Essays about: "contemporary criticism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 50 essays containing the words contemporary criticism.
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1. Caught in the Lock-In? The Lützerath Decision and the Persistence of Fossil Fuel Hegemony in Germany
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : In 2022 the Russian invasion in Ukraine marked a turning point for global politics. To loosen dependency on Russian gas, the German government came to an agreement with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the energy company RWE. READ MORE
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2. ”a text… that shares my wonder”: A Survey of Three Contemporary Examples of Creative Criticism
University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – MediaAbstract : In the last few decades, dissatisfaction with the prevailing critical paradigm ¬– what Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick as early as 1997 dubbed “paranoid” or “suspicious” reading – has grown significantly. This thesis is a survey of three recent works, The Albertine Workout (2014), Unfinished Business: Notes of A Chronic Re-Reader (2020), and A Ghost in the Throat (2020), that emerge from this discontent. READ MORE
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3. Värderingar och ideal i planering och gestaltning av utemiljöer vid nyanläggning av stadsdelar – nu och då : en jämförelse av miljonprogrammets och dagens landskapsarkitekturs värderingar och ideal vid anläggning av stadsdelarna Gottsunda och Rosendal i Uppsala
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Behovet av bostäder kommer och går och har krävt och kräver nybyggnation vilket i sin tur kräver nya utemiljöer för de boende. Två tider av bostadsunderskott är miljonprogrammet som bemötts med kritik och samtiden som inte heller påstås vara felfri. READ MORE
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4. Beyond Modernity : Narrative Strategies in Hindi Short Stories of Uday Prakash
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : This thesis explores different genres and modes of writing in short stories of the contemporary Indian author Uday Prakash, such as magical realism, the fantastic, regionalism, postcolonial and postmodern writing. It poses the question: “In which literary genre should Uday Prakash’s writings best be categorised?” The study is based on a reading of Prakash’s collection, 10 Pratinidhi kahāniyāṃ – Ten Representative Stories, consisting of ten stories of the author’s own choice. READ MORE
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5. The Role of Literature in Character Education: On the Formation of the Modern 'Self' in Contemporary Liberal Schooling
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för barndom, utbildning och samhälle (BUS)Abstract : With the liberalisation of the society and education in the Western Countries, new development horizons have emerged thus altering our expectations from the younger generation and our vision of human fulfilment and happiness. As Dewey stressed, the current advance of technology and democratic ways of life results in the unprecedented rate and speed of changes and ‘it is impossible to foretell definitely just what civilization will be twenty years from now. READ MORE
