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Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden Kurt vonnegut.
1. Staying, Sane, on a Planet Dying Fast : Art and Eco-Psychology in Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleSammanfattning : This essay analyzes Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions (1973) in relation to eco-psychology. First, Dwayne Hoover is diagnosed with solastalgia; second, the narrator is shown to suffer from ecological PTSD; and, lastly, the novel is considered in light of the ecological uncanny and the ecological homecoming narrative. LÄS MER
2. ”There is no why” : A Psychoanalytic Approach to Trauma and Delusion in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraSammanfattning : Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut provides a profound discussion on how the many traumas of war affect the human psyche. The novel’s protagonist, Billy Pilgrim, is a direct witness of many horrific events in World War II, which causes certain life-changing symptoms later in his life. LÄS MER
3. Time-travel and Empathy: an Analysis of how Anachronous Narrative Structures Affect Character/Reader Empathy
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenSammanfattning : This study focuses on the relationship between the author’s narrative craft and the potential for the reader’s empathetic response. Specifically, it discusses how an anachronous narrative structure provides the author with different ways to promote empathy. LÄS MER
4. Slaughterhouse-Five: An Analysis of Billy Pilgrim's Mental Trauma
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkulturSammanfattning : Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five focuses on Billy Pilgrim’s travels through time and his experiences during World War II. More than that, it is a story about the journey of a clearly troubled protagonist whose mental state, best described as broken, is never fully explored in the novel. LÄS MER
5. En osäker framtid : Om hot mot planeten i Kurt Vonneguts författarskap
Kandidat-uppsats, Avdelningen för litteratursociologiSammanfattning : Uppsatsen har som mål att se hur läsningen av Kurt Vonnegut kan kompletteras med ekokritiska perspektiv. Som ämne valdes hot mot planeten och det undersökta materialet var fyra av Vonneguts böcker: Player Piano (1954), Breakfast of Champions (1973), Slapstick (1976) samt A Man without a Country (2005). LÄS MER