Essays about: "destructive essay"

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  1. 1. Nationalistic Rhetoric as a Tool for Repressing Social Movements

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ajla Jakupovic; [2023]
    Keywords : repression; nationalism; social movements; Bosnia and Herzegovina;

    Abstract : The presence of state capture and political disadvantages incite the emergence of social movements, which hope to induce a removal of political disadvantages. In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) protests and social movements have been initiated for several reasons, often to lay attention on the government's dysfunction. READ MORE

  3. 2. Nature is Everywhere : An Ecocritical Reading of Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Tommy Sandin; [2022]
    Keywords : Ecocriticism; literature studies; Louise Erdrich; Love Medicine; Green studies; C-essay;

    Abstract : This thesis paper illuminates nature and its relationship to the characters in LouiseErdrich’s novel Love Medicine. Now more than ever, there is a need for literatureanalyses that explores nature with a critical lens; it is a need brought forth by thecontemporary world, namely, the global environmental crisis. READ MORE

  4. 3. Sisterhood : An examination of women’s relationships in Maggie O’Farrell’s The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Gabriella Varini Viotto; [2022]
    Keywords : feminism; sisterhood; O’Farrell; gender roles; women solidarity; feminist literature; feminist theory;

    Abstract : This essay explores how the novel The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell depicts and criticises behaviours derived from deeply rooted patriarchal ideologies, traditional gender roles and sexist oppression. It aims to determine whether the novel encourages feminist values by examining the three main characters, Kitty, Esme and Iris, and how they relate to each other as well as to patriarchal structures and sexist oppression. READ MORE

  5. 4. 'We all end up mutilated': Bodily destruction and self-mutilation in the first three novels by Chuck Palahniuk

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Jakob Eyjólfsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Chuck Palahniuk Fight Club Survivor Invisible Monsters Self-Mutilation Self-Destruction Mutilation Disfigurement Determinism Free Will; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In this essay, I explore the motifs of bodily destruction and self-mutilation in the first three novels of American author Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club (1996), Survivor (1999) and Invisible Monsters (1999). These motifs are prevalent throughout the author’s work and are particularly noteworthy in how detailed and graphic the novels are. READ MORE

  6. 5. "A Morbid Longing for the Picturesque" : The Pursuit of Beauty in Donna Tartt's The Secret History

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Charles Perseus D'Aniello; [2021]
    Keywords : beauty; destruction; Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy; Donna Tartt; The Secret History; The Birth of Tragedy; Nietzsche;

    Abstract : This essay analyzes the theme of the pursuit of beauty in The Secret History. It analyzes the main characters’ concept of beauty, their manner of seeking beauty, as well as the result of this search. READ MORE