Dana Dragunoiu
Biographic Data
| ID | 2374350 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dana Dragunoiu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dana |
| FAMILY NAME | Dragunoiu |
| SIGNATURE | DRAGUNOIU D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Vladimir Nabokov and the Poetics of Liberalism
Alongside the puzzles contained in Nabokov s fiction, scholars have been unable to untangle the seemingly contradictory relationship between, on one hand, the fiction and the beliefs and principles suggested by Nabokov s biography and, on the other hand, the statements he made outside of his work. Through a close examination of Nabokov s father s political, moral, and aesthetic values and, more generally, Russian liberalism as it existed in the f…
J.M. Coetzee’s Life & Times of Michael K and the Thin Theory of the Good
As elsewhere in J.M. Coetzee’s fiction, Michael K’s body is a central repository of signification. His life-threatening thinness operates as a supple metaphor for the novel’s ambivalent relationship with liberal doctrine. As a marker of the staggering cost of K’s commitment to self-determination, it highlights the suffering that attends a liberal prioritization of freedom over welfare. Coetzee’s quarrel with communitarianism and qualified endorse…
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J.M. Coetzee’s Life & Times of Michael K and the Thin Theory of the Good
As elsewhere in J.M. Coetzee’s fiction, Michael K’s body is a central repository of signification. His life-threatening thinness operates as a supple metaphor for the novel’s ambivalent relationship with liberal doctrine. As a marker of the staggering cost of K’s commitment to self-determination, it highlights the suffering that attends a liberal prioritization of freedom over welfare. Coetzee’s quarrel with communitarianism and qualified endorse…
Vladimir Nabokov and the Poetics of Liberalism
Alongside the puzzles contained in Nabokov s fiction, scholars have been unable to untangle the seemingly contradictory relationship between, on one hand, the fiction and the beliefs and principles suggested by Nabokov s biography and, on the other hand, the statements he made outside of his work. Through a close examination of Nabokov s father s political, moral, and aesthetic values and, more generally, Russian liberalism as it existed in the f…
Law (2 works) · Liberalism (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Acknowledgement (1 work) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 work) · Alliance (1 work) · Ambivalence (1 work) · Art (1 work)