Essays about: "mad theory"

Found 4 essays containing the words mad theory.

  1. 1. “Every Time You Call Me Crazy I Get More Crazy”: Sylvia Plath, Taylor Swift, and Confessional Performances

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

    Author : Kajsa Reinholdsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Sylvia Plath; Taylor Swift; biographical performativity; mad studies; mad theory; auto biography; confessional poetry; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the works and personas of Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift and analyses the popular conflations of their real lives and their works. Jon Helt Haarder’s theory of biographical performativity is introduced to analyse the threshold aesthetics between reality and art and investigate the feedback loops between oeuvres andlives as well as the interpretation of these in the public sphere. READ MORE

  3. 2. Embedded Madness: Mad Narrators and Possible Worlds

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Eloise Brason; [2019]
    Keywords : Mad Narrators; Narratology; Postclassical Narratology; Possible Worlds Theory; Fictional Worlds;

    Abstract : Madness has long been a popular theme for literature, featuring as a trope of horror, mystery, tragedy and comedy genres in varying degrees of amplitude. The topic has provided a significant access point for analysing historical, socio-political and cultural issues as it addresses controversial themes of alienation and criminality as well as philosophical theories of perception and consciousness. READ MORE

  4. 3. Bad or Mad? : A Qualitative Study of How the Gender of a Perpetrator Affects Court Decisions

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Ljungström; [2018]
    Keywords : Assault; Courts; Criminal; Equality; Female; Gender; Justice; Male; Social; Stereotypes;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis has been to analyze Court cases determined in a Swedish context which included the crime gross assault against a closely related victim. The purpose has also been to investigate the possibility of identifying differences in Court assessments in consideration of a gender perspective and to examine how female and male perpetrators are described and characterized by Courts. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mad or Bad- Criminal Responsibility and Mental Disorder

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Caroline Rosengren; [2005]
    Keywords : Allmän rättslära; Komparativ rätt; Straffrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis is a comparative analysis of five cases, in which criminal responsibility and mental disorder were in issue. Andrea Yates drowned her five children. John W. Hinckley Jr shot and injured President Ronald Reagan. READ MORE