Essays about: "Jenny Siméus"

Found 2 essays containing the words Jenny Siméus.

1. 1. Culture in Focus : A Critical Study of Culture in the English Syllabi and a Few Selected Textbooks

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Jenny Siméus; [2007]
   Keywords : aesthetic culture; anthropologic culture; textbooks; teaching; English; syllabus;

   Abstract : This paper examines how aesthetic and anthropologic culture is represented in a few selected textbooks for English and to what degree these representations correspond to the aims of the English course syllabi. Regarding aesthetic culture, the emphasis in the syllabi is on the students using literature as means to an end, mainly to develop certain skills such as an understanding of the English language, or learning about anthropologic culture through aesthetic culture. READ MORE

3. 2. A Study of Art and Aestheticism in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Jenny Siméus; [2004]
   Keywords : art; aestheticism; Oscar Wilde; The Picture of Dorian Gray; ekphrasis;

   Abstract : My twofold aim with this essay is, firstly, to examine the ideas about art expressed in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by the Victorian author Oscar Wilde. Secondly, I analyse how Oscar Wilde has implemented the philosophy of aestheticism throughout his novel. READ MORE