Essays about: "Tropes"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 55 essays containing the word Tropes.

1. 6. A Remote Kinship : Using Heart of Darkness to Promote an Anti-Essentialist and Anti-Racist Understanding of Race and Ethnicity in the EFL Classroom

   University essay from

   Author : Rudy Lindberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Heart of Darkness; Race; Essentialism; Anti-essentialism;

   Abstract : Heart of Darkness does raise several issues when used in a teaching context. For instance, the novella depicts the Congolese as primitive, animalistic, ignorant, and superstitious. Thus, it perpetuates racist tropes about Africans that unfortunately still exist today. READ MORE

3. 7. The Femme Fatale: An Analysis of the Archetype’s Remediation From Visual Arts to TikTok

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Elias Wilmenius Hillman; Rebecka Linde Wåhlberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Femme Fatale; Remediation; TikTok; Visual Arts; Archetypes; Male Gaze; Performativity;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to investigate how cultural symbols are influenced during their remediation to social media platforms. As a case to explore this, this study delves into an examination of the remediation of the Femme Fatale archetype from the visual art tradition to the social media platform TikTok. READ MORE

4. 8. Remaking Hollywood

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : André Fhager; [2023]
   Keywords : Hollywood; Representation; Remake; Political Activism; Equality; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In this study I will examine whether or not there are any differences in the representation of ethnic minorities and women between Hollywood movies released in the 1990’s and remakes of the movies released in the late 2010’s. The study is based on the assumption that the numerous political movements for equality in the 2010’s, such as Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and #OscarsSoWhite, might have led to a shift in the political climate that would impact the level of representation in the movie industry. READ MORE

5. 9. Cui Bono? — To Whom Is It a Benefit? : Edgar Allan Poe’s Critique of Emerson’s Transcendentalism

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Albin Lavikkala; [2023]
   Keywords : Edgar Allan Poe; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Transcendentalism; Genre Studies; Gothic Romanticism; Gothic; Criticism;

   Abstract : This essay is a contribution to literary history that explores Edgar Allan Poe’s criticism of the transcendentalist movement and its key figure Ralph Waldo Emerson through an analysis of the short stories “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “Never Bet the Devil Your Head.” By using genre criticism to define aspects of the Gothic genre, Poe’s criticism through Gothic tropes is studied together with an intertextual reading of the short stories and historical literary objects such as letters, magazines and literary reviews that details his views on transcendentalism. READ MORE

6. 10. The Voyage Out: Water in Nostalgic Art : A Corpus-Assisted Study of the Nostalgic Tropes of Water in Virginia Woolf’s The Voyage Out

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Egzona Demaj; [2023]
   Keywords : Nostalgic Art; Emotions; Experience; Tropes; Corpus Methods;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine nostalgic art through the usage of water tropes in Virginia Woolf’s 1915 novel The Voyage Out. Previous research on nostalgic aesthetics found that tropes play a crucial role in eliciting nostalgic emotions in the reader. These studies were primarily conducted using close reading approaches. READ MORE