Essays about: "autobiographical narrative"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words autobiographical narrative.
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1. Joining NATO : A qualitative case study of Sweden’s autobiographical narrative
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : In May 2022 the Swedish government took the momentous decision to apply for membership in NATO, putting an end to what had constituted Sweden’s foreign and security policy identity for over half a century. In order to make sense of this historical shift and its entailing implications for Sweden’s identity in the international sphere, I turned to the literature on ontological security and autobiographical narratives. READ MORE
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2. From Bondage to Advocacy : Gender, Double Consciousness and Abolitionist Persuasion in Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
University essay from Karlstads universitetAbstract : The purpose of this essay is to explore how the interplay between gender and double consciousness is used as a rhetorical device in Harriet Jacobs’ autobiographical narrative “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” (1861). Through a feminist theoretical lens and the concept of double consciousness I provide examples from the text illustrating Jacobs’ strategic use of different narrative techniques to convey her abolitionist message. READ MORE
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3. Accommodating Perspectives on Religious History : A Study of Satire and Narrative Structure in Aldous Huxley’s Crome Yellow
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay is an analysis of Aldous Huxley’s novel Crome Yellow and how it can be read as exposing social hypocrisy and tracing social flaws through England’s religious history. The analysis uses narratology as a tool for exploring how the author can be perceived as offering a perspective on religious history that might have been controversial in his day. READ MORE
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4. A Narrative Inquiry into International Students’ Learning Experiences in Sweden : From the Perspective of Existential Learning
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : Study abroad has received much attention as an effective educational practice in today’s globalized world, and a wide range of skills, attitudes, and knowledge has been recognized as potential learning outcomes resulting from it. Accordingly, in the context of higher education, international students’ learning experiences have been understood in terms of measurable outcomes. READ MORE
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5. The Role of Excessive Social Media Usage in Autobiographical Memory
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : The present study investigated the relationship between excessive social media usage in everyday life and autobiographical memory recollection. Previous studies have investigated the effect of social media on autobiographical memory in terms of distinct events, while research regarding the cumulative effect of this is lacking, which is the main focus of the present study. READ MORE
