Sökning: "Willa Cather"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden Willa Cather.

  1. 1. Power Structures in Willa Cather’s My Ántonia

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Författare :Anna-Karin Jonsson Kvist; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Foucault; Butler; women; patriarchy; woman emancipation; My Ántonia. Power structures; Willa Cather;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis in this essay states that Ántonia Shimerda and Lena Lingard in My Ántonia achieve a higher degree of woman emancipation because of their active response to prevailing power structures and that Cather uses the hardships and disappointments of these young women to highlight these power structures. Therefore, My Ántonia can be regarded as a novel taking a stand against patriarchal power structures. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Reading Willa Cather's My Ántonia from an Intersectional Perspective

    L3-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Kaltrina Istrefaj; [2018]
    Nyckelord :My Ántonia; intersectional perspective; reading; critical literacy; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : Considering the fact that many people are oppressed because of their gender and race, whilst others are privileged because of theirs, we should reflect on the concept of intersectionality. This paper aims at reading Willa Cather’s My Ántonia from an intersectional perspective with the purpose of opening up for certain themes. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Spineless Men and Irrepressible Women? : Gender Norm Destabilizing Performances in The Scarlet Letter and My Ántonia

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Författare :Sandra Johansson; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Gender performances; gender role norms; expectations; masculinization; feminization; feminism;

    Sammanfattning : Both The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and My Ántonia by Willa Cather depict characters that perform non-traditional gender roles. In these novels, there are expectations about how women and men should act. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Limitations of Rigid Gender Norms in Willa Cather’s My Ántonia

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Kristianstad/Sektionen för lärande och miljö

    Författare :Emelie Paulsson; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Gender; performative gender; rigid gender norms; nineteenth-century;

    Sammanfattning : This essay examines the limitations of societal gender norms and expectations of the late nineteenth-century and how the fictional character Ántonia Shimerda adheres to and fails to conform to them. In nineteenth-century America men and women were divided into two different spheres. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Det förlorade paradiset vs. paradiset återfått : en studie om barndom på tre noveller av Willa Cather

    Magister-uppsats, Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Författare :Faith Valdner; [2013]
    Nyckelord :childhood; imagination; leader; paradise; Willa Cather;

    Sammanfattning : Literature is a source that enriches students’ language ability on every level and short stories are a form that is suitable for adolescent students. To young people, memories from childhood are still close and vivid. LÄS MER