Essays about: "Tropes"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 55 essays containing the word Tropes.
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11. Frighteningly Female - Subversion of horror film tropes in Oz Perkins’ Gretel & Hansel
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : This essay aims to examine the portrayal of the reproductive and aging female body as horrific in Oz Perkins’ Gretel & Hansel (2020). It proposes that the reinterpretation of the Grimm brothers' classical fairytale as a feminist coming of age story, centering Gretel as the protagonist and the witch as a mentor, allows for a subversion of horror film tropes pertaining to the reproductive female body. READ MORE
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12. Reframing The Turn of the Screw: Queerness, Death, and Trauma in The Haunting of Bly Manor
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : Using adaptation and queer theory, this essay discusses and analyzes how Henry James’ horror novella The Turn of the Screw has been adapted into a streaming show for Netflix. By showing how The Haunting of Bly Manor removes some of the ambiguity of the original text, this essay claims that the show does not fall victim to the “bury your gays” trope, as it has been accused of. READ MORE
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13. Beyond Modernity : Narrative Strategies in Hindi Short Stories of Uday Prakash
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : This thesis explores different genres and modes of writing in short stories of the contemporary Indian author Uday Prakash, such as magical realism, the fantastic, regionalism, postcolonial and postmodern writing. It poses the question: “In which literary genre should Uday Prakash’s writings best be categorised?” The study is based on a reading of Prakash’s collection, 10 Pratinidhi kahāniyāṃ – Ten Representative Stories, consisting of ten stories of the author’s own choice. READ MORE
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14. "No good being a witch unless you let people know" : The importance of performance in Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)Abstract : In this analysis of Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters, I argue that performance of the witch is the most important part of witchcraft on Discworld, and, indeed, what drives the story. To underpin this position, I understand Wyrd Sisters as a work of metafiction and parody, examine witch tropes and stories on Discworld and draw parallels to the weird sisters of Shakespeare's Macbeth. READ MORE
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15. Are they heroes? A character study of Christopher Paolini’s The Inheritance Cycle
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : This essay will study how the two main characters Eragon and Roran in Christopher Paolini’s fantasy series The Inheritance Cycle conform to the literary ideal of the hero and traits of a traditional male according to Jeffrey A. Brown and Leanna Madell who both use Hegemonic Masculinity Theory. READ MORE
