Essays about: "Mårten Bjertner"

Found 2 essays containing the words Mårten Bjertner.

  1. 1. Ignatius descending - A psychoanalytical reading of a confederacy of letters

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Mårten Bjertner; [2006]
    Keywords : Psychoanalytic; A confederacy of dunces; text as phallus ; Lacan;

    Abstract : Walker Percy writes, in the foreword of "A confederacy of dunces", “I hesitate to use the word comedy - though comedy it is - because that implies simply a funny book, and this novel is a great deal more than that …It is also sad. One never quite knows where the sadness comes from. READ MORE

  3. 2. Think of a Number, Any Number

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

    Author : Mårten Bjertner; []
    Keywords : Irony; Miscommunication; The Hitch Hiker s Guide to the Galaxy;

    Abstract : Anyone who has read Douglas Adams’ novel cycle, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, will probably agree that it is saturated with irony, but few people would manage to define how or why. Irony can be used as an indirect but clear communicative strategy, by which the true meaning of a text is eventually eradicated. READ MORE