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"This book covers all Bernardine Evaristo’s major works: Lara (1997) and Lara (2009), The Emperor’s Babe, Soul Tourists, Blonde Roots and Hello Mum. Each chapter focuses on a particular novel, combining a close analysis of the author’s... more
Ο 20 ος αιώνας θεωρείται «σύντομος» σύμφωνα με τον ιστορικό Eric Hobsbawm. Ωστόσο τα γεγονότα που συνέβησαν κατά τη διάρκειά του δεν μπορούν να χαρακτηριστούν έτσι καθώς συγκλόνισαν τόσο πολύ την ανθρωπότητα που η απόρροια τους κρατάει ως... more
Estaria na obra de Chico Buarque a captura do embate societal entre mercado regulado, capitalismo autoritário e anarcocapitalismo típica de nosso início de século? Essa Gente dirá.
À luz das discussões advindas da Filosofia e da Teoria Social acerca da pós-modernidade, este trabalho busca refletir, por uma perspectiva discursiva, sobre o lugar da leitura de obras literárias na contemporaneidade. Procura-se... more
Abstract: This research work has used the text Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid. It has discussed the point that it is man who is the architect of his destination. The purpose of this academic work is to enable the human beings to unveil their... more
The paper seeks to examine the relation of the woman with her body - desire, sexuality, control of her own body - and her "place" within the patriarchal society in Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber" from her short story collection of... more
We read for pleasure and from various writings we derive that pleasure. Not just one kind of writing can provide us all the enjoyment that readers want to have from the reading exercise. Readers get pleasure from different genres of... more
Este estudo, partindo da história do mito sebástico e do seu papel central no padrão da autognose nacional de Portugal, analisa como é que a literatura pós-25 de Abril reescreve e reinterpreta a narrativa mítica do sebastianismo. Os... more
Racial discrimination, violence, and inequality are the most prominent factors creating troubles for black people in North America and apartheid South Africa for long. These factors show the authority of the whites over black races. The... more
Analisi del romanzo post-modernista "Underworld" di Don DeLillo
This essay includes general information about the structure of modernist and postmodernist literature. And also this document is not the full text of my study.
The subtitle of Virginia Woolf's Orlando (1928) is not "A Novel,” but "A Biography." Though Woolf's diaries establish that Orlando's subject owes homage to Vita Sackville-West, her long-time lover, the text's fantastical plot marks it as... more
The aim of this thesis is the analysis of mythological figures that appear in American Gods written by Neil Gaiman, specifically those that have major influence on the protagonist or those that make bigger appearance throughout the novel.... more
the assignment deals with key points of lexicology and lexicography.
Üstkurmaca gerçek ve kurgu kavramları üzerinde duran edebiyat kavramıdır. Üstkurmaca, sadece edebiyat eserlerinin değil hayatın kendisinin dahi bir kurmaca olduğuna inanır. Bu minvalde, üstkurmaca, roman ve hikayede anlatılanların... more
Traversing the Imaginary: Richard Kearney and the Postmodern Challenge. SPEP series at Northwestern University Press, 2007 (co-edited with Peter Gratton).
‘Self’ (noun) is described as ‘the set of someone's characteristics, such as personality and ability, which are not physical and make that person different from other people’ in Cambridge Advance Learner’s Dictionary. Every human being... more
In this paper, I have discussed what intertextuality is and examples of intertextuality in Peter Ackroyd's Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem
In this most accessible sequence in Pound's epic, poetry no longer manifests itself as the superimposition of order onto disorder: male, authoritarian, "the phallus or spermatozoid charging head on, the female chaos" (Natural Philosophy... more
What is the relationship between metaphysics and political revolution? Despite being two of the most widely discredited concepts in contemporary European philosophy, this chapter argues that we are witnessing the return of both in the... more
• Editors' Introduction: A(nother) Bash in the Tunnel / Neil Murphy & Keith Hopper • The Hidden Narrator / Aidan Higgins • Representation as a Hollow Form, or the Paradoxical Magic of Idiocy and Skepticism in Flann O'Brien’s Works /... more
J.G. Ballard's 2004 novel Millennium People is a post-modern detective dystopia that investigates a political uprising among the intellectual middle class in the gated community of Chelsea Marina, London. It employs a retrospective... more
Ο προσδιορισμός ζητημάτων ποιητικής στο πολυδιάστατο έργο του Θανάση Βαλτινού (1932 - ), και αναλυτικότερα η τοποθέτηση αυτού στη χορεία της μεταμοντέρνας ελληνικής λογοτεχνίας, συνιστούν θέματα πραγμάτευσης της εισήγησης. Συγκεκριμένα,... more
This paper will be an introduction, analysis, synthesis, critique, evaluation and pastoral application of dealing with Post-Modernism (PM) as a current day worldview and idol. This worldview will be synthesised briefly with the periods of... more
Autori pomenutih tekstova su mlađi ili stariji, govore BHS ili Francuski (ponekad i oba jezika), poznati su ili nepoznati: oni su jednostavno muškarci i žene koji žele sa čitaocem podijeliti svoju viziju budu}nosti, svoje bojazni i... more
The article comments upon the existing Polish translation of the novels of Donald Barthelme from the point of view of Venutian theory of translation. The paper was presented during The 1st International Conference in Translation... more
Like most of my paper, this research will be a fairly trailblazing as both the books and the subject are rather new and uncovered ground. Hopefully creating a path for future students and researchers to continue. Pat Baker’s The Silence... more
It is a story about good and evil, that evil brainwashes and uses technology to control as good, heals and understands.
Dualistic city folk using demons as the good country folk uses the angels.
Dualistic city folk using demons as the good country folk uses the angels.
The article offers a reflection on the consequences of the postsecular turn for the literary studies. Those include the critical elaboration of the very discourse of literary studies, i.e. a question on the roots of the discipline and... more
The Complete Conference Talk given by Alain Robbe-Grillet at the 1996 Oxford University Alain Robbe-Grillet Conference (September). Presented in the Original French of Alain Robbe-Grillet, transcribed in English by Edouard d'Araille.... more
This 'Open Discussion' is between the key participants of the 1996 Oxford University Alain Robbe-Grillet Conference and it took place after Robbe-Grillet and the six contributors had delivered their papers. Dr. Ann Jefferson of Oxford... more
The novel The Road (2006) represents a detour in the writings of American novelist Cormac McCarthy. Its concise prose and apocalyptic setting signalize a departure both from his early novels (which are closer to the Southern Gothic) than... more
The article offers an analysis of Polish translations of the novel 'King' and 'Snow White' by Donald Barthelme in view of the concepts proposed by Lawrence Venuti. (In Polish)
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Short review of the "Introduction" and "Rasha" chapters within "How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America" by Moustafa Bayoumi
Short review of the "Introduction" and "Rasha" chapters within "How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America" by Moustafa Bayoumi
The recent loss of composer Robert Ashley (1930–2014) prompted in some of us a grab-bag of reflections – private but perhaps peculiarly shareable. My first encounter with Ashley's music was when I was working in college radio in Chicago.... more
This paper presents a detailed discussion of The End, the sixth and final instalment in the Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard’s My Struggle cycle of autobiographical novels. Some critics and reviewers have been sceptical about the... more
Lo spettacolo teatrale The Rocky Horror Show (1973) di Richard O’Brien e, successivamente, l’adattamento cinematografico The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) di Jim Sharman possono essere considerate due pietre miliari del musical. Per... more
The novel The Road (2006) represents a detour in the writings of American novelist Cormac McCarthy. Its concise prose and apocalyptic setting signalize a departure both from his early novels (which are closer to the Southern Gothic) than... more