Essays about: "brian"

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  1. 6. Cassandra’s Dream Song in Context: Reinventing Greek Mythology through the Contemporary Flute

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Musikhögskolan i Malmö

    Author : Andreani Papageorgiou; [2022]
    Keywords : Flute; Mythology; New complexity; Detailed notation; Extended techniques; Interpretation; Emotional conflict; Performer’s initiative; Performing Arts;

    Abstract : The subject of the present thesis stems from my personal interest about the way Greek mythology has influenced the craft of composing for, and playing, the flute. Although I have always been connected to my heritage, this particular interest was piqued during my studies abroad and especially when I began to tackle Brian Ferneyhough’s Cassandra’s Dream Song (1970) for solo flute. READ MORE

  3. 7. You win some you lose some : Sweden’s interpretation of Multiculturalism and Sami rights

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM)

    Author : Clara Macario; [2022]
    Keywords : Sweden; Sami people; Minority rights; Liberalism; Ideology;

    Abstract : This thesis illustrates the Swedish interpretation of the national policy framework on minority and indigenous rights, by including an analysis of the Gállok mining case. The study consists of an ideology analysis of the said framework and three liberal positions on multiculturalism. READ MORE

  4. 8. Hybridization of the Self, Colonial Discourse and the Deconstruction of Value Systems : A Postcolonial Literary Theory Perspective of Literature inculpating Colonialism

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Brian Burns; [2021]
    Keywords : Postcolonialism; Postcolonial Literary Theory; Hybridization; Walker; Malouf; Phillips; Achebe; Freud; Nietzsche; Bhabha; Siad; McLeod; Barry;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to provide a perspective on literature inculpating colonialism using postcolonial literary theory and method. The subject material incorporates four novels studied during the literature modules for the English course at Högskolan Gävle (HIG). READ MORE

  5. 9. Sublime Transactions. The Gestures of Poetry and Criticism with Anne Carson, the Scholar-Poet

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

    Author : Edda Ahrent; [2021]
    Keywords : Anne Carson; hermeneutics; Massumi; Kristeva; Greenblatt; literary criticism; poetry; affect; play; intertextuality; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The 20th century, as well as the 21st, is ripe with hermeneutic anxiety concerning the survival of the object of interpretation and the right way to study literature. In this thesis, the Canadian scholar-poet Anne Carson is studied as a framework to an understanding of how poetry and literary criticism – the event of hermeneutics – co-occur, converge, and diverge. READ MORE

  6. 10. Birds' Flight Range. : Sensitivity Analysis.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Brian Masinde; [2020]
    Keywords : Flight; Sensitivity Analysis; Sobol indices; meta-modelling; quasi-Monte Carlo method;

    Abstract : ’Flight’ is a program that uses flight mechanics to estimate the flight range of birds. This program, used by ornithologists, is only available for Windows OS. It requires manual imputation of body measurements and constants (one observation at a time) and this is time-consuming. READ MORE