In this project the status of literary artifacts in Edward Said’s theory and reading practice and his correlating conceptualization of agency is investigated. Previous scholars have identified an irreconcilable tension in Said’s ...read more
My dissertation explores the functions of chiasmus in Henry James's works. Focusing on The Portrait of a Lady (1880-81/1908), I will argue that James uses chiasmus at phrase level to ...read more
This PhD project has focused on a group of sketches, which were popular throughout Europe around 1840. The sketches, bearing titles like "les Français peints par eux-mêmes" and "Los Españoles ...read more
In recent years, scholarship has re-emphasised the importance of understanding Byzantine historiography as literature. Important as this is, it suggest that modern concepts, such as authorship, can be applied to ...read more
The increase in the number of performances based on material from ancient Greek tragedy on contemporary stages all over the world is very apparent. The relevance of these performances has ...read more
The dissertation centres on the mediation of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s first major publication in eighteenth-century Britain (1751-1785), and draws on recent approaches adopted in the field of historical translation studies and ...read more
This postdoctoral project focuses on representations of Holocaust memory by authors of the second and third generations, and examines more precisely how the body serves as a vector for memories of ...read more