Essays about: "LITERARY THEORY"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 167 essays containing the words LITERARY THEORY.
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16. Affect Poststructuralism and Repressed Emotion: The True Tragedy of The Remains of The Day
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : Kazuo Ishiguro's novel The Remains of the Day has garnered much discussion by literary theorists. Studies have primarily concerned themselves with the main character Mr Stevens and how he interacts with the complex situations around him. READ MORE
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17. 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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18. Intention and Indiscernibilia: : Against Interpretive Intentionalism
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för estetikAbstract : What determines the meaning of a work of art? This paper considers three theories of art-critical interpretation: moderate actual intentionalism (the artist’s intention partly determines the work’s meaning), hypothetical intentionalism (the work’s meaning is the best hypothesis of what the artist could have meant), and the value-maximizing theory (interpretations which maximize the work’s value are to be preferred). I argue that moderate actual intentionalism is incoherent, collapsing either into the intentional fallacy or into an extreme form of intentionalism. READ MORE
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19. Teaching English Literature : A Qualitative Questionnaire and Content Analysis of Swedish Upper Secondary English Teachers’ Reading and Teaching Choices Analyzed Through Literary Socialization and Reception Theory
University essay from Karlstads universitetAbstract : The aim of this study is to investigate Swedish upper secondary school teachers’ statements regarding reading and teaching choices in the English courses. The methods used were a survey in the form of a qualitative questionnaire, and a qualitative content analysis which was then applied to the survey data gathered. READ MORE
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20. Imitation and Protest: Two Case Studies of Depictions of Marriage in Anne Brontë and Olive Schreiner
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelskaAbstract : Literature has long been an effective vehicle for conveying women’s morals and opinions when they have otherwise been ignored and supressed. Fifty years apart, Anne Brontë and Olive Schreiner wrote fiction critical of different aspects of marriage with noticeably different results and conclusions. READ MORE