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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"American literature studies"”.
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Chicago grotesque: literary and artistic perceptions of Chicago, 1880-1910
What this thesis sets out to create is a methodology whereby the texts of Chicago can be analysed in such a way that we can see how the texts produced and read within this society act in conjunction with their readers to help in the creation of the identity of the Chicago individual, and Chicago …
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Defining the Home from Chopin to McCarthy
… between home, domesticity and space in American Literature has been the source of much critical debate and discussion. Although the physical space is now settled the ideology of the frontier and the need for continuous expansion still permeates American culture. Additionally, the …
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The edges of the Unsaid: Transgressive practices in the Fiction of Kathy Acker
… Kathy Acker, a radical and transgressive American female writer (1947-1997). The study maps the development of Acker's fiction by focusing on the political dimension of her aesthetic strategies. It explores the politics of plagiarism and appropriation; the subversive representation of …
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Translation and adaptation of contemporary northeastern Brazilian drama through devising for performance: a case study of Aldri Anunciação's 'Namíbia, Não!'
This thesis aims to study the use of devising techniques in the translation of contemporary Northeastern Brazilian plays for an English-speaking audience. It focuses on the analysis of the process of translation of Aldri Anunciação's Namíbia, Não! (2011) through working with a cast of two …