Essays about: "historical narrative"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 157 essays containing the words historical narrative.

  1. 1. Writing Your Way out of a Cage : Agency and Dehumanization in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Alberto Ramos Vicario; [2024]
    Keywords : antiracism; slavery; American history; assimilationism; agency; discourse; antirasism; slaveri; amerikansk historia; assimilationism; agency; diskurs;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the conceptualization of agency as a form of resistance against dehumanizing slavery discourses present in the narrative The Underground Railroad (2016) by Colson Whitehead. For the historical contextualization and the theoretical background, the scholarly work Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi is used. READ MORE

  3. 2. Joining NATO : A qualitative case study of Sweden’s autobiographical narrative 

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ragna Stertman; [2024]
    Keywords : delaktighet; inkludering; Flemingsberg; unga vuxna; social kapital;

    Abstract : In May 2022 the Swedish government took the momentous decision to apply for membership in NATO, putting an end to what had constituted Sweden’s foreign and security policy identity for over half a century. In order to make sense of this historical shift and its entailing implications for Sweden’s identity in the international sphere, I turned to the literature on ontological security and autobiographical narratives. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Discursive Construction of "Welsh" in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle : Thematic Roles and Mental Models

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Johanna Åberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Discourse Analysis; Mental models; Predication; Briton; Welsh; Anglo-Saxon; Colonialism; Thematic roles.;

    Abstract : With the recent rise in interest in critical readings of our history, scholars have begun noticing that historical documents such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle may have functioned as propaganda (e.g., Yorke, 2006; Konshuh, 2020).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

  5. 4. Risk Implications of Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Implementations: the Case of the Nordics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Denis Mijolović; [2023]
    Keywords : Small Modular Nuclear Reactors; Nuclear Energy; Energy Policy; Energy Transition; Risk Management; Scandinavian Energy Strategy;

    Abstract : Climate change is no novelty – we witness its disastrous impact more and more by each day. Although we already started envisaging a future where the vitality of our societies is derived not from conventional fossil fuels, but from a sophisticated, clean, and steadfast energy source – the latest benchmarks tracked by leading global energy agencies show grim performance, thereby calling for an intervention. READ MORE

  6. 5. Reading Between The Headlines : A Critical Discourse Analysis of American Headlines Covering Protests in Iran

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Shabnam Atashfaraz; Elise Ralston; [2023]
    Keywords : Critical discourse analysis; Fairclough’s three-dimensional model; Fox News; CNN; Reuters; online news; headlines; political ideology;

    Abstract : This paper examines how three prominent news outlets in the United States: specifically CNN, Reuters and Fox News, depict the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran and the protests that would follow. The purpose of this study is to examine whether or not political ideology affects news reporting done by these online news outlets. READ MORE