Essays about: "Too Much Happiness"

Found 5 essays containing the words Too Much Happiness.

1. 1. A Critical Discourse Analysis of Otherness and The Abject in Alice Munro's "Dimensions" and "Child's Play"

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Sara Frigerio; [2023]
   Keywords : Otherness; Abjection; Critical Discourse Analysis; Lacan; Kristeva;

   Abstract : This thesis is aimed at investigating the concepts of otherness and the abject/abjection in the various characters' discourses in the two short stories "Dimensions" and "Child's Play" in Alice Munro's collection Too Much Happiness from a psychoanalytic perspective in conjunction with a Critical Discourse Analysis. Both texts share features of otherness which manifest in various forms in the characters. READ MORE

3. 2. Design Development of an Energy Supplier Application Focusing on the User Experience

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi

   Author : Ayla Borglund; Julia Giver; [2019]
   Keywords : UX; UI; Interaction design; User test; Prototyping; Environmental awareness; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : What do customers want from an energy supplier application? To meet the increasing digitalization of the society, the energy supplier Kraftringen strives to create a new application that will match the customer’s needs and Kraftringen’s vision. This thesis was performed in order to present a user interface proposal of Kraftringen’s new application, to improve the user experience. READ MORE

4. 3. Angels Without Wings – The Feminine Ideal and its Consequences in Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, Lessing’s “To Room Nineteen” and Munro’s “Too Much Happiness”

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Emma Nilsson; [2017]
   Keywords : The Angel in the House; Woolf; To the Lighthouse; Lessing; To Room Nineteen ; Munro; Too Much Happiness ; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : In this essay, the feminine ideals in Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, Doris Lessing’s “To Room Nineteen” and Alice Munro’s “Too Much Happiness” are analysed and compared to the ideal of the Angel in the House – an ideal that originates from Coventry Patmore’s poem The Angel in the House and was popularised by Virginia Woolf’s paper “Professions for Women”. In addition, the consequences of this ideal for the characters of Mrs Ramsey, Susan and Sofia are discussed. READ MORE

5. 4. Happiness Economics: Validity of subjective wellbeing measures and considerations for public policy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Miguel Lazaro Garcia; [2014]
   Keywords : Happiness economics; subjective wellbeing; personality traits; Easterlin Paradox; public policy; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Happiness is a relatively new discipline within economics. Traditionally, economists have not paid too much attention to it since they considered that both indicators and theoretical assumptions in which this discipline was based were not neither reliable nor useful for policy recommendations. READ MORE

6. 5. Doing Internet Dating : In the Search for the Future Someone

   University essay from Pedagogiska institutionen

   Author : Henrik Fürst; [2010]
   Keywords : Internet dating; emotion; social organization; identity; social world arena; everyday-life; grounded theory; situational analysis; symbolic interactionism; pragmatism; adult education; sociology.;

   Abstract : In this explorative study internet dating is studied as shared commitment to a common collective activity. Focus is on social formative emotions and internet dating in the rhythm of everyday life. The study is based on an interactionist theory/method package related to grounded theory and situational analysis. READ MORE