Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Affleck, Sara Jane, Thesis advisor (ths): Hollinger, Veronica, Degree committee member (dgc): Junyk, Ihor, Degree committee member (dgc): Pendleton Jimenez, Karleen, Degree committee member (dgc): Chivers, Sally, Degree committee member (dgc): Verwaayen, Kim, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Parody has been a strategy within cultural production since the ancient Greeks: "paraodia" referred to a song sung alongside the main narrative thread of a dramatic work; the prefix "para-" also signifies "against." In A Theory of Parody: The Teachings of Twentieth-century Art Forms, Linda Hutcheon offers this core definition: parody is "a form of… more Full Text: MAKING MOCKERIES, MAKING CONNECTIONS: THE “REVOLUTIONARY POTENTIAL” OF PARODY IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ART AND LITERATURE A dissertation submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy …
Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Aghayan, Nooshin, Thesis advisor (ths): Bordo, Jonathan, Degree committee member (dgc): Wernick, Andrew, Degree committee member (dgc): Junyk, Ihor, Degree committee member (dgc): Tavakoli-Targhi, Mohammad, Degree committee member (dgc): Mincheva, Dyliana, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This dissertation is a critical review of the discursive formation of Islamic art in the twentieth century and the continuing problems that the early categorization of this discipline carries. It deals with the impact of these problems on the conceptualization of another category, Persian art. The subject is expounded by three propositions. First, the category of Islamic art was… more Full Text: Instabilities in the Identity of an Artistic Tradition as "Persian," “Islamic," and “Iranian” in the Shadow of Orientalism A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of …
