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Ec-Static Images: Reading Spirits In Eduardo L. Holmberg’S Viaje Maravilloso Del Señor Nic-Nac, Zoe Allen
Ec-Static Images: Reading Spirits In Eduardo L. Holmberg’S Viaje Maravilloso Del Señor Nic-Nac, Zoe Allen
Senior Projects Spring 2022
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.
Una Democracia Aterrorrizada: Justicia Y Afecto En Los Textos De La Transición Democrática Argentina, Mariana Graciano
Una Democracia Aterrorrizada: Justicia Y Afecto En Los Textos De La Transición Democrática Argentina, Mariana Graciano
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation analyzes the links between justice and affect in some of the most emblematic texts of the democratic transition in Argentina. Films, novels and photos are incorporated here as texts or complex utterances, as they constitute a framework of signs with a communicative intention that makes sense in a given context. In order to analyze these links, I consider terms from the field of transitional justice (reconciliation, forgiveness, restoration) and specific affects (terror, empathy, guilt, resentment, tenderness, happiness and cruelty).
The key questions guiding this thesis are: what links did visual arts and literature have in relation to the …