Essays about: "The Buddha of Suburbia"

Found 4 essays containing the words The Buddha of Suburbia.

  1. 1. Alienation, Belonging and Englishness in Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia: how can these words be understood according to cognitive linguistics?

    University essay from Luleå/Språk och kultur

    Author : Marita Larsson; [2010]
    Keywords : frames; scripts; cognitive linguistics; The Buddha of; Suburbia;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay was to investigate three complicated concepts, alienation, belonging and Englishness, found in the novel of Hanif Kureshi, The Buddha of Suburbia. These were categorized according to cognitive linguistics using frames and scripts. READ MORE

  3. 2. Old Traits and New Fiction, The Role of the Contemporary Bildungsroman in Contemporary Fiction : A Comparison Based on Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia and Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Karin Svensson; [2009]
    Keywords : Bildungsroman; Hanif Kureishi; Buddha in literature; fulfillment; inner peace; pedagogical; moral lesson; traits; contemporary values; Great Expectations; Charles Dickens; Suburbia; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to study the key characteristics of the Bildungsroman and examine if the same traits still are in use in contemporary fiction and what values that are being mediated. The aim is also to focus on the style in which the pedagogical message is being delivered thus highlighting the possible differences and similarities between an old-fashioned Bildungsroman, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, and a contemporary one, Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mixed Messages within The Buddha of Suburbia

    University essay from Växjö universitet/Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Ann-Louise Lindgren Edmonds; [2007]
    Keywords : postcolonial theory; marxist theory; Bakhtin; carnevalesque; British culture;

    Abstract : AbstractThe mixed messages provided in The Buddha of Suburbia together with its prevalent use of humour are the focal point for this essay. The aim is to defend my thesis statement that humour provides a justifiable forum for the critique and presentation of society, enabling the facilitation of serious, effective and powerful perspectives. READ MORE

  5. 4. The search for identity in Anita and Me and The Buddha of Suburbia

    University essay from Luleå/Språk och kultur

    Author : Ulla Ambursley; [2006]
    Keywords : Identity; English literature;

    Abstract : Some identities come with birth, others are given to us, and some we require ourselves through life. One of the most important factors affecting our identity, is connected to the encounters that are made throughout life. Identity is threfore not something static but rather something that undergoes a continuous evolution. READ MORE