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dc.contributor.advisorParks, Justin
dc.contributor.authorKristensen, Cathrine Sofie Ekløv
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-23T09:06:22Z
dc.date.available2023-08-23T09:06:22Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-14
dc.description.abstractThis thesis addresses literary representations of queerness in public and private places. Lauren Berlant and Michael Warner’s 1998 essay ‘Sex in Public’ addresses the public’s association with sexuality and the idea of counterpublics. This thesis aims to use this idea of counterpublics in association with queer spacing, Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopias, and the concept of the deviant. I specifically aim to use these concepts in a comparative analysis of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room, to explore the queer counterspaces in both novels and their effect on both the protagonists and other characters. The spaces in the novels affect different characters in different ways, both positively and negatively, and the way in which the different characters use the spaces to self-actualise, whether consciously or unconsciously, is interesting to look at; especially if we consider that all of the characters possess a certain amount of fear of being labelled as deviants and being at the centre of a scandal. The main aim of this thesis is to highlight the importance of queer spacing in these pieces of literature and bring attention to this larger discussion in queer theory, through the exploration of queer identity made by the means of the queer spaces in novels.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/30214
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDENG-3983
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Litteraturvitenskapelige fag: 040::Engelsk litteratur: 043en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Literary disciplines: 040::English literature: 043en_US
dc.subjectCounterspaceen_US
dc.subjectHegemonyen_US
dc.subjectHeteronormativityen_US
dc.subjectHeterotopiaen_US
dc.subjectIntimacyen_US
dc.subjectJames Baldwinen_US
dc.subjectLauren Berlanten_US
dc.subjectMichael Warneren_US
dc.subjectMichel Foucaulten_US
dc.subjectOscar Wildeen_US
dc.subjectPrivate and Public Spheresen_US
dc.subjectQueer Spaceen_US
dc.subjectQueer Theoryen_US
dc.subjectDeviationen_US
dc.subjectSexualityen_US
dc.subjectSocial Controlen_US
dc.subjectSpaceen_US
dc.subjectThe Bodyen_US
dc.subjectThe Devianten_US
dc.subjectCounterintimaciesen_US
dc.titleBeing at the Centre of a Scandal – Exploring the Complexities of the Sexual Deviant. Queer Counterspaces and their Effect on Character Development and Self-Actualisation in The Picture of Dorian Gray and Giovanni’s Roomen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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