Abstract/Details

Opera on TV

Brunton, Jaime.   The University of Nebraska - Lincoln ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,  2016. 10097951.

Abstract (summary)

Opera on TV is a collection of poems that explores the concepts of aesthetics and politics and the connections between these two zones of activity. Thematically, the poems deal with issues of gay identity, nostalgia, the possibilities and limitations of language, the professional side of art making (publishing, reading), and the role of state institutions and economic structures in making life intelligible in specific ways—defining the terms by which we understand everything from love relationships to political identity to aesthetic practice. Formally, the poems employ the traditional lyric mode, prose poems, numbered lists, and dialogues, and the identity of the speaking subject is, to varying degrees, concealed or revealed. In this way, many of the poems enact formally some of the thematic concerns with identity politics and representation. Ultimately, formal and thematic concerns overlap in these poems, which draw attention to artifice while discussing the various roles with which art is tasked, from the purely aesthetic, to the personal, to the political.

Indexing (details)


Subject
Creative writing
Classification
0203: Creative writing
Identifier / keyword
Communication and the arts; Original writing
Title
Opera on TV
Author
Brunton, Jaime
Number of pages
40
Degree date
2016
School code
0138
Source
DAI-A 77/08(E), Dissertation Abstracts International
ISBN
978-1-339-62018-3
Advisor
Dawes, Kwame
Committee member
Vegso, Roland; Waite, Stacey
University/institution
The University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Department
English
University location
United States -- Nebraska
Degree
Ph.D.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
10097951
ProQuest document ID
1781243755
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/1781243755