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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"role of the author"”.
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How books became less 'different': An exploration of the rise of marketing within the publishing industry 1980-2010, and consideration of how this not only changed the business model, but impacted on the role of the author; with consideration of the likely associated implications of these developments in future
This research focuses on the history of publishing and authorship and is represented by the following books and articles: How to Market Books (1990; 1993; 1997; 2000; 2008) Are Books Different? (1993) Marketing your Book: An Author’s Guide (2001; 2007) Is there a Book in you? (2006) How …
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The Concept of Self-reflexive Intertextuality in the Works of Umberto Eco
… on several levels, including but not limited to the literary, semiotic, linguistic, philosophic, and historical. Notwithstanding the postmodern ideology of the irrelevance of the author (in terms of identity and intentionality) to a text’s interpretation, Eco’s novels offer another level of …
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The "unlikely female" characters of the Mabinogi
The female characters of the Mabinogi represent divergent views on medieval gender roles. Some characters are depicted in stereotypical ways — defined in dichotomy, as either Mary or Eve. Other female characters are different, for they portray women who act outside of social norms. These are the …
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Modernitet och myt : avförtrollning och återförtrollning i Knut Hamsuns Sult, Mysterier och Pan
… Hamsun (1859-1952) is generally regarded as one of the first proponents of modern literature in Scandinavia. The present thesis discusses the author’s breakthrough phase which took place around the year 1890. This was an era when societal modernity became established in the Scandinavian …
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The notion of 'we': Articulating ethical moments in art
… philosophical and socio-political investigation of creative force entailed in the realm of art. It focuses on how to assess the elusive aspect of power that is engaged with the notion of `we'; and explores what the notion contributes to art-making. The written thesis consists of four chapters, …
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Reading Houellebecq And His Fictions
This dissertation explores the role of the author in literary criticism through the polarizing protagonist of contemporary French literature, Michel Houellebecq, whose novels have been both consecrated by France’s most prestigious literary prizes and mired in controversies. The polemics defining …
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From Visual Poetry to Digital Art: Image-Sound-Text, Convergent Media, and the development of New Media Languages
This research arises from my practice as a professional artist and my concern with issues of language and communication, particularly, the investigation of ways that arouse emotion and rational thought at once through language. Visual Poetry is a form of expression, which provokes both, and I saw …
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Constructing discourses: A postmodern interpretation of a rural public library system
Aim. Most of the literature related to the study of library and information science tends to spring from a modern, positivist paradigm. Only a small number of theorists, working in what some describe as “the periphery” of library and information science (Trosow 2001), explore the ways that …
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The Craft of Fiction: Teaching Technique, 1850-1930
<p>The Craft of Fiction, 1850-1930</p><p>This dissertation considers two models of authorship active in the British nineteenth century: one that viewed the writing of fiction as the province of genius unconnected with the world of work, and another that saw it as a practice requiring a set of …