Essays about: "narrators"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the word narrators.

  1. 1. National Heroes, Digital Soldiers, Vulnerable Children and all the Others: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Videos Communicating the QAnon Conspiracy Theory

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Cecilia Gatenheim; [2024-02-23]
    Keywords : conspiracy theory; far-right; emotions; video analysis; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the making of Us and Them in videos communicating the QAnon conspiracy theory, which have been circulating on online social forums. For this purpose, Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis is used, together with Sara Ahmed’s cultural theory of emotions. READ MORE

  3. 2. Heathcliff’s Complex Character : Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality and Reader-response Theory to Understand Heathcliff

    University essay from

    Author : Mohamed Ashmawi; [2024]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Emily Brontë’s novel, Wuthering Heights, presents Heathcliff as a complicated character that makes it hard for readers to declare him a victim or a villain, hence leaving them with questions about his morality. This work looks deep into Heathcliff’s tough character by integrating the view of psychoanalysis with reader-response theory. READ MORE

  4. 3. Human and Robot Narrator: How Gestures Affect Comprehension and Recollection

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Johannes Rosenfrost; [2023]
    Keywords : Cognitive Science; Cognition; Embodiment; Humanoid Robots; Social Robots; HRI; Human-Robot-Interaction; Social Interaction; Robotics; Linguistics; Communication; Multimodality; Non-verbal; Gestures; Narration; Comprehension; Recollection; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigated if a human or a robot narrator affected listeners’ comprehension and memory recollection similarly in a narrative story. 103 participants (MeanAge = 35) were recruited to an online experiment to investigate if gestures affected the participants’ narrative comprehension and recollection more than a narrator that did not produce gestures. READ MORE

  5. 4. Tantalizing Terrors and Transcendent Thrills : Unveiling the Sublime Aspects in Three Works by Edgar Allan Poe

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Elin Åhlén; [2023]
    Keywords : Edgar Allan Poe; horror; irony; the sublime; aesthetic theory; the uncanny;

    Abstract : This essay explores the sublime aspects in Edgar Allan Poe’s fictional horror, namely "The Tell-Tale Heart" (1843), "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839) and "The Raven" (1839). The aim is to show that the sublime – an aesthetic experience articulated by Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant amongst many – can make the reader oscillate between horror and safety. READ MORE

  6. 5. Narratives in Conversation : A Study of Russia’s Strategic Narratives and Internarrativity

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Ludwig Modin; [2023]
    Keywords : Strategic narratives; master narratives; Russia; history; discourses; narrative analysis; international relations; internarrativity;

    Abstract : In general, previous research on Russia’sstrategic narratives has assumed that Russian narratorsinstrumentally refer to other narratives to enhance the strategic narratives’ persuasiveness.Consequently, the implication is that the Russian narrators are unconstrained by their sociocultural situatedness since they are supposedly free to exploit other narratives for reasons of strategic benefit. READ MORE