Rhiannon Marks – författare

This experimental volume of literary criticism offers various interpretations of the work of the poet Menna Elfyn, and gives an outline of our relationship with literature and our reading habits. It is an attempt to provide a fresh interpretation of the work by experimenting for the first time in Welsh with the epistolary method of criticism, through a series of fictional letters. This is also the first extended study of Menna Elfyn''s poetry: addressed to the poet''s work in particular, but also looking at contemporary issues such as interpretation, performance and the marketing of literature in contemporary Wales. Academic practices are vigorously challenged by walking the line between ''fact'' and ''fiction'' to create a multi-vocal and readable criticism reflecting the complex and multifaceted nature of the reading process.

Cyfrol arbrofol o feirniadaeth greadigol yw hon, sy’n cynnig golwg ffres ar ffuglen fer y llenor nodedig Mihangel Morgan (1955–). Hon yw’r astudiaeth estynedig gyntaf o’i waith, a rhoddir sylw penodol i’r wyth cyfrol o ffuglen fer a gyhoeddodd rhwng 1992 a 2017 – cyfnod lle gwelwyd datblygiadau arwyddocaol ym maes rhyddiaith Gymraeg. Eir i’r afael â phynciau megis ffurf y stori fer, realaeth, moderniaeth ac ôl-foderniaeth, a thrwy osod gwaith Mihangel Morgan yn ganolbwynt i’r astudiaeth cynigir golwg ehangach ar ddatblygiad a derbyniad ffuglen fer ôl-fodernaidd Gymraeg a’i harwyddocâd i’n diwylliant llenyddol. Arbrofir yma am y tro cyntaf yn y Gymraeg â beirniadaeth lenyddol ar ffurf ffuglen academaidd er mwyn archwilio’r ffin dybiedig rhwng ‘ffaith’ a ‘ffuglen’. Dilynir hynt a helynt y cymeriad ffuglennol Dr Mari Non yn ei swydd brifysgol, law yn llaw â thrafodaeth ar ddarnau o ffuglen fer Mihangel Morgan, gan agor y drws ar ddeongliadau newydd o waith yr awdur.