Essays about: "Nietzsche"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 25 essays containing the word Nietzsche.

1. 6. Apollonian and Dionysian Psychology in The Age of Innocence : A Psychoanalytical Essay

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Isak Olsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Nietzsche; Freud; Wharton; Apollo; Dionysus; Psychology; Psychoanalysis; Literature;

   Abstract : The dichotomous concepts of order and chaos represented by the mythological Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus, as outlined by Friedrich Nietzsche in his controversial 1872 book on dramatic theory, The Birth of Tragedy, will in this essay serve as the primary literary concepts utilized in a psychoanalysis of the main character and his struggles in the American realist novel The Age of Innocence published in 1920. The social tragedy at the center of the novel written by the now canonical author Edith Wharton pits the protagonist, Newland Archer, against his own morality, in a battle between duty and passion, and conflicting personality traits. READ MORE

3. 7. Hybridization of the Self, Colonial Discourse and the Deconstruction of Value Systems : A Postcolonial Literary Theory Perspective of Literature inculpating Colonialism

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Brian Burns; [2021]
   Keywords : Postcolonialism; Postcolonial Literary Theory; Hybridization; Walker; Malouf; Phillips; Achebe; Freud; Nietzsche; Bhabha; Siad; McLeod; Barry;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is to provide a perspective on literature inculpating colonialism using postcolonial literary theory and method. The subject material incorporates four novels studied during the literature modules for the English course at Högskolan Gävle (HIG). READ MORE

4. 8. "A Morbid Longing for the Picturesque" : The Pursuit of Beauty in Donna Tartt's The Secret History

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Charles Perseus D'Aniello; [2021]
   Keywords : beauty; destruction; Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy; Donna Tartt; The Secret History; The Birth of Tragedy; Nietzsche;

   Abstract : This essay analyzes the theme of the pursuit of beauty in The Secret History. It analyzes the main characters’ concept of beauty, their manner of seeking beauty, as well as the result of this search. READ MORE

5. 9. HOMO  PULCHRITUDUS : Beauty as a Product of Dominant Ideology and its Representations in Film

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Author : Evangelia Gerontaki; [2021]
   Keywords : Beauty; Art; Cinema; System; Systems of Thought; Foucault; Nietzsche; Jung; Narratives; Story telling; Film; Panopticon; Genealogy;

   Abstract : This dissertation approaches the concept of beauty. Looking through the consistent efforts ofphilosophers and artists over the centuries to define and capture beauty, we come to the conclusionthat such a thing is impossible in its entirety. The rules and the standards that measure out thebeautiful. READ MORE

6. 10. Rousseau and Nietzsche on Education, not Altruism

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Deumier Morgan; [2020]
   Keywords : education; Rousseau; Nietzsche; altruism; philosophy; teaching;

   Abstract : Syftet med denna uppsats är att granska det altruistiska idealet i relation till Rousseaus och Nietzsches föreställning om den gode läraren. Att altruism är moraliskt gott är något som oftast ses som självklart. READ MORE