Essays about: "Willa Cather"

Found 5 essays containing the words Willa Cather.

  1. 1. Power Structures in Willa Cather’s My Ántonia

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Anna-Karin Jonsson Kvist; [2021]
    Keywords : Foucault; Butler; women; patriarchy; woman emancipation; My Ántonia. Power structures; Willa Cather;

    Abstract : The thesis in this essay states that Ántonia Shimerda and Lena Lingard in My Ántonia achieve a higher degree of woman emancipation because of their active response to prevailing power structures and that Cather uses the hardships and disappointments of these young women to highlight these power structures. Therefore, My Ántonia can be regarded as a novel taking a stand against patriarchal power structures. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reading Willa Cather's My Ántonia from an Intersectional Perspective

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

    Author : Kaltrina Istrefaj; [2018]
    Keywords : My Ántonia; intersectional perspective; reading; critical literacy; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Considering the fact that many people are oppressed because of their gender and race, whilst others are privileged because of theirs, we should reflect on the concept of intersectionality. This paper aims at reading Willa Cather’s My Ántonia from an intersectional perspective with the purpose of opening up for certain themes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Spineless Men and Irrepressible Women? : Gender Norm Destabilizing Performances in The Scarlet Letter and My Ántonia

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Sandra Johansson; [2015]
    Keywords : Gender performances; gender role norms; expectations; masculinization; feminization; feminism;

    Abstract : Both The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and My Ántonia by Willa Cather depict characters that perform non-traditional gender roles. In these novels, there are expectations about how women and men should act. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Limitations of Rigid Gender Norms in Willa Cather’s My Ántonia

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Sektionen för lärande och miljö

    Author : Emelie Paulsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Gender; performative gender; rigid gender norms; nineteenth-century;

    Abstract : This essay examines the limitations of societal gender norms and expectations of the late nineteenth-century and how the fictional character Ántonia Shimerda adheres to and fails to conform to them. In nineteenth-century America men and women were divided into two different spheres. READ MORE

  6. 5. Det förlorade paradiset vs. paradiset återfått : en studie om barndom på tre noveller av Willa Cather

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Faith Valdner; [2013]
    Keywords : childhood; imagination; leader; paradise; Willa Cather;

    Abstract : Literature is a source that enriches students’ language ability on every level and short stories are a form that is suitable for adolescent students. To young people, memories from childhood are still close and vivid. READ MORE