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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Narrative Elements"”.
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The Theatrical Saxophone: Visual and Narrative Elements in Contemporary Saxophone Music
… saxophone music incorporate visual and narrative elements that can be deemed “theatrical”: choreographed movements or gestures, the elocution of text, specific staging and lighting indications, the inclusion of props, and costuming. Distinctly different from the theatrical genres of …
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The effects of narrative elements and individual attributes on transportation in health communications
This study examined how narrative attributes and individual attributes contribute to the transportation process and overall persuasiveness of narrative health communications. The research sought to understand both the cognitive mechanisms and narrative properties that contribute to transportation. …
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Dark Park: visceral experiments with narrative in dance theatre
… MA project in performance focuses on the use of narrative elements within dance theatre. Following the work of Pina Bausch and Lloyd Newson it investigates processes for integrating narrative with the abstract properties of dance. Whilst Bausch and Newson have approached narrative from divergent …
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Vietnam Voices: a Comparative Analysis of Vietnam Veteran Narratives
This thesis utilizes a narrative criticism to examine the significant narrative elements in Vietnam veteran survivor narratives. the narratives within Al Santoli's Everything we had, Wallace Terry's Bloods, and Lynda Van Devanter's Home before morning are used as representative narratives for the …
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The use of narrative devices in the fiction and non-fiction of Joan Didion
… purpose of this study is to examine the use of narrative devices in the fiction and collected non-fiction of Joan Didion in order to evaluate her abilities as a novelist and as a New journalist. The works considered include the novels Run River, Play It As It Lays, and The Book of Common Prayer; …
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Walking in the Novels of Thomas Hardy
… displacement--ideological, gendered, and narrative--in five of Hardy's novels. His characters, in their inability to settle in one place, represent a destabilization of identity and suffer the inevitable consequence of placelessness. In particular, the peripatetic and mobile lives of his …
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NARRATIVE MEDICINE AND TRADITIONAL MEDICAL INTERVIEWING APPROACHES IN WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER
… Traditional biomedical interviewing, narrative medicine approaches, and emerging types of dialogue were coded within these encounters. Observations of patient-provider interactions, structured and semi-structured patient interviews, and document analysis enriched this investigation. No …
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Women's Work: Stitching New Identity Narratives in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings
… in this exploration within the framework of narrative theory, using Kenneth Burke’s dramatistic pentad to analyze the narratives presented in a selection of textile pieces created by women in Chile, South Africa, and Northern Ireland. I situate this project within literature pertaining to …
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REEXAMINING AND REEVALUATING OTAKU CONSUMPTION: A POSTSTRUCTURALIST APPROACH TO SLICE-OF-LIFE ANIME
… the genre of slice-of-life anime illustrates how narratives have not become subordinate to the database. Instead, narratives are created by the otaku by linking together various narrative elements extracted from anime series using the narrative database. It is these fan-created narratives that are …
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The impact of contemporary narrative homiletics on interpreting and preaching the Bible
… dissertation examines the impact of contemporary narrative homiletics on interpretation and preaching. Chapter 1 provides the groundwork for the study by laying out the thesis and methodology to be followed. Chapter 2 defines hermeneutics and homiletics from a traditional, historical perspective. …
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Transforming geospatial textual data into narrative storytelling visualization
… data to convey complex information through narrativedriven communication, making it difficult for users to interpret the data easily. Meanwhile, existing data visualization tools typically depend on static dashboards and rigid scientific formats, which have a steep learning curve and lack …
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Ludological Storytelling and Unique Narrative Experiences in Silent Hill Downpour
… of ludology and audience agency to the narrative structure of video games, specifically by examining the ludological narratives of the games in the Silent Hill series, with a focus on the most recent entry in the franchise, Silent Hill Downpour. While much has been written about the …
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Akane Kurashiki and the Humanization of Female Characters In Video Games
… to gender. How women are framed within the narratives they center in, especially those who transgress, provides the opportunity to either subvert or uphold hegemonic understandings of gender roles. Scholarly research into the topic consistently highlights the presentation of women in video …
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Structuring Creative Narratives: A Framework for Enhancing Creativity in Undergraduate Animation Students in China
… Hyperspace, can enhance creativity in narrative storytelling for undergraduate animation students in China. The framework is inspired by transdisciplinary insights, drawing parallels between quantum theory and the creative process, which are depicted as “a cultural symbiosis” (Galili …
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The Analysis of the Shonen Protagonist and Aragoto Warrior: The Eternal Strength of Boyhood
… paper is a breakdown of various visual and narrative elements of Kabuki and Anime, using the example of <em>Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura</em>, and <em>One Piece</em>. There is a broad overview of both Kabuki and Anime discussing their various tropes and styles. Following this introduction is a …
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The Treasury of Stories: Policy Narratives of Anti-Illicit Finance
… approach is largely a function of the <em>policy narrative</em> surrounding that approach.</p> <p>I find that the Treasury is more likely to pursue an anti-illicit finance approach when the relevant policy entrepreneurs have successfully invoked the <em>nationalist narrative canon</em> of …
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The Disintegration of Marriage in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s <em>Happy Hour</em> (2015)
… happiness. The thesis analyzes the thematic and narrative elements of Happy Hour, focusing on the portrayal of marriage as a source of alienation and loneliness. It also discusses the film’s aesthetic form – largely its cinematography and framing – which helps to convey Hamaguchi's view of …
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Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Actual Play Show: Author, Audience, and Adaptation
… how TRPGs function as a vehicle for long-form narrative. As an inherently collaborative form of narrative, the TRPG demonstrates a unique relationship between author and audience, as participants take on both roles during play. Previous narratological models of author-audience interaction are …
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The Analysis of Multimedia through the Lens of Music Theory: A Model for Analyzing the Interaction of Auditory, Visual, and Narrative Stimuli in Multimediatic Artforms
… dissertation, I suggest a model for analyzing narrative multimedia applicable across genres and platforms. Synchronization schemas account for the combination of sonic, visual, and narrative elements through the shared metric of intensity. I explore the interaction of these various modalities …
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Hydropolitical peacebuilding. Israeli-Palestinian water relations and the transformation of asymmetric conflict in the Middle East.
… ethnography, foucauldian discourse analysis and narrative inquiry. This study discursively traces Israel¿s development into a hydrohegemonic state in the Jordan River Basin, from the late-19th century to 2011. Recognising conflict as a power-laden social system, it makes visible the construction, …
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