Essays about: "Metanarratives"

Found 5 essays containing the word Metanarratives.

  1. 1. Three Postmodern Detectives Teetering on the Brink of Madness in Paul Auster´s New York Trilogy : A Comparison of the Detectives from a Postmodernist and an Autobiographical Perspective

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Björn Sondén; [2020]
    Keywords : Keywords: postmodernity; chance; identity; solitude and the metaphysical detective story;

    Abstract : As the title suggests, this essay is a postmodern and autobiographical analysis of the three detectives in Paul Auster´s widely acclaimed 1987 novel The New York Trilogy. The focus of this study is centred on a comparison between the three detectives, but also on tracking when and why the detectives devolve into madness. READ MORE

  3. 2. Narrating Independence - A Narrative Analysis of Contemporary Estonian and Latvian Narratives about Independence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Per Brishammar; [2020]
    Keywords : Estonia; Latvia; Historical Consciousness; Historical Narratives; Independence; European Studies; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In 2018, several European nations celebrated their centennial anniversaries of independence. Two of them, Estonia and Latvia, had never been independent before 1918, and for these nations, the events surrounding independence therefore have a special meaning. READ MORE

  4. 3. Hang on to the Words : Knowledge Tokens, Hierarchies, and Concurrent Narratives in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Jack Appleton; [2020]
    Keywords : MaddAddam Trilogy; Atwood; Margaret; homosocial triangles; selfconstitution; fables; metanarratives; micronarratives;

    Abstract : Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy has received substantial critical attention inthe fields of ecocriticism, the ethics of bioengineering, and feminist theory. However, the vast majority of this criticism has focussed on Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, the first two books in the trilogy. READ MORE

  5. 4. The power of (In)security narratives in populist Social Media: The far-right’s attempt of reclaiming conversation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Maximilian Rau; [2017]
    Keywords : Ontological security; Securitization; Nationalism; Identity; Populism; Social media; Facebook; Narrative analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the way how far-right populist movements manifest themselves through social media. It approaches the problem by taking a political psychology perspective of ontological security which informs the behavioural need of an individual and groups to search for stable identity narratives to create a secure feeling of biographical continuity. READ MORE

  6. 5. Postmodernism, Globalization and the Metanarratives of Global- World- Transnational and Big-History

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historia

    Author : Emil Ejner Friis; [2013]
    Keywords : Transnational-history; World-history; Global-history; Metanarratives; Postmodernism; Globalization; Big-History; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : What is Global-history? What is Big-history? And how are these historiographical fields related to postmodernism and globalization? These questions along the thesis that the metanarratives of contemporary historiography point towards a paradigm shift beyond postmodernism will be put forth in this paper.... READ MORE