Essays about: "parody"

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

1. 1. Could this phrase be more constructional? : A Construction Grammar approach to the COULD X BE MORE Y phrase from the television show Friends

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Linn Nordlander; [2024]
   Keywords : construction grammar; information structure; CXBMY; SAI; constructions; rhetorical questions; parody;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the COULD X BE MORE Y phrase (CXBMY), well-known from the television show Friends, to argue for its qualification as a construction. By analyzing the phrase’s formal and functional features, as well as its frequency in the COCA corpus, this thesis compares the findings to the definition of constructions by Goldberg (2006, p. READ MORE

3. 2. "No good being a witch unless you let people know" : The importance of performance in Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters

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

   Author : Maria Sköld; [2022]
   Keywords : Pratchett; Terry Pratchett; Discworld; Wyrd Sisters; performance; performativity; metafiction; parody; fantasy; theatre; Pratchett; Terry Pratchett; Skivvärlden; Häxkonster; roller; performativitet; metafiktion; parodi; fantasy; teater;

   Abstract : In this analysis of Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters, I argue that performance of the witch is the most important part of witchcraft on Discworld, and, indeed, what drives the story. To underpin this position, I understand Wyrd Sisters as a work of metafiction and parody, examine witch tropes and stories on Discworld and draw parallels to the weird sisters of Shakespeare's Macbeth. READ MORE

4. 3. Rewritings of Circe: Representation, Resistance, and Change in Feminist Revisionism

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

   Author : Maria Karlsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Rewriting; Feminism; Mythology; Odyssey; Circe; Welty; Atwood; Miller;

   Abstract : This paper analyses the feminist revisionism of the Circe-myth in the rewritings by Eudora Welty, Margaret Atwood, and Madeline Miller. To that end, the paper first examines three different ways of discussing rewritings: Jeremy M. READ MORE

5. 4. Political Parody on the Cypriot Twitter. : The case of the parody account of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Cyprus “Lady Emily Kardashian Duchess of Yiolou”

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

   Author : Maria Marisa Lampiri; [2021]
   Keywords : political parody; Twitter; topicality; anti-fandom; participatory culture; thematic analysis; female representation; celebrity politics;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how a female politician is being represented in a political parody account on Twitter through a thematic analysis of “Lady Emily Kardashian Duchess of Yiolou” (@edPLOgAQvtTQHJc) Tweets, satirizing the Cypriot Minister of Justice & Public Order Ms. Emily Yiolitis. READ MORE

6. 5. Article 17(7) of Directive 2019/790 on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Kristina Boehm; [2021]
   Keywords : Copyright Directive; Digital Single Market; e-Commerce Directive; Exceptions and Limitations; Article 17; DSMD; Quotation; Criticism; Caricature; Parody; Pastiche; Online Content Service Provider; OCSSP; UGC; IP; Intellectual Property; Best Efforts; Communication to the Public; Freedom of Expression; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Prior to the adoption of Article 17 of the Directive (EU) 2019/790 on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market, the e-Commerce Directive provided hosting liability exemptions for intermediary service providers. In addition, copyright exceptions and limitations were previously optional and their implementation was at liberty of the Member States. READ MORE