Sökning: "dystopian novels"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 28 uppsatser innehållade orden dystopian novels.

1. 1. Tankeförbrytaren och tankesultanen : En foucauldiansk analys av Kallocain och Ett öga rött

   Magister-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

   Författare :Ana-Antonia Ascic; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Kallocain; Ett öga rött; Karin Boye; Jonas Hassen Khemiri; Michel Foucault; power; knowledge; discipline; resistance.;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis studies Karin Boye’s novel Kallocain: Roman från 2000-talet (1940) and Ett öga rött (2003) by Jonas Hassen Khemiri. The aim of the analysis is to examine the novels’ portrayals of power in order to see if there are traces of totalitarian tendencies from the dystopian novel Kallocain, in the contemporary story of Ett öga rött. LÄS MER

3. 2. Nature as an uncontrolled space in George Orwell’s 'Nineteen Eighty-four' and Aldous Huxley’s 'Brave New World'

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Författare :Jonna Hugsén; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Languages and Literatures;

   Sammanfattning : This paper suggests that dystopian fiction should receive more attention within the environmental advocacy space. Despite the genre’s ability to provoke the reader, it is rarely interpreted in an environmental context. LÄS MER

4. 3. Samtidens och framtidens genus i litteraturundervisningen : En analys av den didaktiska potentialen i dystopierna Makten och Felet med Eden, med koppling till skolans värdegrund

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

   Författare :Caspian Cederlund; [2023]
   Nyckelord :genusanalys; karaktärsanalys; könsmaktsordning;

   Sammanfattning : The goal of this essay is to examine the gender systems and potential critique of these gender systems in Makten and Felet med Eden using a discourse analysis and a character analysis focused on gender. These findings are then tested for their potential didactic potential, and this is connected to the values that must be present in Swedish schools. LÄS MER

5. 4. Facing the Friction of a Totalitarian Government : A critical reading of Orwell's 1984 applying the Pedagogy of Discomfort to themes related to government control

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Författare :Hanna Houda Axelsson; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Pedagogy of Discomfort to themes related to government control;

   Sammanfattning : This study explores the potential application of George Orwell's novel 1984 in ESL instruction and its influence on promoting discussion among students on divisive political issues. The objective is to examine how the novel's underlying concepts of oppression, dictatorship, and propaganda could encourage critical thinking and social interaction among ESL students. LÄS MER

7. 5. “Better Does Not Mean Better for Everyone” – Gender Oppression in 20st Century Speculative Fiction : How Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale Can be Used to Increase Learner Motivation and in Teaching Critical Thinking to Students in Upper Secondary School

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Författare :Fanny Berlin; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Bodily Autonomy; Brave New World; Communication; Gendered Oppression; Governed Reproduction; Interaction; Intersectionality; Learner Motivation; Power Relations; Subject Positioning; The Handmaid’s Tale;

   Sammanfattning : This essay analyzes the narrative surrounding women’s right to autonomy in two novels in the Speculative Fiction genre, more specifically the 20th century dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985), and the anti-utopian novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932), while arguing for the pedagogical merit of both works. Matters regarding female independence and gender equality are in consistent flux, and any uprise in feminist movements and female emancipation has most commonly been met with resistance. LÄS MER