Essays about: "Håkan Tallgren"
Found 2 essays containing the words Håkan Tallgren.
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1. "...that wondrous thing about the human being, it can change" : Performativity and Agency in Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient
University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : This essay uses the concept of performativity to illustrate how identity change and the possibility to shape one’s identity, agency, are treated in Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient. Originally a theory introduced by queer theorist Judith Butler, performativity explains how a sense of identity stems not from innate qualities but from behaviour, or stylized acts, that is regulated by the norms of society. READ MORE
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2. "Completely Integrated" : The Alienation and Integration of Robert Jordan in Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls
University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : For Whom the Bell Tolls is Ernest Hemingway's story of the Spanish Civil War. This war has often been seen as a conflict between good and evil, and the novel is frequently viewed as a way of illustrating the brotherhood of man in its portrayal of how Robert Jordan fights as a volunteer for the republicans against the fascists. READ MORE
