Essays about: "Focalizer"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word Focalizer.

  1. 1. The Abject Female Body : The Male Gaze on Woman and Nature in Daphne du Maurier's "The Apple Tree" and "The Blue Lenses"

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Josephine Pantzar; [2022]
    Keywords : Daphne du Maurier; The Apple Tree ; The Blue Lenses ; abject; male gaze;

    Abstract : This study examines the portrayal of the woman as monstrous in Daphne du Maurier’s short stories “The Apple Tree” and “The Blue Lenses” and investigates the abject emotions that female bodies induce within the main characters. The study also contrasts the habitual, objectifying gaze of the male focalizer with the reluctant gaze forced upon the female focalizer through a pair of lenses, argued here to represent the patriarchal suppression of woman, as the male gaze is key for mediating the abject in du Maurier’s stories. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Impact of Preconceived Notions : A Literary Study of Moral Complexity in the Harry Potter Series

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Ämnesforskning

    Author : Antonia Alfredsson; [2020]
    Keywords : moral complexity; focalizer; narratology; preconceived notions; Harry Potter;

    Abstract : This essay examines the use of the character Harry Potter as focalizer in the Harry Potter series. The objective is to see how Harry’s preconceived notions are caused by his inability to grasp moral complexity. The study is conducted by a close reading of the novels with the focus on the relationship between Harry and the character Severus Snape. READ MORE

  4. 3. Narrative Perspective in a Wordless Graphic Novel: Shaun Tan's The Arrival

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Johnson; [2018]
    Keywords : Narrator; Focalizer; Graphic Novel; Mieke Bal; Gérard Genette; Scott McCloud; Shaun Tan; The Arrival;

    Abstract : In a narrative the narrator tells the story, and the focalizer is a character through whose eyes the story is seen. The narrator is thus the one who speaks, whilst the focalizer is silent. The identification of these two narratological features is made with the help of verbal cues such as personal pronouns for instance. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Harlot at Camelot : Female Power and Sexuality in The Mists of Avalon

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Christine Arve; [2017]
    Keywords : The Mists of Avalone; King Arthur; Morgan le Fay; female power and sexuality;

    Abstract : The Mists of Avalon is not the first contemporary novel written based on the tales of King Arthur. It is, however, the first best-selling story with solely female focalizers, which makes it a notable work. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Different Mr. Rochesters of Jane Eyre

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Litteraturvetenskap

    Author : Vigdis Marianne Glad; [2013]
    Keywords : Jane Eyre; Mr. Rochester; adaptation; voice-over; focalizer; POV; literature and film; close reading; Byronic hero; Charlotte Brontë; Harold Bloom; Robert Stam; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The famous novel by Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, will be the subject of this thesis. I will seek to research the character of Mr. Rochester and his use and display in four film adaptations. All the adaptations will be compared to the source as well as to each other to determine how the character of Mr. READ MORE