Essays about: "narrative device"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words narrative device.
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1. Shifting, Linking and Framing : The Case for Technology as a Coherence-Making Textual Device in Literary Realism
University essay from Karlstads universitetAbstract : Literary realism, that is, texts that seek to represent the actual in literature while achieving a sense of verisimilitude, have historically been analyzed and defined by a number of critics. These critics have, with differing approaches, attempted to make comprehensible what it is that constitutes the realist text. READ MORE
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2. From Bondage to Advocacy : Gender, Double Consciousness and Abolitionist Persuasion in Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
University essay from Karlstads universitetAbstract : The purpose of this essay is to explore how the interplay between gender and double consciousness is used as a rhetorical device in Harriet Jacobs’ autobiographical narrative “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” (1861). Through a feminist theoretical lens and the concept of double consciousness I provide examples from the text illustrating Jacobs’ strategic use of different narrative techniques to convey her abolitionist message. READ MORE
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3. Understanding temporal frames as a mechanic and narrative device in video games : An analysis of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesignAbstract : This study focuses on studying time mechanics and concepts in video games by using a method defined by Zagal and Mateas (2010) for analysing temporality (the understanding and design of time) in video games. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (2001) was chosen because of its heavy themes surrounding time mechanics and manipulation. READ MORE
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4. On the Subject of Retroactive Characterisation in Games
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologiAbstract : This paper will create, define & develop the concept of retroactive characterisation as a narrative device for games. In doing so, it will investigate a method of conveying character and narrative to a player after a given event has already taken place, hence, retroactively. READ MORE
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5. Development of Medical Device : A Narrative Literature Review
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikAbstract : The Stage-gate model has long been used in product development. Alternatives to Stage-gate such as Design Thinking and other models have been developed which are flexible and consider users’ needs early on and thus they could be more suitable for medical device development. READ MORE
