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
Research master thesis | Literary Studies (research) (MA)
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In this thesis I want to create an intersectional, queer intervention in animal studies taking previous animal, critical race studies and queer theory intersections – ecofeminism, material feminism...Show moreIn this thesis I want to create an intersectional, queer intervention in animal studies taking previous animal, critical race studies and queer theory intersections – ecofeminism, material feminism and queer ecology – into account within the context of literary studies and cultural analysis. Therefore, I want to ask: In what way do intersectional alliances – both theoretical and artistic – formed from an animal and queer studies perspective, affirmatively (re)imagine (material) queer intimacies human-nonhuman relations to contribute to an nonanthropocentric framework? To answer this question, I want to employ the term/concept queer as both a critical and productive tool that enables transgression of disciplines and even the academy itself, into the material reality of non-human animals to examine human-animal relations and intimacies.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Film- en literatuurwetenschap (BA)
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This thesis touches upon key topics concerning intertextuality, adaption theory as well as postmodern tendencies through four extensive case studies of either works of (mainstream) film or...Show moreThis thesis touches upon key topics concerning intertextuality, adaption theory as well as postmodern tendencies through four extensive case studies of either works of (mainstream) film or literature. in doing so this thesis gives an original insight on how in recent years certain mainstream works of fictional filmic and literary works follow trends of rewriting pervading meta narratives and especially those of classic fairytales and superhero narratives within comic strips. as such, this thesis not only offers insights on (deliberate) intertextuality but also on intermediality and how it plays a prominent role in both fields of film and literature.Show less
This thesis delves into the concept of the queer 'Other' in Gothic literature, using Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein', Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' and Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' as...Show moreThis thesis delves into the concept of the queer 'Other' in Gothic literature, using Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein', Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' and Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' as examples to analyse the discourse surrounding the figure of the queer Other in nineteenth-century society. Key concepts are the (sexually) queer monster and queer(ing) space and social constructs.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Film- en literatuurwetenschap (BA)
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Aan de hand van een bespreking van de films Memories of Underdevelopment (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1968) en One Way or Another (Sara Gómez, 1974) poog ik de cinematische kwaliteit van Cubaanse Third...Show moreAan de hand van een bespreking van de films Memories of Underdevelopment (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1968) en One Way or Another (Sara Gómez, 1974) poog ik de cinematische kwaliteit van Cubaanse Third Cinema te bepalen, als het gaat om de representatie van vrouwelijke potentie.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Film- en literatuurwetenschap (BA)
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This thesis explores how the second wave feminist work The Lesbian Body deconstructs heterosexual discourse and at the same time creates a new subject that is not part of a heterosexual structure.
