at the Basis of Jude the Obscure

12.45-13.05

Raluca Pantin

3^rd year, English-French

The Zero Degree and the Silence of Writing: Ernest Hemingway – A Writer in His Time

Cristina Plavoşin

1^st year, American Studies MA 

Parental Absence and Child Abandonment in William Faulkner’s Writings

Ioana Rişcou

1^st year, Creative Writing MA

Predatory Male Behaviour in Thomas Hardy’s Novels

Roxana Peti, Nicoleta Cîrştioabă

2^nd year, Romanian-English

Speaking. Absurd or Not?

(Room 328)

Miruna Surcel, Anamaria Bădăi,

Silviana Gainescu

2^nd year, German-English

Are Idioms a Pain in the Neck? (English/Romanian/German)

(Room 416)

Andreea Varga, Mirela Lăpugean

2^nd year, Creative Writing MA

Defamiliarisation in Poetry

(Room 522)

AMERICAN LITERATURE

Room 416

Moderator: Georgiana Lolea

CULTURE AND THE MEDIA I

Room 150

Moderator: Geanina Huţiu

CULTURE AND THE MEDIA II

Room 324

Moderator: Claudia Şonea

BRITISH LITERATURE

Room 328

Moderator: Alessandra Penescu

BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH LITERATURE

Room 522

Moderator: Mirela Lăpugean

15.15-15.35

Amelia Şimandan

2^nd year, American Studies MA                FRI

Feminine Characters in Fitzgerald’s Novels

Oana Arion

1^st year, American Studies MA

The Portrayal of Automobile Safety in the American Printed Press, 1930’s-1960’s

Adriana Corescu

2^nd year, English-German

Common Law                       

Adriana Ioţcov

2^nd year, American Studies MA

Occult and Gnostic Elements in L. Durrel’s Alexandria Quartet

Ioana Buran          

2^nd year, LMA

The Theme of Isolation in Coetzee’s Novels

15.35- 15.55

Andrada-Timea Farkas

3^rd year, English-German

The Soul of the Jazz Age and the Heart of the American Spirit in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

Ramona Teodora Cociubei

3rd year, University of Oradea            

The Cyber character: Cyberfeminism in the World... of Warcraft

Alexandra Dascălu

1^st year, Romanian-English

To Dominate or to Be Dominated

Alessandra Penescu

2^nd year, English-French

Mixing Myths and Symbols: Justine – The Alexandria Quartet

Mirela Lăpugean

2^nd year, Creative Writing MA

Poscolonialism in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things

15.55-16.15

Georgiana Lolea

2^nd year, American Studies MA

The Use of Language in The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Isabela Dămoc

2^nd year, English-French

Feminine Figures in Chaplin’s Movies

Claudia Şonea

3^rd year, English-French

The skirt: An iconographic inquiry

Sorina Muntean

2^nd year, Romanian-English

George Orwell’s 1984

Maria-Mihaela Nistor

3^rd year, University of Cluj-Napoca

Issues of Identity in Joy Kogawa’s Obasan

16.15-16.35

Liliana Matici

2^nd year, American Studies MA

History and Fiction in Dos Passos’ 1919

Geanina Huţiu-Făt

2^nd year, American Studies MA

American Pop Culture in Everybody Loves Ray

Miruna Surcel

2^nd year, German-English

The Effects of Permanent Supervision in 1984

Larisa Gâz

2nd year MA, University of Baia Mare

Religion in Canadian Literature

AMERICAN LITERATURE

Room 324

Moderator: Anamaria Arşovan

CULTURE AND THE MEDIA

Room 522

Moderator: Vesna Stepanov

BRITISH LITERATURE I

Room 416

Moderator: Alessandra Penescu

BRITISH LITERATURE II

Room 150

Moderator: Mirela Lăpugean

LINGUISTICS AND ELT

Room 328

Moderator:

Roxana Peti

10.00-10.20

Ioana Duţă

2^nd year, Romanian-English

Madness in Chuck Palahniuk’s Works

Bogdan Imbri

3^rd year, English-French

The Sacred to the Native Americans

Mădălina Borcău

2^nd year, English-French

The Downfall of Society and Inherent Evil. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies

Carmen Crainic

1^st year Irish Studies MA, University of Cluj

 Reshaping the Culturally Marked Body: Fay Weldon's The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

Mihaela Ioana Topan

1^st year MA, University of Baia Mare

Bilingual Cartoons and Young Adults: Pepe Le Pew and Speedy Gonzalez

10.20-10.40

Claudiu Moga

1^st year MA, University of Alba Iulia

Spiritual Needs in Chuck Palahniuk’s Survivor

Nicoleta Preda

1^st year, American Studies MA

Changes in the Perception of Native Americans in U.S. History

Bianca Foghel

3^rd year, English-German

John Fowles: Homogenising Fiction with Self-Reflection in Daniel Martin

Alina Bugheşiu

1^st year MA, University of Baia Mare

Revisiting the Reader in Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus

Andreea Blaj

2^nd year, American Studies MA

Teaching Drama                 

10.40-11.00

Andreea Iordache

2^nd year, Romanian-English

Phoniness and the Painfulness of Growing Up in The Catcher in the Rye

Vesna Stepanov

1^st year, American Studies MA

The New World: Accounts of the Genocide of Native Americans

Andra Jebelean

2^nd year MA

A Comparative View on Butlers in The Remains of the Day by K. Ishiguro and Radetzky March by Joseph Roth

Denisse Hodoşan

1^st year, English-French

The Booker Prize. Literature in Postmodern Times

Alexandra Farkas

3^rd year, LMA

Translating Shakespeare

11.00-11.20

Roland Straub

1^st year, American Studies MA

Criminal Masterminds of American Culture 

Mihaela Ioana Topan

1^st year MA, University of Baia Mare

'Dolly keeps a secret' In The Labyrinth of A.S. Byatt's Possession

Cristina Lupulescu

3^rd year, LMA

Anglicisms in Media Discourse

Ana Kun

1^st year, Creative Writing MA

Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Vasile - Creative Writing Workshop

(room 328)

Viviana Daniloni

2^nd year, MBA, Timisoara Polytechnic

Mirela Lăpugean

2^nd year, Creative Writing MA

Deconstruction: Technique-al Manual for Using the Scissors

(room 522)