Papers by Irina Jauhiainen
An examination of Marcuse's Performance Principle theory, and how repressive civilisation deals w... more An examination of Marcuse's Performance Principle theory, and how repressive civilisation deals with individual citizens' natural drives
An examination of Nietzsche's view of a polypartite soul and how this makes sense of the conflict... more An examination of Nietzsche's view of a polypartite soul and how this makes sense of the conflicting drives and complex nature of human consciousness
'Angels and Insects' portrays a classic Victorian dilemma: to live by God or by science? This pap... more 'Angels and Insects' portrays a classic Victorian dilemma: to live by God or by science? This paper proposes that the infinitely complex human mind does not have to exclusively choose one over the other.
DeLillo's novel 'White Noise' illustrates how postmodern consumerist culture invades all experien... more DeLillo's novel 'White Noise' illustrates how postmodern consumerist culture invades all experience relating to perception of individual personal identity, allowing capitalist corporations to control the most private aspects of personal lives.
Heidegger’s theory of Being presents feelings as an important factor in what makes a human being.... more Heidegger’s theory of Being presents feelings as an important factor in what makes a human being. Many secondary scholars see Heidegger’s notion of the uncanny feeling as showing something fundamental about human essence. With references to French existentialism, this paper argues that as opposed to human life being fundamentally uncanny, the nature of material existence of human bodies and the external world feels strange to our conscious minds because our cultural history has constructed a narrative about human existence that does not fully appreciate the facticity of the external world and the inevitable implications of biological existence. People are not doomed to feel not at home in the world due to human essence, but due to historical construction of a certain cultural narrative, which present actions and existential choices can gradually change for future historicity.
An ecofeminist study of two Gothic classics. Stories' movement from picturesque to sublime landsc... more An ecofeminist study of two Gothic classics. Stories' movement from picturesque to sublime landscapes interpreted as a metaphor for the feminine sublime's liberation from oppression.
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'To a Skylark' by Percy Shelley and '"Hope" is the thing with feathers' by Emily Dickinson are bo... more 'To a Skylark' by Percy Shelley and '"Hope" is the thing with feathers' by Emily Dickinson are both poems about finding hope in a world of political change and insecurity. While placed in contrasting settings, both metaphorical birds serve a similar function in embodying the poet's feelings about the world and reminding of the beauty and hope that prevail.
This paper explores how the existentialist literary classics The Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Out... more This paper explores how the existentialist literary classics The Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Outsider illustrate the concept of being-towards-death in existential philosophy
In this paper I've explored some works of contemporary fantasy fiction through the lens of Joseph... more In this paper I've explored some works of contemporary fantasy fiction through the lens of Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The fantasy genre's formulaic similarity with ancient mythology illustrates the genre's importance to the collective imagination, and the universal need for a sense of enchantment in the modern world.
A literary analysis of structure and imagery in T.S. Eliot's 1922 epic poem The Waste Land
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