Essays about: "American wilderness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words American wilderness.

  1. 1. Constructing a civilized wilderness. An intersectional discourse analysis of the Sierra Club 1893-1910

    University essay from

    Author : Eleonor Ivdal; [2023-10-05]
    Keywords : the Sierra Club; intersectional theory; discourse analysis; civilization; American wilderness; national park movement; gender; class; race; ethnicity;

    Abstract : This study investigates if and how the Sierra Club adapted complex and contradictory rationalizations to legitimize their authority in wilderness and civilization. The study aims thereby to enhance our understanding of the origin narrative of the American preservation and conservation movement at the turn of the twentieth century which depicted white male heroes as discoverers and protectors of a pristine wilderness. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Eden to Hell in the Space of a Few Seconds” : an ecocritical and postcolonial analysis of Alex Garland’s The Beach

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Hanna Strömberg; [2022]
    Keywords : The Beach; postcolonial ecocriticism; utopia; wilderness; pastoral;

    Abstract : This essay analyzes the cultural concepts of wilderness, utopia, and the pastoral in relation to The Beach from ecocritical and postcolonial perspectives. Evidently, the pastoral is critical in shaping the Western idea of wilderness, and the utopistic mindset plays an equally crucial role in wilderness gazing. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Their sense of wonder was the same as mine." : Outdoor Educators’ Spiritual Experiences in Wilderness.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Pascal Rosenthal; [2021]
    Keywords : outdoor education; wilderness; wild nature; spirituality; awe-inspiring experiences; sustainability; Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis; IPA;

    Abstract : This study investigates outdoor educators’ spiritual experiences in wilderness from a retrospective point of view. The aim is to understand their meaning-making and the role of such experiences in their life and career as well as to draw out possible implications for outdoor education (OE) with special regards to a sustainable future of our planet. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Paradise Fading : Perceptions of Wild Nature in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King and Howard Pyle's Story of King Arthur and His Knights

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Li Hedenmalm; [2018]
    Keywords : Alfred Lord Tennyson; Idylls of the King; Howard Pyle; The Story of King Arthur and His Knights; Victorian literature; ecocriticism; nature; wilderness; industrialism; animalisation; nostalgia; paradise;

    Abstract : This thesis explores representations of wild nature in two Arthurian texts – one British and one American – produced in an age characterised by rapid social transformation: Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s Idylls of the King (1859-1885) and Howard Pyle’s Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903). By investigation of the textual descriptions of wilderness and the portrayals of characters living there, the study aims to investigate what attitudes towards unkempt nature are displayed in the two texts. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Quest for a Transcendental Experience: A Deconstruction of Binary Oppositions in Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Matz Andersson; [2016]
    Keywords : English; Deconstruction; Into the Wild; Krakauer; Derrida; American Wilderness;

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