This dissertation analyzes the interplay between reality and fiction in four of Javier Marias's novels, Todas las almas, Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí, Negra espalda del tiempo and Fiebre y lanza, and in selections from his journalistic articles. It focuses on the antirealis…
This dissertation examines the role of humor in contemporary South Asian and African postcolonial literature, arguing that humor opens new spaces for historically marginalized individuals to be heard. I argue that in addition to its unique capacities to question and rebel agains…
The book of Ezekiel assumes that God has a body, and that it is perceptible to human beings as the kebôd YHWH, the "glory of the LORD." Although Ezekiel's conception of the divine form is influenced by several pre-existing Israelite theological traditions, including (but not lim…
Genieve Figgis famously references canonical paintings in much of her work. But while she gestures towards the familiar, the melting faces of her figures incite feelings of the grotesque, displacing the viewer’s sense of recognition, and prompting an engaged gaze which begins to…
Ero-guro-nansensu, from the English words ero for “eroticism,” guro for “grotesque,” and nansensu for “nonsense” was a Japanese mass culture movement that encompassed literature, popular magazines, cinema, and criticism. It responded to feelings of alienation and anxiety that ar…