Essays about: "Extended essays"

Found 2 essays containing the words Extended essays.

  1. 1. Infinite surface : An extended reflection on the estrangement of the modern subject

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Mohammad Munib Rehman; [2020]
    Keywords : modernity; estrangement; urban; culture; aesthetics;

    Abstract :   This work is a string of essays that aesthetically frames estrangement as the quintessential experience of modern culture. Accordingly, detachment and distance are themes that persist throughout these essays. They weave their way through the cultural, social, psychological, and spatial dimensions of modern life, but at a tentative remove. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Deeply Satisfying Lie? : Authorship, Performance, and Recognition in 21st Century American Novels

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Katarina Svedberg; [2017]
    Keywords : Authorship; performance; recognition; contemporary literature; Barthes; Foucault;

    Abstract : There has been a considerable amount of research done on questions of authorship over the past century or so, and the interest in the subject is still going strong today. This essay takes as its point of departure two seminal poststructuralist essays on authorship—Roland Barthes’s “The Death of the Author,” and Michel Foucault’s “What is an Author?”—as these texts have had a significant impact on the discourse. READ MORE