Essays about: "Wilde"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 31 essays containing the word Wilde.

  1. 21. Literature, a Gateway to New Worlds : Encouraging Aesthetic Reading through Transactional, Reader Response and Envisionment Theories and Metods

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Linnéa Falk; [2015]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay has been to demonstrate that increased use of aesthetic reading inthe Swedish Upper Secondary EFL classroom would lead to several benefits to the students. To do this I have given examples of three didactical theories and methods that could be used in combination for this purpose. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Unacceptance of a Sinful Protagonist's Moral Standards : The Cause and Effect of Censoring Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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

    Author : Linda Olsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Dorian Gray; Uncensored; Censored; Morality; Victorian Moral Convention; Immoral.;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to show the significant effect censoring Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray had on the protagonist’s moral standing. I compare the original uncensored version of The Picture of Dorian Gray with the censored version. READ MORE

  4. 23. Dualism in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Sara Fridell; [2014-07-04]
    Keywords : Oscar Wilde; post-colonialism; identity; dualism; duplicity; satire;

    Abstract : Abstract: In this essay I explore the dualism in Oscar Wilde’s most famous society comedy The Importance of Being Earnest. My thesis is that Wilde employed the well-established Late Victorian concept of double identity as well as a dualistic theme in the play, revealed in the language and in the strategies of lying, in order to exploit the hypocrisy of the society, i. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Securitization of Homosexuality in Uganda. The relationship between the securitizing actor and the audience in the process of securitization.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Markus Karlström; [2012]
    Keywords : Securitization; Anti Homosexuality Bill; Discourse analysis; Security; Uganda; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study adds to the extensive body of research concerning different aspects of the Securitization Theory formulated by Buzan, Waever and de Wilde in Security: A New Framework for Analysis (1998) and focus on the theoretically underdeveloped relationship between the securitizing actor and the audience. The case studied is the securitization of homosexuality in Uganda with the proposal of the “Anti Homosexuality Bill” and the material is gathered from three online newspapers and parliamentary debates. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Leisured Class in 19th Century English Literature: An Examination of the Leisure Habits of the Characters in Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre and The Picture of Dorian Gray

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Jakob Preston; [2011]
    Keywords : Leisure; Leisured Class; Upper Classes; Victorian Era 19th Century Pride and Prejudice Jane Eyre The Picture of Dorian Gray; Languages and Literatures; Social Sciences; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : This essay examines the leisure habits of the English upper classes portrayed in three 19th century novels, to determine whether gender, wealth, and the urban versus rural distinction, influence patterns of leisure participation within the leisured classes. The novels are Pride and Prejudice (1813), by Jane Austen, Jane Eyre (1847), by Charlotte Brontë, and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), by Oscar Wilde. READ MORE