Browsing by Subject "temporality"
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Im Schatten des Gipfels: Bourgeois Society, Metaphor, and Temporality in Heine’s and Nietzsche’s Mountain Imagery
(2015)This thesis examines the poet Heinrich Heine's and the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s critiques of the ideal through an analysis of how mountain imagery is employed in their work. It argues that their use of mountain ... -
A Severed Sense of Time: Diasporic Double Consciousness and Alternative History in Ling Ma’s Severance
(2023-08-30)Ling Ma’s novel Severance details Chinese-American narrator Candace Chen’s experiences of an imaginary fungal virus’s initial spread and the aftermath of its devastation. Causing its victims to mindlessly repeat actions ... -
Temporary City: Appropriation for Everyday Life in Hong Kong
(2020-04-14)This thesis challenges the pursuit of permanence in cities and sees temporary and tactical appropriation as opportunities to improve the everyday life of people in Hong Kong. In old districts of Hong Kong Island and ...