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Subversion / Reversion: The deconstruction and reconstruction of the Western cultural narrative through a Native American idiom in Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water

By Dave | Published: February 27, 2010
In Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water, one of the many methods used to create a Native American narrative, rather than a Westernised one, is the radical re-versioning of Western-Christian mythology. In this essay I explore the power of destroying and recreating traditions, and the effect it has upon a westerner's euro-centric reading of the novel.
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“What’s a play without a woman in it?”: The Role of Women in The Spanish Tragedy

By Dave | Published: December 1, 2008
An essay taking a feminist reading of Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy.
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Structuralism, Post-Structuralism and The Death of the Author

By Dave | Published: November 20, 2007
An essay discussing the role of the author and the narrative voice, and who has the 'power' in text.
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