Judith butler Studienführer, Klassennotizen & Zusammenfassungen

This essay explores attitudes towards the institution of marriage through insightful textual analysis and critical theory. The essay employs Judith Butler's theories on performativity (something not many students would think to do) to delve deeper into marriage being an artificial construct. This essay achieved a first class grade.

In poetry which features figures related to heroic society, such as Beowulf, it appears that it is not so much the presence of the female, but rather a woman who performs Halberstam’s “female masculinity” which causes a greater scrutiny on what constitutes the male. It is interesting to note that the tension generated by the potential contamination, and consequent obliteration of the category of “male” which surfaces in Beowulf is figured as an act of penetration. Although female prese...

The following document is a PDF of my notes for the A- Level exam of Media Studies. It includes all theories and theorists learned examples.