Essays about: "fantasy characters"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 32 essays containing the words fantasy characters.

1. 6. Challenging Hegemonic Masculinity Through the Use of Epic Fantasy : Using The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson to analyze hegemonic masculinity and its potential for classroom appropriation.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Viktor Jakobsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Hegemonic masculinity; masculinity; gender studies; fantasy; Way of Kings; epic fantasy; upper secondary school; classroom; teacher; gender pedagogy; the boy crisis; gender roles; mental health;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to argue that using the novel The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson to explore the concepts of gender roles, with masculinity and its hegemonic aspect at the forefront, through the fields of gender studies and gender pedagogy, will provide grounds for meaningful classroom discussions and activities in the Swedish upper secondary school by drawing parallels between the fictional society presented in the novel and our own.  Three main traits of hegemonic masculinity are analyzed and applied to the characters Kaladin, Dalinar and Jasnah, namely physical assertiveness, egocentric individualism, and domination. READ MORE

3. 7. Are they heroes? A character study of Christopher Paolini’s The Inheritance Cycle

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Andreas Forsell; [2022]
   Keywords : Hero; Fantasy; Hegemonic Masculinity; tropes; traits;

   Abstract : This essay will study how the two main characters Eragon and Roran in Christopher Paolini’s fantasy series The Inheritance Cycle conform to the literary ideal of the hero and traits of a traditional male according to Jeffrey A. Brown and Leanna Madell who both use Hegemonic Masculinity Theory. READ MORE

4. 8. Fashion and player retention in MMORPGs : A case study of Final Fantasy XIV: A realm reborn

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Author : Carl Johan Bäckman; [2022]
   Keywords : MMORPG; fashion; player expression; player retention;

   Abstract : Expression and identification through virtual characters in MMORPGs has actively been, and is still being studied throughout the 21st century, and with the growing industry of video games, these studies become more and more relevant than ever. However, the same cannot be said about the subject of self-expression in terms of wearable items of clothing in MMORPGs. READ MORE

5. 9. Mangaesque Characters in Physical Space: An ethnographic study of butler café Swallowtail as female sanctuary

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

   Author : Carolina Lindström; [2021]
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   Abstract : Since the 1970s, Japanese contemporary popular culture as an academic field has gained increased attention, which has led to the emergence of fan culture and fandom studies. There is a certain academic bias toward otaku (i.e. READ MORE

6. 10. Misogyny in the Marshlands : female Characterization in Seamus Heaney’s “Bog Queen” and “Punishment”

   University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

   Author : Olivia Signe Afrodite Gränglid; [2021]
   Keywords : The Male Gaze; Stereotypical Characterization; Sexual Objectification; Ecofeminism; Seamus Heaney; Bog-poems;

   Abstract : This essay argues that the depiction of women in Seamus Heaney’s poems “Bog Queen” and “Punishment” results from the male gaze in three ways: the narrative viewpoint, stereotypical characterization, and the objectification of the female body. The following essay analyses the poems through an ecofeminist perspective that enables examination of the female characters as personifications of nature – “Bog Queen” as Mother Earth and the victim of “Punishment” as Nerthus, the fertility goddess. READ MORE