Essays about: "Eva-Lena Henriksson"

Found 1 essay containing the words Eva-Lena Henriksson.

  1. 1. An Exploration of the American Justice System through the Trial of Tom Robinson : A New Historicist Analysis of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Eva-Lena Henriksson; [2021]
    Keywords : To Kill a Mockingbird; Harper Lee; Systemic racism; Racial bias; American justice system; New historicism; Scottsboro cases; Civil rights movement; Civil rights; Black Lives Matter movement; Constitutional rights.;

    Abstract : Adding something new to the understanding of To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), which is considered a twentieth-century classic, would be nearly impossible if not for the outlook of new historicism. Through a new historicist analysis of Harper Lee’s literary text parallel to non-fictional texts relating to the American justice system and civil rights, this essay explores how race affects U. READ MORE