Essays about: "romance"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 57 essays containing the word romance.

1. 21. The Notebook and the Romance Genre : An Investigation of The Notebook As A Romance Novel

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Ajla Kapic; [2019]
   Keywords : Characterization; Romance Elements; Literature; Love Story; Novel; Romance; Contemporary Romance; The Notebook; Nicholas Sparks;

   Abstract : Critics and readers often consider Nicholas Sparks’ novel The Notebook to be a romance novel, while Sparks himself considers it a love story. Sparks claims that there are no similarities between the two genres. READ MORE

3. 22. Love and Its Discontents : An Analysis of How Gender and Love are Portrayed in The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Marcus Lund; [2019]
   Keywords : Science fiction; gender; disability; heterosexual matrix; intersectionality; heteronormativity;

   Abstract : This essay aims to analyze how The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (2014) by Becky Chambers differs from a majority of science fiction novels regarding its depiction of gender and love. The theoretical approach used is gender studies and heteronormativity, with a focus on Judith Butler’s heterosexual matrix, and Dorthe Staunes’ definition of intersectionality. READ MORE

4. 23. Caught in a Bad Romance - The Contradiction of Woke Brands in Consumers' Lives

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Ellinor Beckman; Miriam Dalsjö Åström; [2019]
   Keywords : CBR; Branding; Woke; Postmodernity; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to discover the characteristics of consumer brand relationships between consumers and woke brands and thus contribute to the research field of consumer brand relations. This will be achieved by looking to the relationship in the context of postmodern consumers and specifically three purposively selected cases; Pepsi, Always and Gillette. READ MORE

5. 24. The Disappointing Romance - A Story of Virtual Teams in the Workplace

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Kai Hang So; Angelika Gierok; [2018]
   Keywords : virtual teams; teams; IKEA; interpretative study; qualitative study; future work setting; non-instrumental study; grand expectation; critical review; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Since the mid 90s, globalisation has been an unstoppable trend in the world. To cope with the fast-changing international operations, virtual teams (VT) have been widely used. This study takes place in the context of IKEA in Sweden and is built on semi-constructed interviews and on- site observations. READ MORE

6. 25. "The Sibyl was safe in her jar, no one could touch her, she wanted to die" : Possessing Culture and Passion in A.S. Byatt's Possession

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

   Author : Maria Jackson; [2017]
   Keywords : social constructivism; gender identity development; romance novels; self-possession; reader-response theory; Pierre Bourdieu; John Fiske; A.S. Byatt; Possession: a Romance.;

   Abstract : The purpose of the essay is to discuss the power narration has over our gender roles. John Fiske and Pierre Bourdieu´s theoretical texts have been used to discuss the connection between power and culture in A.S. Byatt’s novel Possession: A Romance. READ MORE