Essays about: "Coraline"

Found 5 essays containing the word Coraline.

  1. 1. Translation or rewriting of proper names : A study of children’s literature across a century

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Veronica Sand; [2021]
    Keywords : Translation as rewriting; Children’s literature; Translating proper names; André Lefevere; Gillian Lathey; Alice in wonderland; The children of the forest; Coraline; Wolf Brother; Hunger Games; The Graveyard Book; The Circle; English; Spanish; Swedish; Översättning som omskrivning; Barnlitteratur; Översätta egennamn; André Lefevere; Gillian Lathey; Alice i underlandet; Alice i sagolandet; Tomtebobarnen; Coraline; Vargbröder; Hungerspelen; Kyrkogårdsboken; Cirkeln; Engelska; Spanska; Svenska;

    Abstract : The translation of names is a topic for discussion within many fields, no less so within translation studies. Furthermore, the translation of proper names in children’s literature is a topic with on-going changes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Gender Performativity and Motherhood in Coraline

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Nina Nilsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Mothers; gender norms; children’s literature; schema theory; performativity;

    Abstract : Coraline by Neil Gaiman has several characters who in many ways break gender norms. The main protagonist of the novel, Coraline, acts more in accordance with masculine gender norms, and the mother figures are mothers who do not fully conform to the traditional mother role. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Psychological Approach to the Wicked Women in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Neil Gaiman's Coraline

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Emma Samuelsson; [2014]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

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  5. 4. When the cat is away, the (m)other will play : regression and identity formation in Neil Gaiman's Coraline

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Emma Agnell; [2014]
    Keywords : literary; psychoanalytic; uncanny; coraline; neil gaiman; identity; superego; identity formation; regression;

    Abstract : This essay examines Neil Gaiman’s Coraline from a psychoanalytic perspective, with focus on the formation of the super ego. While the young girl’s identity formation has been examined before, the general focus is often oedipal. In this essay, I choose to step away from the oedipal and examine the psychosymbolism throughout the novella. READ MORE

  6. 5. Gender Performativity and Motherhood in Coraline

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Nina Nilsson; [1980]
    Keywords : Mothers; gender norms; children’s literature; schema theory; performativity.;

    Abstract : Coraline by Neil Gaiman has several characters who in many ways break gender norms. The main protagonist of the novel, Coraline, acts more in accordance with masculine gender norms, and the mother figures are mothers who do not fully conform to the traditional mother role. READ MORE