Essays about: "Bildungsroman"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 29 essays containing the word Bildungsroman.

  1. 11. The Coming of Age of a Woman : Proto-feminism and Female Bildung in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Therese Landh; [2018]
    Keywords : Bildungsroman; Enlightenment feminism; Jane Austen; Mary Wollstonecraft; Proto-feminism;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the influence of the proto-feminist ideas of the Enlightenment on Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, specifically their presence in the coming-of-age journey of the novel’s heroine Catherine Morland. In this thesis, the proto-feminist ideas of the Enlightenment discussed are based on the ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft as presented in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. READ MORE

  3. 12. ‘Soft, Subtle Things That Lodge Themselves into the Soul’: Representation of Consciousness in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Thing around Your Neck

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Danielle Mbesherubusa Mittag; [2018]
    Keywords : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Representation of Consciousness; Dorrit Cohn; psycho-narration; quoted monologue; narrated monologue.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Since the initial publication of a bildungsroman in 2003, the work of Nigerian-born writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has received much recognition from scholars and critics. The aesthetics of her fiction could, however, be further examined in relation to recurrent themes in her public speaking. READ MORE

  4. 13. A Comparison of Jane Eyre and the Harry Potter Books as Novels of Development

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Amanda Sellers; [2018]
    Keywords : Brontë; Rowlings; Bildungsroman; Novel of Development; Identity; Quest; Family; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Although written during different centuries, both Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter books follow the protagonist’s journeys from childhood to adulthood, which is why they are both often described as novels of development. READ MORE

  5. 14. Divergence of Genre and Gender: A Study on Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games Trilogy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Hanna Kenne; [2017]
    Keywords : Suzanne; Collins; Gender; Genre; Bildungsroman; Dystopia; Young; Adult; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Suzanne Collins’ trilogy The Hunger Games is, thus far, one of the 21st century’s most well known young adult series, and Collins has been praised for challenging things such as gender stereotypes and genre limitations. It has been labelled as a contemporary young adult dystopian novel, and has a strong female protagonist. READ MORE

  6. 15. Roaming the streets : A comparative study of the theme of the fl�neur in the novels Catcher in the Rye and Ghost World

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Karin Berg; [2016]
    Keywords : Bildungsroman; flaneur; Ghost World; Catcher in the Rye; Clowes; Salinger; graphic novel; adolescence;

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