Essays about: "Wallace"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 35 essays containing the word Wallace.

  1. 21. Pale King or Noonday Demon? Acedia, The Pale King, and David Foster Wallace's Moral Vision.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Litteraturvetenskap

    Author : Jonathan Michael; [2012]
    Keywords : David Foster Wallace; Acedia; The Pale King; Infinite Jest; Evagrius; Sloth; Accidie; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay argues that acedia is a helpful concept in illuminating the fiction of the American author David Foster Wallace, particularly his unfinished novel The Pale King. Following a brief biographical sketch of Wallace, the essay explores the development of the term acedia—which means something along the lines of apathy, sloth, and listlessness—and the two types of acedia: personal acedia and the broader form of cultural acedia. READ MORE

  3. 22. How the Price of Electricity has Affected the Electricity Demand in the EU-27 During 1998-2008. : - Would an Environmental Tax on Electricity Reduce the Electricity Consumption and Increase the Share of Electricity Generated from Renewable Energy Sources?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE)

    Author : Eva-Lena Wallace; [2011]
    Keywords : Economics; Electricity Consumption; Ekonomi; Nationalekonomi; Elförbrukning;

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  4. 23. "Better a Railing at the Top of the Cliff than a Hospital at the Bottom!" : the use of Edward Lear's nonsense ABC as a didactical tool in the development of  pronunciation skills in young lerarners of English

    University essay from Sektionen för lärande och miljö

    Author : Margaret Wallace Nilsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Phonology and Phonetics; Pronunciation; Nonsense; Language;

    Abstract : The development and acquisition of English pronunciation in learners of English is a much neglected area of linguistic study. Research predominantly focuses on the pronunciation skills in adult English learners. However, there is no relevant data pertaining to the pronunciation skills in young English learners. READ MORE

  5. 24. A Postcolonial Study of Fact and Fiction in Monica Ali's Brick Lane

    University essay from Sektionen för Lärarutbildning

    Author : Margaret Wallace Nilsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Brick Lane; London; Post-Colonialism; fact and fiction;

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  6. 25. A diachronic corpus based case study. The Conceptualisation of Hero compared to Idol

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Joel Lundquist; [2010]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : William Wallace was what was generally considered to be a hero. With deceptive military tactics, enormous bravery and a national feeling beyond the normal, he is truly the concept of a true hero. One interesting aspect is that you often hear people say that their mother is their true hero. READ MORE