Essays about: "Saussure"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word Saussure.

1. 1. How Blue is the Sky? : Horace B. de Saussure and his cyanometer – its invention, use and legacy

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Michael Lindberg; [2020]
   Keywords : Cyanometer; History of Natural Science; Horace Benedict de Saussure.;

   Abstract : Anyone who has gazed at a cloud free sky during daytime certainly havenoticed that the colour of the sky is blue. A careful observer may also havenoticed that the sky can look darker or lighter blue. READ MORE

3. 2. Future solar kitchen design with backup facility

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

   Author : Mohanad Al-Daghestani; [2020]
   Keywords : Scheffler reflector; Biogas; Solar cooking; Nairobi Kenya; National park;

   Abstract : Firewood has been used as fuel since the beginning of mankind resulted in health problems and deforestation. The solar cooking technology has been first developed in 1767 by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure but did not find development due to lack of reliability. Studies showed the necessity of having a backup facility. READ MORE

4. 3. The Viability of Orwell's Newspeak : through the theory of Saussurean semiotics

   University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

   Author : Jennifer Lidfors Andersson; [2020]
   Keywords : Structuralism; semiotics; Saussure; Newspeak; 1984; Orwell; sign; linguistic community;

   Abstract : Set in the totalitarian society of Oceania, George Orwell’s 1984 illustrates how a government can exert complete control over its citizens through surveillance, manipulation, and more central to this essay, language. By employing a structuralist framework based on Ferdinand de Saussure’s research on semiotics and the system of language, this essay investigates the viability of Newspeak as a language. READ MORE

5. 4. Contrasting Identities : A Study of Power and Freedom in the Roman Empire As Depicted in John Williams’ Augustus

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Artem Rakov; [2017]
   Keywords : Augustus; Julia; John Williams; The Roman Empire; storytelling techniques; the feminine identity; the masculine identity;

   Abstract : Upon being announced as one of the winners of the 1973 National Book Award, John Williams’ novel Augustus (1972) was classified as a book of a supposedly more traditional form compared to John Barth’s experimental work Chimera (1972) that Augustus shared the prize with that year. This essay will examine John Williams’ novel Augustus, with the purpose of analysing two of the novel’s main characters, Augustus and his daughter Julia. READ MORE

6. 5. A Semiotic Study of Signs Used in a Swedish Primary School.

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

   Author : Alice Dahl; [2016]
   Keywords : Semiotics; Signs; Saussure; Peirce; Cultural Myths; Barthes; Swedish Primary School;

   Abstract : Semiotics and the concept of signs can be used to analyse the signs that can be found in a Swedish primary school in order to understand and expand our understanding of the role of signifiers, including cultural ones, in child education. The study identifies what signs can be found, what purpose they have and what category of sign they belong to, whether they are signs as defined by Saussure, how they might be categorized within Peirce‘s triadic typology and, applying Barthes’ notion of cultural signification, the extent to which they contribute to maintaining and promoting a school’s identity and values. READ MORE