Essays about: "Disillusion"

Found 3 essays containing the word Disillusion.

  1. 1. The Portrayal of Alcohol in The Sun Also Rises: Alcohol as Socio-Political Commentary and Measurement of Character

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Emma Ericson; [2017-06-20]
    Keywords : engelska; Ernest Hemingway; Alcohol; Prohibition Era; 1920s America; Disillusion; The Hemingway Hero; The Lost Generation; The Sun Also Rises; Paris; Expatriatism;

    Abstract : Although drinking is a central theme in most of Hemingway’s work, many scholars argue that The Sun Also Rises might be the one of his novels in which alcohol has the biggest presence. This essay is a contribution to the discussion about the excessive drinking in the novel. READ MORE

  3. 2. "With Meaning and Meaning's Rebuttal" : A Contrastive Reading of Philip Larkin's The Less Deceived

    University essay from Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Boris Lazic; [2014]
    Keywords : Philip Larkin; poetry; poetry collection; Philip Larkin; poesi; diktsamling;

    Abstract : This essay focuses on Philip Larkin’s The Less Deceived, a collection of poems published in 1955, and tries to demonstrate how the poems within it can be organized and understood according to a contrast between more and less deceived. Through close reading and comparative analysis this overarching contrast is shown to be expressed by recurrences of imagery and thematic material as well as by a series of related opposing terms which inform many of the viewpoints expressed within the collection. READ MORE

  4. 3. Beyond Good and Evil : An essay on the combination of ideas and aesthetics in George Bernard Shaw's Mrs Warren’s Profession

    University essay from Institutionen för litteraturvetenskap och idéhistoria

    Author : Semir Susic; [2008]
    Keywords : theatrical aesthetics; combination of political ideas and aesthetics; playwright technique; realism; idealism.;

    Abstract : The objective of this essay is to approach a larger comprehension of the drama of George Bernard Shaw. The essay studies the combination of ideas and aesthetics in the play Mrs Warren’s Profession; how theatrical and mainly literary aesthetics interplay with political ideas and what the consequence of this combination is. READ MORE