Essays about: "use of metaphors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 81 essays containing the words use of metaphors.

1. 1. The Autistic Human-container and its Contents : A Multi-lingual Critical Discourse Analysis of Autism Info Materials

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

   Author : Linn Lockert; [2024]
   Keywords : Autism; Autism Representation; Conceptual Metaphor Theory; Critical Discourse Analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis examines written autism info materials from web searches and autism expertrecommendations across Germany, Sweden, and the US. Making use of Conceptual MetaphorTheory and Critical Discourse Analysis, the different materials were analyzed with the help of codeschemes by marking down conceptual metaphors and other ideological words. READ MORE

3. 2. The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion - A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of the German National Identity in the Right-Wing Political Discourse on Refugees, Migrants, and Foreigners

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Hannah Shaw; [2023]
   Keywords : Germany; National Identity; Othering; Political Discourse; Refugees; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how the German right-wing political party AfD constructs a national identity in their political discourse around refugees, migrants, and foreigners. The rise of refugees and migrants worldwide has led to a renewed focus on the concepts of nation-states and national identity in defining who does and does not belong. READ MORE

4. 3. Navigating through life with metaphors as a guide. : An analysis about mind style and metaphors in John Green's The Fault In Our Stars and its pedagogical use.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Frithiof Eriksson; [2023]
   Keywords : Mind style; Metaphor; Reality; EFL Classroom; Upper Secondary School; Motivation.;

   Abstract : This essay offers a literary study of John Green’s novel The Fault In Our Stars which was published in 2012. This thesis argues that Hazel and Augustus are portraying unorthodox mind styles, and they are demonstrating this with their use of and stance towards metaphors. READ MORE

5. 4. The Voice of Nature : Ecological Personification in Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin and Abdel-Fattah’s Where the Streets Had a Name: An Ecolinguistic Analysis

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Zayna Halis; [2023]
   Keywords : Conceptual Metaphor Theory; ecolinguistics; ecological personification; ecosophy; ecological identities; eco-resistance; embodied metaphors;

   Abstract : This study delves into the ways in which the displaced Palestinian characters in Susan Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin (2010) and Randa Abdel-Fattah’s Where the Streets Had a Name (2008) connect to their homeland through embodied metaphors, particularly through the personification of their native lands, which will be read with recourse to Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). By utilizing ecolinguistics as an analytical lens and applying CMT, this study illuminates how both literary works significantly underscore the urgency and cruciality of the human-nature interconnection and interdependence amid tragedy and dispossession. READ MORE

6. 5. The Gaps in Our Stars : The Fault in Our Stars and Reader-response Theory in the Swedish EFL Classroom

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Mira Backman; [2023]
   Keywords : Reader-response theory; Wolfgang Iser; Stanley Fish; The Fault in Our Stars; John Green; Upper secondary school; EFL teaching;

   Abstract : This essay analyses John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars (2012) with a theoretical approach of reader-response theory to show how the potential interpretations of the gaps in the novel make it a relevant choice of literary work for EFL education. The essay also examines whether the concept of gaps can be used as a tool in literary analysis. READ MORE