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The aim of this study is to examine how the need for belonging and search for an identity manifest themselves in the autobiographical works of two gay contemporary writers: Abdellah Taïa and Édouard Louis. Both authors have, during their childhood and adolescence, been confronted with a society that tried to exclude them for being ‘different’ and not fitting in the heterosexual norm. Suddenly, the
This dissertation investigates the function of the sea in contemporary British and Irish literature, focusing on the following three novels: Dermot Bolger’s Temptation (2000), John Banville’s The Sea (2005), and Ian McEwan’s On Chesil Beach (2007). The analysis is divided into two main parts, where the sea is considered in its roles as a setting and as a symbol. The former section starts with a su
Böcker och läsning är ett centralt motiv i berättelsen om Jane Eyre (1847), vilket på många sätt bidrar till framställningen av karaktärisering, världsbygge och narrativets framfart. Det finns särskilt samband mellan framställningen av böcker och läsning och framställningen av makt och maktdynamiker i Jane Eyre. Tidigare forskning om böcker och läsepraktiker i Jane Eyre har fokuserat på den allusiBooks and reading are a central motif within the narrative of Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Brontë and contributes in many ways to the depiction of characterisation, world-building, and the progression of the narrative. In particular, there are correlations between the depiction of books and reading and the depiction of power and power dynamics in Jane Eyre. Previous research into books and readin
I Lund kan du läsa kandidatkursen i engelska med antingen språkvetenskaplig eller litteraturvetenskaplig inriktning. Detta val gjorde du redan under ENGH15. Denna kurs på halvfart består uteslutande av en kandidatuppsats på 15hp. För att hjälpa dig i ditt arbete med kandidatuppsatsen finns en seminarieserie och du får också handledning, individuellt och i grupp. Efter kursen Efter att du har klar This course consists of a degree project in English literature or English linguistics. To help you with your degree project, there's a seminar series, and you will also get supervision. After the course After having finished this course you can get a BA (bachelor's degree) in English, provided that you also have 90 credits in other subjects. When you have a BA, you can apply to a master's
Swedish working class literature has since its origins as rebellious poems shared among working class citizens become an acclaimed literary movement. During the last century working class literature changed drastically depending on factors such as reception and literary trends, most notably the trend of autobiographic novels presenting the authors own experiences of class based injustice during “t
Alt-Lit is a literary movement which first sprung up in The U.S in the middle of the first decade of the second millennia. Vaguely defined and led by aspiring writers belonging to the Y-Generation, also known as millennials, its presence and influence has become increasingly apparent. These are the first writers to use the internet, not only as a platform, but as an aesthetic and linguistic inspir
This thesis is to go head to head with metaphor theory and to humbly try to wrestle from the enormous structure of facts and hypotheses that such theories form collectively, one theory that might favorably be used to study another interesting phenomenon. This phenomenon is the variety of metaphor that is encouraging of synaesthesia, called simply synaesthetic metaphor. For the first part of this t
This thesis examines how girls are portrayed in Swedish adolescent literature from the 1940s and 1950s – Ingen tror på Britt (1947), Den svarta fläcken (1949), Inga och livet (1951), Ingen lugn stund hos Oskarssons (1953) and lastly, Flickan från landet: berättelse för flickor (1954). By taking a new historical approach a historical contextualisation has been done of the works by interpreting hist
The following paper discusses the ideological and aesthetic contexts discernible in the poetry of the Norwegian author Tor Ulven (1953–1995). Generally considered the major Norwegian poet to emerge after the Second World War, Tor Ulven was, in his own self-taught way, a “poeta doctus,” although his extensive knowledge – of European literary traditions, languages, philosophy, music and paintings –
Kursen börjar med en översikt över utvecklingen av polsk litteratur, från dess tidigaste skrivna verk till idag. Särskild tonvikt läggs på distinkta litterära epoker och övergångar mellan dem, särskilt under 1800- och 1900-talen fram till 1939. I kursen ingår en omfattande analys av utvalda litterära texter genom linsen av intellektuell historia och ideologisk progression. Litteraturen undersöks i
The course explores Polish literature in relation to different themes. After a historical overview, the literature is studied in relation to crucial historical events - war and communism - and finally in relation to the present. Through these varied studies of Polish literature, students can gain a deeper understanding of the political and social processes that have shaped Poland's cultural and na
I Lund kan du läsa kandidatkursen i engelska med antingen språkvetenskaplig eller litteraturvetenskaplig inriktning. Detta val behöver du dock inte göra förrän kursen redan har börjat, men det kan vara bra att börja tänka i dessa banor även tidigare. Kursen kan även läsas på halvfart. Halvfartsstudenterna skriver sin kandidatuppsats under den andra terminen och läser övriga delkurser (se nedan) unAt Lund University you get a BA in either English linguistics or English literature. However, your do not need to choose your specialisation before the start of the course, and you will get more information in the intro meeting. It may be a good idea, though, to start thinking about this choice as early as possible. This course is also offered as a part-time course, in which term 1 consists of all
This thesis is a qualitative interview-study of the working conditions for female journalists within an Indian and Keralan context focusing on the female body and spaces. The study takes place in the Keralan society focusing on how women journalists cope with working in a traditional male dominated area and how the female body somehow is seen as an invader in the journalism field, based on pre-ass
