Essays about: "fact and fiction"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 essays containing the words fact and fiction.
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1. Captivating Communication : The Swedish Prison and Probation Service’s Storytelling and Creation of Legitimacy
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kriminologiska institutionenAbstract : The stories about prison are infinite, and ultimately affect our understanding of incarceration. Punishment and prison are also political, and the shape of the penal system is fundamentally different in different countries. READ MORE
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2. As Dark As Darkness : Using Star Maker and The Hobbit to Promote a Constructionist Understanding of Race in the ESL Classroom
University essay from Södertörns högskola/EngelskaAbstract : Although the popular conception of fantasy has nothing to do with race, in fact, the genre frequently exhibits underlying concerns with racial dynamics. Conversely, science fiction, due to its speculative perspective on the universe and the potential existence of alien species is, by nature, more inherently preoccupied with the concept of race. READ MORE
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3. Between Fact and Fiction : How Perry Smith Became a Tragic Hero in Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This essay argues that In Cold Blood can be read as a Greek tragedy. This is because it has all the structural elements required according to Aristotles definition, as well as a running theme of pity and fear. READ MORE
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4. We are domesticated : The Swedish standard standardizes its users
University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : 1954 in Sweden, an average was set. Research carried through by Hemmens forskningsinstitut and Byggstandardiseringen explained the Swedish inhibitors demands and wishes they had on their accommodation. God Bostad was the written attempt to describe this newly announced “Good Dwelling”. READ MORE
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5. DIOSES EN LA TIERRA E EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DE LA MANCHA : VELÁZQUEZ’S SUBVERSION OF THE HABSBURG MYSTIQUE OF POWER
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Sometimes the concrete form and skill of a work of art stand in a non-arbitrary or non-contingent relationship with the social circumstances of its facture. I hypothesise that this form and such skill was used by Diego Velázquez for artistically, socially and politically subversive purposes. READ MORE
