Essays about: "Nicola Yoon"

Found 2 essays containing the words Nicola Yoon.

1. 1. '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

3. 2. Disability Bias and the Misrepresentation of Chronic Illness and Invisible Disability in Contemporary YA Fiction

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Daniela Fois; [2018]
   Keywords : invisible disability; chronic illness; young adult; fiction; literature; misrepresentation; disability bias; romanticisation; miracle cure trope; Nicola Yoon; Everything Everything;

   Abstract : Despite the success illness novels have acquired in the last decade, the misrepresentation of chronic illness in the Young Adult genre is still going unnoticed. In an ableist society that still needs to be educated about invisible disabilities, most of the contemporary YA writers insist on finding miraculous solutions and questionable happy endings to their stories. READ MORE