Essays about: "fredric Jameson"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words fredric Jameson.

1. 1. Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia : The Production of Subjectivity and Commodification

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Branko Ladan; [2023]
   Keywords : Neoliberalism; The Buddha of Suburbia; Michel Foucault; Fredric Jameson; Literature;

   Abstract : This essay aims to analyze the main characters of Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. The main characters embark on a metaphorical journey against a backdrop of turbulent socio-political changes in 1970s Britain, ending with the emergence of neoliberalism and the rise of Margaret Thatcher. READ MORE

3. 2. Wandering Through Intellectual Ashes : National Identity and the Southern Question in Postwar Marxist Italian Film. A Postcolonial Visual Ontology

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Matilde Veglia; [2022]
   Keywords : Pasolini; Gramsci; Bauman; Neorealism; Commedia all Italiana; Cinema; Italian Maxism; Postmodernity; Postcolonial Studies; The Wanderer; The Nomad;

   Abstract : This thesis is crafted as an explorative theoretical essay, which aims to disclose the continuities and shifts in constructions of Italian post-war identity through the lenses of Marxist theory and postcolonial film analysis. The research will attempt to locate three paradigmatic cases of post-war Italian cinema and their authors in relation to the historical context, as well as coeval political and theoretical developments in the country. READ MORE

4. 3. Contrasting Identities : A Study of Power and Freedom in the Roman Empire As Depicted in John Williams’ Augustus

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Artem Rakov; [2017]
   Keywords : Augustus; Julia; John Williams; The Roman Empire; storytelling techniques; the feminine identity; the masculine identity;

   Abstract : Upon being announced as one of the winners of the 1973 National Book Award, John Williams’ novel Augustus (1972) was classified as a book of a supposedly more traditional form compared to John Barth’s experimental work Chimera (1972) that Augustus shared the prize with that year. This essay will examine John Williams’ novel Augustus, with the purpose of analysing two of the novel’s main characters, Augustus and his daughter Julia. READ MORE

5. 4. The Non-World : Inaccessibility and Law in Charles Dickens' Bleak House

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Jonathan Foster; [2016]
   Keywords : Charles Dickens; Bleak House; non-world; Chancery; law; Pierre Bourdieu; Fredric Jameson; cognitive mapping; space; time; geocriticism; possible-worlds theory; the sublime.;

   Abstract : The representation of Chancery court in Charles Dickens’ Bleak House (1852-3) emphasises the inaccessibility of this institution to members of the laity. Dickens’ critique of Chancery chimes with Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological description of law as a formalistic social field defined by practices of exclusion. READ MORE

6. 5. Popcorn Politics – Selected Philip K. Dick Stories in Contemporary Film Adaptations

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Michal Skotnicki; [2015]
   Keywords : Philip K. Dick; Political Message; Allegory; Adaptation;

   Abstract : This essay is a comparative anlysis of ”Paycheck”, ”The Minority Report” and ”Adjustment Team” by Philip K. Dick and their film adaptations, Paycheck,  Minority Report and The Adjustment Bureau. I am primarily interested in the political message of the original stories and how it is affected in the process of transmediation into film. READ MORE