Bachelor thesis | Film- en literatuurwetenschap (BA)
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In this thesis I analyse director Guillermo Del Toro's film The Shape of Water, comparing it to Beauty and the Beast tales and the classic monster movie. I do this using theories of melodrama,...Show moreIn this thesis I analyse director Guillermo Del Toro's film The Shape of Water, comparing it to Beauty and the Beast tales and the classic monster movie. I do this using theories of melodrama, looking, and the (monstrous) Other/other.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Film- en literatuurwetenschap (BA)
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The French writer Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) is seen as a forerunner of avant-garde movements such as futurism, Dadaism and surrealism. In this study, his influence on postmodernism is evaluated by...Show moreThe French writer Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) is seen as a forerunner of avant-garde movements such as futurism, Dadaism and surrealism. In this study, his influence on postmodernism is evaluated by close reading his most important fictional texts, but also several of his biographies. Jarry can be considered postmodern because of the great amount of ontological doubt in his work and in his life. His biographers augmented this by (intentionally or not) emphasizing the ontological confusion. Their ‘facts’ were the result of interpretation and representation.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Film- en literatuurwetenschap (BA)
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Contains a short study on the work of Robert Bolaño's poetry. A comparison between infrarealism in the poems of the Romantic Dogs and realism, surrealism and (neo)-baroque. In this short study the...Show moreContains a short study on the work of Robert Bolaño's poetry. A comparison between infrarealism in the poems of the Romantic Dogs and realism, surrealism and (neo)-baroque. In this short study the element of the dream in his work plays a central role. Infrarealism has its own 'ars poetica'. The poetry of Bolaño is revealing in the sense that it goes around censorship, by containing dreams or nightmares that are caught in reality.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Film- en literatuurwetenschap (BA)
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Functioneert Newspeak slechts retorisch of is het retorisch juist krachtig? Hoe komt die retorische kracht of zwakte dan tot stand en welke gevolgen heeft dit voor het subject?
