Essays about: "allusion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word allusion.

  1. 1. Synaesthesia and Visual Music in Swedish Silent Film

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Gustav Ribbing Lygon; [2023]
    Keywords : Silent Film; Synaesthesia; Visual Music; Gesamtkunstwerk; Photogénie; Gesture; Symbolism; Correspondences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how visual music in Swedish silent film served as an allusion to sound, either as a cinematic effect or as an intertwined part of the film narrative. Drawing on the concepts of synaesthesia and visual music, a discussion on how both concepts relate to each other serves as the key method for analyzing a selection of films. READ MORE

  3. 2. Third-Person Present Tense as Stylistic Allusion to Theatre : A Study of Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Kajsa Hermansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Hamnet; Maggie O’Farrell; Third-Person Present Tense; Stylistic Allusion; Shakespeare; Historical Fiction; Stylistics; Narratology;

    Abstract : In this essay, I illustrate how the third-person present tense narrative perspective can be used as stylistic allusion to theatre, by studying Maggie O’Farrell 2020 historical fiction novel Hamnet. Previous studies conclude that present-tense narration has the effect of blurring the lines between narration and experience. READ MORE

  4. 3. "I have alluded to him, Reader". Categorising literary references in Jane Eyre (1847)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Olivia Nordgren; [2022-02-17]
    Keywords : Charlotte Brontë; Jane Eyre; allusions; references; structuralism; dimensions of the text; textual and extratextual; allusioner; referenser; strukturalism; textdimensioner; textuellt och extratextuellt;

    Abstract : This essay examines the use of references to real books within the narrative of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847). Jane Eyre is one of the most densely allusive novels of its time, which is well-documented, but there is a limited focus on the use of allusions and references woven into its narrative, as opposed to the references woven into the textual side of the prose itself. READ MORE

  5. 4. Cultural Adaptation in Video Game Localization : An Analysis of Cutscene Scripts in Japanese and itsTranslation to English of the game Lost Judgement

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Jacqueline Roshamn; [2022]
    Keywords : Video game localization; cultural adaptation; Japanese – English translation; functional approach; foreignization; domestication; free translation;

    Abstract : Cultural adaptation and free translation strategies are more common to use within the field of video game localization although they are still not recommended too veruse in translation studies. Free translation strategies are commonly used invideo game localization to make video games ready for a targeted audience. READ MORE

  6. 5. Securitization and the Power of Language - A Discourse Analysis of the Legitimatization of the Assassination of Major General Soleimani

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Sophie Amalie Eiholm Kjær; [2020]
    Keywords : Discourse analysis; Major General Soleimani; President Donald Trump; Securitization; The Copenhagen School;

    Abstract : Language and discourse can create a space where political decision-making and action is accepted despite its untypical nature. The goal of the study is to un-derstand how political discourse is constructed with the aim of legitimizing ex-traordinary action in relation to the framework of securitization. READ MORE