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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 26 uppsatser innehållade orden British Empire.

  1. 21. The Terrible Turk : Anti-Ottoman Representations in the 19th Century Swedish Rural Press

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, KV

    Författare :Per M. Gjörloff; Robert Gustafsson; [2013]
    Nyckelord :Ottomans; islamophobia; 19th century; rural press;

    Sammanfattning : Islamophobia has been pack and parcel in the Western civilisation from the days of Charlemagne via the Crusades and the rise of Orientalism, as opposed to Occidentalism, to the modern day reporting of Islamic terrorist threat. Many were fascinated by the degree of civilisation and the exoticism of the Ottomans, especially the sexual virtues (or lack thereof) were of particular interest of the travellers into the Ottoman Empire. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Colonising "The Coral Island": A Postcolonial Reading of R.M. Ballantyne's Children's "Classic"

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Författare :Johanna Bengtsson; [2012-06-28]
    Nyckelord :The Coral Island; Ballantyne; Classic; Postcolonial; Imperialism;

    Sammanfattning : Being written during the rise of the British Empire in the 1850sm R.M. Ballantyne's boys' adventure story "The Coral Island" is in many ways a product of its time, conveying imperial ideas and Victorian values to the young reader. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Fragmented Imperial Spaces in E. M. Forster’s Howards End and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

    Kandidat-uppsats, Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Tesfaye Woubshet Ayele; [2012]
    Nyckelord :Imperialism; modernity; space; symbolism; characterization;

    Sammanfattning : Written in different time periods but set in the time of imperial expansion, E. M. Forster’s Howards End (1910) and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958) offer a critical exploration of British imperialism and its aftermath. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Vampires in The Twilight Saga : The Reinvention and Humanization of the Vampire Myth

    L3-uppsats, Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Författare :Elizabeth Catalán-Morseby; [2010]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : This paper aims to make a comparison and investigation between three popular vampire fictions, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire and Stephanie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga in order to show a development of the vampire. During the investigation it has become clear that the vampire over a decade has become an object that writers continue to reinvent and humanize. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Varför Storbritannien? : Svenska uppslagsverk och det historiska förklaringsperspektivet (1907-1998)

    Magister-uppsats, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, KV

    Författare :Niclas Nilsson; [2010]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Title: Why Great Britain? – Swedish Encyclopaedias and the Explanatory Perspective of History, Essay in History   Abstract In my essay I describe how Swedish 20th century encyclopaedias interpret the coming about of the British Empire, the overall purpose being to establish a pattern of evolution in terms of historical understanding on the part of the encyclopaedic literature. Firstly, I have tried to determine whether the presentations at all constitute explanatory efforts. LÄS MER