Essays about: "Rowling"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 31 essays containing the word Rowling.

  1. 11. Evil Women in Harry Potter : Breaking Gender Expectations and Representations of Evil

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Rebecca Lundhall; [2017]
    Keywords : Judith Butler; performativity; stereotypes; femininity; masculinity;

    Abstract : With a focus on gender expectations, this qualitative study analyses how Bellatrix Lestrange and Dolores Umbridge in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series represent evil. READ MORE

  3. 12. Severus Snape : The Complexity and Unconventional Heroism of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter Books

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

    Author : Emma Gustafsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Rowling; Severus Snape; Harry Potter; Heroism;

    Abstract : Being an evildoer and being evil is not always the same thing; author J.K Rowling’s character Professor Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series is balancing on that very line. READ MORE

  4. 13. Racism and multiculturalism in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

    Author : Jenny Korhonen; [2016]
    Keywords : Racism; multiculturalism; postcolonial criticism; subaltern; segregation; Harry Potter; Rowling;

    Abstract : In this essay, the Harry Potter series will be analyzed in three different sections. I will use African American criticism and Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the discussion of ‘race’ and segregation that occurs between three different groups. This section will explain along what lines the world of Harry Potter is segregated and to what extent. READ MORE

  5. 14. Making the Muggle : A Study of Processes of Othering in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and how Teachers Can Use the Novels to Work with Issues of Ableism

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för språkdidaktik; Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Robin Aronsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Harry Potter; othering; ableism; crip theory; disability studies; pedagogy; anti-oppressive education;

    Abstract : The magical fictional setting of the Harry Potter novels is not one separated from our own. It features the same nations and the same history as the real world. Its society is parallel to ours due to similar traditions and hierarchies, such as heteronormativity, ageism, racism, and fascism. READ MORE

  6. 15. Using Selected Novels of Harry Potter as a Tool for Discussion in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom with Postcolonial and Marxist Perspectives

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Sophia Fransson; [2015]
    Keywords : Harry Potter; Classroom Context; Lesson Plan; Postcolonialism; Marxism; Supression; Discrimination;

    Abstract : The Harry Potter novels written by J.K Rowling have been popular since the first book was released in 1997. Rowling has written seven books about Harry and the first four together with the Swedish National Agency for Education constitute the primary sources of this essay. READ MORE