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Introduction. Transnational Representations of the Region, 1840-1940
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Cultural Trauma in Contemporary Northern Irish Literature
No full textThe Troubles may have officially ended twenty years ago, but they are far from forgotten. Many cultural expressions regarding the Troubles are made every year, implying that the recent past is not over and done with and that the trauma of those years still lingers in the cultural sphere. This research aims to figure out how contemporary novels Milkman and Country mediate cultural trauma. This aim is achieved by analysing the two novels as trauma novels and as products of a traumatised culture. This is done using Jeffrey C. Alexander’s theory on cultural trauma as a framework.
The results found that while both novels mediate both personal and cultural trauma, they are not the traditionally polarizing cultural trauma narratives that are associated with trauma representations. This result implies that cultural trauma representations shift in their perspective and that identifying victim and perpetrator becomes more nuanced as a culture slowly moves on
THE DEVELOPMENT OF OSCAR WILDE’S CRITIQUE OF VICTORIAN GENDER NORMS IN HIS PLAYS: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VERA, THE DUCHESS OF PADUA, AND LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN
No full textThis thesis analyses Wilde's critique towards contemporary gender norms in the characters presented in the plays Vera, The Duchess of Padua, and Lady Windermere's Fan, through both a textual analysis of the plays themselves and an analysis of important secondary sources regarding historical circumstances, theoretical concepts, and the reception of Wilde's plays. Moreover, this research presents an overview of the manner in which Wilde's presentation of his critique developed through criticism expressed by his audience. This research explains that Wilde depicted both his male and female characters in a manner that is inherently critical of contemporary gender norms and that the presentation of this criticism gradually became less extreme throughout his career
The Conflicting Convergence of Authority and Female Representation in Game of Thrones
No full textThis thesis has aimed to determine how, in the American television series Game of Thrones (2011-2019), the presence of the male gaze interfered with the portrayal of several female characters’ authority. Research was conducted by using Max Weber’s theory of the Three Types of Legitimate Rule and Laura Mulvey’s theory of the male gaze to analyze a collection of scenes belonging to the following four characters: Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister, Sansa Stark and Arya Stark. Analysis of these scenes showed that, despite examples of said female characters engaging in expressions of authority and attempts by the show creators to lessen the sexual objectification in later seasons, these portrayals have often been undermined by scenes where they were treated as passive sex objects rather than active participants in the story
“Queerying” Little Britain: The Portrayal of Non-normative Sexual and Gender Identities
No full textLittle Britain has become one of Britain’s most successful sketch comedy series. Each episode features a myriad of returning characters and topics. Some characters, such as the ultimate television chav Vicky Pollard, have become loved and ingrained in British society. Others, however, have sparked discussions on the use of racist and sexist jokes for comedic purposes. This thesis aims to analyse how non-normative sexual and gender identities are represented in Little Britain. The focus will be on the characters of Daffyd, a flamboyant homosexual man played by Matt Lucas, and Emily, a transgender woman played by David Walliams. The analysis of stereotypes through a queer reading will be applied to examine the appearance and behaviour of Daffyd and Emily. This analysis will show that both Daffyd and Emily’s representations are problematic, but that Daffyd’s sketches seem to create a little sympathy towards queer sexualities in Britain, while Emily’s depiction is hardly queer-friendly
The Irish and Highlands Potato Famines through Britain’s Perspective: An Analysis of Media Representation
No full textThis research paper will focus on the manner in which The Times and the Daily News report on the Irish Potato Famine and the Highlands Potato Famine through an analysis of tone, word-use, and contextual research with regards to the newspapers’ people of influence, the findings of which I will use to uncover differences and similarities in reporting and to explain why these newspapers reported the news in a certain way. Previous research has been conducted on The Times’ reporting of the Irish Potato Famine, by Melissa Fegan (2002) for instance, who seemingly uncovered anti-Irish sentiments within The Times. Since her research overlaps with mine, I will be incorporating some of her findings in this research as well. My own research revealed that it is likely that The Times’s reporting is influenced by the perspectives of the ruling class, while the Daily News’s reporting is influenced by Liberalist ideas. This is significant for future research, as it provides a better perception of both The Times and the Daily News during that time and, therefore, uncovers the influences that lie in the coverages of these famines, which can be useful for future research.
Keywords: The Times, Daily News, Ireland, Highlands, Famine, Fega
Constructing Iconic Englishness: Queen Elizabeth and The Faerie Queene.
No full textThe aim of this thesis has been to establish whether or not Spenser’s Faerie Queene, which is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth, can be seen as a contribution to iconic Englishness. To this end, I have analysed Spenser’s appropriation of the Arthurian legend, his use of virtues and vices, and the characters he created to represent different aspects of Elizabeth. This resulted in discovering a discrepancy between the author’s intention, which was to instruct on self-fashioning, and the end result; an accolade of the Queen. The Arthurian legend is altered in such a way that it fits the purpose of legitimising Elizabeth’s claim to the throne. Spenser’s moral instructions on virtues and vices mainly serve to promote Protestantism and temperance and to stress the importance of equity in achieving justice. Lastly, he glorifies Elizabeth’s virtuousness by incorporating her admirable qualities in different female characters
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Irish neutrality and censorship in the Second World War; A comparison of Sean O’Faolain’s One World essays and Elizabeth Bowen’s wartime reports.
No full textTo gain insight into the way neutrality was experienced in Ireland during the Second
World War this paper will compare two works by two especially relevant authors during the
war, namely the One World Essays published by Seán Ó Faoláin in the literary magazine The
Bell, and Elizabeth Bowen’s reports to the British Ministry of Information. How do depictions
of neutrality and censorship in both the One World essays and Bowen’s writings compare to
each other, and how do they reflect upon Irish neutrality? Expectations are that the One World
essays will be more actively opposed to instances of censorship, while their idea of Ireland is
one of a fully independent Irish nation. Bowen’s work will be in more pro-British in its
opinion, and depictions of neutrality and censorship will lean to an idea of an Irish nation that
is more closely related to its British neighbour. These works, written by two distinctly
different authors, could provide an interesting new insight into Irish neutrality from their
respective viewpoints. Through comparison with the actual political state of neutrality these
insights might shed a new light on how the neutrality was experienced in Ireland itself.
Key words: Ireland, Emergency, Neutrality, Censorship, The Second World War, The Bell
Magazine, Elizabeth Bowen, Sean Ó Faolái
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