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    Oscar Wilde and the allusions to queerness in "The picture of Dorian Gray"
    (Tartu Ülikool, 2019) Poopuu, Amanda; Gielen, Katiliina, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Humanitaarteaduste ja kunstide valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Inglise filoloogia osakond
    Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published in July 1890 simultaneously in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine in Philadelphia, USA, and in UK. The novel deals with topics such as mortality of beauty and youth, corruption of the soul and art, and how art imitates life, but it also contains hints and allusions to same-sex love, more particularly male homosexuality which was a part of Wilde’s life that influenced his writing. The main focus of this thesis is on the queerness of the three main characters; which was considered immoral and corruptive during Wilde’s contemporary time.
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    Transhumanism and transhuman body in Jeanette Winterson’s Frankissstein: A Love Story (2018)
    (Tartu Ülikool, 2021) Poopuu, Amanda; Marling, Raili, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Anglistika osakond; Tartu Ülikool. Humanitaarteaduste ja kunstide valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Maailma keelte ja kultuuride kolledž
    Just like at the beginning of the 19th century, in the 20th and 21st century the advancements in technology have led to the increase of science fiction that deals with the ethical concerns related to humanity and human life. Mary Shelley Frankenstein in 1818 questioned who is able to create life and how. Jeanette Winterson rewrites these topics in her novel Frankissstein and puts the question of human life and the human body into dialogue with transhumanist philosophy and transgender embodiment. Because of this, the thesis aims to find out how transhumanism and different transhuman bodies are portrayed in Jeanette Winterson’s Frankissstein: A Love Story (2018)