Essays about: "English History"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 118 essays containing the words English History.
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1. INSERTIONS IN POPULAR HISTORY TEXTS - A contrastive study on translation from English to Swedish and from Swedish to English
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The purpose of this essay is to compare the frequency of insertions in an English popular history text and a Swedish popular history text. Moreover, the purpose is to compare the English text with its Swedish translation and the Swedish text with its English translation as regards the status of the insertions as clauses, phrases or (in the translation) something else than a clause or a phrase. READ MORE
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2. The Discursive Construction of "Welsh" in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle : Thematic Roles and Mental Models
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : With the recent rise in interest in critical readings of our history, scholars have begun noticing that historical documents such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle may have functioned as propaganda (e.g., Yorke, 2006; Konshuh, 2020). The present study examines how Britons (i. READ MORE
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3. Canossa Castle and Azuchi Castle: A comparative study of the castle-building phenomenon in Italy and Japan
University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk arkeologiAbstract : This thesis aims at evaluating the castle-building phenomenon in Italy and Japan through a comparative study of Canossa Castle in Italy and Azuchi Castle in Japan. By comparing Canossa Castle and Azuchi Castle, this thesis firstly investigates the definition of the word castle in Italian, Japanese and English to understand how languages influence the understanding of this phenomenon. READ MORE
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4. John the Baptist Through the Lens of Generative AI : A Narrative and Reception-Historical Analysis of Mark 1
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis addresses the intersection of reception history in biblical studies, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) and phenomenology. Three images, from text prompts using different English translations of Mark 1:1–8 (KJV, NRSV and NIV) have been generated by GAI. READ MORE
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5. Hackneyed Phrases : Intertextual and Linguistic Migrations in Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to The North
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)Abstract : Tayeb Salih’s world-literary classic Season of Migration to The North (1967) has been read widely in Arabic as well as multiple world languages. Primarily examined in terms that pertain to the postcolonial field of study, it showcases all the well-rehearsed topics such as coloniser- colonised, identity, nationality, culture, hybridity, literature, language, gender, sexuality, historiography, and most importantly for this thesis: migration. READ MORE