Essays about: "coming-of-age"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the word coming-of-age.

  1. 1. On the Quest for Alternative Ways of Becoming : Multifaceted Means of Maturation in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Martin Ahlberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; The Green Knight; Failure; The Hero’s Journey; David Lowery; Christopher Vogler; Coming of Age;

    Abstract : Living in an era where success is embraced as a life style, raises concerns that the alternatives to become, to grow and mature have been limited to a single variety – one where only triumph matters. This is a view that is spread through contemporary popular culture, whether it be in social media, video games, tv-series, films or books. READ MORE

  3. 2. Frighteningly Female - Subversion of horror film tropes in Oz Perkins’ Gretel & Hansel

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Sofia Lövgren Hansson; [2022-04-13]
    Keywords : Feminism; Horror; Gretel Hansel; Subversive; Women;

    Abstract : This essay aims to examine the portrayal of the reproductive and aging female body as horrific in Oz Perkins’ Gretel & Hansel (2020). It proposes that the reinterpretation of the Grimm brothers' classical fairytale as a feminist coming of age story, centering Gretel as the protagonist and the witch as a mentor, allows for a subversion of horror film tropes pertaining to the reproductive female body. READ MORE

  4. 3. Feminist Practices and Representation of Women Characters in Little Women

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Jennifer Koroleva Sundgren; [2022]
    Keywords : feminism; Jo March; Little Women; coming of age; Bildungsroman; Künstlerroman; gender fluidity; art;

    Abstract : This essay focuses on Louisa May Alcott's Little Women as a feminist novel and explores the representations of feminisms in the text. First, I argue Little Women is a novel that presents writing as feminist practice from a Künstlerroman perspective, which highlights Jo March's subversive feminism in the time. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Long-term Effect of Macro Shocks at Labor Market Entry: Evidence from Taiwan

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Yunyi Jin; [2022]
    Keywords : Recession; Long-term effect; Labor market conditions;

    Abstract : The hit of the pandemic brought out an increasing unemployment rate in the labor market. Young workers coming of age are hugely influenced when going through the school-to-work transition, an early life stage impacting future careers. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Puppets and the Puppet Master : Patriarchal, Victorian Values and Melanie's Coming-of-Age Journey in Angela Carter's The Magic Toyshop

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för språk, kultur och interaktion

    Author : Reshah Alazzawi; [2022]
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