Essays about: "the language of death"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 37 essays containing the words the language of death.

  1. 26. Media Wars: The Caliphate Strikes Back. Islamic State’s Propaganda Magazine Dabiq as a Possible Paradigm Shift in Visual War Reporting and Propaganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Lukas Jürgen Herbers; [2016]
    Keywords : Islamic State; Dabiq; Propaganda; War; Journalism; Photography; Censorship; Bare Life; Habitus; Photojournalism; Daesh; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the history and usage of war photography and propaganda according to theories of their utilisation for the establishment of national narratives in times of war. While Western media and nations alike try to establish narratives of just war without loss of innocent people and own soldiers, the newly emerged terrorist group Islamic State indicates a paradigm change in the approach of graphic content as part of propaganda. READ MORE

  3. 27. Will To Appear

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Paul Kraus; [2015]
    Keywords : Bret Easton Ellis; American Psycho; Literary Analysis; Critical Analysis; Deleuze; Foucault; Control Society; Discipline; William S. Burroughs; Dante; Augustine; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper presents an opportunity for the uncertainty that has plagued the novel's criticism to appear as absences in the body of historical knowledge, particularly regarding the notion of life after death. Taking appearance (eg. READ MORE

  4. 28. The Playboy of the Western World: A Carnivalesque Reading

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Mary Röine Doolan; [2014-02-06]
    Keywords : Synge; Irish Drama; carnivalesque; grotesque realism; tragicomedy; symbolism;

    Abstract : A carnivalesque reading of J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World is presented. Mikhail Bakhtin defines carnivalesque as a literary style that challenges authority and traditional social hierarchy through the use of humour and chaos, and he compares the carnivalesque in literature to the carnivals of popular culture. READ MORE

  5. 29. Language Use in Two Types of Suicide Texts

    University essay from Avdelningen för språk och kultur; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Tatiana Prokofyeva; [2013]
    Keywords : Language use Suicide texts Discourse Analysis Linguistics;

    Abstract : Suicide texts are the traces left by their authors for the public allowing them to understand the causes of the desire to commit suicide, regardless of whether such notes preceded successful suicide attempts or not. The types of such texts can vary dramatically in emotional expressiveness, be it a suicide note handwritten by the author or a short post typed on a web forum dedicated to suicides. READ MORE

  6. 30. To Be True to Audience or Author - A Brief Literature Review and Comparison of Linguistic Humour in Two Translations of Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Rose-Marie Forsberg; [2012]
    Keywords : linguistic humour; translation; translations; adaptation; adaptations; dario fo; lingvistisk humor; översättning; översättningar; adaptering; adaptation; dario fo;

    Abstract : In this essay, research is conducted on two different translations of the same comic play by Dario Fo: Accidental Death of an Anarchist. (Original title in Italian: Morte accidentale di un anarchico). The first translation is by Gillian Hanna – adapted by Gavin Richards, and the other by Simon Nye. READ MORE