Essays about: "Alun Hughes"
Found 2 essays containing the words Alun Hughes.
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1. Belonging in the Hyperreal : A Postmodern Reading of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkulturAbstract : The focus of this essay is Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. My central claim is that a theme of belonging underpins the novel and is recurrent in a number of different ways. In my reading, I utilise Jean Baudrillard’s postmodern critical concepts to produce this interpretation. READ MORE
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2. What's the problem with reading? : Thesis in language
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkulturAbstract : This project began with the basic preconception that there is a growing resistance towards reading among students and this has been partially proved correct. The research questions were: In upper secondary education, what is it that encourages or hinders the students’ incentives for reading? What effect does this have on the subsequent teaching of fictional texts? The aim of this investigation was to examine attitudes on reading among students in upper secondary education and how these attitudes affect the teaching of fictional texts. READ MORE