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Uncovering Caledonia : an introduction to Scottish studies /
"Uncovering Caledonia: An Introduction to Scottish Studies represents a cultural journey to portray and illustrate the burning cultural issues of modern Scotland and uncover the myriad of Caledonian peculiarities from a non-native point of view. This introduction to Scottish studies operates mo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introductory Remarks; Chapter One; The Relevance of Monster Legends for the Scottish National Myth; Comprehension of National Identity by Reading the Landscape; Constructions of National and Cultural Identity in the Poetry of Scots Makars; Use of Scots in Institutional Discourse; Scottish Prospects for the Future; Chapter Two; Contemporary Scottish Urban Myths in Kennedy's and Hird's Short Stories; Quest for Scottish Independence in James Robertson's Short Fiction on the Eve of the Referendum; "Other Spaces are Still Possible."
- Trans Issues in Liz Lochhead's "Not Changed"Chapter Three; The Meaning of "The Caledonian Antisyzygy" Phenomenon in Margaret Laurence's "To Set Our House in Order"; Tradition vs. Modernity in Alistair MacLeod's The Tuning of Perfection; Chapter Four; (De)Falsification of Scottish History in John McGrath's The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil; "Twa Queens. Wan Green Island"; Gregory Burke's Black Watch (2006); Chapter Five; Education as Manipulation in Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; Controversy in the Classroom; Index