Essays about: "the sublime."

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  1. 16. Ascending the Mountains of Madness: the Language and Psychology of H.P. Lovecraft

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Daniel Lidman; [2018-03-26]
    Keywords : engelska; H.P. Lovecraft; Dagon; Cthulhu; The Great Ones; Romanticism; Gothic writing; Weird Realism; sublime; first-person narration;

    Abstract : The horror of Howard Philips Lovecraft’s writing lies within the mentality and psychology of his characters. Since he first became prominent, the main criticism against Howard Philips Lovecraft has been that his writing uses too many adjectives, and that his creatures and monsters are vague. READ MORE

  3. 17. Sublime Extinctions in Anthropocene Fiction: Literary representations of geologic force in works by Ballard, McCarthy and Watkins

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Samuel Teeland; [2018]
    Keywords : Anthropocene; Extinction; Sublime; J.G. Ballard; Cormac McCarthy; Claire Vaye Watkins; Languages and Literatures; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This essay examines representations of extinction in a selection of Anthropocene fiction. The Anthropocene is a potential new geological epoch, in which the human species capacity for massive ecological transformation is rivalling that of geologic processes. READ MORE

  4. 18. American Progress - A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Julian Donno; [2017]
    Keywords : Foucault; American Progress; Crèvecoeur; 19th century American landscape paintings; Sublime; America; Power; Power knowledge; Discourse; Language; Culture;

    Abstract : 19th century America is shaped greatly by territorial expansion into NativeAmerican lands. A famous painting which represents this process is called AmericanProgress by John Gast. This study argues that the display of power between the settlersand the Native Americans in the painting mirrors the dominant discourse on 19th centurywestward expansion. READ MORE

  5. 19. The compromises of rewilding : reconciling nature and humans in the wilderness

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Julia Rouet-Leduc; [2017]
    Keywords : rewilding; environmental aesthetics; wilderness; animals; value of nature; Sámi;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore how rewilding has emerged as a new alternative to classic nature conservation to reconcile humans with wild nature. The study will explore what are the compromises required for rewilding in a Swedish context. READ MORE

  6. 20. Obehöriga äga tillträde : om att framhäva en urban vildmark i en växande stad

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Maja Jörgensen; Ellen Sundin; [2017]
    Keywords : landskapsarkitektur; tunnelbanestation; urban ruin; urban vildmark; sublim; övergiven;

    Abstract : Detta arbete visar hur en gestaltning av den urbana ruinen Kymlinge tunnelbanestation, med omgivande urbana vildmark, kan gestaltas med målet att lyfta platsidentiteten och den sublima karaktären och samtidigt öka nåbarheten till natur i en växande storstad. Med utgångspunkt i att stationen tas i bruk vill vi med vårt förslag poängtera vikten av att erbjuda varierade upplevelser i staden. READ MORE