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Campbell, Shelley (2023) ‘Painting’ Ruth: A portrait of allusion, text, and loss. PhD thesis, University of Gloucestershire. doi:10.46289/ENWS5689
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To answer the research question – How can I portray Ruth within a contemporary social and cultural context while addressing and disturbing established gallery protocol and challenging the apparent “subject/object” polarity that defines creative composition? – I have taken my lead from three different aspects of Ruth’s story: Ruth’s heroism; Ruth’s declaration of devotion to Naomi; and the Book of Ruth as a set of allusions of family breakage and solidarity in earlier episodes in the House of Israel. I have analogised the practice of stitching to the heroic step-by-step approach Ruth pursues to overcome the difficulties she encounters while seeking the conditions to ensure Naomi’s security and wellbeing. Ruth’s lyrical “poem” in 1.16-17 is used as a paradigm for an examination of personal insight as the first cause of universally appreciated works of art. Finally, in the mise en abyme literary technique of a subtext within the text that some scholars locate within Ruth, I endorsed my decision to unhook the linearity of time to cascade the past into the present. By using these three theoretical frameworks from Ruth, I have created artworks that represent living with loss by ploughing into the past in order to understand the present.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BS The Bible |
| Divisions: | Schools and Research Institutes > School of Arts, Culture and Environment |
| Depositing User: | Anna Kerr |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Nov 2025 09:41 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2025 10:13 |
| URI: | https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/15511 |
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