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  1. 1. Texts and Paratexts in a Colonial Context. Krupabai Satthianadhan's English Novels 'Saguna' and 'Kamala'

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Karin Edgardh; [2020-01-15]
    Keywords : India; Krupabai Satthianadhan; Saguna; Kamala; Gérard Genette; Autobiography; Conversion; Colonial literature;

    Abstract : The anglophone Indian author Krupabai Satthianadhan (1862-1894) was a second-generation Christian convert and a member of the Christian Tamil family in colonial Madras. Knowledge of English was still a high-caste male privilege when Satthianadhan published reformist articles on female education. Her two novels, the autobiographical Saguna. READ MORE

  3. 2. Female agency in Burnt Shadows and Postcolonial Feminism in the EFL Classroom

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Vanja Floryd; [2019]
    Keywords : Burnt Shadows; Kamila Shamsie; postcolonialism; feminism; literature; women; agency; EFL; upper secondary school;

    Abstract : This essay analyses Burnt Shadows (2009) by Kamila Shamsie from a postcolonial feminist perspective, with a focus on agency of women, representation and re-presentation, and cultural stereotypes. The degree of agency in the main characters Hiroko, Elizabeth and Kim is discussed, followed by an analysis of the re-presentation of Indian, Pakistani and Arab Muslim women characters in the text, with a focus on homogenisation and voice. READ MORE

  4. 3. Sports of Empire: Squash as Signifier in V.S. Naipaul’s A Bend in the River

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Timothy Kääriä; [2018-06-12]
    Keywords : engelska; Squash; V.S. Naipaul; A Bend in the River; postcolonial literature; postcolonial sports; Africa; sports in literature; sports and empire; English sports;

    Abstract : The protagonist of V.S. Naipaul’s 1979 novel A Bend in the River is an ethnic Indian living in Africa as part of an expatriate community of traders in the city at the bend in the river. He sympathises with the Western world, listens to BBC Radio, and tries very hard to distance himself and show himself as different from the native Africans. READ MORE

  5. 4. Resistensförädling av höst- och vårraps i Sverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production Ecology

    Author : Emil Larsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Brassica napus L; förädling; korsningar; resistens; svampsjukdomar;

    Abstract : I denna litteraturstudie har en genomgång gjorts av viktiga svampsjukdomar i svensk rapsodling och hur resistensförädlingen av raps (Brassica napus L.) har bedrivits i Sverige och internationellt. READ MORE

  6. 5. Student Influence during English Lessons : A Comparison of the Socialisation in India and Sweden

    University essay from Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Therese Kihlstenius; Linnéa Thorsteinsen; [2010]
    Keywords : Sweden; India; socialisation; student influence; teaching; English lessons;

    Abstract : This project is a comparative study of three elementary schools in India and two elementary schools in Sweden. The purpose of this project is to study if Indian and Swedish students have the possibility to have influence on their English lessons. READ MORE