Essays about: "Hill"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 170 essays containing the word Hill.

1. 11. The Development of The Trope of Hauntings in Gothic Fiction : A Comparative Analysis of Wuthering Heights and The Haunting of Hill House

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

   Author : Kristel Dosti; [2023]
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   Abstract : The research conducted in this paper will concern the development of the Gothic trope of hauntings in a comparative analysis of two gothic novels, Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Brontë and The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Shirley Jackson. The analysis will focus on how hauntings of various forms are presented and what they represent in the two texts before and after the development of psychoanalytical studies, particularly Sigmund Freud’s conceptualization of “Das Unheimliche”. READ MORE

3. 12. Whispers of influence : youth engagement with Alt-info's soft power perceptions

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Ana Chkhaidze; [2023]
   Keywords : media engagement; soft power; propaganda; pro-Russian media; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This research explores how young audiences in Georgia perceive and engage with Russian Soft Power in the context of the media platform Alt-info. Alt-info is a privately-owned right-wing TV company and online media outlet founded in 2019 in Georgia. READ MORE

4. 13. The Haunting of Hill House: The Heterosexual Horror of the Home

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Fanny Berg; [2023]
   Keywords : Shirley Jackson; queer reading; internalization; self-surveillance; heteronormativity;

   Abstract : The female gothic as a genre, with its emergence in the 19th century, has a history of critiquing women’s place in the domestic sphere by showcasing the horrors of the home. When The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson was first published in 1959, it did so with both this historical genre background, as well as with a resurgence of traditional gender roles as an ideal. READ MORE

5. 14. Copula approach to fitting bivariate time series

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

   Author : Jun Wang; [2023]
   Keywords : VaR; Copula; ARMA-GARCH; Extreme Value Theory; GPD; Hill estimator; Mathematics and Statistics;

   Abstract : We apply the GARCH-copula method to estimate Value at Risk (VaR) for European and Stockholm stock indices. First, marginal distributions are estimated by the ARMA-GARCH model with normal, Student-t, and skewed t distributions. READ MORE

6. 15. The humanized refugee: Representations and Rights - A discourse analysis of media’s representation of refugees between 2015 and 2022

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Jonathan Dahl Hill; [2023]
   Keywords : refugees; subject of human rights; representations; Ukraine; Syria; Hannah Arendt; Carol Bacchi. flyktingar; mänskliga rättigheter; representationer; Ukraina; Syrien.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Denna studie undersöker hur syriska och ukrainska flyktingar är representerade i svensk media. Frågorna som ställs är hur medias representation av flyktingar 2015 och 2022 skiljer sig åt, och i vilken utsträckning de representeras som individer med mänskliga rättigheter. READ MORE