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1	Loneliness in Michael Ondaatje's : the English patient Langsford, Catherine 02 1900 (has links) This dissertation attempts to show that the phenomenon of loneliness is written into Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient. The Introduction offers a description of the origins of loneliness as a field of study, presents key instances of loneliness in literature, and investigates the nature of loneliness. In the first chapter, the Villa is introduced as a figural and conceptual framework for analysis. The second chapter focuses on the patient’s room and the library, leading to a discussion of personal and existential loneliness, identity and naming. The third chapter investigates social loneliness with reference to the kitchen, garden and hallway, addressing notions of race and othering, home and family. The fourth chapter discusses the body and embodiment, as well as emotion and metaphor. The dissertation argues that the stylistic, thematic and structural features of The English Patient suggest and reflect the complexities and characteristics of loneliness. / English / M. A. (English) Loneliness Emotion Identity Ondaatje History Desert Heat Metaphor Representation 813.54 Ondaatje, Michael, 1943- English patient Loneliness in literature Metaphor Solitude in literature
2	Loneliness in Michael Ondaatje's : the English patient Langsford, Catherine 02 1900 (has links) This dissertation attempts to show that the phenomenon of loneliness is written into Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient. The Introduction offers a description of the origins of loneliness as a field of study, presents key instances of loneliness in literature, and investigates the nature of loneliness. In the first chapter, the Villa is introduced as a figural and conceptual framework for analysis. The second chapter focuses on the patient’s room and the library, leading to a discussion of personal and existential loneliness, identity and naming. The third chapter investigates social loneliness with reference to the kitchen, garden and hallway, addressing notions of race and othering, home and family. The fourth chapter discusses the body and embodiment, as well as emotion and metaphor. The dissertation argues that the stylistic, thematic and structural features of The English Patient suggest and reflect the complexities and characteristics of loneliness. / English / M. A. (English) Loneliness Emotion Identity Ondaatje History Desert Heat Metaphor Representation 813.54 Ondaatje, Michael, 1943- English patient Loneliness in literature Metaphor Solitude in literature

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Loneliness in Michael Ondaatje's : the English patient

Loneliness in Michael Ondaatje's : the English patient