Sökning: "national allegory"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden national allegory.

  1. 1. Ideology, Allegory, and Identity: : A Study of American Political Cartoons, 1770-1815

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Författare :Fanny Vårenius; [2022]
    Nyckelord :National identity; Political cartoons; Allegorical representations; War of 1812; United States; War of independence; Visual narratives; Pictorial cultures; Caricatures; National stereotypes;

    Sammanfattning : In 1776, war broke out in the Colonies of New England between British Subjects, colonists, and those emplyed by the crown to uphoald law and order across the Atlantic. The union that wuld emerge from the war would have to develop what the colnial powers they migrated from had been adding on for centuries: an understanding of national character. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Class Struggle, Elitism and Social Collectivism in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Devil on the Cross : A Marxist Approach

    Master-uppsats, Engelska

    Författare :Paolo Abis; [2011]
    Nyckelord :Ngugi; Marxism; Capitalism; Class Struggle; Neo-Colonialism.;

    Sammanfattning : Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Devil on the Cross represents both an insightful interpretation and a scathing critique of Kenyan politics and society during the period of neo-colonialism. The present thesis aims to explore, with the help of Marxist ideology and criticism, the relevance of the issues of class struggle, elitism and social collectivism in the novel. LÄS MER

  4. 3. A Struggle for Independence: A Young Woman’s Coming of Age as National Allegory in Laṭīfa al-Zayyāt’s al-Bāb al-maftūḥ

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Arabiska

    Författare :Sandra Buijsse; [2010]
    Nyckelord :national allegory; modern Arabic literature; Egypt; feminism; Laṭīfah; Zayyat; The Open Door; arabisk litteratur; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : Without question, Laṭīfa al-Zayyāt (1923-96), ranks among the most important Egyptian and Arab writers, critics, and activists of the 20th century. Published in 1960, her breakthrough novel al-Bāb al-maftūḥ [The Open Door] chronicles the emotional, psychological, and political growth of Layla, daughter of a conservative, Egyptian middle-class family. LÄS MER