Essays about: "toru"

Found 2 essays containing the word toru.

  1. 1. Attitudinal and Aspectual Properties of Two Aspect Morphemes in West Japanese Dialects - and Oru

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Niclas Blomberg; [2013]
    Keywords : aspect; aspectual opposition; attitudinality; dialect; Kinki; oru; pejorativity; toru; western Japan; yoru; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The present thesis is concerned with describing the aspect morphemes toru and yoru, as well as the existential verb oru, prevalent in the dialects of western Japan in general, and the central Kinki region in particular. We will discuss the semantic properties of these morphemes in five dialects using a survey of predicate structure in Japanese dialects. READ MORE

  3. 2. "She's just not there" : A study of psychological symbols in Haruki Murakami’s work

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Johanna Nygren; [2010]
    Keywords : Murakami; psychoanalysis; c-essay;

    Abstract : In this essay a novel by the Japanese author Haruki Murakami, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, is examined through dreams as a psychoanalytical phenomenon or spectacle. The novel is a complex work but mainly circles around the main character Toru, a middle-aged man in modern Japan whose wife leaves him unexpectedly. READ MORE