Essays about: "Suicide in literature"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the words Suicide in literature.

  1. 6. Hopeful or harmful literature? Teenage suicide as described in the YA novels Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher, and Looking for Alaska, by John Green

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Elin Logara; [2019]
    Keywords : Suicide in literature; Young adult novels; suicide contagion; reader response; YA; teenage suicide; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Young adult novels about suicide are questioned pieces of literature. Fears of suicide contagion and the perceived unsuitability of such narratives for adolescents lie at the centre of this conflict, which has resulted in the banning of books and other censorship moves. READ MORE

  3. 7. "Isolate a honeybee from her sisters and she will soon die" : Discussing sensitive issues in the Swedish EFL classroom based on Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Marta Oinonen; [2019]
    Keywords : Envisionment; The Secret Life of Bees; EFL classroom; literature; reader-response theory; upper secondary school;

    Abstract : This essay argues that literature enhances the discussions of sensitive issues in a Swedish EFL classroom. Building on reader-response theory and Judith A. Langer's envisionment building, the themes affinity, suicide and discrimination found in Sue Monk Kidd's novel The Secret Life of Bees could be discussed. READ MORE

  4. 8. Physician Assisted Suicide - Ethically Defendable or Not? : A Qualitative Ethical Analysis

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

    Author : Maria Vangouver; [2019]
    Keywords : Physician assisted suicide; ethics; autonomy; beneficence; non-maleficence; dignity; justice.;

    Abstract : Introduction: Physician assisted suicide (PAS) is the process where the patient terminateshis/her life with the aid of a physician who provides a prescription for lethal medication thatthe patient self-administers in order to commit suicide. PAS is practiced in several countriesand is now gaining support in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Sorrows of Young Jude - Sartre’s Concept of Freedom in Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Julia Karlsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Literature; Sartre; Yanagihara; Existentialis; Freedom; Being and Nothingness; Tragedy; Determinism; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Hanya Yanagihara’s novel A Little Life (2015) is about Jude St Francis, a successful lawyer whose inability to recover from his traumatic childhood causes him to commit suicide. This essay investigates why Jude is able to control and alter certain aspects of his life, but how he still is ultimately and finally dominated by his emotional trauma. READ MORE

  6. 10. 'I am so tired, I wish my life was over' : An analysis of the potential inclusion of the novel 13 Reasons Why in the EFL classroom

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Julia Ekholm; [2018]
    Keywords : Bullying; Sexual harassment; Media; Technology; Suicide; EFL classroom; Modern Western Societies; Young adult literature; Upper secondary school;

    Abstract : The increased usage of media and technology has not only opened new areas for bullies, but also made the visible form of bullying invisible. In addition, movements like ‘me too’ have blossomed showing that sexual harassment is and has been a prevalent issue in the Western world for a long time. READ MORE