Derry Girls provides a humorous take on the Northern Irish Troubles. The sitcom, following the lives of a group of teenagers living in Derry in the 1990’s, combines the grimness of the sectarian...Show moreDerry Girls provides a humorous take on the Northern Irish Troubles. The sitcom, following the lives of a group of teenagers living in Derry in the 1990’s, combines the grimness of the sectarian conflict with the recognisability of teenage hardship. In the series, trauma is inherently linked to the everyday concepts of youth, humour, and community. These concepts are used to allow the characters and the audience to think critically on the events occurring in the series, as the conflict is presented with such normalcy. Additionally, they highlight a sense of hope and kinship and advocate for a youth-inclusive approach to peacebuilding. The series can also be seen as a product of its time; not only does it portray the zeitgeist of 1990’s Derry, it is also a response to the ongoing violence and paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland since the Good Friday Agreement. Derry Girls underlines the importance of community in the processing of trauma, established the ‘Derry Girls’ as an exemplification of peacebuilding, and uses humour as a means of the demystification of conflict.Show less
This thesis will focus on four comedies by William Shakespeare, who used the concept of cross-dressing within As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Cymbeline and The Merry Wives of Windsor. This thesis...Show moreThis thesis will focus on four comedies by William Shakespeare, who used the concept of cross-dressing within As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Cymbeline and The Merry Wives of Windsor. This thesis will aim to find an answer to the question of whether female characters that cross-dress are more successful in achieving their goals and to what extent the characters experience altering consequences.Show less
This thesis is aimed at following the evolution of the character of Sherlock Holmes throughout three works : the original Conan Doyle's canon, the spinoff Enola Holmes series written by Nancy...Show moreThis thesis is aimed at following the evolution of the character of Sherlock Holmes throughout three works : the original Conan Doyle's canon, the spinoff Enola Holmes series written by Nancy Springer (2006-2010) and its recent film adaptation on Netflix (2020). Taking the famous detective's change in emotionality as basis, the thesis covers a number of topics in order to understand the reasons behind that change. Those topics include adaptations, feminism, the evolution of detective fiction and our relationship to emotions as a society.Show less
A Jungian approach to Harry Potter would entail the idea that for the story to be complete, the characters must confront and integrate these many aspects of their psyche. However, as implied by the...Show moreA Jungian approach to Harry Potter would entail the idea that for the story to be complete, the characters must confront and integrate these many aspects of their psyche. However, as implied by the title of this thesis, not every significant character is capable of doing so for a variety of reasons. This thesis will largely concentrate on The Helper, The Villain, and The Hero; namely, Remus Lupin, Voldemort, and Harry Potter. This thesis will examine these characters’ journeys towards wholeness and will explore to what extent they are successful in completing their “quests.” By dividing this thesis into four parts, one for each character, and one for an in-depth literary examination of Jung’s theory of Individuation, this thesis will shed a light on Lupin, Voldemort, and Harry’s Shadow selves. After a comprehensive study of the seven books and an in-depth examination of these three characters, this thesis will conclude that not every character is capable of confronting their Shadow for a number of internal and external reasons. Using the characters of Remus Lupin, Tom Riddle, and Harry Potter, this study asserts that although Remus is incapable of embracing his Shadow Self and Tom is opposed to it, Harry eventually does so. Additionally, this thesis will illustrate that, much as Lily Potter’s love for Harry saved his life, it is love that enables him to embrace his whole Self; his dark and light Persona.Show less
This thesis discusses Virginia Woolf's feminist thought and Joanna Russ's feminist thought and argues the influence Woolf has had on Russ's feminist science fiction writing.
This thesis examines the relations between social scripts and the ambiguity surrounding the existence of ghosts in The Haunting of Hill House, The Turn of the Screw, and their modern Netflix...Show moreThis thesis examines the relations between social scripts and the ambiguity surrounding the existence of ghosts in The Haunting of Hill House, The Turn of the Screw, and their modern Netflix adaptation The Haunting. It critically explores how the adaptation process has consequences for the nature of the ambiguity and thematic function of the ghosts within each narrative. In a visual medium, the representation of ghosts undermines the ambiguity of their existence. In turn, this has an impact on the themes of innocence and corruption that are explored in the narrative, which transform from psychologically oriented to socially oriented themes.Show less
This thesis looks at how adolescence is symbolised by children's journeys to exotic Fairylands. This is a place where they learn to integrate their emotional side (id/unconsious) with their moral...Show moreThis thesis looks at how adolescence is symbolised by children's journeys to exotic Fairylands. This is a place where they learn to integrate their emotional side (id/unconsious) with their moral/conscious side (superego/ego/persona). The integration of these elements signifies maturity. The thesis takes Bruno Bettelheim's Freudian analysis of the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale 'Brother and Sister' as a 'base structure' and looks at how this structure is applicable to three books from the early twentieth century: Nesbit's "Phoenix and the Carpet", J.M. Barrie's "Peter and Wendy" and Hope Mirrlees's "Lud-in-the-Mist".Show less
