Essays about: "Literary theories and Criticism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Literary theories and Criticism.

1. 1. Hybridization of the Self, Colonial Discourse and the Deconstruction of Value Systems : A Postcolonial Literary Theory Perspective of Literature inculpating Colonialism

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Brian Burns; [2021]
   Keywords : Postcolonialism; Postcolonial Literary Theory; Hybridization; Walker; Malouf; Phillips; Achebe; Freud; Nietzsche; Bhabha; Siad; McLeod; Barry;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is to provide a perspective on literature inculpating colonialism using postcolonial literary theory and method. The subject material incorporates four novels studied during the literature modules for the English course at Högskolan Gävle (HIG). READ MORE

3. 2. Sublime Transactions. The Gestures of Poetry and Criticism with Anne Carson, the Scholar-Poet

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

   Author : Edda Ahrent; [2021]
   Keywords : Anne Carson; hermeneutics; Massumi; Kristeva; Greenblatt; literary criticism; poetry; affect; play; intertextuality; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The 20th century, as well as the 21st, is ripe with hermeneutic anxiety concerning the survival of the object of interpretation and the right way to study literature. In this thesis, the Canadian scholar-poet Anne Carson is studied as a framework to an understanding of how poetry and literary criticism – the event of hermeneutics – co-occur, converge, and diverge. READ MORE

4. 3. A Dystopian View of Women: How a Freudian reading of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four can be used in Swedish EFL classrooms

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Daniel Pettersson; [2021]
   Keywords : psychoanalytic literary criticism; Sigmund Freud; EFL; Nineteen Eighty-Four; George Orwell; literary criticism; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This essay shows how Freudian psychoanalytic literary criticism can be used to analyze representations of what could be called literary characters’ unconscious, i.e. their thoughts and dreams, to attempt to determine and explain their view of women. The analysis serves as an example of what EFL teachers can focus on regarding Freudian criticism. READ MORE

5. 4. Exploring Theatre as a Medium for Change: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Measure for Measure in the Post #MeToo Era

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Gaudi Delgado Falcón; [2020]
   Keywords : Theatre; Social Change; Social Movements; Phenomenology; Gender; Intersectionality; Feminist Theory; Power; Worlding;

   Abstract : This paper identifies the discursive practices and power mechanisms in passages of Measure for Measure where certain characters are ruled by the belief of superiority of one over all others. It examines how gender norms are constituted, reproduced, and challenged by drawing on Judith Butler’s theories on gender as a performative act to explore how meaning is reproduced dialogically. READ MORE

6. 5. Literary Theory in Upper Secondary School : Should It Be Used Before Higher Education?

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Nazanin Alvandi; [2019]
   Keywords : literary theory; feminist criticism; Marxism; postcolonial theory; teacher attitudes; literature; teaching and learning;

   Abstract : This essay examines the use of literary theory when teaching literature before higher education. The objective isto see how and if the integration of literary theory facilitates students’ engagement with and understanding of literature. The study is conducted with the qualitative method of interviews. READ MORE