Essays about: "Myth"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 174 essays containing the word Myth.
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1. Drop Dead Gorg(on)eous : A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Contemporary Medusa Tattoo
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis investigates the phenomenon of the contemporary ‘Medusa tattoo’ that gained traction on the social media platform TikTok in 2019 as a symbol of sexual assault survival, and which has since come to function as an instrument for digital feminist activism. The study aspires to provide a new, previously unexplored link to the long chain of academic research on the figure of Medusa by looking at the emergence, function, and potential of the Medusa tattoo. READ MORE
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2. The Collective Unconscious in Neil Gaiman's Fairy Tales : The Motif of the Triple Goddess through Symbols and the Manifestations of the Anima Archetype
University essay from Karlstads universitetAbstract : Many recent studies confirm that the fantasy genre is based on ancient myths. Contemporary authors of fiction create new versions of myths, often using ancient “natural” and cultural symbols. Neil Gaiman is one of these tellers of modern myth. READ MORE
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3. Goddess, Lover, Mother, Witch : Feminist Revisionist Mythmaking and Feminine Morphology of Narrative in Madeline Miller’s Circe
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : This thesis aims to position Circe by Madeline Miller as an example of feminist revisionist mythmaking and investigate some of the novel’s revisionary practices. I thus begin by introducing the project of feminist revisionism, as conceptualized by several different feminist thinkers. READ MORE
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4. Polish Collective Memory, The Jedwabne Pogrom inPolish Newspapers 2016-2018
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : This study examines the Cultural Trauma associated with the Jedwabne pogrom, as portrayed in three Polish newspapers. The essay seeks to answer the following questions: How did the chosen three Polish newspapers with varying ideological and political views depict the discussion about the Jedwabne pogrom in their articles in the years 2016-2018? In what ways do these usages and representations reflect or challenge the dominant narratives of Polish national mythology? How has the discussion on Polish antisemitism in relation to the Jedwabne pogrom changed after the conservative Law and Justice party came to power in 2015? The source material used consists of 45 newspaper pieces from Gazeta Wyborcza, Tygodnik Powszechny, and Polonia Christianapublished between 2016-2018. READ MORE
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5. The Myth of the Viking: An online ethnography of a collective narrative amongst Scandinavian white supremacist men
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : This thesis investigates the construction of collectiveness amongst Scandinavian white supremacist men. The research questions for the study set out to answer how their collective narrative is constructed, and how they use narrative to communicate their social problems in contemporary society. READ MORE
