Essays about: "historical fantasy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words historical fantasy.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. The Costs of Modernity : How a historical steampunk fantasy such as The Kingston Cycle can successfully portray the intersectional origins of the Capitalocene

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Lisa Persson Örtman; [2021]
    Keywords : the Capitalocene; the Anthropocene; historical fantasy; steampunk; speculative fiction; genre;

    Abstract : There is a growing recognition of the interconnectedness of the crises of food, water, democracy and climate change as stemming from the capitalist hunt for modernity and progress. As climate change is thus not only so complex, but urgent, the question of a successful portrayal of it for an enhanced understanding and subsequent action becomes vital. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Moving forward in the past” - a historical analysis of two speeches made by Slobodan Milošević regarding historical use of nationalism and ethnicity for the employment of divisiveness and fear-mongering.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historia

    Author : Ismar Didic; [2020]
    Keywords : nationalism; etnicitet; historiebruk; Storserbien; Serbien; Albanien; Kosovo; ethnicity; use of history; Milošević; Slobodan; Greater Serbia; Serbia; Albania; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Under 1990-talet bröt den före detta socialistiska federala republiken Jugoslavien upp längs sina republikers gränser, till stor del på grund av en ekonomisk och politisk kris, liksom en ökning av nationalism och etniska spänningar. Där olika nationaliteter och etniska grupper kämpade för att samexistera, och olösta etniska, nationalistiska och religiösa problem steg upp till ytan - försökte en serbisk politiker vid namnet Slobodan Milošević, att utnyttja det serbiska folkets missnöje och mobilisera det till ett splittrande och skrämmande narrativ som skulle uppnå fantasin om ett "Storserbien". READ MORE

  5. 4. Making Myth: Narrative Discourse in The Shadow of the Torturer

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Charles Simmons; [2019]
    Keywords : Narratology Myth Science Fiction Fantasy Science Gene Wolfe Genette; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This dissertation argues that the incongruity between the narrating I and the narrated I in The Shadow of the Torturer produces a site where myth is made. The novel differs from other works in the canon of science fantasy because its science and fantasy are rarely, if ever, juxtaposed. READ MORE

  6. 5. Landskapets lekvärden : Harald Aronssons park då, nu och i framtiden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Lisa Jonsén-Skanebo; [2019]
    Keywords : leklandskap; lek; Rosta; Harald Aronssons park; Örebro;

    Abstract : Världshälsoorganisationen (WHO) rekommenderar att barn utövar någon form av fysisk rörelse minst 60 minuter per dag. Fysisk inaktivitet är ett växande samhällsproblem, barn rör på sig allt mindre i vardagen och aktivitetsnivåerna tenderar att ytterligare försämras under helgerna. READ MORE