Essays about: "Sea fiction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Sea fiction.

  1. 1. The Fictional World of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and The Sea: Emic and Etic Perspectives on its Worldbuilding

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Löfström; [2024]
    Keywords : Hemingway; Possible worlds theory; emic; etic; Textual actual world; Lifeworld; The Old Man and The Sea; Fiction; American Literature;

    Abstract : Reading is a past time activity that is popular all around the world. It is something thathelps us escape reality and put our focus elsewhere. When immersing yourself in afictional world, it can be intriguing to think of how it was created. READ MORE

  3. 2. “I’m a girl. But now I’m a boy too”: Ｑueerness and autonomy in Hemingway’s The Garden of Eden (1986) and “The Sea Change” (1931)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Mikael Nilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Ernest Hemingway; relational autonomy; queer theory; transgender studies; contagious gendering; queer spaces; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Much has been written about Hemingway’s works from a feminist or queer perspective, including the relation between Hemingway’s biography and his representation of female characters, female domination and homosexuality. In comparison, the queer sub-field of transgender studies, which entails analyzing gender transgression and influence, has received little attention by scholars of Hemingway studies. READ MORE

  4. 3. Between the Eldritch and the Deep Blue Sea : A Study of Ecosystemic Configurations and the Ocean in Stories by H. P.Lovecraft

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Eric Sarkar Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Anthropocentrism; Beach; Cthulhu; Ecocentrism; Ecosystem; Felix Guattari; Gilles Deleuze; Great Chain of Being; Hierarchy; Horror; Howard Philips Lovecraft; Ocean; Rhizome; Science Fiction; Sea;

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  5. 4. Towards Uncertain Futures - Envisioning Scenario Stories of Human Nature Relationships on the High Seas

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Hannah Marlen Lübker; [2022]
    Keywords : High Seas; Uncertainty; Reconnection; Imagination; Transformation; Futures;

    Abstract : The High Seas, the areas of the ocean beyond national jurisdiction, are experiencing a starkincrease in industrial activities, ranging from fishing to deep sea mining to offshore oil and gasextraction. Marine resources are exploited unsustainably and the benefits of this exploitationare shared unequally. READ MORE

  6. 5. Mad or Misunderstood? A Study of the Different Portrayals of Mr. Rochester's First Wife in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Hedda Törntorp; [2018]
    Keywords : Biographical Criticism. Historical Criticism. Psychology. Madness. Post- Colonialism. 19th century literature. 20th century literature. Bertha Mason. Antoinette Cosway.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Jane Eyre (1847), written by Charlotte Brontë, remains a classic, 170 years later. Mr. Rochester’s secret wife locked away in an attic, Bertha Mason, is the antagonist in the novel. However, in Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) written by Jean Rhys around a century later, the character has been rewritten as Antoinette Cosway. READ MORE