Essays about: "Linda Melkner Moser"

Found 3 essays containing the words Linda Melkner Moser.

  1. 1. Character Narrators, the Implied Author, and the Authorial Audience: A Rhetorical and Ethical Reading of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Talents

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Linda Melkner Moser; [2020]
    Keywords : Octavia Butler; Parable of the Sower; Parable of the Talents; James Phelan; the implied author; character narrators; narrators; authorial audience; rhetorical narrative theory; rhetoric ethics; ethics; rhetoric; rhetoric of character narration; Lauren Olamina; Olamina; Earthseed; epistolary novels; narrative theory;

    Abstract : This essay considers the interplay between character narrators, the implied author, and the authorial audience in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Talents. The aim of the study was to investigate how narrators, the implied author, and readers position themselves in relation to each other and in relation to the novel’s ethical dimensions. READ MORE

  3. 2. Rape and Silence in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Linda Melkner Moser; [2012]
    Keywords : Rape; silence; sexual violence; South Africa; J.M. Coetzee; Disgrace; Melanie Isaacs; Lucy Lurie; David Lurie; sexual scripts; rape myths;

    Abstract : This essay discusses rape and silence in J.M. Coetzee’s novel Disgrace, with focus on how and why the characters Melanie and Lucy are silenced after being raped. READ MORE

  4. 3. Unreliable Narration and the Portrayal of Bertha Mason in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Linda Melkner Moser; [2012]
    Keywords : Jane Eyre; Charlotte Brontë; Bertha Mason; Bertha Rochester; narratology; unreliable narration; unreliable narrator;

    Abstract : This essay investigates the narration in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre by applying narratologist Great Olson’s model of unreliable narration to Jane, the novel’s narrator. Further, the novel discusses how Jane’s reliability affects the portrayal of the character Bertha Mason. READ MORE