Essays about: "subversive"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 essays containing the word subversive.

  1. 1. Circumventing censorship : a multimodal critical discourse analysis of the Bulgarian satirical newspaper Pras Press

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Elena Hristova; [2023]
    Keywords : political satire; political cartoons; censorship; Bulgaria; public sphere; multimodal critical discourse analysis; Pras Press; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the role of political satire in the Bulgarian public sphere through the case of the satirical newspaper Pras Press. The bi-weekly publication is centered around political cartooning and reports on public affairs issues from pop culture to current events. READ MORE

  3. 2. "But Maybe They Should Feel Lost": Magical Literariness in the Computer Game Kentucky Route Zero

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Anna Ishchenko; [2023]
    Keywords : intermediality; video games; magical realism; literariness;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the poetical interplays of the contemporary magical realist computer game Kentucky Route Zero. Through the notion of literariness coined by the Russian formalists, the work centers on the ways the game operates with the established conventions of magical realism. READ MORE

  4. 3. Voice and Sites of Resistance : A Woman's Quest for Empowerment and Freedom through Voice in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

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

    Author : Adelina Abazi; [2023]
    Keywords : There Eyes Were Watching God; Zora Neale Hurston; voice; subversive; empowerment; freedom; woman; authentic; self;

    Abstract : This essay analyzes the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Zora Neale Hurston, 1937. The main focus is how the protagonist Janie uses her voice to subvert patriarchal oppression. In this essay my hypothesis is that she has a voice all along. However, it evolves due to her ability to engage in activities that are subversive to patriarchy. READ MORE

  5. 4. DIOSES EN LA TIERRA E EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DE LA MANCHA : VELÁZQUEZ’S SUBVERSION OF THE HABSBURG MYSTIQUE OF POWER

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Dan Hanqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Baroque; Siglo de Oro; Portraiture; Diego Velázquez; Philip IV; Naturalism; Subversion; Habsburg Iconography; Political Iconography; Vision; Visuality; Reception; Barroco; Siglo de Oro; retrato; Diego Velázquez; Felipe IV; naturalismo; subverción; Habsburgo; Austrias; Iconografía; Iconografía política; visión; visualidad; recepción;

    Abstract : Sometimes the concrete form and skill of a work of art stand in a non-arbitrary or non-contingent relationship with the social circumstances of its facture. I hypothesise that this form and such skill was used by Diego Velázquez for artistically, socially and politically subversive purposes. READ MORE

  6. 5. Chaos Magick, Discordianism and Internet Trolling : An investigation into subversive postmodern techniques online and offline

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Religionsvetenskap

    Author : Rikard Friberg von Sydow; [2023]
    Keywords : Chaos magick; discordianism; trolling; information society; postmodernity; digital humanities; doxing; William S Burroughs; sigils; memes;

    Abstract : In this thesis, the practice of Chaos magick and the practice and mythology of Discordianism are compared to different subversive techniques used in internet culture and specifically in internet trolling. Chaos magick is described from the sigil-making of Austin Osman Spare through the playbacks of William S Burroughs to contemporary practitioners. READ MORE