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1. The Fictional World of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and The Sea: Emic and Etic Perspectives on its Worldbuilding
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenSammanfattning : Reading is a past time activity that is popular all around the world. It is something thathelps us escape reality and put our focus elsewhere. When immersing yourself in afictional world, it can be intriguing to think of how it was created. LÄS MER
2. Harry Potter and racial hierarchies in the English language classroom : A thematic study on racial inequality in Harry Potter
Master-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/EngelskaSammanfattning : This essay focuses on the pedagogical benefits of using fantasy literature in the classroom as it relates to the Swedish school’s democratic values of anti-racism and working for a just society. It examines the representations of racial prejudice, discrimination, and othering among wizards and muggles which are explicitly or implicitly present throughout the Harry Potter series as well as what the representations of inequality can offer in terms of inculcating democratic values and critical thinking in a Swedish upper secondary classroom. LÄS MER
3. The Potential of The Witcher : In an interdisciplinary work between Religious studies and English
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå,Sammanfattning : This essay examines if The Witcher: The Last Wish can be used as a pedagogical tool for interdisciplinary literary seminars about current issues and events in students’ daily lives and society between the Swedish upper secondary school courses English and Religious studies. Additionally, the study investigates if literary seminars about how The Witcher: The Last Wish can broaden the students’ understanding of religious practices in daily lives and what effect their religion has on their relation to ethical and existential issues. LÄS MER
4. As Dark As Darkness : Using Star Maker and The Hobbit to Promote a Constructionist Understanding of Race in the ESL Classroom
Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/EngelskaSammanfattning : Although the popular conception of fantasy has nothing to do with race, in fact, the genre frequently exhibits underlying concerns with racial dynamics. Conversely, science fiction, due to its speculative perspective on the universe and the potential existence of alien species is, by nature, more inherently preoccupied with the concept of race. LÄS MER
5. Are they heroes? A character study of Christopher Paolini’s The Inheritance Cycle
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenSammanfattning : This essay will study how the two main characters Eragon and Roran in Christopher Paolini’s fantasy series The Inheritance Cycle conform to the literary ideal of the hero and traits of a traditional male according to Jeffrey A. Brown and Leanna Madell who both use Hegemonic Masculinity Theory. LÄS MER
