Essays about: "Maggie"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the word Maggie.

  1. 1. Exploring Objects in The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell : The Didactical Benefit of Drawing on Michel Foucault and Cathy Caruth to Teach About Objects in the Literary Classroom

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Disa Lundvall; Edita Gubetini; [2023]
    Keywords : garments; Foucault; trauma theory; The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox; Maggie O Farrell;

    Abstract : This paper investigates garments as containers of stories in Maggie O’Farrell’s The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox (2007). Michel Foucault’s ideas about penal practice are used to study how items of clothing are used to discipline the female body and sexuality. READ MORE

  3. 2. Third-Person Present Tense as Stylistic Allusion to Theatre : A Study of Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Kajsa Hermansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Hamnet; Maggie O’Farrell; Third-Person Present Tense; Stylistic Allusion; Shakespeare; Historical Fiction; Stylistics; Narratology;

    Abstract : In this essay, I illustrate how the third-person present tense narrative perspective can be used as stylistic allusion to theatre, by studying Maggie O’Farrell 2020 historical fiction novel Hamnet. Previous studies conclude that present-tense narration has the effect of blurring the lines between narration and experience. READ MORE

  4. 3. China’s perception of the EU: Is the EU a friend, an enemy, or a “frenemy”? A case study of China Daily’s framing of the EU

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Maggie Huynh; [2023]
    Keywords : China; EU; Framing; Framing analysis; Perception; China Daily; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to study China’s perception of the EU by analyzing China Daily’s framing of the Union, which is a Chinese government-owned newspaper. In particular, the EU-China relationship holds great significance in international affairs. READ MORE

  5. 4. “On an ecliptic Tuesday or Saturday the Tantrik practises several black arts.”

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Maggie Kastlund; [2022-05-12]
    Keywords : Tantra; Theosophy; Occultism; Postcolonial Theory; Thematic Analysis; Literature Study; The Theosophist; Lucifer; Helena Petrovna Blavatsky; Arthur Avalon;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates descriptions of Tantra within nineteenth to twentieth century Theosophy. 34 accounts from two Theosophical periodicals, The Theosophist (1879–) and Lucifer (1887–97) published between the years 1879–1941 were analyzed by departing from thematic analysis and postcolonial theory. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sisterhood : An examination of women’s relationships in Maggie O’Farrell’s The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Gabriella Varini Viotto; [2022]
    Keywords : feminism; sisterhood; O’Farrell; gender roles; women solidarity; feminist literature; feminist theory;

    Abstract : This essay explores how the novel The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell depicts and criticises behaviours derived from deeply rooted patriarchal ideologies, traditional gender roles and sexist oppression. It aims to determine whether the novel encourages feminist values by examining the three main characters, Kitty, Esme and Iris, and how they relate to each other as well as to patriarchal structures and sexist oppression. READ MORE