Essays about: "Roald Dahl"

Found 4 essays containing the words Roald Dahl.

1. 1. MATILDA AND THE WITCHES - The Heteronormative Illustrated in Dahl

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Matilda Nyman Järhult; [2021-12-29]
   Keywords : English; Roald Dahl; Quentin Blake; Matilda; The Witches; gender; intermediality; children’s literature; illustrations;

   Abstract : This essay explores the view on gender in Roald Dahl’s Matilda and The Witches. From a queer perspective, the essay examines the message residing in the intermedial space of the text-image relationship. READ MORE

3. 2. “Too ridiculous to be believed” – an Analysis of Fairy Tale Violence in Roald Dahl’s Children’s Fiction

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Daniel Halonen; [2021]
   Keywords : children’s literature; burlesque violence; retaliatory violence; cautionary effect; cathartic effect; fairy tale tradition; cautionary tales;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is to examine several categories of violence in Roald Dahl’s children’s fiction, with the background of fairy tale theory. Roald Dahl’s children’s fiction has raised criticism, and the grounds of it are reconsidered in this essay. READ MORE

4. 3. Roald Dahl’s The BFG in Translation : The lexically creative idiolect of "the BFG" and its translation into Japanese

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Japanska

   Author : Jennifer Nykänen; [2018]
   Keywords : Japanese; translation; challenges; strategies; neologism; allusion; wordplay; The BFG; Roald Dahl; idiolect; expressive language;

   Abstract : A translator works as a mediator between an original work that has been written in one language, a source text, and those who will be the audience of the translation, or, in other words, the target text. Translating a text is often a challenging task, as the translator must keep in mind both the source text and its author’s intentions with the text, and also its intended audience, but also keep in mind the target audience of the target text. READ MORE

5. 4. The War of Ages : A Deconstruction of the Adult-Child Dichotomy in Roald Dahl's Matilda

   University essay from Sektionen för lärarutbildning (LUT)

   Author : Jenny Hansson; [2012]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This literary essay is centered around Roald Dahl's Matilda and employs deconstructive theory in order to dismantle the binary relationship between adults and children that the novel's author attempts to uphold. The portrayal of adult characters as either evil or passive, and child characters as innocent and helpless, establishes children and grownups as juxtaposed and limits the choice of hero to a child. READ MORE