Essays about: "The Lost Hero"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words The Lost Hero.

1. 1. Re-imagining the World Through Popular Poetry Set in Motion by the Ultimate Signalling Officer Alan Alexander Milne

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Anja Skogberg Lundin; [2023]
   Keywords : 20th Century war-poets; Alan Alexander Milne; Winnie-the-pooh; The Great War; soldiers; pacifism;

   Abstract : Alan Alexander Milne’s authorship was never limited to being the author of the very beloved teddy-bear, far from it. In addition to being a successful playwrite and editing Punch, Milne also wrote several poetry collections which all have been out of print since the 1940s in the entire English-speaking world. READ MORE

3. 2. Female Resistance in a World of Epic Heroes and Legendary Adventures : A feminist reading of Rick Riordan’s The Lost Hero, inspired by Luce Irigaray’s “The Power of Discourse and the Subordination of the Feminine”

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Cecilia Lovela; [2019]
   Keywords : Literature; Fantasy; The Lost Hero; Feminism; Resistance; English; Teaching;

   Abstract : Literature is an important part of the curriculum of Swedish secondary school and The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan is a popular novel among teenagers in Stockholm. This creates an opportunity to look closer at the novel, and to investigate the narrative’s discussion of the female, and in this particular case, its depictions of the female characters. READ MORE

4. 3. The Portrayal of Alcohol in The Sun Also Rises: Alcohol as Socio-Political Commentary and Measurement of Character

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Emma Ericson; [2017-06-20]
   Keywords : engelska; Ernest Hemingway; Alcohol; Prohibition Era; 1920s America; Disillusion; The Hemingway Hero; The Lost Generation; The Sun Also Rises; Paris; Expatriatism;

   Abstract : Although drinking is a central theme in most of Hemingway’s work, many scholars argue that The Sun Also Rises might be the one of his novels in which alcohol has the biggest presence. This essay is a contribution to the discussion about the excessive drinking in the novel. READ MORE

5. 4. Robert Langdon's Hero's Journey : Reading the Novels of Dan Brown with the perspective of the Monomyth

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Emma Klevskog; [2017]
   Keywords : Robert Langdon; Hero s Journey; Female Helpers; Dan Brown; Joseph Campbell; The Monomyth; The Da Vinci Code; Inferno; Angels and Demons; The Lost Symbol.;

   Abstract : This essay investigates the characteristics of Robert Langdon and his female helpers in Dan Brown’s novels Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost symbol and Inferno.  In each of these novels, the quests are always solved by a male-female team. READ MORE

6. 5. The Reflecting Robinson : A literary analysis of the learning process of Robinson Crusoe

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Per Pettersson; [2015]
   Keywords : Robinson Crusoe; literary analysis;

   Abstract : To any reader in western society, Robinson Crusoe is a well-known character. Many of us come across his story even before we can read, through children’s books and bedtime stories, or any of the other numerous versions of Daniel Dafoe’s original. READ MORE