Sökning: "Feminist fiction"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 51 uppsatser innehållade orden Feminist fiction.

  1. 1. “I’m a girl. But now I’m a boy too”: Queerness and autonomy in Hemingway’s The Garden of Eden (1986) and “The Sea Change” (1931)

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Författare :Mikael Nilsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Ernest Hemingway; relational autonomy; queer theory; transgender studies; contagious gendering; queer spaces; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : Much has been written about Hemingway’s works from a feminist or queer perspective, including the relation between Hemingway’s biography and his representation of female characters, female domination and homosexuality. In comparison, the queer sub-field of transgender studies, which entails analyzing gender transgression and influence, has received little attention by scholars of Hemingway studies. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Art e miss

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för dans

    Författare :Argyri Roula Samiotaki; [2023]
    Nyckelord :dance; fiction; tranformation; repetition; mythology; wild woman archetype;

    Sammanfattning : The project of Art e miss is a moving practice and research, an embodied exploration of the wild woman archetype. The research is aiming to practice ways to mobilize one-female-self in situations of feeling restricted. It is about approaching ways of mobilizing oneself to act and transform situations and moments of friction. LÄS MER

  3. 3. The Mother’S Complex Character In Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Tove Welander; [2023]
    Nyckelord :feminist fiction; characterisation; Jeanette Winterson; gender norms; heterosexual norms; patriarchal structures.;

    Sammanfattning : Jeanette Winterson’s debut novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is regarded as an epitome of feminist fiction. The novel centres around Jeanette, a young homosexual girl, and her mother Louie who does not accept her daughter’s sexuality. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Att klä ut sig eller att bli utklädd : En motivstudie av kvinnor/flickor i manskläder i fiktion respektive reportage   

    Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL)

    Författare :Taina Zamola; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Förklädda flickor; perfomativitetsteori; flickskap; bacha posh; ungdomslittera-tur; Skugg-tetralogin; karnevalsteori; kön och makt; Afghanistan;

    Sammanfattning : This study compares how girls that are disguised as boys are portrayed in both fiction and reality. The analysis explores Maria Gripe's Shadow-tetralogy set in 1911-1914 and Jenny Nordberg's reportage book The Underground Girls of Kabul between 2011-2014. The study applies a feminist and queer theoretical perspective. LÄS MER

  5. 5. “Better Does Not Mean Better for Everyone” – Gender Oppression in 20st Century Speculative Fiction : How Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale Can be Used to Increase Learner Motivation and in Teaching Critical Thinking to Students in Upper Secondary School

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Författare :Fanny Berlin; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Bodily Autonomy; Brave New World; Communication; Gendered Oppression; Governed Reproduction; Interaction; Intersectionality; Learner Motivation; Power Relations; Subject Positioning; The Handmaid’s Tale;

    Sammanfattning : This essay analyzes the narrative surrounding women’s right to autonomy in two novels in the Speculative Fiction genre, more specifically the 20th century dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985), and the anti-utopian novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932), while arguing for the pedagogical merit of both works. Matters regarding female independence and gender equality are in consistent flux, and any uprise in feminist movements and female emancipation has most commonly been met with resistance. LÄS MER