Essays about: "fantasy characters"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 essays containing the words fantasy characters.

1. 16. A Liminal Existence, Literally : A Deconstruction of Identity in Diana Wynne Jones’ Howl’s Moving Castle

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Felicia Stenberg; [2018]
   Keywords : Fantasy; Fairy tale; Diana Wynne Jones; Howl s Moving Castle; Deconstruction; Jacques Derrida; Hélène Cixous; Intertextuality; Metafiction; Identity; Ambiguity of the self; Puns; Witches; Wizards; Magic; Literary Allusions; Nonexistent Binary Oppositions; Subversion;

   Abstract : This essay examines the inherent instability present in Diana Wynne Jones’ 1986 novel Howl’s Moving Castle. I suggest that in relying on the ambiguity of the story and the setting, Jones creates not only a more complex universe, but allows the characters to be multidimensional -- both literally and figuratively -- without having any stable selves. READ MORE

3. 17. Classification of Fiction Genres : Text classification of fiction texts from Project Gutenberg

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

   Author : Rolf Bucher; [2018]
   Keywords : text; classification; genre; machine; learning; supervised; Gutenberg; fiction;

   Abstract : Stylometric analysis in text classification is most often used in authorship attribution studies. This thesis used a machine learning algorithm, the Naive Bayes Classifier, in a text classification task comparing stylometric and lexical features. READ MORE

4. 18. Modern Fairy Tales: The New Existence of an Old Genre : Exemplified by the Books of Alan A. Milne, Tove Jansson and Eno Raud

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Svetlana Yashkina; [2016]
   Keywords : children s literature; literary fairy-tale; modernism; poetics; semiotics; folkloristics; myth; mytho-logic; archaic intertext; memory of the genre; fantasy; chronotope; A.A. Milne; Tove Jansson; Eno Raud; Elezar Meetinsky; Michail Bakhtin; Yuri Lotman; Vladimir Propp; Bruno Bettelheim; barnlitteratur; saga; konstsaga; folkloristik; semiotik; myt; intertextualitet; poetik;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to draw new perspectives to the theoretic approach towards the complex nature of the modern fairy tale genre and its transformation. The study is exemplified by two books by Alan A. READ MORE

5. 19. The Persistence of Gender-Based Stereotypes in the Language of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Rebecca Cripps; [2016]
   Keywords : Stereotyping; indirect sexism; language; Harry Potter; ;

   Abstract : Harry Potter-series are widely popular fantasy-novels that have influenced young readers all over the world on various issues, one being gender. Many arguments have been proposed to explain how the Harry Potter-series has a gender-biased attitude. READ MORE

6. 20. Slash Fiction : A Love and Sexual Fantasy in China

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Ying Tang; [2016]
   Keywords : Slash fiction; fandom; feminism; friendship ties; identity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Slash fiction emerged in China in the 1990s with the rising polarity of Japanese animation and manga culture, and it has rapidly developed into a cultural icon of the whole nation, especially among female fans. The major objective of this thesis is to investigate female slash writers in China as well as how they see slash fiction in their daily lives in terms of gender equality, friendship ties and identity. READ MORE