Essays about: "medievalism"
Found 4 essays containing the word medievalism.
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1. Unveiling Power Dynamics on Instagram: A Neo-medieval Analysis of Algorithmic control, Influencers and Users
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : Instagram is a large social media platform with strong power dynamics between the company, influencers and the users. Exploring this power dynamic within a theoretical framework rooted in neo-medievalism, this study investigates how power structures are manifested and enacted on the platform. READ MORE
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2. Brothers and Arms: How Two Brothers Reflect the Abandonment of Past Heroic Ideals and the Development of Future ones in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : The literary heroic ideal changed with the Great War, as the Victorian hero ideal was no longer plausible in a post-war world. The new ideal was pacifist and non-heroic but not everyone who had been through the Great War agreed that there was no heroicism. READ MORE
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3. The quest for medievalism in ‘The Witcher 3’ : A study of the vita gravis: the apposition between the medieval and the fantastical.
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : .... READ MORE
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4. Magic Kingdoms beyond Disneyland: Medievalism in George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" and Mary Gentle's "Ash: A Secret History"
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religionAbstract : Much of the fantasy genre – in particular, much of the literature that defines public perception of the genre – takes place in worlds inspired by the Middle Ages, or at least by the common ideas and conceptions of the era. This thesis examines two works of fantasy –George R. READ MORE