Essays about: "Inferno"

Found 5 essays containing the word Inferno.

  1. 1. Western Esotericism references in Dario Argento’s triology The Three Mothers

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Emilie Spagnoli; [2023]
    Keywords : Occultism; Esotericism; film critic; Steiner; feminine power; gender; Dario Argento; horror cinema; Suspiria; Inferno; The Mother of Tears;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the influences and references, with a particular focus from occultism and western esotericism, found in the film trilogy of The Three Mothers directed by Dario Argento. The trilogy composed of Suspiria, Inferno and The Mother of Tears was produced in a timeframe of thirty years from 1977 to 2007, so it embeds three decades, it also reflects the willingness from the director to disconnect himself from the usual representation of supernatural and horror films of witches and power. READ MORE

  2. 2. Robert Langdon's Hero's Journey : Reading the Novels of Dan Brown with the perspective of the Monomyth

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Emma Klevskog; [2017]
    Keywords : Robert Langdon; Hero s Journey; Female Helpers; Dan Brown; Joseph Campbell; The Monomyth; The Da Vinci Code; Inferno; Angels and Demons; The Lost Symbol.;

    Abstract : This essay investigates the characteristics of Robert Langdon and his female helpers in Dan Brown’s novels Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost symbol and Inferno.  In each of these novels, the quests are always solved by a male-female team. READ MORE

  3. 3. Code and Inference in metaphor comprehension: interpretation of metaphorical language in Dante's Inferno by Italians and Australians

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Sara Albrici; [2016]
    Keywords : Keywords: cognitive semiotics; cultural knowledge; meaning; metaphor; specific knowledge; universal knowledge; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the interpretation of metaphorical expressions in Dante’s famous Inferno and how this may be motivated through the use of codes and inference. Based on Coseriu’s Integral Linguistics (Coseriu, 1985), metaphorical expressions can be divided depending on the kind of knowledge that is required to interpret them. READ MORE

  4. 4. Will To Appear

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Paul Kraus; [2015]
    Keywords : Bret Easton Ellis; American Psycho; Literary Analysis; Critical Analysis; Deleuze; Foucault; Control Society; Discipline; William S. Burroughs; Dante; Augustine; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper presents an opportunity for the uncertainty that has plagued the novel's criticism to appear as absences in the body of historical knowledge, particularly regarding the notion of life after death. Taking appearance (eg. READ MORE

  5. 5. Inferno and exaltation - How to design Creativity and support Interaction Designers

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

    Author : Zayera Khan; [2000]
    Keywords : interaction design; creativity; zayera khan; masters thesis; design support tool; design process; provocative; software;

    Abstract : This masters thesis is about how to enhance creativity and investigates the design process of interaction designers, in terms of the creative process, design support tools and especcially through a concept presented in this thesis. The concept is called DSTZ (Design Support Tool Z) and suggests ways in how to support a designer in the creative process. READ MORE