Essays about: "Ishiguro"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the word Ishiguro.

  1. 1. Affect Poststructuralism and Repressed Emotion: The True Tragedy of The Remains of The Day

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Melvin Linderot; [2023]
    Keywords : Kazuo Ishiguro; The Remains of the Day; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Kazuo Ishiguro's novel The Remains of the Day has garnered much discussion by literary theorists. Studies have primarily concerned themselves with the main character Mr Stevens and how he interacts with the complex situations around him. READ MORE

  3. 2. “A sickness that could kill a dozen pigs in a single day”: An ecocritical approach to Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Alexander Sloots; [2021]
    Keywords : Kazuo Ishiguro; The Buried Giant; Ecocriticism; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay will analyze Kazuo Ishiguro’s fantasy (or anti-fantasy) novel The Buried Giant (2016) from an ecocritical approach, with the aspiration to commence an ecocritical dialogue regarding the novel, which, at the time writing this, is non-existent. The first part of the analysis examines the portrayal of nature in The Buried Giant. READ MORE

  4. 3. Teaching Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day : A Theoretical Essay Towards Cross-Curricular, DualCoded Historical Knowledge

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

    Author : Helena Salii; [2019]
    Keywords : Action Research Plan; English; British; Cross-Curricular Teaching; Dual-Coding Theory DCT ; Education; English as a Second Language ESL ; Language; Teaching; Historical Knowledge; History; Jigsaw; Learning; Novel; Second Language Acquisition SLA ; Swedish; Vocabulary; WWI; WWII; Understanding; Upper Secondary School.;

    Abstract : In a suggestion to build upon students’ historical knowledge through reading The Remains of the Day, this essay delves into cross-curricular teaching, dual-coded theory aspects and revision of suggested plans to improve learner’s understanding of historical novels, characters, events, and descriptions to grasp and reflect upon such historical knowledge. Several methods for enhancing students’ knowledge and to improve vocabulary knowledge are provided. READ MORE

  5. 4. Reoression, Defense Mechanisms and the Unreliability of Stevens' Narration in the Remains of the Day

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Lulu Guo; [2018]
    Keywords : Repression; defense mechanisms; un reliable narrator; discourse; the un conscious; butler; Kazuo Ishiguro; The Remains of the Day;

    Abstract : This essay argues that repression and defense mechanisms contribute to the unreliability of Stevens’ narrationthrough three aspects: Stevens’ uncertainty of certain memories, his failure to report certain scenescorrectly and his defensive, self-contradictory discourse. There is no single best way to define what is consideredreliable and what is unreliable in narratology because the complexity of fictional characters will renderdifferent kinds of unreliability. READ MORE

  6. 5. Leaving Darlington Hall Behind: A Foucauldian Analysis of Power in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day

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

    Author : Matthew Ward; [2016]
    Keywords : Kazuo Ishiguro; The Remains of the Day;

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