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1	The Use of Art Objects in the Fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne Rodewald, Fred A. 06 1900 (has links) This study is not concerned with the evaluation of Hawthorne's artistic criticism but with the uses he made art objects in his writing. Such a study should give suggestions for interpretation of his works, as well as information concerning literary devices and technique in style. It should consider the contribution of the art objects to the literary artistry of the works in which they appear. Such a study has not previously been made. art objects Nathaniel Hawthorne literature Art objects in literature.
2	Actants and Networks in 'Skagboys' – Thatcher, Crime and Mundane Artifacts as Mediators Pedersen, Thomas January 2020 (has links) While Skagboys portrays the descent into heroin addiction of young, working class Scots during the Thatcher era, shifting the analysis from a strictly human perspective to one focusing on the agency of objects opens up the novel to new readings wherein morality emerges through nonhuman actors. Welsh’s work has traditionally been hailed as Scottish working-class realism that portrays its characters unideologically, to the point that the novels, through the characters, appear without morality. Drawing upon Latour’s notion of Actor-Network Theory, ANT, reveals a Thatcherite materiality permeating the story, prescribing the moral behaviour which the characters of Skagboys repeatedly clash with as their heroin addiction and junk desperation grows. The impacts of the security camera, the smoke detector and the collection tin provide the basis for the analysis. This highlights two types of marginalization for the characters. Firstly, in the characters’ hopeless prospects with regards to employment due to Thatcher’s neoliberal politics, and secondly as objects of detection and control exerting agency in the world which the characters navigate. These objects presuppose and foil crime, effectively becoming extensions of Thatcherite morality, keeping the criminal and unemployed in check. Skagboys ANT Actor-Network Theory Thatcher Crime Heroin Irvine Welsh Bruno Latour Mediator Trainspotting Literature Scotland Edinburgh Agency Detection Objects in literature Humanities and the Arts Humaniora och konst

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The Use of Art Objects in the Fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Actants and Networks in 'Skagboys' – Thatcher, Crime and Mundane Artifacts as Mediators