Sökning: "Harper Lee"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 uppsatser innehållade orden Harper Lee.
1. An Exploration of the American Justice System through the Trial of Tom Robinson : A New Historicist Analysis of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraSammanfattning : Adding something new to the understanding of To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), which is considered a twentieth-century classic, would be nearly impossible if not for the outlook of new historicism. Through a new historicist analysis of Harper Lee’s literary text parallel to non-fictional texts relating to the American justice system and civil rights, this essay explores how race affects U. LÄS MER
2. Portrayal of Gender in the 1962 To Kill a Mockingbird Film : An analysis of the representation of gender in the 1962 filmization of “To Kill a Mockingbird” and using film to discuss gender issues in the Swedish EFL classroom
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : This essay examines the 1962 filmization of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird through gender theory to identify its representation of gender, underlying gendered norms and how power is exercised through gender. The analysis concludes that the film’s portrayal of men and women follow a pattern of traditional gendered roles and norms in terms of their respective gender roles, accepted behavior, dress-code and men’s overarching influence in society in accordance with the film’s time and setting. LÄS MER
3. Ignorance v. Innocence : Go Set a Watchman’s Case against the Hegemony of To Kill a Mockingbird
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildningSammanfattning : This paper takes a cultural materialist approach in analyzing the hegemonic purpose of using Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird in American education. Ideas from critical race theory and Lee’s second novel, Go Set a Watchman, are used to reveal obfuscated aspects of Mockingbird’s narrative. LÄS MER
4. Singing Louder than a Mockingbird : Analyzing voice, racism and stereotypes in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird with the aim of engaging Swedish EFL students to be critical towards an ethnic divide within literature
Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : The aim of the present inquiry is to analyze the depiction of racism through given or withheld voice in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. A thematic analysis of marginalized and commonly occurring voices in the novel reveals discrepancies along an ethnic divide. LÄS MER
5. Crossing the Divide: Voice and Representation of African Americans : Kathryn Stockett and Harper Lee: - I understand the weight of history but can I be your sister?
Magister-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärandeSammanfattning : This project examines how the oppression of African Americans, especially those in domestic service to white families, is reflected in literature. The two works The Help and To Kill a Mockingbird will be the main sources. LÄS MER