Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Literature"

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Captivity and empire: Russian captivity narratives in fact and fiction

Gao, Yuan (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2016)

This thesis studies Russian captivity narratives about Central Asia produced during the nineteenth century. Focusing on the captivity theme, this thesis explores diverse individual captivity stories written within the ...
Monstrous femininity in kazakh folklore: delineating normative and transgressive womanhood

Karazhanova, Inzhuna (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2016)

Representations of the feminine as monstrous can be found in any type of narrative from ancient mythology to modern video games. Witches, succubi, female vampires, sirens, furies, mermaids, possessed women, ghost women, ...
Postcolonial readings of Oralkhan Bȯkei’s works

Berdikhojayeva, Laura (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2016)

This study explores the relationship between literature and the social, historical, political and cultural themes in the literary works of the Kazakh writer Oralkhan Bȯkei. It discusses the postcolonial aspects of Bȯkei’s ...