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  1. 21. Transformative Screenwriting: Charlie Kaufman’s Postmodern Adaptation of Story

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Johan Sundberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Charlie Kaufman; Storytelling; Writing; Screenwriting; Transformative Screenwriting; Transformative; Postmodern; Kaufman; Robert McKee; McKee; Thesis; Essay; Master s; Master; Donald Kaufman; Plot; Archplot; Miniplot; Antiplot; Change; Statis; Screenwriter; Hollywood; Art Film; Synecdoche; Eternal Sunshine; Being John Malkovich; Susan Orlean; The Orchid Thief; Orchid Thief; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : The essay's investigation of postmodern storytelling and transformative screenwriting, in relation to how Robert McKee's Story is reflected in Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation – in text and subtext, form and content – shows that the film's form is that of the classical archplot. It is only Adaptation's content, reflecting the dream of an art film/antiplot that is critical – while the form is a complicitous Hollywood form. READ MORE

  3. 22. Poetry is for everyone : A comparative analysis of the cut-up technique, Magnetic poetry and the casual word game Words of Oz

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Karin Ryding; [2014]
    Keywords : Cut-up technique; Dadaism; Surrealism; word games; transformative play; critical play; poetry games; Magnetic Poetry; Words of Oz;

    Abstract : Language is a system that fundamentally influences us as human beings. There are numerous schools of thought critiquing our use of language and celebrating attempts to break free of the control it has over our lives. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Talkative Leviathan–Deliberative Democracy, Legitimacy and Freedom of Expression

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Oskar Mattsson Apelmo; [2014]
    Keywords : Participatory Parity; Hate Speech; Free Speech; Freedom of Expression; Legitimacy; Deliberative Democracy; Liberalism; Law; Jurisprudence; Individualism; Public Sphere; Deliberation; Democracy; Pastor Green; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Med ett politiskt parti anklagat för fascism i riksdagen, och nynazister marscherande på gatorna är frågor om demokrati och frihet viktigare än någonsin. Var bör yttrandefrihetens gränser dras? Bör den överhuvudtaget begränsas? Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att utforska en möjlig lösning till de problem som dagens demokrati står inför. READ MORE

  5. 24. Underdevelopment in the BRIC Countries - Opportunity or Obstacle for Private Equity?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Ondrej Cabejsek; Michael Pedretti; [2013]
    Keywords : Private equity; Emerging Markets; BRIC;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to qualitatively asses the risks and rewards of private equity investment in the BRIC countries, which are special in their transformative period of high growth and development. We look into private equity attractiveness drivers in Brazil, Russia, India and China in depth. READ MORE

  6. 25. "[...] No One Teaches Another, Nor Anyone is Self-Taught. People Teach Each Other, Mediated by the World" (Freire, 1972:53). Transformative Adult Learning in New Social Movement. A Case Study from South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Marta Cubajevaite; [2011]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : New social movements in South Africa could play a prominent role in mobilizing the communities to reflect critically and address the repercussions of the neo-liberal agenda, i.e. perpetuating the exclusion of under-educated adults and provision of poor quality education. READ MORE