Essays about: "mythology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 76 essays containing the word mythology.

1. 1. Russia’s embrace : Crimean mythology in Putin’s public communications 2014-2022

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Dennis van der Laan; [2023]
   Keywords : Crimea; Putin; mythology; political communication; Russia; annexation;

   Abstract : This dissertation is aimed at investigating which elements from the Russian mythology about Crimea appear in Putin’s public political communications in the period 2014-2022, how they are used and for which reasons they are used. Crimea has been a crucial region in history-making throughout the past decade and has played an important role in Russian politics, Russian-Ukrainian relations and Russian-Western relations. READ MORE

3. 2. Goddess, Lover, Mother, Witch : Feminist Revisionist Mythmaking and Feminine Morphology of Narrative in Madeline Miller’s Circe

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

   Author : Wiktoria Grzybowska; [2023]
   Keywords : feminism; feminist literary theory; greek mythology; feminist mythmaking; revisionism; Circe; Madeline Miller; The Odyssey;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to position Circe by Madeline Miller as an example of feminist revisionist mythmaking and investigate some of the novel’s revisionary practices. I thus begin by introducing the project of feminist revisionism, as conceptualized by several different feminist thinkers. READ MORE

4. 3. Polish Collective Memory, The Jedwabne Pogrom inPolish Newspapers 2016-2018

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Radoslaw Repelewicz; [2023]
   Keywords : Polish Antisemitism; Jan Tomasz Gross; Cultural Trauma; Collective Memory; National Mythology;

   Abstract : This study examines the Cultural Trauma associated with the Jedwabne pogrom, as portrayed in three Polish newspapers. The essay seeks to answer the following questions: How did the chosen three Polish newspapers with varying ideological and political views depict the discussion about the Jedwabne pogrom in their articles in the years 2016-2018? In what ways do these usages and representations reflect or challenge the dominant narratives of Polish national mythology? How has the discussion on Polish antisemitism in relation to the Jedwabne pogrom changed after the conservative Law and Justice party came to power in 2015? The source material used consists of 45 newspaper pieces from Gazeta Wyborcza, Tygodnik Powszechny, and Polonia Christianapublished between 2016-2018. READ MORE

5. 4. Criticizing Patriarchal Traditions through Alternative History in Carol Ann Duffy's The World's Wife

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Sandra Ask; [2023]
   Keywords : Carol Ann Duffy; Poetry; The World s Wife; Retellings; Alternative History; Patriarchy; Historic Women; History; Greek Mythology; Gender;

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6. 5. Art e miss

   University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för dans

   Author : Argyri Roula Samiotaki; [2023]
   Keywords : dance; fiction; tranformation; repetition; mythology; wild woman archetype;

   Abstract : The project of Art e miss is a moving practice and research, an embodied exploration of the wild woman archetype. The research is aiming to practice ways to mobilize one-female-self in situations of feeling restricted. It is about approaching ways of mobilizing oneself to act and transform situations and moments of friction. READ MORE