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Mike Bartlett
No full textHailed as one of the most talented playwrights to have emerged in the late 2000s, Mike Bartlett\u27s diverse range of plays strike at the heart of the various crises predominant in the early twenty-first century. Offering the first extensive examination of the plays and television series written by award winning playwright Mike Bartlett, this volume not only provides analysis of some of Bartlett’s best-known works (Cock, Doctor Foster, King Charles III, and Albion), but also includes new interviews with Bartlett and some of his closest and oft relied upon collaborators. In this book, Bartlett’s plays and television series are grouped together thematically, allowing the reader to observe the cross-pollination between his works on the stage and screen. The book also includes an introductory biographical chapter that discusses early influences on his writing (Harold Pinter, Mark Ravenhill, Tony Kushner, and Quentin Tarantino), his time in the Young Writers Programme at the Royal Court, and his work with the Apathists. Routledge Modern and Contemporary Dramatists is a series of innovative and exciting critical introductions to the work of internationally pioneering playwrights, giving undergraduate students an ideal point of entry into these key figures in modern drama
Dynamic Localization of Endoplasmic Reticulum during Tetrahymena Conjugation
Get PDFChanges in lipid composition at membrane fusion sites in mating Tetrahymena are thought to involve the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), but its localization to these sites has not been observed. Here we show ER distribution during Tetrahymena mating using TtRET1-GFP and GFP-KDEL. We find that both markers localize to perinuclear membranes and tubular structures that connect perinuclear membrane to plasma membrane at fusion sites. Interestingly, both markers disappear from parental macronuclei after emergence of zygotic macronuclei. These similarities in localization of established ER marker, GFP-KDEL, and TtRET1-GFP reveal TtRET1-GFP as a useful new live cell marker for the ER in Tetrahymena
Efficient time-dependent method for strong-field ionization of atoms with smoothly varying radial steps
Get PDFWe present an efficient numerical method to solve the time-dependent Schrödinger equation in the single-active electron picture for atoms interacting with intense optical laser fields. Our approach is based on a non-uniform radial grid with smoothly increasing steps for the electron distance from the residual ion. We study the accuracy and efficiency of the method, as well as its applicability to investigate strong-field ionization phenomena, the process of high-order harmonic generation, and the dynamics of highly excited Rydberg states
Reimagining Disability: Exploring Medical, Social, Rights-Based, and Critical Perspectives
No full textThis thesis explores disability through the core four models of disability: the medical model, the rights model, the social model, and critical disability theory. Throughout the work I consider the historical evolution of each model, its fundamental principles, criticisms, and defenses, in addition to utilizing each model as a lens in a real-world example. Finally, it is acknowledged that each model is imperfect in some sense, and a way forward would utilize a diverse coalition of people with disabilities to engage in intersectional work, while viewing disability as medical, political, social, cultural, and systemic
The Spiritual Experience: Mysticism, Asceticism, and Sobriety
Get PDFAlcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a fellowship of people who help each other recover from the disease of alcoholism. The AA program is spiritual in nature but insists it is not religious. It encourages each member to discover a relationship with a Higher Power of their understanding and live by spiritual principles to maintain their daily reprieve from alcohol. Research has been conducted on the efficacy of Twelve Step recovery programs and the correlation of one’s religious or spiritual beliefs with long-term sobriety. However, little has been done to explore the spiritual content of the AA program. The purpose of this project is to connect the practices and beliefs endorsed by the AA program with those of asceticism and mysticism. Through a close reading of AA’s primary text and interviews with members, the mystical and ascetic practices of the AA program are made clear. The question of how AA operates like a religion and why it insists it is not religious is explored and a distinction between religion and spirituality is presented. Ultimately it is argued that the program of Alcoholics Anonymous is a mystical and ascetic practice, and that, depending on the definition of religion, AA may be considered religious, but that its categorization as a religion is less important than how it operates and why it consciously distances itself from religion
Gender Transgressions in Pre-Modern Italian Painting
Get PDFThis thesis explores works of art made in pre-modern Italy. Chapter One examines portraits of ‘Female Courtiers’ which display women’s adaptation of the ideal male courtier’s characteristics. These characteristics surpass that of the ideal woman who lack independence and who are confined by man-made definitions of the ideal. Chapter Two discusses a progression of the female courtier concept in which heroines are shown physically dominating men in art. The female artists of these paintings participated in the paragone at the time in which they competed against their male counterparts. Whereas non-transgressive portraits of women remained stable over time, men had greater freedom in regards to their portrayal. As a result of this freedom and Neoplatonic ideals, definitions of masculinity were much more fluid. Chapter Three investigates ‘Beautiful Boys’ in art, and this thesis views these portraits from a variety of gazes: male, female, and homoerotic. Paintings of Female Courtiers, “Women-On-Top,” and Beautiful Boys display gender transgressions in art thereby representing a variance in the otherwise strict gendered expectations of the pre-modern period, showing a desire for social change (particularly from women) or an attempt at reaffirming fabricated male superiority, and more generally the patriarchy. Women and male supporters specifically wanted to abandon the heteronormative, patriarchal, and misogynistic social structures in which they lived