• Origins of postmodern impegno: ethical and political commitment in the works of Gianni Celati 

  Ronchi Stefanati, Michele (University College Cork, 2019)

  This research investigates the role of Gianni Celati in the development of postmodern forms of impegno in contemporary Italy. It examines Celati’s entire works, as a writer, literary critic, translator and film-maker, from ...
• Wild woman: representations of female 'deviance' in modern and contemporary Italian fiction 

  Buckley, Claire (University College Cork, 2017)

  This study analyses the cultural and literary representation of female characters labelled “deviant” in Italian fiction. From the cultural context of nineteenth-century Italy up to that of the present day, I consider the ...
• The many voices of Piedmont: language, identity and alterity in the works of modern and contemporary Piedmontese writers 

  Raimondi, Andrea (University College Cork, 2015)

  The aim of this project is to carry out a linguistic analysis of a group of modern and contemporary narratives written by authors from the same Italian region: Piedmont. The novels and short stories examined stand out for ...
• Reframing Chinese animation: from classicism to postmodernism in post-1949 non-commercial Chinese animated films 

  Chen, Yuanyuan (University College Cork, 2016)

  This thesis focuses on Chinese non-commercial animated films produced from 1949 to date, with the aim of remapping and reframing Chinese animation in the light of existing theories, critiques, and frameworks drawn from ...
• Locating the transnational: representations and aesthetics of the city in contemporary European cinemas 

  Keating, Abigail (University College Cork, 2014)

  This thesis focuses on two Western European cinematic cities, and two unique periods of their respective nations’ histories, in a bid to “locate” the transnational within a contemporary European milieu. I argue that my ...

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