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The Evolution of the Female Lyric 'I' in Sylvia Plath's Poetry
The Evolution of the Female Lyric 'I' in Sylvia Plath's Poetry
Tihana Micarakis
This MA paper sets out to explore the evolution of the female lyric ‘I’, its role and importance in the selected poems by Sylvia Plath. It attempts to show how Plath’s lyric persona is in constant search of her own identity embodied in various roles she assumes: patient, daughter, wife, mother, and poet. The paper demonstrates how the images of mirror and mirroring, as well as doubling, play an important role in the lyric persona’s quest for true self. In Plath’s earlier poems we...
The Evolution of the Haunted House
The Evolution of the Haunted House
Nikolina Šarac
The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate the changing forms that the haunted house trope has taken in different literary periods. Moreover, the focus will be on the influence of various time-dependent factors, such as changes in social changes and norms that have left their imprint on the haunted house subgenre. The selected works provide a valuable insight into different eras, and a suitable basis for analysis. The Castle of Otranto, regarded as the first gothic novel, can also be described...
The Female Monstrous in Victorian Novels
The Female Monstrous in Victorian Novels
Katarina Jurković
This paper discusses the question of female monstrous in Victorian novels based on three novels. The main aim of research is to present the structure of society of that time and their relationship towards women. Furthermore, by means of comparison of three novels, relevant literature and analysis of the existing texts, the aim of research is to present the meaning of monstrosity, to explain what does it mean and in what way is manifested and how, when discussing a certain character. This...
The Formation of Female Identity in Edna O'Brien's The Country Girls Trilogy
The Formation of Female Identity in Edna O'Brien's The Country Girls Trilogy
Leona Žurić - Kovačev
This final paper sets out to explore how Irish novelist Edna O’Brien represents Irish womanhood and the formation of female identity in her groundbreaking work, The Country Girls Trilogy. It examines how O’Brien’s characters develop and change in the course of the three novels against a backdrop of mid-century Ireland and its extremely rigid and conservative ways of life. The family and Irish Catholic Church are especially in the focus of the paper as these are seen as the forces which...
The Formation of Female Identity in Edna O'Brien's The Country Girls Trilogy
The Formation of Female Identity in Edna O'Brien's The Country Girls Trilogy
Leona Žurić - Kovačev
This final paper sets out to explore how Irish novelist Edna O’Brien represents Irish womanhood and the formation of female identity in her groundbreaking work, The Country Girls Trilogy. It examines how O’Brien’s characters develop and change in the course of the three novels against a backdrop of mid-century Ireland and its extremely rigid and conservative ways of life. The family and Irish Catholic Church are especially in the focus of the paper as these are seen as the forces which...
The Frontier Myth in the Novels of Cormac McCarthy
The Frontier Myth in the Novels of Cormac McCarthy
Ivana Barjašić
The Frontier Myth has become an integral part of American culture and is constantly referenced through nostalgic depictions through which the myth has survived. Cormac McCarthy's novels seem to challenge the relationship between dominant frontier values and nationalistic conceptions of American history. The frontier is a concept open to question and uncertainty and constantly revised which is why the concept is applicable in different places, times and people. Through text analysis of...
The Handmaid's Tale: Gender, Oppression and Dystopia
The Handmaid's Tale: Gender, Oppression and Dystopia
Marta Ivanković
The aim of this thesis was to analyse Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale and explore its prominent themes of gender, power and oppression. These themes will be read in the context of the dystopian setting of the novel. This study employs Foucault’s theoretical works for the chapters regarding power, hierarchy, and sexuality to emphasise the aim of Gilead. The main protagonists and their motives will also be analysed in the light of gender perspective for the part of female...
The Horror Genre as a Social Critique
The Horror Genre as a Social Critique
Manuela Milas
The horror genre has proven itself to be an astonishing vehicle for the implementation of criticism on certain issues that can be found within society and are related to different historical and political contexts. Because of its freedom in the portrayal of gruesome monsters and events, it has the possibility of providing this commentary in a more subtle way and executes its depiction on a completely different level than any other genre. Consequently, this paper deals with the analysis of...
The Hunger Games: Creation of "Real" Reality
The Hunger Games: Creation of "Real" Reality
Irena Prša
This thesis focuses on literary representation of reality tv phenomenon in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, a dystopian young adult work of fiction. The trilogy is analyzed for themes that concern manipulation and representations of reality. Found themes are then incorporated into a theoretical framework of performance studies, with an anthropological observance of how they represent changing realities for individuals and societies, both in the analyzed novels and modern...
The Importance of Language, Ideology, and Identity in the Formation of the Ukrainian Nation
The Importance of Language, Ideology, and Identity in the Formation of the Ukrainian Nation
Jurica Puljiz
The aim of this MA thesis is to analyze the importance of language in the formation of the Ukrainian national identity, while also taking into consideration aspects of language ideologies which shaped the status of the Ukrainian language throughout different historical periods. Moreover, this thesis analyzes the creation of the modern Ukrainian language and its importance for present-day Ukrainian national identity. This analysis has been conducted with the help of prominent works of various...
The Influence of Politics and Ideology in Translation
The Influence of Politics and Ideology in Translation
Maja Trusić
This paper aims to present and discuss important issues regarding the influence of politics and ideology within the field of translation studies. Employing a theoretical approach, the work examines position of translated literature within the literary system relying on the theories of translation theorists and researchers Itamar Even-Zohar and André Lefevere. The paper also attempts to examine the position of a translator and his or her work regarding several ideological influences: the...
The Magical World of Women: Disney and the Representation of Femaleness
The Magical World of Women: Disney and the Representation of Femaleness
Nevena Ključanin
The focus of this Master’s thesis is a feminist analysis of the representation of female characters in four Disney animated films, with an additional consideration to certain masculine ideologies both social and cultural. This paper explores the meaning behind Disney’s representation of women with a focus on the beauty ideal, femaleness, sexuality, and gender. This paper is a case study of femaleness; the goal to determine whether or not Disney’s portrayal of women is detrimental or...

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