Essays about: "literature critics"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 51 essays containing the words literature critics.

  1. 6. Postdevelopment Assistance Made Possible? A Qualitative Analysis of the ICLD’s International Training Programmes in Tanzania from the Local Stakeholders’ Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Michal Piatkowski; [2023]
    Keywords : development assistance; power relations; international training programmes; postdevelopment; Tanzania; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Development is a contentious concept, praised by some for enabling progress and criticised by others for perpetuating global power imbalances. Development assistance tends to strengthen the donor-recipient dependency, which, according to critics, primarily serves the interests of the Global North while neglecting the needs of the Global South. READ MORE

  2. 7. 'No Way Out': Monologic Madness in László Krasznahorkai's War and War

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Axel Lindner Olsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Alienation; ambiguity; madness; monologue; verbal nihilism;

    Abstract : In the attempt to let it speak its own name, authors of fiction have since the turn of the 20th century developed increasingly nuanced representations of madness. Such complicated productions of literary madness, I suggest, can be understood in terms of a rich fusion of philosophical inquiry and narratology. READ MORE

  3. 8. Representations of gender in Wuthering Heights : An analysis of Masculinity and femininity and women as the abject

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Saga Vindelhag; [2022]
    Keywords : Feminist Literatur analys; Feminist litteraturs analysis. Wuthering Heights; female authors;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to analyse gender representations in Wuthering Heights byusing French literary criticism. French literary critics thought that the language ofliterature was predominantly phallocentric as male authors, who helped shape thatlanguage, dominated it. READ MORE

  4. 9. ‘The Fisherman and his Soul’ Revalued : A Significant and Singular Fairy Tale in Oscar Wilde’s Work

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Quentin CAIZERGUES; [2022]
    Keywords : Oscar Wilde; The Fisherman and his Soul; fairy-tales studies; aestheticism; social critique; Victorian studies; Hans Christian Andersen; The Little Mermaid;

    Abstract : The period 1889-1891 has been regarded as crucial in Oscar Wilde’s (1854-1900) career. Having been somewhat unsuccessful as a writer during the 1880s, and turning to journalism to earn a living, Wilde in this period saw the publication of his dialogues which led to his sole novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (hereafter, Dorian), serialised in 1890 before being republished as a novel in 1891. READ MORE

  5. 10. Beyond Modernity : Narrative Strategies in Hindi Short Stories of Uday Prakash

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : David Dymén; [2022]
    Keywords : Uday Prakash; Hindi literature; magic realism; magical realism; the fantastic; regionalism; postcolonialism; postmodernism; realism; experimentalism; genre; narratology.; Uday Prakāś; hindī sāhitya; jāduī yathārthvād; āṃcaliktā; uttaropaniveśvād; uttar ādhuniktā; prayogvād; yathārthvād; śailī.; उदय प्रकाश; हिंदी साहित्य; जादुई याथार्थवाद; आंचलिकता; उत्तरोपानिवेश्वाद; उत्तर आधुनिकता; प्रायोगवाद; याथार्थवाद; शैली;

    Abstract : This thesis explores different genres and modes of writing in short stories of the contemporary Indian author Uday Prakash, such as magical realism, the fantastic, regionalism, postcolonial and postmodern writing. It poses the question: “In which literary genre should Uday Prakash’s writings best be categorised?” The study is based on a reading of Prakash’s collection, 10 Pratinidhi kahāniyāṃ – Ten Representative Stories, consisting of ten stories of the author’s own choice. READ MORE