Essays about: "ghost stories"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words ghost stories.

  1. 1. Strange Spirits : – Possession and the queering of gender and other social positions in Yuan Mei’s Zibuyu.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Maarit Määttä; [2020]
    Keywords : spökberättelser; ghost stories; Kina; China; Qing dynasty; queer theory; queerteori; genus; gender;

    Abstract : This thesis explores a Qing dynasty collection of stories about ghosts and other strange events written by Yuan Mei (1716–1798). The thesis focuses on a number of stories about possession of living persons by spirits, which are studied with the help of Sara Ahmed’s queer phenomenology. READ MORE

  3. 2. Contaminated and Scarred: An Exploration in the Landscapes and Narratives of the Anthropocene

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Laura Pietilä; [2020]
    Keywords : Landscape; Contamination; Toxicity; Narrative; Environmental Justice; Ecology; Visuality; Bikini Atoll; Teckomatorp;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I explore and analyse narratives around toxic and scarred landscapes. The aim of the thesis is to understand human views and experiences of anthropogenic environments through narratives of contamination and toxicity. Some concepts used throughout the thesis are landscape, heritage, ghost, and trauma. READ MORE

  4. 3. Listening to radio theatre in Argentina in the 1950s : “The town became a ghost town when it was radio theatre time”

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Maria Milagro Milutinovic Villarraza; [2018]
    Keywords : radio; radio theatre; radio drama; radio soap opera; Argentina; Los Perez Garcia; 1950; Radio Argentina Society; radio in Argentina; radio Argentina; Juan Domingo Peron; Eva Peron; media Argentina; Listening to radio theatre in Argentina in the 1950s.; Listening to radio theatre in Argentina in the 1950s; Listening to radio theatre in Argentina;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to analyse Argentinean radio broadcasting in the 1950s and especially how this medium issued the so-called radio theatre that the audience received in their everyday life. More precisely it is investigated how radio theatre in the 1950s is remembered today, both by listeners who took part in these broadcasts and how it is remembered in the media. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Evolution of Horror : A Study of M.R. James's "The Mezzotint" and Susan Hill's The Man in the Picture

    University essay from Avdelningen för språk och kultur; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Jessica Eriksson; [2014]
    Keywords : ghost story; horror; education; M.R. James; Susan Hill;

    Abstract : This essay sets out to illustrate the evolution of horror in ghost stories through a literary analysis of M.R. James’s “The Mezzotint” (1904) and Susan Hill’s The Man in the Picture (2007). READ MORE

  6. 5. Evil and Innocence : Children in Ghost Stories by Elizabeth Gaskell, M. R. James, and Susan Hill

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Johan Eriksson; [2014]
    Keywords : Ghost story; horror; children; Elizabeth Gaskell; M. R. James; Susan Hill;

    Abstract : The essay analyses three works of supernatural horror fiction written by different authors over various periods of time. These three works are “The Old Nurse’s Story” by Elizabeth Gaskell, “Lost Hearts” by M. R. James and The Small Hand by Susan Hill. READ MORE