Essays about: "parable"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word parable.

  1. 1. Parable of the Sower in the EFL Classroom : Ecofeminism, Empathy, and Environmental Narratives

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Olivia Semler; [2023]
    Keywords : EFL classroom; Ecofeminism; Ecopedagogy; empathy; hyperempathy; Upper Secondary School; climate change; Parable of the Sower; English 7;

    Abstract : In this essay, Parable of the Sower (1993) by Octavia E. Butler will be analyzed. The analysis investigates how the novel can enable discussions about empathy in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. READ MORE

  3. 2. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
    Keywords : Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ecocriticism; post-apocalypse; critical dystopia; climate change criticism; gated community; urban studies; agency; the Other; video game studies; ergodic literature.; Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ekokritik; postapokalyps; kritisk dystopi; klimatfiktion; grindsamhällen; urbana studier; agens; det Andra; spelforskning; ergodisk litteratur.;

    Abstract : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Is it a sin against God to be poor?” : Marxist and Pedagogical Perspectives on Oppressive Ideologies in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower and its Potential for Teaching Critical Thinking.

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Sofia Schalander; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In this essay, I have analysed the novel Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler through a Marxist lens to investigate how ideological oppression is depicted through Capitalism and religion. To examine these ideologies, I analysed Lauren Olamina, the first-person narrator and her half-brother, Keith. READ MORE

  5. 4. Echoes of Ancestors : A Meta-Study Review of the Origins of Language and the Role of Music and Parable.

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Miguel Ángel Dominguez Barrocal; [2022]
    Keywords : Origins of languague; music; parable; protolanguage; Homo erectus;

    Abstract : This essay is a meta-study that assesses the existing theories and hypotheses regarding the origins of language. The development of language is one of the most remarkable historical developments for humankind. READ MORE

  6. 5. Beyond Human Displacement(s) : Spacetime Stories of Agency in Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Bianca Lange; [2021]
    Keywords : Migration studies; New materialism s ; Ontology; Agency; Displacement s ; More-than-human; Parable of the Sower;

    Abstract : In this thesis project, the aim is to explore displacements beyond the familiar usage in migration studies associated with ’human’ by using a new materialist/s understanding ofontology and agency. This approach opens the possibility to move beyond the understanding of displacements as referring only to human agency. READ MORE