Essays about: "the monk"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words the monk.

  1. 1. The Eschatologically-informed Anthropology of Diadochus of Photice and the Formation of an Eschatological Tradition

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

    Author : Peter Nygren; [2021]
    Keywords : Diadochus of Photice; Eschatology; Anthropology; Monastics; Ecclesiastics; Tension; Fifth Century; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate what potential role eschatological anthropology played in the writings of the monk-bishop Diadochus of Photice (c. 400–c. 486) in order to ease some of the historical tension between the ecclesiastical tradition and the monastic tradition. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Chair with a View : A Cultural Studies reading of Sue Monk Kidd’s The Mermaid Chair

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Georgia Maneta; [2020]
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  4. 3. Make a man out of a monkey:  Psychosexual development of Sun Wukong

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Kinesiska

    Author : Besha Saied; [2020]
    Keywords : Sun Wukong; The Journey to the West; Sigmund Freud; Psychoanalysis; Psychosexual Development.; 孙悟空，西游记，西格蒙德·弗洛伊德，精神分析学，性心理发展。;

    Abstract : 西游记是明代吴承恩所攥写的。西游记的主角是孙悟空。孙悟空出生时，具有超自然力量，但是一直很叛逆。因为孙悟空对天堂犯了大错，所以他受到惩罚，他必须帮助玄奘去印度取经回中国。整个旅程中，孙悟空和朝圣者经历八十一场灾难，也让孙悟空变成了一个更好的人。这篇论文应用西格蒙德·弗洛伊德的性心理發展分析为什么孙悟空在朝圣中，行为和性格变的更好。孙悟空在生命的早期阶段发展了固着，通过一直吃达到自我享乐。之后，孙悟空找到了他的阳具，如意金箍棒，孙悟空一直用如意金箍棒试图征服。孙悟空也开始仿效他的父亲形象，玉皇大帝。因为孙悟空违反玉皇大帝的法律，玉皇大帝试图处决孙悟空，但是失败了。所以，孙悟空认为强的人是高于法律的。然而只有佛陀能给孙悟空惩罚，把孙悟空放在五阶山下。孙悟空在五阶山下五百年以后，观音委任孙悟空保护玄奘去印度取经。孙悟空在玄奘身上找到了一位父亲形象，在观音身上找到了一位母亲形象。孙悟空模仿玄奘不使用他的阳具，如意金箍棒试图征服。反而，孙悟空用如意金箍棒做好事，不伤人。 .. READ MORE

  5. 4. "Isolate a honeybee from her sisters and she will soon die" : Discussing sensitive issues in the Swedish EFL classroom based on Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Marta Oinonen; [2019]
    Keywords : Envisionment; The Secret Life of Bees; EFL classroom; literature; reader-response theory; upper secondary school;

    Abstract : This essay argues that literature enhances the discussions of sensitive issues in a Swedish EFL classroom. Building on reader-response theory and Judith A. Langer's envisionment building, the themes affinity, suicide and discrimination found in Sue Monk Kidd's novel The Secret Life of Bees could be discussed. READ MORE

  6. 5. “She said she was called Theodore” : -        A modality analysis of five transcendental saints in the 1260’s Legenda Aurea and 1430’s Gilte Legende

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Emmy Atterving; [2017]
    Keywords : saint; saints; transvestites; transvestism; transvestite; saint marina; marina; marinus; saint eugenia; eugenia; eugene; saint theodora; theodora; theodore; saint margaret; margaret pelagius; margaret; margaret pelagia; pelagius; pelagia; saint pelagia; jacopo de fazio; jacobus de voragine; jacopo da varazze; compiler; dominican; Golden legend; legenda aurea; legenda sanctorum; gilte legende; confessor; martyr; virgin; hagiographies; hagiography; biography; England; Middle English sweden; monastery; monk; abbot; social experimentation; space; feminisation of language; jesus as mother; saint bridget of sweden; saint mary; holy virgin; saint catherine of siena; le roman de silences; silence; caroline walker bynum; sanctity; transcendence; homi bhabha; post-colonial; postcolonial; loomba; hybridity; hybridity theory; gender; gender fluidity; crossdressing; cross-dressing; transgender; laqueur; linguistics; modality; nuyts; medieval; late medieval; late middle ages; middle ages; late medieval period;

    Abstract : This thesis explores modalities in two hagiographical collections from the late Middle Ages; the Legenda Aurea and the Gilte Legende by drawing inspiration from post-colonial hybridity theories.. READ MORE