Essays about: "romantic love"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 28 essays containing the words romantic love.

1. 21. Abusive Behavior : An analysis of Edward Cullen in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight

   University essay from Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Anne Salmi; [2014]
   Keywords : Twilight Edward Abusive behavior;

   Abstract : Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series has reached huge popularity among young adults and as a futureteacher I am concerned about what kind of a message these books send to teenagers. In this essay I arguethat the main character of the book, Edward Cullen, shows signs of an abusive personality and that thesesigns have been romanticized and idealized by the author. READ MORE

3. 22. For the Sake of Love - A study of attitudes and values among young Swedish women in cohabiting partnerships

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Marjorie Spangler; [2014]
   Keywords : romantic love; individualization; equality; Sweden; emerging adulthood; social anthropology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Sweden is often considered a global forerunner of family demographic shifts brought about by increasing individualization and globalization. While modern theories often depict a general movement away from romantic love sentiments and toward more rational, equal and casual exchanges and defamilization, feminist scholarship critiques the optimism of these claims in light of persisting structural inequalities. READ MORE

4. 23. The Romantic Poet in the Imaginary Future - John Keats in the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Christian Gräslund; [2014]
   Keywords : Dan Simmons; The Hyperion Cantos; John Keats’spoetry and letters; intertextuality; empathy; beauty; love; humanism;

   Abstract : The four novels Hyperion, The Fall ofHyperion, Endymionand The Rise of Endymionconstitute the Hyperion Cantosby the American science fiction writer Dan Simmons. Thisgalactic-empire,epic,science fictionnarrative containsa plethora ofliterary references. The dominant part comes from the nineteenth-century Romantic poet John Keats. READ MORE

5. 24. Love and Marriage in Jane Austen’s Novels - Parallels of "Sense and Sensibility" and "Pride and Prejudice"

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Maria Cardell; [2013-03-20]
   Keywords : Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Jane Austen; parallels;

   Abstract : That Jane Austen’s most beloved novels Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Pride and Prejudice (1813) have many things in common can be rather easily deducted by any reader. In this essay, I take that view one step further and claim that there are direct parallels in Austen’s main characters in the two novels, and that this is a conscious choice made by the author. READ MORE

6. 25. On the Possibilities and Impossibilities of Love : Mapping the discursive field of love-relationships, its components, conflicts and challenges

   University essay from Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS)

   Author : Jacob Strandell; [2012]
   Keywords : love; relationships; intimacy; contradictions; late modernity; discourse; risk; risk-diminishing; Michel Foucault; Anthony Giddens; Zygmunt Bauman; Ulrich Beck; Sasha Roseneil; kärlek; relationer; intimtet; motsättningar; senmodernitet; diskurs; risk; riskhantering; Michel Foucault; Anthony Giddens; Zygmunt Bauman; Ulrich Beck; Sasha Roseneil;

   Abstract : In this thesis I reframe theories of love-relationships in late modernity (by Anthony Giddens, Zygmunt Bauman and Ulrich Beck & Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim) in relation to a general framework of discursive theory (inspired by Michel Foucault). I suggest that current developments and contradictions in the field of love-relationships with advantage can be understood in terms of discourse and discursive conflict. READ MORE