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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Myths of Origin"”.
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Reinforcing and destabilizing myths of origin: Storytelling and biopolitical communities in contemporary theater in French
This dissertation examines representations of community in contemporary theater in French through the theoretical lens of biopolitics and analyses of the ways in which stories are told. In close readings of major theatrical works in French after 1968, I reveal how two different notions of community …
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The South African War and Afrikaner nationalism in Afrikaans-language films and television : changing representations circa 1930s - 2000s
… event for Afrikaners, not only because of the suffering endured, but also for how the war came to symbolise Afrikaner identity and ethno-nationalism. The South African War is central to Afrikaner beliefs and conceptions of the Afrikaner volk, or nation, its sense of belonging in South …
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Radical Conservatism and Victorian Poetry: 1830-1906
This dissertation explores the emergence of radical conservatism as a form of disjunctive aesthetic practice in the nineteenth century. Having traced Thomas Carlyle’s positive recuperation of disjuncture as a means by which to regenerate the present, I argue that his early essays and distinctive …
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Western Historical Gardens and Chinese Influences--From Great Britain to Picturesque Royal garden in Piedmont
Introduction This dissertation traces the rise of the Landscape garden in England during the 1700s, and its gradual diffusion across France, Germany and Italy. The new style, in a certain degree, inspirited by Chinese classical garden which represented a return to nature and informality, marking a …
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The context, purpose, and dissemination of legendary genealogies in northern England and Iceland c. 1120 – c. 1241
… is a comparative and multidisciplinary study of legendary genealogies in the historical writing of northern England and Iceland c. 1120 – c. 1241. Historical writing was produced in abundance over this period in both areas and the frequent contact between England and Scandinavia, as well as …