Theme (narrative)

About: Theme (narrative) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 13050 publications have been published within this topic receiving 159511 citations. The topic is also known as: narrative theme.

The Aspern Papers

Abstract: The plot of this short, powerful novel revolves around the intrigue of an unscrupulous publisher as he attempts to expose the secrets of a past some would like to forget. The conflict between past and present and how they are to be portrayed is a large theme of The Aspern Papers. The man who sets out to obtain the Aspern Papers from the immortal Juliana is not only meddling with the present, but with the past as well.

Species-appropriate computer mediated interaction

Abstract: Given the importance of our non-human companions, do we not want to extend social media to our nonhuman co-species? If "human computer interfaces" should be designed for "Anyone. Anywhere." (the theme of CHI 2001), then why not for all species? Recent pioneering efforts have shown that computer mediated interactions between humans and dogs, cats, chickens, cows, hamsters, and other species are technically possible. These efforts excite the imagination and challenge our understanding the basic nature of computer mediated interaction.

Literary formations : post-colonialism, nationalism, globalism

Abstract: "Postcolonialism", variously defined, is of considerable contemporary interest, first as a label for a stage of political development and increasingly as a matter of national identity, a "cultural condition". The literatures which have merged as products of this condition have become the objects of study in literature courses in English departments where cultural studies is being taught. In keeping with the aim of the "Interpretations" series, this work introduces the undergraduate student to three themes in the study of postcolonial literature. The first explores the notion of nation and nationality reflected in the literatures of newly industrializing countries. The second shows how these literatures can be analyzed in terms of the impact of modernity (postmodernity?) on cultures under stress. The third theme takes up the question of the representation of women in these literatures as one means of investigating the emergence of new literary practice. The exploration of each theme introduces the reader to an array of contemporary approaches used in a growing body of critical writing.