Essays about: "Augustus"

Found 5 essays containing the word Augustus.

  1. 1. Navigating through life with metaphors as a guide. : An analysis about mind style and metaphors in John Green's The Fault In Our Stars and its pedagogical use.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Frithiof Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Mind style; Metaphor; Reality; EFL Classroom; Upper Secondary School; Motivation.;

    Abstract : This essay offers a literary study of John Green’s novel The Fault In Our Stars which was published in 2012. This thesis argues that Hazel and Augustus are portraying unorthodox mind styles, and they are demonstrating this with their use of and stance towards metaphors. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Revolutionary or a Man of his Time? - A Numismatic Iconographical Study of Julian the Apostate

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Nicolas Frendin; [2018]
    Keywords : Numismatics; Iconography; Ideology; Communication; Julian the Apostate; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Julian the Apostate’s short rule has left in the historical records a clearly divisive picture. This thesis starts with that divisive nature of the reign of Rome’s last pagan emperor and aims to analyse some of the Apostate’s coinage iconography. READ MORE

  4. 3. Contrasting Identities : A Study of Power and Freedom in the Roman Empire As Depicted in John Williams’ Augustus

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Artem Rakov; [2017]
    Keywords : Augustus; Julia; John Williams; The Roman Empire; storytelling techniques; the feminine identity; the masculine identity;

    Abstract : Upon being announced as one of the winners of the 1973 National Book Award, John Williams’ novel Augustus (1972) was classified as a book of a supposedly more traditional form compared to John Barth’s experimental work Chimera (1972) that Augustus shared the prize with that year. This essay will examine John Williams’ novel Augustus, with the purpose of analysing two of the novel’s main characters, Augustus and his daughter Julia. READ MORE

  5. 4. Funerary inscriptions in Pompeii. A study of Pompeian freed slaves

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Dorothea Graefin Zu Castell-Castell; [2012]
    Keywords : Archaeology; epitaph; inscriptions; Pompeii; freedmen; tombs; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Due to a German research project on slavery in antiquity, I became aware of the fact, that within the field of slavery and manumission a lot of research still needs to be done. 1 A university course on social identity inspired me later on and made me think about different identities; ‘being a slave’ was one of them. READ MORE

  6. 5. Näsbyholm - parken och de närmaste omgivningarna ur ett historiskt och nutida perspektiv

    University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

    Author : Klara Sunnerdahl; Kristina Gustavsson; Linda Åkerlund; Robert Simonis; Mia Blücher; [2007]
    Keywords : trädgårdshistoria; landskapsarkitektur; landskapsvård; trädgårdsrestaurering; Näsbyholm;

    Abstract : The goal of this work has been to search historical materials, to identify the park's historical development, to prepare proposals on measures and that work should be the basis for further research. The aim has been to train us in searching for and use of materials and to gain an understanding of the process of work with older plants. READ MORE