Essays about: "symbolism"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 137 essays containing the word symbolism.
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16. The Magical Library and the Symbolic Representation : Library representation in The Librarian and The Librarians
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABMAbstract : This thesis aims to answer the question of how the library is represented in the Librarian franchise, not only focusing on the films/tv-series but also how it is represented in print. The analysis of the library representation uses a background of the theory and method found in semiotics and iconography, as well as qualitative content analysis, to examine not only the literal/denoted representation, but also the symbolic/connoted, and then compar-ing these findings to the representation of libraries and librarians (with a focus on the stereotypes) found in former research on the subject. READ MORE
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17. Justification for war : A critical discourse analysis of Vladimir Putin’s use of symbolism in his major speeches justifying the Russian invasion of Ukraine
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : The aim of this study is to determine how war can be justified in public opinion with instrumental use of ethno-symbolism. To answer this question the study investigates the motives behind the 2022 Russian war with Ukraine, by conducting a critical discourse analysis of the transcripts of significant speeches/statements given by the Russian president Vladimir Putin directed to his people, regarding Ukraine. READ MORE
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18. Food Stories: Bread, Religion, and Identity : An IPA study in the multi-cultural area of Brasov, Transylvania
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : The paper follows and compares the narratives around sacred bread in four religious communities within the multicultural Transylvanian area of Brasov: Orthodox Christianity, Lutheran Christianity, Romano-Catholic, and Judaic. Information regarding the practice of bread making during key religious celebrations was gathered via six semi-structured interviews and analysed by interpretative phenomenology analysis (IPA), thus providing a summary of what unites and what distinguishes the four religious communities and also indicating a few directions for the common ground in building an inclusive multi-narrative perspective. READ MORE
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19. DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR MAKING NARRATIVELY SYMBOLIC GAME MECHANICS : Literary Analysis of How the Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game Visualises the Arthurian Legend With Game Mechanics
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologiAbstract : The relationship between narrative and game mechanics has been researched under terms such as ludonarrative dissonance, ludonarrative resonance and narrative mechanics. Yu-Gi-Oh! is a Trading Card Game which contains game mechanics that symbolically represents sections of the Arthurian legend. READ MORE
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20. Zooësis and Contemporary Art : Animal, Plant, and Machine Ontologies: Art Representations Beyond the Human
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : What does it mean to take Animals, Plants, and Machines seriously when engaging in hybrid natures such as bioart, plant-art, taxidermy art and cyborgs in contemporary art? Traditionally within art history the focus has been on human culture as the fundamental underpinning for cultural behaviour and productions, consequently rendering animal and plant histories invisible from the analysis of artworks. In this thesis I attend to the bodies of animals, plants, and machines put in the context of the zooësis (places/contact zones) of these bodies as biopolitical aesthetics (aesthetic bodies/objects) in contemporary art. READ MORE
