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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"2001 -- Fiction""”.
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Incongruent subjects: crisis narratives in Argentina and Spain (2001-2012)
… Crisis Narratives in Argentina and Spain (2001-2012) studies narrative fiction and film produced in Argentina and Spain in the last decades, focusing on the cultural construction and representation of the recent financial and political crises and its effects on middle class citizens. In the …
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On the other side of shame : a non-fiction account
… Langman's telephone rang on a Sunday night in 2001, heralding the call that would unravel her life. For forty long years, she had waited to hear news about the son she gave up for adoption when she was virtually a child herself. His birth had remained a closely guarded secret, hidden even from …
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Constructions of Space in Fiction of Neil Gaiman
… how constructions of space in contemporary fiction can be analysed to reveal the underlying politics and cultural commentary of the work. Each of the titles selected juxtaposes an ostensibly ‘real-world’ setting with fantastical elements, such as magic, myths, or ‘other’ worlds. The study …
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Trauma in Chinese North American Fiction
… wie der Roman The Bonesetter’s Daughter (2001, USA) von Amy Tan die Fehlkommunikation zwischen Müttern und Töchtern, Geistergeschichten sowie die verwundeten und mit körperlichen Narben übersäten Überlebenden von traumatischen Situationen als stilistische Mittel nutzt, um Traumata zu …
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Creating Socialization and Empathy through Athletics in Chris Crutcher’s Fiction
… health for adolescents in Chris Crutcher’s fiction. In his novels, <em>Ironman</em> and <em>Whale Talk</em>, published in 1995 and 2001 respectively, Crutcher uses athletically minded protagonists and the teams which form around them to display the benefits of being involved in athletics, …
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Agape and Emancipation: The Common Good in Recent Postcolonial Fiction
… and Richard Flanagan's Gould's Book of Fish (2001). Though their authors may be interested to some degree in making injustice visible, these texts do not lend themselves in a fully satisfying way to the aims of either social critique or liberal political reason. They show that education can …
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Epistolary Encounters : Diary and Letter Pastiche in Neo-Victorian Fiction.
… the significance of a ubiquitous presence of fictional letters and diaries in neo-Victorian fiction. It investigates how intercalated documents fashion pastiche narrative structures to organise conflicting viewpoints invoked in diaries, letters, and other addressed accounts as epistolary …
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An Analysis of Authors, Content, and Genres of Hispanic-Related Selections in Adopted 8th Grade Literature Anthologies in Texas 2001–2011
… 8 literature anthologies (adopted in Texas in 2001 and 2011) for cultural representativeness. Research Question: What are the trends in eighth-grade literature anthologies regarding the inclusion and treatment of Hispanic-authored/themed selections? To answer this question, analysis of Hispanic …
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A Futile Quest for a Sustainable Relationship in Welty's Short Fiction
Eudora Welty is an author concerned with relationships between human beings. Throughout A Curtain of Green and Other Stories, The Wide Net and Other Stories, and The Golden Apples, Welty's characters search for ways in which to establish and sustain viable bonds. Particularly problematic are the …
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Reading prostitution in American fiction, 1893-1917
… and vice commission reports, I compare fictional representations of prostitution to historical data, focusing on the prostitute's voice and her position in society. I examine actual prostitutes' life stories to dispel the misconception that prostitution was always a lower-class business. …
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Nostalgia, Home and Be-longing in Contemporary Postapartheid Fiction by Zakes Mda and Ivan Vladislavić
… and Be-Longing in Contemporary South African Fiction: Zakes Mda and Ivan Vladislavić Abstract The dissertation examines the representation of nostalgic longing and the question of home and belonging in selected South African novels by the contemporary writers Zakes Mda and Ivan Vladislavić. I …
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Beyond the trauma hero: the discourse of American war fiction from the Global War on Terror
… non-American, and generally, as other within war fiction written by American veterans who have served from 11 Sept. 2001 to the present day. I argue that the authors attempt to create a new narrative of what it means to be a veteran, what it means to go to war, and new ways to understand people …
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From Star Trek to Siri: (Dis)Embodied Gender and the Acousmatic Computer in Science Fiction Film and Television
… they have been directly influenced by fictional technology. Computer scientists and programmers have openly drawn inspiration from Science Fiction texts such as Gene Roddenberry's television show Star Trek and Stanley Kubrick's 1968 2001: A Space Odyssey in order to create more …
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The Anxiety of Expression : Word, Image and Sound in 9/11 Fiction
… to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 came in many forms - political, social, cultural, and military. The events of that day shaped the first decade of the 21st century, and continue to have enormous resonance worldwide. This research project examines a particular aspect of the …
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Rage, rage against the dying of the light: a rhetorical analysis of the role of existentialism, grieving, and space in science fiction films
<p>This research explores a collection of science fiction films released in four consecutive years that are wholly unique among the genre, including Gravity (2013), Interstellar (2014), The Martian (2015), and Arrival (2016). These films advance themes first enacted in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) …
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Invisible Scarlet O'Neil and the Whitman Authorized Editions for Girls: Homefront Representations of the American Feminine and the Feminine Heroic During World War II
… of propaganda imperatives and adult popular fiction, this dissertation helps bridge the literature gap between propaganda studies and children's popular fiction. Further, the cultural definitions and uses of Denning (1987), Cawelti (1976), and Wright (2001) are extended to examine a set of …
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The significance of space and setting : a critical analysis of selected South African fiction
… space and setting as used by South African fiction writers within the ideological framework of apartheid. Apartheid became the regime's preoccupation since 1948 and its ensuing social divisions impacted negatively on the Africans and the country's literature. The thesis consists of four …
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Identity and representation under occupation: cultural conflict in contemporary cinema
… are examined: Kandahar (Moshen Makhmalbaf, 2001), NicU? zemija (No Man's Land, Danis Tanovic 2001), and Yadon llaheyya (Divine Intervention, Elia Suleiman, 2002). The three films exemplify the ways in which the concepts: of home, nation and identity are "inextricably interwoven" in both the …
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A Falling Sky: A Novel
… days following the attacks of September 11th, 2001, writers of fiction and non-fiction, poets, and screenwriters struggled with how and when to put to use their craft as a way to, not only express their feelings about the event, but to do their part' to help assuage the grief felt by the nation …
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Beyond the milk carton: strategies for creating and allowing a space for engaging with personal narratives from family members about missing persons
… traumatic way. The existing television formats (fiction and non-fiction) are perhaps not ideal for intimate reflection and sharing emotional responses. By using narrative inquiry and action research while producing my own film about a missing person, I was able to test various fiction and …
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