Essays about: "literary essay"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 265 essays containing the words literary essay.

  1. 1. She Can Go Where She Will : Representations of Female Bicyclists in Late 19th-Century and Early 20th-Century Literature by H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy Richardson, Grant Allen, George F. Hall, and Alice Meynell

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Anna Gustafsson; [2024]
    Keywords : bicycling women characters; late 19th-century and early 20th-century British and American literature; freedom; emancipation; feminism; gender; the New Woman; cyklande kvinnliga karaktärer; sen 1800-tals- och tidig 1900-talslitteratur från Storbritannien och USA; frihet; frigörelse; feminism; genus; the New Woman;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to investigate how representations of bicycling women in literary works by H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy Richardson, Grant Allen, George F. Hall, and Alice Meynell express mental and physical freedoms that had previously been denied women due to archaic societal norms. READ MORE

  3. 2. Overpopulation and Authoritarian Regime : The Villains in an Anthropocene Era

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Kajsa Gingborn; [2024]
    Keywords : Anthropocene; Authoriterian; Overpopulation; John Lanchester; Sam J. Miller; Blackfish City; The Wall; Rebellion; Social Justice; Climate Change; Anthropocene Fiction;

    Abstract : This essay explores the dynamic landscape of Anthropocene fiction, using novels such as John Lanchester’s The Wall and Sam J. Miller’s Blackfish City as lenses through which to explore the aftermath of climate change. READ MORE

  4. 3. Cultural Clash and Gender Roles : Exploring the Quest for Equality in Jane Eyre and Things Fall Apart

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Anne M Johansson; [2024]
    Keywords : Gender; cultural clash; equality; religion; colonialism; Genus; kulturkrock; jämställdhet; religion; kolonialism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to analyze the intersectionality between themes of cultural clash and gender roles within the novels Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, accentuating their common quest for equality. This essay offers a historical and cultural analysis, divulging the gender norms prevalent in Victorian England and pre-colonial Nigeria, serving as a backstage to the characters’ adaptations and struggles. READ MORE

  5. 4. Unveiling the Panoptic Dystopia : Orwell Seen Through Foucault's Lens and Lukes' Dimensions; a Comparative Study

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Martin Andersson; [2024]
    Keywords : : 1984; Animal Farm; George Orwell; Steven Lukes; Foucault; Panopticism; Power structures; Language and power;

    Abstract : This essay focuses on exploring power structures within George Orwell's narratives 1984 andAnimal Farm, through the theoretical lens of Panopticism and the discourse of language andpower. By adding Steven Lukes' multidimensional view of power it digs deep into thecomplexity of power relations and further enriches our understanding of the subject. READ MORE

  6. 5. What Walpole did to Shakespeare's Women : A Comparison between Female Characters in Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto and William Shakespeare’s Othello

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Lova Hesselbom; [2024]
    Keywords : Shakespeare; feminism; Walpole; comparison;

    Abstract : In this essay I will compare the views on women in William Shakespeare’s Othello and Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto, looking mainly at the gendered structures of patriarchal caregivers, freedom of marriage as well as domestic violence. I am doing this in order to point out the possibility of Walpole’s influence on Shakespeare by a literary comparison. READ MORE