Jovana Rapaic

An advanced analysis of David Lynch’s iconic television series, exploring how the show constructs and deconstructs paternal figures through the lens of fractured time. Graded 6 (1 – 6 scale). It Is (Not) Happening Again: Temporality and the Paternal Myth in Twin Peaks If time in Twin Peaks is not only a theme but a…

This seminar paper, written at Humboldt university, examines the self-referential nature of Shakespeare’s classic comedy. It analyzes the “play within a play” dynamic and explores how the text blurs the boundaries between reality, illusion, and the mechanics of theater itself. Graded 1 (6-1 scale). Meta-theatrical aspects of Shakespeare’sA Midsummer Night’s Dream. From its very first…

Written in the context of a seminar on American Literature and Culture, I found this poem by Walt Whitman to be exceptionally intriguing for a deep structural analysis. Throughout my paper I intended to explore the concept of the eidólon without getting lost in its wide philosophical range too much. Instead, I intended to keep…

A critical exploration of gender, artificial intelligence, and what it means to be human in Alex Garland’s 2015 sci-fi thriller Ex Machina. A Study in Posthuman Feminist Theory In her Cyborg Manifesto, Donna Haraway presents a groundbreaking thought of blending machine and organism – a concept vividly mirrored in Ex Machina (2015). Haraway’s pivotal quote,…

Graded exceptionally well for its analytical rigor, this paper applies the modern framework of cognitive ecology to Shakespeare’s The Tempest. It explores the early modern concept of the “porous” mind. Storms Within and Without: Tracing Cognitive Ecology in The Tempest The principles of cognitive ecology and its closely related frameworks including cognitive ecosystems (Hutchins, 2010),…