Essays about: "holmes"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 35 essays containing the word holmes.

  1. 21. Texting Sherlock - An intermedial analysis of visual intra-diegetic text in the TV-Series Sherlock

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Intermediala studier

    Author : Silja Wendt; [2015]
    Keywords : Intra-diegetic Text; Sherlock Holmes; Sherlock; Intermediality; Immersion; Genre; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This essay aims for a qualitative examination and discussion on the use of intra-diegetic text in the BBC-series Sherlock. With the purpose of identifying its impact on the viewer position and the presentation of genre, different theories from the area of intermediality and film studies, such as Lars Elleström and Agnes Pethö, are presented and applied to the examination of three selected scenes from the series. READ MORE

  3. 22. Hyde-ing Between Holmes and Watson An Examination of a Homosocial Bond Through a Freudian Analogy of Jekyll and Hyde

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Jenny Appelgren Percival; [2014-10-09]
    Keywords : Sherlock Holmes; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; male homosocial desire; structural model of the psyche; Sigmund Freud; Robert Louis Stevenson;

    Abstract : The relationship between Sherlock Holmes and John Watson is one of the most famous male friendships in modern literature. Using the two novels A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s extensive canon about the extraordinary detective and his companion, this essay examines the bond between Holmes and Watson through Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s theories about male homosocial desire. READ MORE

  4. 23. Banks' Social Capital Investment : Qualitative Insights from Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Crystal Holmes Zamanian; Lisa Åström; [2014]
    Keywords : social capital; banks Sweden; investment networks; networking; socialt kapital; nätverkande; banker Sverige; nätverk;

    Abstract : Having recognized the merits of social capital research within other study areas, the authors of this degree project take a look at this concept from a relatively untouched perspective, banks. Social capital has long been a staple in both political science as well as sociology discourse. READ MORE

  5. 24. Thanks! You look rather dashing yourself. : A contrastive pragmatics investigation of Singaporean and American compliment responses

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Susanna Melin; [2014]
    Keywords : Variational pragmatics; Compliment responses; CRs; Cross-cultural communication; Intralingual pragmatics; Singaporean English; American English;

    Abstract : Set within the framework of the newly established field of variational pragmatics (Schneider and Barron, 2008), this study investigates pragmatic variation between two different regional varieties of English, namely American English and Singaporean English. Specifically, the speech act of compliment responses is compared. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Doctor on Screen - Adapting the character of Dr. Watson from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in "Sherlok" and the "Sherlock Holmes" films

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Jonathan Pierre; [2013-06-12]
    Keywords : Sherlock Holmes; Dr Watson; Arthur Conan Doyle; adaption; film; television; crime fiction; point of view; focalization; sleuth;

    Abstract : Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are two of the most recognizable figures in crime literature. They worked numerous cases together; in total, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote 56 short stories and four novels about them. READ MORE