In deze scriptie onderzoek ik binnen het kader van Feminist Criticism in hoeverre Elisaveta Kul'man in haar werk legitimiteit creëert voor de vrouwelijke dichter. Uit mijn analyse van de gedichten ...Show moreIn deze scriptie onderzoek ik binnen het kader van Feminist Criticism in hoeverre Elisaveta Kul'man in haar werk legitimiteit creëert voor de vrouwelijke dichter. Uit mijn analyse van de gedichten 'Korinna', 'Feestdag van Pindarus' en de gedichtenreeks 'Bloemenkrans' blijkt dat Kul'man enerzijds de vrouwelijke dichter binnen een mannelijke genealogie en canon plaatst en daarmee de positie van de vrouwelijke dichter tussen mannelijke dichters legitimeert. Anderzijds houdt Kul'man binnen de gedichten vast aan de gangbare opvattingen over vrouwelijke dichters. Vrouwen zijn beperkt in hun creativiteit en worden qua onderwerpen beperkt door hun lieflijke aard. Desalniettemin is er sprake van een ontwikkeling binnen het werk van Kul'man, waarin een groeiende zelfverzekerdheid en bewustzijn voor de positie van de vrouwelijke dichter zichtbaar wordt.Show less
This article seeks to address the impact of the foreign agents law, whilst highlighting the specific and non-specific issues women NGOs with a foreign agent label face. Based on the experiences of...Show moreThis article seeks to address the impact of the foreign agents law, whilst highlighting the specific and non-specific issues women NGOs with a foreign agent label face. Based on the experiences of all women NGOs adopted into the registry, this research concludes that the foreign agents label has had a mixed impact on the women’s NGOs, however, most consequences are negative. This asymetric impact alludes to the ambiguous attributes of the Russian regime.Show less
In the course of 2014, political tensions between Russia and the West were considerably increasing. As a result, the West implemented sanctions towards Russia, which then provoked Russia to impose...Show moreIn the course of 2014, political tensions between Russia and the West were considerably increasing. As a result, the West implemented sanctions towards Russia, which then provoked Russia to impose counter-measures against the Western pressure, resulting in a downward spiral where both parties keep expanding and extending their measures, until the day of today. With this, the question arises on whether the sanctions imposed by the EU have been successful in fulfilling the intended objectives of their imposed sanction? If not, then what were the reasons? Has Russia, for example, been able to cushion the Western sanctions in an effective way, that the sanctions have not succeeded in tipping the scale of the cost-benefit calculations for Russia to comply with the criteria and objectives set by the EU? Or have there been other reasons, such as a reorientation to China, also known as the “Pivot to the East”? The research of this thesis focuses on the impact and effectiveness of the EU sanctions, Russia's reponse to the sanctions, and which factors have played a role in the overall impact and effectiveness of the EU sanctions.Show less
