Essays about: "Steinbeck"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word Steinbeck.

1. 1. “A guy got to sometimes” : Hegemonic masculinity and male homosociality in Of Mice of Men, by John Steinbeck

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Abigail Piper Sandström; [2024]
   Keywords : Masculinity; Steinbeck; Homosociality; American Literature; Hegemonic masculinity; Gender; Male Studies;

   Abstract : John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men explores themes of morality and masculinity through its many male characters. With the use of hegemonic masculinity theory, this essay analyzes how different elements of masculinity are characterized, constructed, and valued in relation to one another. READ MORE

3. 2. The Relationship Between Humans and the Environment in The Grapes of Wrath

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Anna Zsofia Orosz; [2022]
   Keywords : realism; realist fiction; fiction; steinbeck; naturalism; john steinbeck; the grapes of wrath; great depression; great depression literature; environmental impacts; climate fiction; socialism; communism; human agency; environment; human environment relationship;

   Abstract : The paper explores the human-environment relationship in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. It argues that every impact on humans by the environment or by human-made objects is initially triggered by human actions. The paper questions humans' and objects' agency. READ MORE

4. 3. Of Theory of Mind and Scaffolding: Using John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men to Develop Upper Secondary Students’ Theory of Mind

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap

   Author : Ana Louise Moreira Hagvall; [2018]
   Keywords : Of Mice and Men; Theory of Mind; empathy; scaffolding; ZPD; critical theory; John Steinbeck; Crooks; Curley’s wife; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This research project presents an example of how students and teachers can work together to analyze Of Mice and Men. In this paper, critical theory is used as a form of scaffolding, in order to both develop students’ Theory of Mind (ToM) and make canonical literature more accessible. READ MORE

5. 4. The Marxist Concept of Alienation and Exploitation in "Of Mice and Men"

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Fatma Balci; [2013-06-25]
   Keywords : Of Mice and Men; Marxism; alienation; exploitation; capitalism; marginalized people;

   Abstract : This essay analyzes John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" from a Marxist perspective. It focuses on how the author succeeds in bringing out the alienated in capitalism from two different levels. READ MORE

6. 5. The School Canon : A Study about a Possible School Canon of English Literature at Swedish Upper Secondary Schools

   University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Emma Johansson; [2013]
   Keywords : Canon; Education; English literature; School canon;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay has been to examine whether there is a school canon for fiction in the teaching of English at upper secondary schools in Sweden and how such a canon takes shape. The study has been carried out by compiling lists of books and interviewing teachers in the region of western Kronoberg. READ MORE