Brexitness: Brexit, BrexLit, and Englishness

dc.contributor.advisorWilbers, U.M.
dc.contributor.advisorDekkers, O.
dc.contributor.authorEijnden, B.M.
dc.date.issued28-06-28
dc.description.abstractThree years after the Brexit referendum, Britain still has not left the EU and is utterly divided. The academic field is highly interested in the causes and consequences of the referendum and a new literary genre has emerged; BrexLit. In those Brexit novels, British authors aim to address the social upheaval and division in society after the Brexit referendum. This thesis also explores the division in British society brought to the surface by Brexit, especially focusing on the role of British national identity. By a close reading of two BrexLit novels, Autumn by Ali Smith (2017) and Middle England (2018) by Jonathan Coe, this thesis analyses how the characters in the novels represent different attitudes towards the Brexit referendum by their identification with Englishness and Britishness.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/10949
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Letterenen_US
dc.thesis.specialisationEngelse taal en cultuuren_US
dc.thesis.studyprogrammeBachelor Engelse taal en cultuuren_US
dc.thesis.typeBacheloren_US
dc.titleBrexitness: Brexit, BrexLit, and Englishnessen_US
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