Sökning: "Mockingbird"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 uppsatser innehållade ordet Mockingbird.
1. "Bein a idiot is no box of chocolates" : Funktionsnedsättning i litteratur och samhälle under 1900-talet i USA
Kandidat-uppsats, Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationSammanfattning : Can we create a historical timeline of disability by using works of fiction during the twentieth century? Or rather, how do authors use society in their works of fiction, and to what extent, both positively and negatively, is this relevant to disability history? These are the fundamental questions of this essay, to examine three works of fiction in their portrayals of disabled characters, and the society they live in. The books chosen for this essay are: To Kill a Mockingbird, Forrest Gump and Of Mice and Men. LÄS MER
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
