Essays about: "encyclopaedic knowledge"

Found 2 essays containing the words encyclopaedic knowledge.

1. 1. Pragmatics, Newspapers and Context : A Study of How British Tabloid Newspapers Construct Context

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

   Author : Ninni Nilsson; [2017]
   Keywords : Newspaper articles; tabloids; pragmatics; Relevance Theory; encyclopaedic knowledge;

   Abstract : While the original focus of pragmatics was spoken conversation, this approach has been increasingly used in the analysis of written and monological texts, e.g. advertisements (Tanaka, 1994), as a means of explaining how the meanings within them are generated and recovered through context. READ MORE

3. 2. Two Jokers in the Pack? A Comparative Analysis of Iago in William Shakespeare’s Othello and the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight in Relation to W.H. Auden’s ‘The Joker in the Pack’

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Katarina Isaksson; [2014-02-07]
   Keywords : engelska; Iago; the Joker; William Shakespeare; Christopher Nolan; Othello; The Dark Knight; W.H. Auden; The Joker in the Pack; psychopathy; narratology;

   Abstract : What would happen if we viewed the Joker of Christopher Nolan’s 2008 motion picture The Dark Knight as a modern incarnation of Iago, the villain of William Shakespeare’s Othello? Additionally, how well does Auden’s argument about Iago as a practical joker (‘The Joker in the Pack’) explain them both? The analysis of this essay is performed by comparing similarities and differences found with the two villains and relating them to W. H. READ MORE