Essays about: "Book Culture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 79 essays containing the words Book Culture.

  1. 1. The Overstory: A Blueprint for Cultural Change in the Anthropocene

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Isak Sköld; [2023]
    Keywords : the Anthropocene; Cultural Change; Richard Powers; The Overstory; Trees; Literature; Climate Change Literature; Ecocriticism; Activism; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Within the field of ecocriticism, there is an ongoing discussion about climate change fiction and the capacity for literature to inspire cultural change in relation to the climate crisis of the Anthropocene. Relatively new novels explore the inherent conflict between consumerist features of contemporary human culture and scientific facts regarding human impact on life on Earth. READ MORE

  3. 2. Translation of Japanese children’s literature into Finnish examined through the lens of functionality : A case study

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Samppa Luoma-Halkola; [2023]
    Keywords : children’s literature; functional translation; JapaneseFinnish translation; picture book; skopos theory;

    Abstract : Japanese children’s literature translated directly into Finnish is a very novel phenomenon, which is why there is currently a vacuum of research in that area. This study aims to begin to fill that vacuum. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Impermanence of Norms : A Study of Fahrenheit 451 Based on Foucauldian Concepts

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Anna-Pia Backlund; [2022]
    Keywords : Episteme; Michel Foucault; Ray Bradbury; Fahrenheit 451; knowledge; ignorance; norms; power.  ;

    Abstract : In 1953 Ray Bradbury wrote the novel Fahrenheit 451. The plot is set in a fictional, North American future. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Study of the Translation of H.P Lovecraft’s Usage of Religious Metaphors in The Shadow over Innsmouth

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Juuso Mäki; [2022]
    Keywords : Translation; Lovecraft; Metaphor; Japanese English translation; Equivalent; Religious metaphor;

    Abstract : The Shadow Over Innsmouth is a book written by H.P Lovecraft and is one of the first books in the genre of cosmic horror. The book has been translated several times by different translators from English to Japanese. READ MORE

  6. 5. Religious Innovation in Southern Sweden. : A case study on the congregation Kingdom Center Sweden.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för etnologi, religionshistoria och genusvetenskap

    Author : Philip Törnblom; [2022]
    Keywords : Pentecoastalism; Cowboy Christians; Word of Life; KCS; Kingdom Center Sweden; Kristet Center syd.;

    Abstract : Kingdom center Sweden is a small-town Pentecostal community located in the Swedish province of Scania. What, on a surface level, distinguishes this community from other Christian communities in Sweden is that the congregation operates a cowboy-themed wilderness center. READ MORE