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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.


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01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: The theme of the 1987 Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis was Setting National Priorities, and these essays reflect a concern with the conventional practice of isolating and individualizing risks, thereby ignoring the holistic view of risks.
Abstract: The theme of the 1987 Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis (Nov. 1987, Houston, TX), from which these essays were drawn, was Setting National Priorities. The theme reflects a concern with the conventional practice of isolating and individualizing risks, thereby ignoring the holistic asp

35 citations

Book
01 Dec 2011
TL;DR: A personal account of growing up in Burma and the international phenomenon of the "silent majority" theme, approach, and method of the book as discussed by the authors is presented in the book.
Abstract: Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Growing up in Burma-a personal account The international Phenomenon of the "Silent Majority" Theme, Approach, and Method of the Book Chapter 1: Who are the "Other" or "Quiet" Minorities? Who are the "other" or "quiet" Minorities? The Political Significance of the "Other" Minorities Chapter 2: The Emergence of the Karen Ethno-National Movement The Construction of Karen ethno-nationalist identities Saw Ba U Gyi and the Insein Ceasefire talks KNU in the 21st Century Conclusion Chapter 3: Kawthoolei Karen: A Fragmented Constituency Government-Controlled zones Rebel-controlled and Contested Zones The "Refugees" The Diaspora Conclusion Chapter 4: The "Rebel" and the "Accomomodator" The Early Stages of the Armed Resistance Movement The Later Stages of the Armed Rebellion Conclusion Chapter 5: The "Other" Ethnonationalities in Myanmar/Burma A changing Political Landscape in SPDC and Post-SPDC Periods The 'other' Nationalities in Burma/Myanmar Three Patterns of civilian Politics among Ethnic minoirites Conclusion Chapter 6: The "other" Ethnonationalities in Comparative perspective Competing Identities Divide and Rule Strategies The Role of the "other" Minorities in Ethnic Politics Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Author

35 citations

Journal Article
TL;DR: The Essays of Virginia Woolf Volume 5: 1929 to 1932 Ed. Stuart N. Clarke (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2010) xxix + 705pp as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The Essays of Virginia Woolf Volume 5: 1929 to 1932 Ed. Stuart N. Clarke (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2010) xxix + 705pp. The Essays of Virginia Woolf Volume 6: 1933 to 1941 Ed. Stuart N. Clarke (London: Hogarth Press, 2011) xxxi + 736pp. In 1904 Virginia Woolf inaugurated her life as a professional writer with a review of W. D. Howells' The Sons of Royal Langbrith (written, she claimed, in half an hour) and a personal account of her visit to the Bronte parsonage at Haworth (this took longer--somewhat under two hours--to write). The enviable facility of these first ventures was not to last, of course, nor did these fledgling efforts seem especially precocious. Still, they are worth revisiting for intimations of preoccupations that would last a lifetime. The Howells review opens by making a workmanlike distinction between the novel of thought and the novel of action; her "pilgrimage" to Haworth, which she found "dingy and commonplace," causes her to wonder "how far surroundings radically affect people's minds" (E1 5). Thus are introduced two of the major themes that will dominate the great essays to come: one I might call, in my own workmanlike way, the aesthetic theme, in which Woolf explores and ultimately champions the inventive forms, the psychological emphasis, the uncensored subject matter that give modern fiction its power and distinction; the other the socio-political theme, which examines and often laments how baleful environments can affect people's minds, by which she means both their hearts and their imagination. With the recent publication of the final two volumes of Woolf's collected and uncollected essays, reviews and occasional pieces, we at last have an indispensable chronological record of what and when Woolf thought what she did about art, about politics, about human character. Stuart N. Carke has taken over the editorial stewardship of this monumental project from Andrew McNellie, the impeccable, eloquent editor of the first four volumes. Clarke has proved a worthy successor, maintaining the same high standards and practices that made the previous volumes so pleasurable as well as informative to read and consult. Thanks to their exemplary work, we can survey Woolf's essays arrayed majestically from end to end and can appreciate anew and in greater depth how much the modern essay--at once relaxed and exacting--owes to her determination to record as honestly as she could her reactions to books, to social and political issues, to people and to places and to do so, moreover, while acknowledging the importance of mood--of bored or flagging spirits as much as exalted enthusiasms--in accounting for one's opinions, which were, she often reminded us, of the moment. The mood deepens, as does the gravity of her concerns, in the works that make up these last two volumes. Volume 5 includes all the essays written between 1929 and 1932, years following the exhausting labor of The Waves and the impressive polemical achievement of A Room of One's Own. The essays from these years predictably reflect her feminist values and continue her critical assault on the generic boundaries traditionally separating poetry and prose. She is ardent in her appreciation of the vigorous colloquialisms and new coinages of American fiction, which she praises for capturing the freshness and impertinence of contemporary reality. But she continues to be adept at taking the long view, as exemplified in The Common Reader: Second Series, reprinted here in its entirety, which begins with "The Strange Elizabethans" and concludes by attempting to answer the rather timeless question of how one should read a book. The sixth and last volume of the complete essays runs from 1933 to 1941, years that tested but failed to subdue her feminism and pacificism. Three Guineas belongs to this era, as do "Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid" and "The Leaning Tower." Although these essays were written during wartime and while she was battling the debilitating depression that would finally cause her to take her life, there is very little of an end-of-the-world feeling about them. …

35 citations

Book
01 Jan 1966
TL;DR: These 11 essays are the writings that galvanized the 60s youth revolution, written when Leary was at the peak of his popularity, influence and visionary intensity as mentioned in this paper, revealing the true meaning of his immortal slogan "turn on, tune in, drop out", while "Neurological politics" is a more scientific elaboration of the same theme.
Abstract: These 11 essays are the writings that galvanized the 60s youth revolution, written when Leary was at the peak of his popularity, influence and visionary intensity. The book opens with "Start Your Own Religion", revealing the true meaning of his immortal slogan "turn on, tune in, drop out", while "Neurological Politics" - the last essay - is a more scientific elaboration of the same theme.

34 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20221
2021347
2020497
2019509
2018449
2017404