Essays about: "metaphorical material"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words metaphorical material.

  1. 1. Pursuits of the body: Sensory realities in Clive Barker’s The Hellbound Heart

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Rebecca Sonesson; [2023-07-07]
    Keywords : Horror; Clive Barker; gothic literature; The Hellbound Heart; literary studies; body horror; new materialism; splatterpunk; the weird;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how corporeality is represented within horror literature, and if the depicted corporeality can be read in a more material way rather than in a metaphorical way. By using the character of Frank from Clive Barker’s novel The Hellbound Heart, the relation between representations of corporeality and physical materiality is examined. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Harsh realities” and “tender gazes”: Do perceptual extensions function metaphorically or literally? : A corpus-based investigation of haptic adjectives and the “extent of the literal”

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Esme Richardson-Owen; [2022]
    Keywords : cognitive linguistics; cognitive semantics; perceptual metaphor; lexical metaphor; double-function adjectives;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how perceptual adjectives are used to convey non-perceptual experience. The study is corpus-based, and the material consists of adjective-noun pairs in which the premodifying adjective is derived from the haptic modality. READ MORE

  4. 3. Skeuomorphs what art thou? A skeuomorphic perspective on material preference and categorisation in prehistory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Alice Larsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Skeuomorphism; material properties; material categorisation; material preference; material perception; material interpretation; affordance; cultural spheres; reflexive methodology; archaeological terminology; imitation; original; centre and periphery; metaphorical material; meaningful material; southwestern French Aurignacian; ivory beads; south Scandinavian neolithic; flint daggers; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Past material categorisation and preference in archaeological research are often heavily influenced by modern material perception, through the use of modern language and modern terminological connotations. This thesis seeks to clarify material categorisation and preference in the past, by studying two different skeuomorphs; Aurignacian shell skeuomorphs made from ivory, and south Scandinavian metal dagger skeuomorphs made from flint. READ MORE

  5. 4. Endogenic Production : subjective matter and bodily involvement

    University essay from Konstfack/Inredningsarkitektur & Möbeldesign

    Author : Nils Ställborn; [2022]
    Keywords : Spatial design; interior architecture; interior design; textile furniture; textile structure; soft structure; squiggly structures; drafting; draw; drawstring; drawstring furniture; furniture; furniture design; textile architecture; Baroque; sewing furniture; form-production; endogenic; exogenic; endogenic approach; endogenic process; tectonic production; rectangular room; clothes; architecture; body; design method; wool; Texel wool; folds; pleats; material hierarchies; the senses; draping; shape; sustainable; norm criticism; exploring;

    Abstract : The word endogenic means growing or proceeding from within, it is commonly used to describe the process of tectonic movement and earth crust formation caused by the extrusion of magmatic material. My project is a metaphorical exploration of the geological term “endogenic process” as well as an exploration of a design approach based on the term. READ MORE

  6. 5. Opening the Corridor

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Conor Carr-Brown; [2021]
    Keywords : community; history; accommodation; cultural integration; collective; socialization; narrative; corridor; individual identity; communication; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to create a social guide for Lund University Accommodation (LUACC) to facilitate more open, safe and equal student accommodation, namely corridors. A cultural analytical exploration and discussion of the nature of the corridor provide the legitimation and justification of this guide. READ MORE