The special relationship of influence between the Anglophone Modernist pioneer and poet Thomas Stearns Eliot and the two most influential Greek poets of the Generation of the 1930s, Georgios...Show moreThe special relationship of influence between the Anglophone Modernist pioneer and poet Thomas Stearns Eliot and the two most influential Greek poets of the Generation of the 1930s, Georgios Seferis and Odysseus Elytis, will be the central point of investigation of this thesis. Of particular interest is the manner they exploit the notions of culture, (historical) time and identity, and post-war conditions, which I will analyze through extracts from their works, The Waste Land and The Four Quartets, Mythistorema, and Axion Esti.Show less
This research looks at the role and characterization of non-binary characters in SF TV. With the focus specifically on the shows Another Life and Nightflyers, this paper analyses both human, non...Show moreThis research looks at the role and characterization of non-binary characters in SF TV. With the focus specifically on the shows Another Life and Nightflyers, this paper analyses both human, non-human, and post-human figures of the genre and the possible implications. The overall research has shown that science fiction tends to erase non-binary identities, and that is no different here: despite the existence of non-binary characters, their gender identity is erased from the story.Show less
Different ideas on happiness in the novel Serotonin can be recognized. Ideas of the philosophers Comte and Schopenhauer are connected to the contemporary use of anti-depressants, the notion of...Show moreDifferent ideas on happiness in the novel Serotonin can be recognized. Ideas of the philosophers Comte and Schopenhauer are connected to the contemporary use of anti-depressants, the notion of suicide and the role of women in society. Freudian elements with regards to the oral phase can also be recognized in the novel.Show less
