Sökning: "Jazz Age"
Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden Jazz Age.
1. An Illusion of the American Dream : The Great Gatsby from a Feminist Perspective
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/EngelskaSammanfattning : The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald encapsulates the Roaring Twenties, a period of social and political change. The economy is thriving, and the American Dream, with its promise of monetary wealth, happiness and upward mobility, is seemingly within reach. LÄS MER
2. A Journey Greater Than You Think, Unknown in Its Details, But More Loving Than Nostalgia : -An Analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraSammanfattning : Abstract This essay is an analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and it explores how identity and ideology always exist in a context of time. The American 1920s society was influenced by theories brought by Marxism, Albert Einstein and Freud. LÄS MER
3. Putting Jazz on the Page : "The Weary Blues" and "Jazztet Muted" by Langston Hughes
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenSammanfattning : The goal of this essay is to look at the poems “The Weary Blues” and “JAZZTETMUTED” (hereafter to be referred to as “JAZZTET”) by Langston Hughes andexamine their relationships to both the blues and jazz structurally, lyrically, andthematically. I examine the relationship of blues and jazz to the African-Americancommunity of Harlem, New York in the 1920’s and the 1950’s when the poems wererespectively published. LÄS MER
4. Text, Image, and Nostalgia in Two Versions of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Rich Boy"
Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : Abstract This thesis attempts to contribute to both intermedial studies and F. Scott Fitzgerald scholarship by studying the text-illustration interplay in two versions of “The Rich Boy”. LÄS MER
5. Konsumtion i den tredje åldern
Magister-uppsats, Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudierSammanfattning : In this thesis I try to examine the consumtion among people that are retired and therefore can be considered as being in the third age. This studie is carried out in Norrköping, with interviews of people living in or close to Norrköping. I have used theories about the third age, consumtion and the space of the city. LÄS MER