Sökning: "literary significance"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 64 uppsatser innehållade orden literary significance.

1. 1. "I'LL SPEAK FOR BOTH SIDES": Coloniality and Hybridity in Identity Construction in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony

   Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Författare :Filippa Kakavand; [2024-03-21]
   Nyckelord :Leslie Marmon Silko; Ceremony; postcolonialism; coloniality; hybridity; magical realism; identity; storytelling; Indigenous; Native American literature;

   Sammanfattning : This study explores the complex relations between coloniality and hybridity in identity construction for the Native American community in Leslie Marmon Silko's novel Ceremony. The study aims to examine how these literary techniques contribute to the protagonist's construction of identity, specifically focusing on his mixed-race identity and the way in which coloniality influences his experience. LÄS MER

3. 2. Cultural Clash and Gender Roles : Exploring the Quest for Equality in Jane Eyre and Things Fall Apart

   Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

   Författare :Anne M Johansson; [2024]
   Nyckelord :Gender; cultural clash; equality; religion; colonialism; Genus; kulturkrock; jämställdhet; religion; kolonialism;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this essay is to analyze the intersectionality between themes of cultural clash and gender roles within the novels Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, accentuating their common quest for equality. This essay offers a historical and cultural analysis, divulging the gender norms prevalent in Victorian England and pre-colonial Nigeria, serving as a backstage to the characters’ adaptations and struggles. LÄS MER

4. 3. Totalitarismens existensform. Textualitet och politik i tre verk av Imre Kertész

   Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

   Författare :William Csergö; [2023-06-20]
   Nyckelord :Imre Kertész; literature and politics; textuality; deconstruction; performativity; totalitarianism; Holocaust; litteratur och politik; textualitet; dekonstruktion; performativitet; totalitarism; Förintelsen;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the theoretical and political dimensions of textuality and self-reflexivity in the literature of Imre Kertész (1929–2016). Specifically, it investigates the relationship between textuality and reflexivity, and totalitarian experiences of the Holocaust and the communist dictatorship in post-war Hungary. LÄS MER

5. 4. Bestar, vildar och banditer. Om känslor i Apuleius Metamorphoses

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

   Författare :Daniel Garfvé; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Apuleius; Metamorphoses; emotions; bandits; animals; Rome; Apuleius; Metamorphoses; emotions; bandits; animals; Rome;

   Sammanfattning : Folksägen har haft en djup kulturell betydelse under mänsklighetens historia. Som en form av muntligt och litterärt historieberättande som användes för att presentera olika typer av kunskap och förmedla livsläxor till människor som lever i olika kulturer som ständigt utvecklas. LÄS MER

7. 5. 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