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1. 1. CROSSING BORDERS: A Study of Transnational Living in Taiye Selasi’s Ghana Must Go (2014) and No Violet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names (2014)

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Ingegerd Stenport; [2019-10-22]
   Keywords : Taye Selasi; No Violet Bulawayo; Sara Ahmed; Afropoitanism;

   Abstract : Abstract: A number of authors of African descent published ‘Afropolitan’ novels around the year 2010. Several of these diaspora novels dominated the literary scene and caused intense debates about the contested concept of Afropolitanism. The authors Taye Selasi and No Violet Bulawayo challenge colonial images of Africa in their writing. READ MORE

3. 2. TRANSFORMATION OF THE SELF: A Study of Submissiveness, Trauma, Guilt and Shame in Julie Otsuka’s When the Emperor Was Divine (2002)

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Ingegerd Stenport; [2016-10-07]
   Keywords : Julie Otsuka; When the Emperor Was Divine; Sansei generation; racism;

   Abstract : The internment of Japanese-American civilians during the Second World War caused many of the interned traumatic experiences. This essay is a contribution to the discussion of trauma theory in literature. READ MORE

4. 3. Real Life as a Play on Stage - A Study of Guilt and Shame in Ian McEwan's "Atonement"

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Ingegerd Stenport; [2013-06-25]
   Keywords : real life; play on stage; Atonement; Ian McEwan; guilt; shame;

   Abstract : In the novel "Atonement" by Ian McEwan, questions of guilt, shame and redemption are in focus. The main character Briony Tallis is presented as making up for a crime by working on a novel for 59 years. READ MORE