Essays about: "poststructuralist criticism"

Found 4 essays containing the words poststructuralist criticism.

1. 1. The Father's Son and the Muvi Star : construction of Identity and Positioning in Call Me by Your Name

   University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

   Author : Jette Strohschneider; [2020]
   Keywords : Call Me by Your Name; identity; poststructuralist criticism; positioning; critical discourse analysis; André Aciman;

   Abstract : The aim of the essay is to problematize the main characters' conception of identity in André Aciman's novel Call Me by Your Name. Due to Elio's inability to see himself and Oliver as continuously constructing and shifting bodies, the essay claims that the end of their relationship as they knew it during their summer in Italy was inevitable. READ MORE

3. 2. Constructions of a Networked Library : A Document Analysis of the Proposal for a National Strategy of Libraries and its Reception across the Swedish Library Sector

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

   Author : Cia Gustrén; [2020]
   Keywords : discursive strategies; document analysis; networked library; topoi;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns itself with the notion of a networked or cooperating library and the discursive means by which it is constructed in documents related to the formation of a national strategy of libraries in Sweden. I study the draft as presented by the national library, Kungliga Biblioteket (KB), in early 2018, the comments and advice submitted by different parts of the library sector during the fall of 2018 as well as the final proposition handed over to the Minister of Culture in March 2019. READ MORE

4. 3. Finding Femininity: a Representation Analysis of Trans* Femininity on Screen

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Vilde Evjenth; [2019]
   Keywords : representation; trans* studies; popular culture; femininity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyse the representation of trans* feminine women in popular media. This is done by presenting a theoretical background focusing on a specific minority group in society – namely, trans* feminine women – femininity, and heteronormativity, as well as by taking a poststructuralist approach to the applied theoretical framework in order to conduct a representation analysis of three trans* feminin characters from three different films. READ MORE

5. 4. "I'm still here. Sort of." : Constructed Identities in Paul Auster's City of Glass

   University essay from Engelska

   Author : Emma Nilsson-Tysklind; [2007]
   Keywords : English; Literature; Litteratur; Auster; Post-structuralism;

   Abstract : Paul Auster’s City of Glass contains a jumble of identities. In fact, the identities are more numerous than the characters, and consequently, characters have several different identities. Some of these identities are obvious constructs, but with others the degree of construction is less evident. READ MORE