Essays about: "NoViolet Bulawayo"
Found 3 essays containing the words NoViolet Bulawayo.
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1. African Women and Storytelling : Unveiling the Power of Narrative to Shape Collective Imaginary
University essay fromAbstract : During my eight years of work in the communication department of an NGO based in Kampala I have undetaken several workshops organized by istitutional donors, such as USAID, on how to write what the aid sector calls stories of change. Puzzled by the information and skills obtained in such context and the stories I have encounter and wrote during my job from one side, and on the other side acknowledging how novels helped me to navigate my feeling of disorientation while living and experiencing the Ugandan context; I have decided to embark in this research to better understand where the stories produced by INGOs and the contemporary literature differentiate. READ MORE
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2. Three Times Trauma : A literary analysis of NoViolet Bulawayo's We Need New Names and its potential in the EFL classroom
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This thesis argues that events in the postcolonial novel We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo can be viewed as traumatic based on three different aspects; witnessed trauma, transgenerational trauma and cultural trauma. In addition, the thesis provides pedagogical implications and analysis of the novel’s usefulness in the Swedish EFL classroom. READ MORE
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3. New Homes and New Names: The African Migrant Novelin the Digital Age
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : In this thesis, I attempt to explore the development of migrant literature in an era of digitalcommunication. The latest developments in communication technology have certainlydestabilized patterns of content creation and dissemination. READ MORE
