Essays about: "Mansfield"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word Mansfield.

1. 1. Fallible Fathers in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park and Pride and Prejudice

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Tanja Spurr; [2019]
   Keywords : Gender Performance; Jane Austen; Fathers; Mansfield Park; Pride and Prejudice;

   Abstract : Using Mansfield Park and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, this essay will show how Sir Thomas and Mr Bennet fail in their role as fathers, related to expectations in the social context, and how their failure is necessary for the eventual marriages of the heroines, Fanny Price and Elizabeth Bennet. The fathers’ failure also leads to the elopement of Maria Bertram and Lydia Bennet. READ MORE

3. 2. An Englishman in Paris : A Study of Katherine Mansfield's Construction of Englishness in Je Ne Parle Pas Français

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Simon Adam Almqvist; [2016]
   Keywords : Englishness; Otherness; identity; Mansfield; empire;

   Abstract : The author discusses the construction of Englishness in Katherine Mansfield’s short story Je Ne Parle Pas Français using previous accounts for Englishness, Otherness and the context of modernism –primarily featuring imperialism. The author concludes that there is an English identity portrayed in Je Ne Parle Pas Français, but that it is to a greater extent associated with imperialism than other identifiable cultural traits. READ MORE

4. 3. The Flourishing Epiphany of “The Garden Party” : A Narratological Investigation of the Concept Epiphany in Katherine Mansfield’s Short Story “The Garden Party”

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Felicia Olsson; [2016]
   Keywords : Gérard Genette; narratology; epiphany; Katherine Mansfield; “The Garden Party”; the reader;

   Abstract : This essay examines the protagonist of Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party” (1922), Laura, and her experiences of events that are made insignificant by the rest of the narrative. Gérard Genette’s narratological theory and the concept of epiphany is put forward in the theroertical framework in order to preform this investigation. READ MORE

5. 4. Spaces of Being: Finding a Sense of Place in Katherine Mansfield’s “Prelude” and “Bliss”

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

   Author : Elin Hafström; [2015]
   Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This essay examines how the characters experience a sense of place in two of Katherine Mansfield’s modernist short stories, “Prelude” (1918) and “Bliss” (1918). Geographers have during the past century developed and problematized the relation between space, place, and human beings. READ MORE

6. 5. Democratization and War - The Relation between Democratization and Conflicts in Georgia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Daniel Löwendahl; [2012]
   Keywords : democratization; Georgia; Russia; conflict; Democratization and War theory; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This paper examines the relation between violent conflicts and democratization in Georgia. Since independence in 1991, Georgia has grown towards increased democratization but within the political transition, many obstacles, in form of violent conflicts and war have threatened the country. READ MORE