Essays about: "Pathetic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Pathetic.

1. 1. A Defence of Literary Theory : A psychoanalytical study of selected works by Percy Bysshe Shelley with a view to didactic usage

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Markus Edmonds; [2017]
   Keywords : Literary didactics; Lacan; Shelley; literary psychoanalytic criticism; upper secondary school;

   Abstract : This essay argued the importance of literary theory in the classroom. As a teacher, it is possible to achieve the empathetic goals of the English curriculum and Judith A. Langer’s ambition of literate thinking by using poetry and literary theory in school. READ MORE

3. 2. Constraining the digital world

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Jacob Dexe; [2015]
   Keywords : policies; regulation; pathetic dot; net neutrality; New Chicago School; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The ability of law to govern the internet continues to be doubted by many activists. Yet there are still calls from many to sanction actors believed to be construing the freedom of the internet. One popular call has been for net neutrality, aiming to stop Internet Service Providers from customizing traffic for different services. READ MORE

4. 3. The Human Animal : An Ecocritical View of Animal Imagery in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

   Author : Erik Fredriksson; [2013]
   Keywords : Aldous Huxley; Julian Huxley; ecocriticism; biofuturism; zoomorphism; dystopia; science fiction; animal imagery; environmentalism;

   Abstract : The early twentieth century saw the beginning of modern environmentalism. Intellectuals dreamed up solutions to the world’s problems and hoped for a better future being made possible by advances in science and technology. However, Aldous Huxley produced Brave New World which, as this essay argues, mocks the enthusiasm of his intellectual peers. READ MORE

5. 4. The businessman, the mosquito and the dragon

   University essay from Kungl. Konsthögskolan

   Author : Vera Sjunnesson; [2013]
   Keywords : documentary film; installation; chinoiserie; dokumentärfilm; installation; kineseri;

   Abstract : My master essay consists of two sections: the first part is explanatory and contextualizes my art; the second part is formed as a fictitious letter to the chinese mosquito repellent millionaire Mr Li, written in the voice of a naive, uncontrolled and neurotic person, full of desire. The contextualization is a self-reflection and deals with concepts such as utopia, desire, failure, the pathetic and identity . READ MORE

6. 5. Ruptures of Poetic Language - Applying Kristevan theory to Jean Rhys's "Voyage in the Dark"

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Annica Lindberg; [2012-04-27]
   Keywords : Voyage in the Dark; Kristevan theory; Jean Rhys; poetic language; ruptures;

   Abstract : This essay will be concerned with the fiction of Jean Rhys, focusing, in particular, on her novel Voyage in the Dark, first published in 1934. Rhys's work has in the past sometimes been disregarded as sentimental and purely autobiographical; as pathetic, “sordid” stories about women-in-love. READ MORE