Essays about: "Beowulf"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the word Beowulf.

  1. 1. Mining for Whose Future? The Recycling of Narratives for Continuous Extraction : A discursive study of the Gállok mine

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Julia Engström; [2023]
    Keywords : Environmental Justice; Sámi rights; Gállok; Critical Discourse Analysis; Green growth; Green transition; Mining;

    Abstract : The Exploitation of land for economic growth has been an ongoing issue for locals’ rights to land, especially indigenous people. In Sweden, EU’s largest producer of Iron ore, the conflict between the State, indigenous Sámi, and mining industries have caused many controversies over the years, where mining projects repeatedly infringe upon land inhabited by Sámi. READ MORE

  3. 2. Narrative Design in a 2D Causal Game: Conveying the Story of Beowulf Through “Lucky Hero”

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Rongkun Sun; Jichao Zhang; [2023]
    Keywords : Case study; casual game; interview; narrative design; slot games; thematic analysis;

    Abstract : The research aims to investigate how the 2D slot game “Lucky Hero”, created for this research, could convey the story of Beowulf. The result of this study could provide experience and strategy for improving narrative design in casual games with similar mechanics. READ MORE

  4. 3. The suppressed goddess of Beowulf : A feminist reading of Grendel’s mother as a representation of Norse goddess Gefion in a changing world order

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Lisa Persson Örtman; [2019]
    Keywords : Literary criticism; Beowulf; Grendel’s mother; Gefion; Earth goddess; monsters; abjection; feminism; the definition of a woman.;

    Abstract : The aim of this study has been to investigate in feminist terms whether or not the character Grendel’s mother symbolizes early matrilineal tribes in the form of the Norse goddess Gefion, also claimed to be the Earth goddess. The claim has been brought forward in an article by Frank Battaglia on the grounds that the chthonic deity is mentioned on several occasions in Beowulf. READ MORE

  5. 4. Brothers and Arms: How Two Brothers Reflect the Abandonment of Past Heroic Ideals and the Development of Future ones in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Estrid Ericson Borggren; [2019]
    Keywords : Heroic Ideals; Tolkien; Victorian Medievalism; Boromir; Faramir; The Lord of the Rings; Heroicism; Post-war Literature; The Great War; Beowulf; Past; Future; Brothers; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The literary heroic ideal changed with the Great War, as the Victorian hero ideal was no longer plausible in a post-war world. The new ideal was pacifist and non-heroic but not everyone who had been through the Great War agreed that there was no heroicism. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Woman Behind It All. Searching for Social Roles of Women in Late Iron Age Central Blekinge

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens historia

    Author : Antonia Hellstam; [2019]
    Keywords : Key words: warrior society; social role of women; cremation grave material; Beowulf; Lady with mead cup; Blekinge; Västra Vång; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : With the aim of widening the picture of a Late Iron Age warrior society in central Blekinge by studying the social role of its women, female cremation burials have been identified and their material studied. Artefacts and their combinations have been interpreted and their suggested meanings compared with contemporary iconography as well as with Anglo-Saxon and Norse literary sources. READ MORE