Essays about: "Narratology"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 90 essays containing the word Narratology.

1. 21. Teaching the Swedish Common Principles as Virtue Ethics: The Unjust Narrator, Gender Inequality and the Arena of Societal Transformation in Welcome to Our Hillbrow

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Emma Aho; [2021]
   Keywords : Phaswane Mpe; virtue ethics; African feminism; narratology; sexism; gender inequality; societal transformation; arena; narrator; implied author; responsible reader; Socratic dialogue; affective-humanistic approach;

   Abstract : According to Skolverket, the Swedish school has two missions: conveying knowledge and teaching values. These values are taught through the common principles (värdegrund) and instruct students about democratic values and human rights. However, Skolverket also reports that students lack such knowledge. READ MORE

3. 22. “We Did Not Trust Ourselves” : A study of the unreliable narration in Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Filip Mattsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Annihilation; Jeff VanderMeer; perception; unreliable narrator; science fiction; horror;

   Abstract : Annihilation is the first novel in the trilogy named “The Southern Reach,” a ScienceFiction/Horror series of books written by Jeff VanderMeer. Annihilation focuses on a team of scientists on an expedition into an area where the very nature has been altered in mysterious ways. READ MORE

4. 23. The Impact of Preconceived Notions : A Literary Study of Moral Complexity in the Harry Potter Series

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Ämnesforskning

   Author : Antonia Alfredsson; [2020]
   Keywords : moral complexity; focalizer; narratology; preconceived notions; Harry Potter;

   Abstract : This essay examines the use of the character Harry Potter as focalizer in the Harry Potter series. The objective is to see how Harry’s preconceived notions are caused by his inability to grasp moral complexity. The study is conducted by a close reading of the novels with the focus on the relationship between Harry and the character Severus Snape. READ MORE

5. 24. Narratives of Collaborative Governance : An Exploration of the National Innovation Council

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Kayla Van Cleave; [2020]
   Keywords : governance; collaborative governance; ethnography; narratology; stakeholder; National Innovation Council; Sweden;

   Abstract : Governance is a predominant paradigm in political science, characterizing how current regimes are increasingly steered by multiple societal actors and structures. The specific purpose and processes of such arrangements however, remain vague in theory and in practice. READ MORE

6. 25. “Imitating Reality”: An Analysis of “American Psycho”

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Sana Sadraddin Mahiddin; [2020]
   Keywords : American Psycho; Postmodernism; Narratology; serial killers;

   Abstract : This paper analyzes Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho (1991), and more specifically, the protagonist-narrator Patrick Bateman. He is analyzed through the theoretical framework known as narratology, and more specifically, the designation of “unreliable narrator,” in order to analyze the interplay between the character and the postmodernist society of which he is a product. READ MORE