Sökning: "the beach alex garland"

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1. 1. “Eden to Hell in the Space of a Few Seconds” : an ecocritical and postcolonial analysis of Alex Garland’s The Beach

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Författare :Hanna Strömberg; [2022]
   Nyckelord :The Beach; postcolonial ecocriticism; utopia; wilderness; pastoral;

   Sammanfattning : This essay analyzes the cultural concepts of wilderness, utopia, and the pastoral in relation to The Beach from ecocritical and postcolonial perspectives. Evidently, the pastoral is critical in shaping the Western idea of wilderness, and the utopistic mindset plays an equally crucial role in wilderness gazing. LÄS MER

3. 2. Stranden och det främmande : En undersökning av ”den Andres” roll och tematisering i Alex Garlands The Beach

   Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för kultur och lärande

   Författare :Nina Hall; [2013]
   Nyckelord :The Beach; Alex Garland; The Other; Colonialism; Post-colonialism; The Beach; Stranden; Alex Garland; The Other; den Andre; kolonialism; postkolonialism;

   Sammanfattning : In this essay I point out that the presence of  ”Otherness” plays a key role in the novel The Beach by Alex Garland, and that the text relates to a colonial literary tradition. I’ve mainly used the distinction of Otherness and cultural representation presented by the postcolonial theorist Edward W. Said to guide me. LÄS MER