Essays about: "Literary Text Analysis"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 56 essays containing the words Literary Text Analysis.

  1. 21. 'Fate and Destiny in The Sun Is Also a Star' – The Features of Narration in the Novel and the Filmscript

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Olivia Chanel Furmanski; [2020]
    Keywords : Fate and Destiny; Narration; The Sun Is Also a Star; Literature; Narrative Situation; Thought Representation; Screenplay; Filmscript; Nicola Yoon; Tracy Oliver;

    Abstract : In this paper, I analyze and compare the novel The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon with the filmscript by Tracy Oliver for the 2019 movie adaptation. First, I demonstrate how the narrative in The Sun Is Also a Star deals with the literary ideas of fate and destiny and how scholars have defined the concepts. READ MORE

  2. 22. Postcolonial Literature in Swedish EFL Teaching: : A Didactic Consideration of Teaching Postcolonial Literary Concepts with Examples from Arvind Adiga's The White Tiger

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Martin Svensson; [2020]
    Keywords : postcolonial literature; postcolonial concepts; binary pairs; Othering; curriculum; syllabus;

    Abstract : This study examines what support that exists in the Swedish upper secondary school curriculum and the English 7 syllabus for teaching postcolonial literature and the postcolonial literary concepts of binary pairs and Othering. This study also illustrates how Arvind Adiga’s The White Tiger (2008) could serve as an example of a postcolonial novel to exemplify said concepts in the EFL classroom. READ MORE

  3. 23. “I DON’T THINK WE’VE BEEN FORMALLY INTRODUCED?” Re-contextualising a Literary Model for First Meetings through Adaptation Theory and Fan Fiction

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Malin Brus; [2019-02-08]
    Keywords : narratology; adaptation theory; fan fiction; Jean Rousset;

    Abstract : (Re-)contextualising narratology in today’s world of rapid technological development and widespread access to the internet serves as the basis of this essay, which explores what happens when narratology, adaptation theory and fan fiction theory intersect and interact. It combines a surface level quantitative study with qualitative text analysis, using Rousset’s literary model from 1981 on first meetings between lovers-to-be as the narratological reference, and the first meeting between the characters Alec Lightwood and Magnus Bane as the text subject (using a corpus consisting of a novel, its official film and TV-show adaptations, and thirty fan fictions). READ MORE

  4. 24. Rhythmic Tempi Analysis and Genus Analysis of Elfriede Jelinek’s Novel Die Liebhaberinnen : Mathematical Narratology Model

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Litteraturvetenskap

    Author : Alla Ericson; [2019]
    Keywords : rhythmic tempi; Elfriede Jelinek; Die Liebhaberinnen; Mieke Bal; intrafeminine subjugation; Mathematical Narratology; Literary Criticism; multidisciplinary analysis.;

    Abstract : This interdisciplinary study is exploring several fields of scientific research ‒ Literary Criticism, Mathematical Narratology, Structural Semiotics, Feminism and Intersectionality, and applying their theoretical and methodological apparatus for analysis of Elfriede Jelinek’s novel Die Liebhaberinnen (Women as Lovers). The study is focusing on quantitative and qualitative analysis of five rhythmic tempi ‒ pause, ellipsis, summary, slow down and scene. READ MORE

  5. 25. Literature Education and English as a World Language : Various countries’ representation in literary texts in coursebooks in English education for upper secondary school in Sweden.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Hollie Muir; [2019]
    Keywords : English education; upper secondary school; literature education; English as a world language; engelskundervisning; gymnasieskola; litteraturundervisning; engelska som världsspråk;

    Abstract : This essay aims to investigate which countries and geographical regions are most prevalent in literary texts in coursebooks published before and after the curriculum change in 2011, as well as determining if there is a greater diversity of countries and regions represented in the coursebooks published after 2011. A content analysis was used as well as studies by various researchers to investigate the literary texts in the coursebooks. READ MORE