Essays about: "Fable"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word Fable.

  1. 1. Animal Farm, Truth and The Power of Language : Teaching Literature, Logic and Epistemology Together

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Anton Olsson; [2022]
    Keywords : philosophy; EFL; upper secondary school; logical reasoning; critical thinking; George Orwell; Animal Farm; testimonial knowledge; objective and historical truth; fallacies; epistemology; literary themes; the power of language;

    Abstract : Language can create realities, and the totalitarian pigs in George Orwell’s Animal Farm tend to use language in order to control the oppressed animals’ minds and world view. Orwell’s dystopian fable Animal Farm repeatedly deals with manipulative language, and so an analysis of the animal characters’ language may help upper secondary students to understand themes such as the power of language and truth. READ MORE

  3. 2. Monuments of The Ones Before

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Hagob Manoukian; [2021]
    Keywords : Fiction; Mystery; Scale; Light; Astronomy; Monolith; Monuments; Temple; Tower; Colonnade; Iconography; Sun; Earth; Moon; Lilla Karlsö; Island; Fable; Film; Cinematography; Animation; Storyboard.;

    Abstract : Architecture and Film - A Symbiotic Relationship. This project is not intented to be revolutionary, but rather exploratory. To delve deeper into ones interests and better understand them. My architectural studies are five years young, and my passion for film has been with me for as long as I can remember. READ MORE

  4. 3. Hang on to the Words : Knowledge Tokens, Hierarchies, and Concurrent Narratives in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Jack Appleton; [2020]
    Keywords : MaddAddam Trilogy; Atwood; Margaret; homosocial triangles; selfconstitution; fables; metanarratives; micronarratives;

    Abstract : Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy has received substantial critical attention inthe fields of ecocriticism, the ethics of bioengineering, and feminist theory. However, the vast majority of this criticism has focussed on Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, the first two books in the trilogy. READ MORE

  5. 4. “Han Skulle Vara En Kille Som Pappa Inte Kunde Klaga På” : Subversive And Imaginative Masculinity In Lygia Bojunga’s Work

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Litteraturvetenskap

    Author : Leena-Maaretta Dixon; [2018]
    Keywords : Masculinity; Gender; Children’s Literature; Lygia Bojunga; Stephen M. Whitehead; Fable; Machismo; Patriarchy;

    Abstract : This thesis centers on three children’s novel, “Sex gånger Lucas”, “Min Vän målaren”, and “Den gula väskan”, written by the very appreciated and much awarded Brazilian Author Lygia Bojunga. All three of these novels discuss masculinity in young boys and men. READ MORE

  6. 5. Human and animal in ‘the Open’: an exploration of image and worlding in the poetry of Marianne Moore and João Cabral de Melo Neto

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Enaie Maire Azambuja; [2015]
    Keywords : Marianne Moore; early poems; João Cabral de Melo Neto; The Dog without Feathers; Jacob von Uexküll; Umwelt; Brett Buchanan; Onto-Ethologies; Martin Heidegger; Giorgio Agamben; Fable; Allegory.;

    Abstract : This thesis firstly aims at discussing the early works of American poet Marianne Moore (1887-1972) through the bio-philosophical perspectives developed since the investigations of Estonian Jacob von Uexküll (1864-1944). The study elucidates Uexküll’s research on the web-like forms of life that is the Umwelt of animals and Moore’s creation of poetic environments. READ MORE