Essays about: "Heaney"

Found 2 essays containing the word Heaney.

1. 1. Misogyny in the Marshlands : female Characterization in Seamus Heaney’s “Bog Queen” and “Punishment”

   University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

   Author : Olivia Signe Afrodite Gränglid; [2021]
   Keywords : The Male Gaze; Stereotypical Characterization; Sexual Objectification; Ecofeminism; Seamus Heaney; Bog-poems;

   Abstract : This essay argues that the depiction of women in Seamus Heaney’s poems “Bog Queen” and “Punishment” results from the male gaze in three ways: the narrative viewpoint, stereotypical characterization, and the objectification of the female body. The following essay analyses the poems through an ecofeminist perspective that enables examination of the female characters as personifications of nature – “Bog Queen” as Mother Earth and the victim of “Punishment” as Nerthus, the fertility goddess. READ MORE

3. 2. Overcoming the barriers of customary perception : Foregrounding elements in Seamus Heaney’s poem “Digging” and the potential implementation in the EFL classroom

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Niklas Wall; [2020]
   Keywords : Foregrounding; Cognitive stylistics; Heaney; EFL; Aesthetic experience education; Defamiliarisation; Linguistic and literary awareness; Upper secondary school;

   Abstract : The aim of this paper was to analyse foregrounding elements in Seamus Heaney’s poem “Digging.” The analysis shows that deviances from everyday non-literary language, i.e. foregrounding, are both likely to evoke defamiliarisation in readers and also provide readers with the likelihood of having an aesthetic experience. READ MORE