Essays about: "literary symbolism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words literary symbolism.

  1. 1. DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR MAKING NARRATIVELY SYMBOLIC GAME MECHANICS : Literary Analysis of How the Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game Visualises the Arthurian Legend With Game Mechanics

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Lydia Millqvist; [2022]
    Keywords : Symbolism; Ludonarrative Dissonance; Ludonarrative Resonance; Narrative Mechanics; Yu-Gi-Oh; Trading Card Game; Arthurian Legend; Game Design Guidelines;

    Abstract : The relationship between narrative and game mechanics has been researched under terms such as ludonarrative dissonance, ludonarrative resonance and narrative mechanics. Yu-Gi-Oh! is a Trading Card Game which contains game mechanics that symbolically represents sections of the Arthurian legend. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Diary from Qutang Gorge and the letters about Donner Lake : A literary study of Mulberry and Peach by Nie Hualing

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Ling Jiang Nyfelt; [2022]
    Keywords : Nie Hualing; Chinese cultural symbols; impressionism; Intertextuality; Diasporic literature; Mulberry and Peach; Sangqing yu Taohong; Overseas Chinese literature; 聂华苓; 中国文化象征 ，互文性 ，印象主义， 离散文学， 桑青与桃红 ，海外中国文学;

    Abstract : Mulberry and Peach is a novel written in the 1970s by a Chinese American writer named Nie Hualing (1925- ). It contains overlapping letters and diaries with flashbacks and flashforwards in first-person narration. Taohong is the new identity after Sangqing’s schizophrenia in the USA in 1969-1970. READ MORE

  4. 3. Detective VS Vampire - A Powerbattle : A Narratological Character Study of ‘SHERLOCK HOLMES VS. DRACULA or the Adventure of the Sanguinary Count’ to Find Underlying Symbolism of Imperialistic Representation

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Amanda Fransson; [2019]
    Keywords : Symbolism; Focalization; Subtext; Description; Characterisation; Character; Dichotomy; Imperialism;

    Abstract : This essay is a narratological character study of Loren. D Estleman’s novel SHERLOCK HOLMES VS DRACULA ​or the Adventure of the Sanguinary Count. READ MORE

  5. 4. THE WATCHING DOG The Animal Gaze in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Amanda Flinck; [2018-09-19]
    Keywords : Jack London; To Build a Fire; animals; the animal gaze;

    Abstract : This essay examines the role of the nameless dog in Jack London’s 1908 short story “To Build a Fire”. While it is a story previously studied for its naturalist and determinist themes, this essay turns the spotlight onto the dog as a significant character that should not be overlooked in readings of the story. READ MORE

  6. 5. Enforcing Patriarchal Values : A socialist feminist analysis of the characters of Offred and Serena Joy in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Andrea Jonsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Margaret Atwood; The Handmaid’s Tale; dystopia; feminism; socialist feminism; color symbolism; Margaret Atwood; Tjänarinnans berättelse; dystopi; feminism; socialistisk feminism; färgsymbolik;

    Abstract : This essay shows how Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) functions as a critique of patriarchal society as it depicts a dystopic, dismantled society where women are divided into societal groups on biological grounds. Based on socialist feminist literary theory, an analysis is carried out of two of the female characters, Offred and Serena Joy, who are both oppressed by a patriarchal, totalitarian government; an oppression that is manifested in different ways. READ MORE