Essays about: "the function of criticism"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 38 essays containing the words the function of criticism.

1. 11. Examining the preparatory phase of Knivsta Citizens' Assembly : A study of politicians’ and public officials’ intentions behind implementation

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Matilda Jerre Lingmark; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Democratic innovations focusing on increased citizen engagement is believed to be important since they have the potential to revitalize representative democracy. However, criticism has also been raised claiming that democratic innovations only have a facade of deepening democracy. READ MORE

3. 12. The Role of Defense Mechanisms in Willy Loman's Character : A Freudian and Marxist Analysis of Death of a Salesman

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Maya Noras; [2020]
   Keywords : Repression; Projection; Frustration; Defense mechanisms; Marxism; The American Dream;

   Abstract : The field of psychoanalysis makes it possible to make an in-depth study of the protagonist in the play Death of a Salesman. After performing such an analysis, this paper suggests that Willy suffers from mental illness and that he is obsessed with living the American Dream. READ MORE

4. 13. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL RELIABILITY OF JANE EYRE: The Narrating Self’s Function in the Novel

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Zdravka Katinic; [2019-05-06]
   Keywords : Jane Eyre; Charlotte Brontë; narratology; psychoanalytic criticism;

   Abstract : The fact that Charlotte Brontë intended Jane Eyre as an autobiography is easily overlooked. Therefore, one tends to not take into account that the stated author Jane Rochester is technically both the main character and narrator of the story. READ MORE

5. 14. Age Assessment of Unaccompanied Minors in Sweden and the Rights of Children

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Emil Johansson; [2019]
   Keywords : EU law; public international law; age assessment; unaccompanied minor; migration; asylum; Sweden; medical age assessment; radiological age assessment; benefit of the doubt; burden of proof; burden of inquiry; children s rights; human rights; medicinska åldersbedömningar; åldersbedömning; RMV; shared duty of fact finding; presumption of minority; prima facie child; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In 2015, Sweden saw a large influx of asylum-seekers into the country, many of whom claimed to be unaccompanied minor. Without personal documents to attest their age, the authorities often doubted these claims of minority, prompting a need for age assessment. READ MORE

6. 15. Doing away with safety : A study on mourning and metafiction in How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

   Author : Erik Skagersten; [2019]
   Keywords : Charles Yu; How to live safely in a science fictional universe; Sci-fi; Melancholia; Hutcheon; Freud; Metafiction;

   Abstract : This essay works with Freud’s theory of melancholia, and Hutcheon’s theories of parody and metafictional writing to explore Charles Yu’s novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. By looking at how both theories handle the subject of identity and unconscious formations, this study argues that the relationship between the main character and his father visualizes the process of creating, as well as evolving a dialectic discourse regarding the function of literature. READ MORE