Essays about: "LITERARY THEORY"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 167 essays containing the words LITERARY THEORY.

  1. 36. Witches are not so delicate : A Jungian analysis of gendered oppression in Madeline Miller’s Circe and the novel’s pedagogical potential in the EFL classroom

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Hermansson Ida; [2022]
    Keywords : Jungian theory; hegemony masculinity; Circe; EFL classroom; gender oppression; literary education; feminist pedagogy; Upper Secondary School;

    Abstract : Circe (2018) by Madeline Miller is a retelling of The Odyssey from the perspective of the witch Circe. The novel challenges the previous portrayal of Circe as a vindictive seductress and provides insight into the narrative of a woman negotiating a man’s world, in which she is denied autonomy due to her gender. READ MORE

  3. 37. The past in video games? : Perception of archaeological information amongst Twitter users based on video games.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Lennard Armstrong; [2022]
    Keywords : archaeology; pop-culture; death of the author; accuracy; authenticity; video games; Twitter; public perception;

    Abstract : Archaeological communication often seeks avenues to take in order to convey information to a public. One of these is video games, yet many articles do not delve into the effect that games have on people, taking for granted that people will learn something. READ MORE

  4. 38. An Exploration of Social Dimensions Through Sherlock Holmes : A Historicist Interpretation and Teaching of Sherlock Holmes’ First and Last Adventure

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Marija Suvejkic; [2022]
    Keywords : Literature; Social Dimensions; New Historicism; Sherlock Holmes; Upper Secondary School; EFL;

    Abstract : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short stories about the character Sherlock Holmes are known by many people, they excited readers when he first released the stories in different magazines, and they still excite readers to this day. This essay aims to explore the social dimensions in Conan Doyle’s first and last Sherlock Holmes story by searching for indications of social status and formality. READ MORE

  5. 39. Using Literary Theories to Acquire Critical Consciousness in the EFL Classroom : A Critical Approach to Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Gustaf Bärlund; [2022]
    Keywords : Marxist literary theory; Virginia Woolf; Mrs. Dalloway; ideology; critical pedagogy; critical literacy pedagogy; upper secondary school; EFL classroom;

    Abstract : This essay applies a critical lens to Mrs. Dalloway (1925) by Virginia Woolf. The aim of this essay is to investigate if and how Mrs. Dalloway can be utilized for students to practice critical consciousness in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. READ MORE

  6. 40. The madness of the Search : The poetics of deconstruction in Hilda Hilst's With my dog-eyes and The obscene Madame D

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Litteraturvetenskap

    Author : Isi de Paula; [2022]
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    Abstract : The obscene Madame D [A obscena Senhora D, 1982] and With my dog-eyes [Com os meus olhos de cão, 1986] are two short novels by the Brazilian writer Hilda Hilst (1930-2004) where the protagonists engage in a philosophical search for meaning that lead them to a state that is publicly interpreted as madness. In this analysis, they are read in light of the philosopher's Jacques Derrida theory of deconstruction. READ MORE