Essays about: "Austen"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 66 essays containing the word Austen.

1. 26. Thematic Oppositions in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Silav Sandy; [2017]
   Keywords : Pride and Prejudice; oppositions; theme; thematic oppositions; binary oppositions; literature; contrasts; Stolhet och fördom; oppositioner; tema; tematisk; binära oppositioner; litteratur; kontrast; Silav Sandy; Silav; Sandy;

   Abstract : This essay examines anticipation and real outcome structured as two oppositions in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. These opposites will be analyzed through Austen’s use of literary devices such as “free indirect speech” and irony. READ MORE

3. 27. Modern, Bold and Versatile : A study of a Character in the Novel Persuasion Which Challenges the Romantic Norm

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Jeanette Eriksson; [2017]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Abstract This study will examine how the protagonist from Jane Austen’s Persuasion - Anne Elliot - challenges the female norms of the Romantic Period. First of all, there will be a study of her personality and background, and then examples of her unconventional thoughts and actions. READ MORE

4. 28. Female Genital Mutilation in Senegal The role of Socio-Economic Risk Factors of Circumcision and Subsequent Effects of Circumcision upon Fertility and Marriage Markets

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : James Austen; [2016]
   Keywords : Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Female Genital Mutilation is widespread in sub- Saharan Africa despite being illegal in many countries. It has been shown in previous research that female genital mutilation occurs due to long standing tradition which creates difficulty in the elimination of the practice. READ MORE

5. 29. Love' s function in marital decisions : Materialist feminism in Jane Austen's Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Magdalena Sundkvist; [2016]
   Keywords : Austen; Materialist Feminism; Domestic role; Women s Opression; Heterosexual Normative Roles;

   Abstract : In Jane Austen’s Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey there is a central theme of finding a marriage partner from economic, social and love perspectives. The focus of this essay is to look from a materialist feminist perspective at how these factors influence the characters’ marital matches. READ MORE

6. 30. The Ethics of CRISPR : Using Human Germline Gene Modification to Prevent Genetic Disease

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etik

   Author : Austen Yeager; [2016]
   Keywords : CRISPR; Human Germline; Gene Modification; Ethics; Genetic Disease;

   Abstract : With the discovery and development of CRISPR, the technology that might allow us to modify the human germline is at our fingertips, and, consequently, serious practical and ethical consideration is warranted. In the following paper, I examine the ethics of using CRISPR in this way and argue that modifying the human germline for the purpose of preventing serious genetic disease is, in principle, ethically acceptable and ought to be allowed. READ MORE