Essays about: "supernatural"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 37 essays containing the word supernatural.

  1. 31. Spinoza - A Rational Mystic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

    Author : Tania Norell; [2011]
    Keywords : rational mystic; all-inclusive; mysticism; rationalism; Spinoza; Spinozism; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : Is Spinoza a mystic? Spinoza´s philosophy clearly relates to the concept of understanding God, through the self, so it is not hard to see why it has been argued that he may have been a mystic. On the other hand, it makes no sense at all since he is considered to be one of the most rational philosophers of the Modern Age and Spinoza´s God is neither transcendent nor supernatural and therefore he is considered an atheist. READ MORE

  3. 32. Competitive Talk and the Three Main Characters in Supernatural

    University essay from Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Ingeborg Dahlqvist; [2011]
    Keywords : English; gender; competitive talk; all-male interaction; television series; Supernatural;

    Abstract : This study focuses on all-male dialogues in the popular television series Supernatural. The purpose is to determine if and to what extent some linguistic features that are said to be characteristic of competitive talk among men occur in these dialogues. READ MORE

  4. 33. Dragonlord Campaign Setting

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för teknokultur, humaniora och samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Clas Olson; [2008]
    Keywords : Role Playing Games; Dungeons and Dragons; D D; dragon; fantasy;

    Abstract : Dragonlord Campaign Setting, which is a book of 250 pages, is an accessory to the role playing game Dungeons and Dragons, published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. It describes the game world Saviat that largely is like an ordinary fantasy world, with its fantastic elves and dwarfs, its magic, and supernatural monsters and events. READ MORE

  5. 34. The Secret World of Harry Potter : The Literary Laws of Fantasy Applied to the Novels by J. K. Rowling

    University essay from Institutionen för genus, kultur och historia

    Author : Robin Watts; [2007]
    Keywords : Harry Potter; Rowling; Literary Laws; fantasy; fantasy tradition; narrative; Göte Klingberg; Maria Nikolajeva; secondary world; fantastic novel;

    Abstract : My intentions with this essay has been to examine the World in which the story of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter takes place, the structure, narrative and restrictions, in order to place the suite of novels in the tradition of the Fantasy genre. READ MORE

  6. 35. The Figure in the Ground - Perception, Identity and Readerly Involvement in four Short Stories by Elizabeth Bowen

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Lisa Larsson; [2007]
    Keywords : Elizabeth Bowen; Identity in literature; Perception in literature; Foregrounding in literature; Cognitive Poetics; Narratology; Reader-response; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Using tools and ideas from narratology, reader-response theory and cognitive poetics, and focusing on the representation of perception, this essay studies identity in four short stories by Elizabeth Bowen: "The Demon Lover", "The Inherited Clock", "Dead Mabelle" and "Foothold". The supernatural or uncanny element in the stories is seen as part of a defamiliarizing strategy, one which invites and even induces an active reading. READ MORE