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This dissertation is a combination of a critical essay and an original collection of poetry. The essay examines the tradition of the elegiac lyric as either an act of private mourning or a public ceremonial ritual. It traces the two predominant elegiac traditions in Western cult…

«Dans l'ombre des platanes» est une thèse de création littéraire qui comprend deux parties distinctes. La première partie, intitulée «Dans l'ombre des platanes» (p.17 à 177) et composée de récits et de poèmes, est divisée en douze épisodes qui relatent l'intériorité de deux femm…

This dissertation, a hybrid of critical theory and poetry, investigates the implementation of metapoetics through a lyric sequence in order to frame the opposition between ethics and aesthetics, especially for art created in the wake of September 11 and the American occupations …

The following Master's thesis is divided in two parts. The first is a piece of fiction: it tells the story of a little girl who, upon beginning to speak, expresses herself in a language other than the one spoken in her city. This language, Arabic, is that of her "real" father, a…

This dissertation examines how literature (especially works related to “faith”) can help Christian Chinese Indonesians overcome grief or loss when other kinds of help, such as American-style “counseling” or “therapy” or books on grief and loss, are not readily available. The stu…