Browsing by Author "Moffat, Kirstine"
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Searching for happiness in ‘other worlds’: Utopias and dystopias in Japanese isekai
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This thesis focuses on the popular, but under-researched genre, of isekai. Although the wider medium umbrella under which isekai falls — anime, manga and light novels — have received increasing critical attention, the ... -
Limitations and possibilities: Representations of gender transition in Western fiction, 1928-2018
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This thesis seeks to understand how fictional texts encounter queer genders and what they have to say about what it means to be trans* or have nonconforming gender. Identifying and critiquing the tropes and conventions at ... -
'We turned it into a play': Transmedial adaptations in contemporary theatre
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Adaptation is an ever-expanding field of study, with new trends and terms established in response to the proliferation of media. This thesis investigates how theatrical adaptation fits into emerging adaptation discourses, ... -
Inscribing traumatic experience: Allusion and satire in poetry
(The University of Waikato, 2021)That rape trauma is unspeakable is a damaging myth for those who experience sexual assault. The work of poets Pascale Petit, Fiona Benson, Vanessa Place and Patricia Lockwood showcases the broad range of strategies that ... -
Hegemony, marginalisation, and hierarchies: Masculinities in contemporary Pakistani anglophone fiction
(The University of Waikato, 2022)By being empowered as subjects, authors of Pakistani anglophone fiction present a more nuanced, layered, and complex picture of Pakistan than the Western hegemonic discursive construction of the country as a hub of terror. ...