Essays about: "Barry"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 35 essays containing the word Barry.

  1. 6. An Ecocritical Exploration of McCandless’ Pilgrimage Into the Wild : A Literary Analysis of the Representations of Nature in Into the Wild

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Vicky Taylor; [2022]
    Keywords : into the wild; mccandless; ecocriticism; nature; culture; transcendence; interdependence; linguistic construct; cultural construct;

    Abstract : This essay examines Jon Krakauer’s novel Into the Wild from an ecocritical perspective. It aims to analyse three representations of nature: its interdependence with culture, its connection with transcendence, and nature as a linguistic or cultural construct in Into the Wild and relate them to ecocriticism today. READ MORE

  3. 7. Hybridization of the Self, Colonial Discourse and the Deconstruction of Value Systems : A Postcolonial Literary Theory Perspective of Literature inculpating Colonialism

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Brian Burns; [2021]
    Keywords : Postcolonialism; Postcolonial Literary Theory; Hybridization; Walker; Malouf; Phillips; Achebe; Freud; Nietzsche; Bhabha; Siad; McLeod; Barry;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to provide a perspective on literature inculpating colonialism using postcolonial literary theory and method. The subject material incorporates four novels studied during the literature modules for the English course at Högskolan Gävle (HIG). READ MORE

  4. 8. Accuracy of Risk Measures For Black Swan Events

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Viktor Barry; [2021]
    Keywords : Black swans; value at risk; conditional value at risk; monte carlo simulation; financial mathematics; risk analysis; financial risk; Black Swan; value at risk; conditional value at risk; monte carlo-simulering; finansiell matematik; riskanalys; finansiell risk;

    Abstract : This project aims to analyze the risk measures Value-at-Risk and Conditional-Value-at-Risk for three stock portfolios with the purpose of evaluating each method's accuracy in modelling Black Swan events. This is achieved by utilizing a parametric approach in the form of a modified (C)VaR with a Cornish-Fisher expansion, a historic approach with a time series spanning ten years and a Markov Monte Carlo simulation modeled with a Brownian motion. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Reign of Akhenaten : The Inhabitants of Tell el-Amarna through a Religious Perspective

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Amelie Norén; [2020]
    Keywords : Egypt; Tell el-Amarna; Akhenaten; Aten; archaeology; religion; Egypten; Tell el-Amarna; Akhenaten; Aten; arkeologi; religion;

    Abstract : Norén, A. 2020. The Reign of Akhenaten: The Inhabitants of Tell el-Amarna through a Religious Perspective. The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the complex religious climate of Tell el-Amarna, the capital city of ancient Egypt in the 18th dynasty, during the reign of Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten (1353–1336 B. READ MORE

  6. 10. Listening Difficulties in children with Developmental Phonological Disorder : A survey of parents' perception of their children's listening abilities.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Logopedi

    Author : Ellika Forsberg; Lotta Ohtamaa; [2019]
    Keywords : Developmental Language Disorder; DLD; Developmental Phonological Disorder; DPD; ECLiPS; listening difficulties.;

    Abstract : Background/Aim: The British questionnaire ECLiPS (Evaluation of Children’s Listening and Processing Skills; Barry & Moore, 2015) aims to profile listening difficulties in children. The questionnaire consists of 38 statements, divided into five subscales, and a short survey with six questions about general health. READ MORE