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1. 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 institutionen

   Författare :Alexander Löfström; [2024]
   Nyckelord :Hemingway; Possible worlds theory; emic; etic; Textual actual world; Lifeworld; The Old Man and The Sea; Fiction; American Literature;

   Sammanfattning : 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

3. 2. Navigating through life with metaphors as a guide. : An analysis about mind style and metaphors in John Green's The Fault In Our Stars and its pedagogical use.

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Författare :Frithiof Eriksson; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Mind style; Metaphor; Reality; EFL Classroom; Upper Secondary School; Motivation.;

   Sammanfattning : This essay offers a literary study of John Green’s novel The Fault In Our Stars which was published in 2012. This thesis argues that Hazel and Augustus are portraying unorthodox mind styles, and they are demonstrating this with their use of and stance towards metaphors. LÄS MER

4. 3. Containment as Imprisonment or Freedom : A Corpus-Assisted Analysis of Conceptual Container Metaphors in The Handmaid’s Tale

   Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Författare :Lina Haji Akram; [2023]
   Nyckelord :conceptual metaphor theory; conceptual container metaphors; embodiment; cognitive stylistics; mental states;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis presents a close reading of the award-winning novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood. Drawing on Conceptual Metaphor Theory as a framework, and the notion of embodiment, the study sheds light on metaphorical linguistic expressions that contribute to the realization of conceptual container metaphors pertinent to the main character’s psychological state. LÄS MER

5. 4. Casas muertas y la muerte del campo : Análisis contextual y ecocrítico de la novela Casas muertas de Miguel Otero Silva.

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Författare :Rosa Lillman; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Casas muertas; regional novel; general repertoire; ecocriticism; Casas Muertas; novela de la tierra; repertorio general; ecocrítica;

   Sammanfattning : La novela Casas muertas de Miguel Otero Silva es una obra significativa de la literatura venezolana que trata sobre como el descubrimiento del petróleo, las enfermedades y las migraciones destruyeron un pueblo. Debido a la relevancia de los temas tratados, el objetivo de la investigación fue el analizar la representación del repertorio general del texto y de la relación entre lo humano y lo no humano en la novela. LÄS MER

7. 5. The Gaps in Our Stars : The Fault in Our Stars and Reader-response Theory in the Swedish EFL Classroom

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Författare :Mira Backman; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Reader-response theory; Wolfgang Iser; Stanley Fish; The Fault in Our Stars; John Green; Upper secondary school; EFL teaching;

   Sammanfattning : This essay analyses John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars (2012) with a theoretical approach of reader-response theory to show how the potential interpretations of the gaps in the novel make it a relevant choice of literary work for EFL education. The essay also examines whether the concept of gaps can be used as a tool in literary analysis. LÄS MER