Blar i AURA på forfatter "Armstrong, Charles Ivan"
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A Portrayal of Irish Class and Economy in Contemporary Irish Literature After the Celtic Tiger Era
Wikeby, Hanna (Master thesis, 2022)From the 1990s to the late 2000s, Ireland experienced rapid economic growth due to clever investments, and this period of prosperity has been nicknamed the Celtic Tiger. After the financial crisis of 2008, it became evident ... -
Ambivalent Déjà-vu: World War II in the Poetry of the Northern Irish Troubles
Armstrong, Charles Ivan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
'And I Knew Them All': A Study of Trauma in Two Bosnian Books
Ganic, Dula (Master thesis, 2022)This thesis seeks to examine the portrayal of trauma in the two Bosnian books Safe Area Goražde (2000) by Joe Sacco and The Bosnia List (2014) by Kenan Trebinčević and Susan Shapiro. Both books are set to and revolve around ... -
Ekfrasen som begivenhet
Armstrong, Charles Ivan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
«Jeg skaper meg en ny klode». Fiktive verdener og Ellen Einans lyrikk
Pitronova, Eva (Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 401, Doctoral thesis, 2023)This thesis examines the fictional potential of lyric poetry and demonstrates a fiction-based analysis on writings of the Norwegian poet Ellen Einan. In addition to the theoretical discussion of fictional worlds of lyric ... -
Longing for Less: Exploring the minor affect of sansibility in Samuel Beckett's Trilogy
Vindfjell, Leni (Master thesis, 2023)This thesis concerns itself with analysing Samuel Beckett’s three loosely connected novels, commonly referred to as the Trilogy, in light of affect theory. Through close readings of Molloy (1951/1955), Malone Dies (1951/1956) ... -
Terrorizing Images. Trauma and Ekphrasis in Contemporary Literature
Langås, Unni; Armstrong, Charles Ivan (Book, 2020)This book combines two focal points: trauma and ekphrasis. It responds to the recognition of how terrorizing images permeate the public sphere in connection with traumatic experiences and confl icts and emphasizes the ways ... -
'You Might Have Time to Think': Alienation and Discontent in Factotum and My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Hals, Daniel Ian Jacaba (Master thesis, 2023)This thesis will examine discontent in Charles Bukowski’s Factotum and Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation and analyse the two protagonists’ dissatisfaction through Karl Marx’s theory of alienation, to show ...