Essays about: "Literary Text Analysis"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 56 essays containing the words Literary Text Analysis.

  1. 16. A Post-Structural Approach to Language Theory in Relation to Paul Auster’s City of Glass

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Johanna Leimola; [2021]
    Keywords : City of Glass; Paul Auster; post-structuralism; centre; signifier; signified;

    Abstract : Do words mirror reality? This question has been at the core of several linguistic disputes for decades. Several scholars have investigated the relationship between the signifier and the signified, and different literary theories suggest different approaches. READ MORE

  3. 17. Emotional Content in Novels for Literary Genre Prediction : And Impact of Feature Selection on Text Classification Models

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Mary Yako; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Automatic literary genre classification presents a challenging task for Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems, mainly because literary texts have deeper levels of meanings, hold distinctive themes, and communicate certain messages and emotions. We conduct a study where we experiment with building literary genre classifiers based on emotions in novels, to investigate the effects that features pertinent to emotions have on models of genre prediction. READ MORE

  4. 18. Sharing of Narratives : Analyzing how Tara Westover’s Educated Subverts the Genre Conventions and the Value of Autobiography in the EFL Classroom 

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Rebecca Kooijman; [2021]
    Keywords : EFL classroom; teaching of literature; genre conventions; upper secondary school; Autobiography; Bildungsroman; Educated; English 7; text selection;

    Abstract : This essay presents a literary analysis of the autobiography Educated (2018) by Tara Westover. The analysis examines to what extent Westover’s story conforms and subverts the genre conventions of the Bildungsroman and the autobiography. An overview of the genre constitutions is therefore provided. READ MORE

  5. 19. Hwang Jungeun's One Hundred Shadows; A Study of Korean Onomatopoeia and How They Are Affected by Translation : Korean to English and Korean to Swedish

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien-, Mellanöstern- och Turkietstudier

    Author : Michelle Hedström; [2021]
    Keywords : literary translation; Korean translation; translation; Korean-English; Korean-Swedish; Korean literature; One Hundred Shadows; Hwang Jungeun; onomatopoeia; Korean onomatopoeia;

    Abstract : The book Paegŭi Kŭrimja (One Hundred Shadows) written by Hwang Jungeun (Hwang Jŏngŭn) was published in 2010 and translated by Jung Yewon (Chŏng Yewŏn) in 2016 after its success throughout South Korea.  It does not yet exist an official translation in Swedish and therefore, in order to make a comparative analysis about the differences in translation between Korean, English and Swedish, which is the author of the present thesis’ native language, the author have translated a part of the book (pages 1-40) during a course in Korean literature translation into Swedish. READ MORE

  6. 20. A Symphonic Discussion of the Animal in Richard Adams' Watership Down

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Elisabeth Kynaston; [2020]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to suggest a new reading of Richard Adams’ Watership Down (1972) by adopting the recently new discipline of Animal Studies. Adams follows a long tradition of talking animals in literature, which still to this day, is an important part of the English literary canon. READ MORE