Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 319-330).

This dissertation employs the methodologies of postcolonial theory and hyperreal theory (following Baudrillard), in order to investigate articulations of identity, nation and representation in contemporary Australian poetry. Informed by a comparative analysis of contemporary Latin American poetry and cultural theory (in translation), as a means of re-examining the Australian context, this dissertation develops a new transnational model of Australian poetics. The central thesis of this dissertation is that contemporary Australian poetry engages with the postcolonial at its limits. That is, at those sites of postcoloniality that are already mapped by theory, but also at those that occur beyond postcolonial theory. The hyperreal is understood as one such limit, traceable within the poetry but silenced in conventional postcolonial theory. As another limit to the postcolonial, this dissertation reads Latin American poetry and theory, in whose texts postcolonial theory is actively resisted, but where postcolonial and hyperreal poetics nevertheless intersect. The original critical context constructed by this dissertation enables a new set of readings of Australian identity through its poetry. Within this new interpretative context, the readings of contemporary Australian poetry articulate a psycho-social postcoloniality; offer a template for future transactions between national poetry and global politics; and develop a model of the postcolonial hyperreal.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2003. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-185). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves : [79]-82).

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Like many other authors of the experimental genre, Pizzuto believed that the conceptual framework imposed upon reality by literary tradition was too restrictive and illusory. In taking up the challenge of reality in a contemporary context which also demanded deference to a sophisticated modern audience, the author presents a composite image of the whole which cannot be captured except in its multiplicity through mimicry, satire, parody, lyricism and elements of the fantastic. Pizzuto's refreshing and unique style may be seen in four major areas: the presentation of reality, the depiction of time, character portrayal and lastly, word technique. The simultaneous interaction of these elements in Pizzuto's production brings a bold new dimension to the portrayal of reality and to the Italian literary scene. Essentially, this is the substance of the thesis.

Thesis (B.A.)--Haverford College, Dept. of English, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves: [40]-41)

Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2003. / Thesis research directed by: English Language and Literature. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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