Essays about: "picture books analysis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words picture books analysis.

1. 1. The Portrayal of Dyslexia and Children in Children’s Picture Books

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn

   Author : Karalee Shotola; [2019]
   Keywords : children’s literature; children’s picture books; dyslexia; learning disability; specific learning disorder;

   Abstract : Research on the portrayal of child characters with dyslexia in picture books is limited, therefore in this thesis, I analyzed six children’s picture books published in English speaking countries including the United States, Canada, and Australia for their portrayal of dyslexia, the plot, the characterization of the child, and the child’s relationship with others. I read through the books multiple times and conducted a content analysis to identify patterns in the portrayal of images of dyslexia and the child characters over the period of 1995-2018. READ MORE

3. 2. Men and Women : The performance of gender in A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Anna Hage; [2019]
   Keywords : Gender studies; Ernest Hemingway; Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis; masculinity; femininity; The Sun Also Rises; A Farewell to Arms;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to study and analyze how Hemingway portrays gender roles in his two novels The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms. This analysis is done by using the theoretical tools developed by Judith Butler’s theory of performativity and Michelle Lazar’s conceptualization of feminist critical discourse analysis. READ MORE

4. 3. Visuelle metaforer i Mammas Hår - brugen af visuel metafor i kommunikation af komplekse emner til børn

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Signe Gabriel; [2018]
   Keywords : metafor; illustration; billedbøger; depression; semiotik; visuel kommunikation; børns udvikling; kognition; visuel retorik; visuel metafor; metaphor; picture books; semiotics; visual communication; child development; cognition; visual rhetoric; visual metaphor;

   Abstract : Opgaven tager udgangspunkt i en undersøgelse af, hvordan illustrator Svein Nyhus i billedbogen Mammas Hår, skrevet af Gro Dahle i 2007, benytter sig af visuelle metaforer til at kommunikere bogens depressionstema til børn. Formålet er at finde ud af, på hvilken måde visuelle metaforer kan bruges som kommunikationsværktøj af visuelle kommunikatører generelt. READ MORE

5. 4. Increased gross profits fromintangible and tangible assets : From a modular product’s perspective

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

   Author : Niclas Andersson; Hnerik Åkesson; [2017]
   Keywords : Product modularity; gross profit; intangible assets; tangible assets;

   Abstract : The world and its economy is going through countless and significant changes. Intangible assets are one of these changes due to the economy and the society have a higher demand for information than before. Nevertheless, tangible assets are still important assets within the economy since no economy will function without tangible assets. READ MORE

6. 5. Symbolic Violence in Contemporary Japanese Children’s Literature : Case study of a Japanese folktale in its twenty-first century picture books renditions

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Lucrezia Morellato; [2016]
   Keywords : Children’s literature; Japan; violence; Bourdieu; multimodal discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper questions the relation between narrative and symbolic violence in a Japanese context. It stresses the importance of children’s literature for socialization into a specific sociocultural reality and it especially focuses on the role played by folktales and picture books with their representations of narrative violence. READ MORE