Essays about: "Female writers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words Female writers.

1. 1. Discovering Zimbabwean Digital Literature : An Exploratory Study of the Typologies and Properties of Online Audiences of Ephemeral Literature

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Earl Dube; [2023]
   Keywords : Zimbabwe; digital literature; online audience; ephemeral literature; community; frame of relevance; Afrocentricity; Communicative Figuration;

   Abstract : Cathrine Phiri's novel ‘Never Mine’ on Facebook, highlights the liberating potential of online literary engagement, particularly for female readers, amid creative restrictions in Zimbabwe. Utilising both the Afrocentric and Communicative Figuration concepts, the study examines how digital ephemeral literature fosters connection and conversation. READ MORE

3. 2. Wicked Witches and Evil Queens? : A corpus-based study of the near-synonyms evil and wicked in contemporary American English

   University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för individ och samhälle

   Author : Mariam Barazeghi; [2023]
   Keywords : adjectives; collocations; corpus linguistics; dictionaries; gender studies; synonyms;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine what contemporary corpora can reveal about the use of the two adjectives evil and wicked. These two synonyms have been analysed using corpus linguistics in order to acquire results about the differences between them regarding frequency of use, as well as their collocating nouns. READ MORE

4. 3. BLOOD AND SPERM - AND CUNTS : An analysis of the In-Yer-Face theatre genre ́s approach to female roles and characters

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Matilda Belin Larsson; [2023]
   Keywords : In-yer-face; performance analysis; drama analysis; gender studies; violence. ; föreställningsanalys; drama analys; genus; våld;

   Abstract : This essay explores the genre of In-Yer-Face theatre and its representation of women. In-Yer-Face theatre emerged in the 1990s in the UK, characterised by its confrontational style and provocative themes. READ MORE

5. 4. Screenwriter and Character Gender in a 2020 Body of Swedish Feature Film Proposals

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Johanna Koljonen; [2022]
   Keywords : screenwriting; script development; gender; feature film screenwriting; feminist media studies;

   Abstract : This study of correlations between screenwriter and character gender is based on a 2020 body of 369 Swedish feature fiction film proposals by 380 individual writers, submitted to the Swedish national broadcasting corporation Sveriges Television (SVT) specifically for development funding for screenwriting. Results are compared both with similar data from the Swedish Film Institute (SFI), which is the national funding body, as well as with SFI’s statistics of Swedish films receiving selective or market support. READ MORE

6. 5. Irish Women : being both mothers and wives

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Jenny Martinsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Irish Women; Edna O´Brien; Marian Keyes; Female writers; Gender roles; outspoken language; feminism; feminist actions; mothers; wives; Ireland; sexuality; daughters; love; women’s rights.;

   Abstract : Edna O'Brien and Marian Keyes are two sexually candid female writers. They are both from Ireland and their novels have caused many spectacular headlines over the years. These female authors have been greatly acclaimed, but also sharply criticised for their outspoken way of writing. READ MORE