Essays about: "Hutcheon"
Found 5 essays containing the word Hutcheon.
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1. Rewritings of Circe: Representation, Resistance, and Change in Feminist Revisionism
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : This paper analyses the feminist revisionism of the Circe-myth in the rewritings by Eudora Welty, Margaret Atwood, and Madeline Miller. To that end, the paper first examines three different ways of discussing rewritings: Jeremy M. READ MORE
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2. Reality and Subjectivity in Philip K. Dick’s Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : This thesis examines the forces that affect subjectivity in two novels by the author Philip K. Dick, Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said and The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. The close reading of these two novels makes use of postmodernist theory as its theoretical foundation. READ MORE
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3. Doing away with safety : A study on mourning and metafiction in How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärandeAbstract : This essay works with Freud’s theory of melancholia, and Hutcheon’s theories of parody and metafictional writing to explore Charles Yu’s novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. By looking at how both theories handle the subject of identity and unconscious formations, this study argues that the relationship between the main character and his father visualizes the process of creating, as well as evolving a dialectic discourse regarding the function of literature. READ MORE
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4. POETRY ON POETRY: The Metafictional Elements in the Works of William Wordsworth
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : William Wordsworth is one of the most extensively researched authors in English literature. Despite this, there seem to be no studies looking into the self-reflective elements of his poetry. READ MORE
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5. A New Original : The Adaptation of The Remains of The Day
University essay from Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : The essay investigates the film adaptation The Remains of the Day. The novel and film are used to give examples of ways the story of a novel can change when it is adapted for film. The theoretical framework is based on Linda Hutcheon's concept of orginality and fidelity. . READ MORE