Essays about: "death of the author"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 29 essays containing the words death of the author.

1. 11. The status of abortion in public international law and its effect on domestic legislation

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Elin Malmsköld; [2018]
   Keywords : Abortion; Human Rights; Public International Law; Public Private Distinction; Unborn Child; Women s Rights;

   Abstract : Few issues divide leaders and policy-makers as much as abortion, which regularly sparks heated political, religious and philosophical debates. Numerous states choose to prohibit or criminalize abortion, despite the fact that it has been practiced throughout recorded history. READ MORE

3. 12. Saxo and his younger cousin - a study in the principles used to make Gesta Danorum into Compendium Saxonis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Latin; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Marko Vitas; [2017]
   Keywords : Compendium Saxonis; Gesta Danorum; abridged texts; Saxo Grammaticus; Medieval Latin; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to offer as detailed analysis as possible of the Compendium Saxonis, a late medieval abridgement of the famous historical work Gesta Danorum, written towards the end of the XII century by Saxo Grammaticus. Books I–IV and XVI have been used for this purpose. READ MORE

4. 13. A Deeply Satisfying Lie? : Authorship, Performance, and Recognition in 21st Century American Novels

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Katarina Svedberg; [2017]
   Keywords : Authorship; performance; recognition; contemporary literature; Barthes; Foucault;

   Abstract : There has been a considerable amount of research done on questions of authorship over the past century or so, and the interest in the subject is still going strong today. This essay takes as its point of departure two seminal poststructuralist essays on authorship—Roland Barthes’s “The Death of the Author,” and Michel Foucault’s “What is an Author?”—as these texts have had a significant impact on the discourse. READ MORE

5. 14. Perceptions of death amongst Swedish teenagers : A mixed methods study

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Religionssociologi

   Author : Anna Row; [2015]
   Keywords : death; death socialization; socialization theory; unpacked religion; funerals;

   Abstract : The absense or presence of death in the public discourse has been on the death studies agenda for a long time. Although the tone of this debate was once set by writers who bemoaned the hidden nature of contemporary death and the un-healthy, dishonest modern death ways, recent research has focused on death’s re-emergence into public discourse, not least via mass and social media. READ MORE

6. 15. The Reader Strikes Back:A Narratological Approach to Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Åsa Henriksson; [2014-10-09]
   Keywords : Paul Auster; The New York Trilogy; The Death of the Author; Roland Barthes; Postmodernism; Narratology;

   Abstract : The detective novel genre has long been a genre of conventions. Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy is a detective story with a twist that challenges the established conventions of the genre. In this essay, I will use narratology, with a focus on Roland Barthes’ S/Z, to study Auster’s text. READ MORE