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1. 1. FEMALE REPRESENTATION : AN ANALYSIS OF FEMALE CHARACTERS IN THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE ACROSS THREE ERAS

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

   Author : EFTYCHIA MISAILIDOU; [2023]
   Keywords : discourse analysis; female representation; Star Wars; intersectionality; patriarchy; power dynamics;

   Abstract : This thesis uses discourse analysis to examine how female characters are portrayed in the Star Wars franchise. It compares the representation of women in three eras aiming to analyze the changes, in views on gender roles. The focus is on Princess Leia, Padme Amidala and Rey and how they reflect these changes. READ MORE

3. 2. Quantum Reinforcement Learning for Sensor-Assisted Robot Navigation Tasks

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

   Author : Joyce Cobussen; [2023]
   Keywords : Physics and Astronomy;

   Abstract : Quantum computing has advanced rapidly throughout the past decade, both from a hardware and software point of view. A variety of algorithms have been developed that are suitable for the current generation of quantum devices, which are referred to as noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices. READ MORE

4. 3. Pre-Existing Film Music Re:sourced : Technical Aspects and Narratological Implications of Audible Diegetic Transitions in Joker and Other Films

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

   Author : Martin Danstål Skiöld; [2023]
   Keywords : film music; technical aspects; narratological implications; audible diegetic transitions; transaural displacements; diegetic; non-diegetic; intra-diegetic; meta-diegetic; supra-diegetic; trans-diegetic; sound advance; bridge; lag; story; discourse; instant; gradual; emotive; grounding; narrow; wide; Joker; Baby Driver; Coda; Guardians of the Galaxy; Star Wars;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns itself with a phenomenon found in film music that can be described as audible diegetic transitions. In short, an audible diegetic transition occurs when film music shifts from one implied musical placement to another by changing its pre­sented sound quality. READ MORE

5. 4. The Virtues of a Hero : Virtue Ethics and the Divine in Star Wars and Warhammer 40,000

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : David Seger; [2023]
   Keywords : Star War; Warhammer 40; 000; virtue ethics; the divine; Aristotelian virtue ethics; Nietzschean virtue ethics; minimal theism; classical theism; panentheism; pantheism;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how ethics and various conceptualizations of the divine are explored and expressed in contemporary fiction, and in this particular case, in Star Wars and Warhammer 40,000. It is meant to highlight the philosophical underpinnings within these works, and to discuss how readers and consumers of such fiction and media may be affected in their views regarding religiosity and ethics. READ MORE

6. 5. Evolution of Storytelling in Transmedia Storyworlds : Free Will and the Force in Different Star Wars Adaptations

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

   Author : Lorenzo Colantoni; [2022]
   Keywords : Transfictionality; Transmedia Storyworlds; Free Will; Treansmedia Storytelling;

   Abstract : The universe of Star Wars is an ever-expanding transmedia storyworld that comprehends entries in many different media. As it is inevitable for a very expansive universe, different authors contribute to the storyworld across different media. Moreover, each medium imposes changes in the storytelling based on its characteristics. READ MORE