Essays about: "John Green"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words John Green.
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1. Navigating through life with metaphors as a guide. : An analysis about mind style and metaphors in John Green's The Fault In Our Stars and its pedagogical use.
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This essay offers a literary study of John Green’s novel The Fault In Our Stars which was published in 2012. This thesis argues that Hazel and Augustus are portraying unorthodox mind styles, and they are demonstrating this with their use of and stance towards metaphors. READ MORE
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2. The Body as a Grenade : Illness Metaphors, The Suffering of Others and Conservativism in Contemporary Sick-Flicks
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudierAbstract : Film has since its inception been a potent storytelling tool, and the concept of illnesses and death havebeen a critical element in the stories mankind has told through cinema since the beginning. While theearly years of film saw few titles which directly named or featured diseases such as cancer, the 1980’sand 1990’s saw a vast increase in illness narratives being produced. READ MORE
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3. The Gaps in Our Stars : The Fault in Our Stars and Reader-response Theory in the Swedish EFL Classroom
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This essay analyses John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars (2012) with a theoretical approach of reader-response theory to show how the potential interpretations of the gaps in the novel make it a relevant choice of literary work for EFL education. The essay also examines whether the concept of gaps can be used as a tool in literary analysis. READ MORE
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4. Narrating the process of dying : An analysis of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and its pedagogical implications
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This cross-disciplinary essay explores the use of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars (2012) and its pedagogical implications for learners in middle school. It demonstrates that the novel expresses preparatory grief by implementing internal focalisation through the main character Hazel Grace. READ MORE
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5. What factors are considered to be important for managers within Swedish municipalities to enable the diffusion of innovations within Green IT?
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomiAbstract : Sweden is divided into 290 municipalities. The municipalities are responsible for many services that generates significant amount of CO2 emissions. For example; energy, waste management andstreetlights. This emission can potentially be reduced by using Green IT - smart IT solutions that optimise the processes or reduces the energy needed. READ MORE
