Essays about: "democratic values through fiction"

Found 3 essays containing the words democratic values through fiction.

  1. 1. Promoting Democratic Values Through Fiction: A Study about the Use of Fiction in L2 Classrooms

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Aiat Tabiei; Arwa Zeino; [2022]
    Keywords : critical literacy; democratic values through fiction; EFL classroom; steered discussions; secondary school; reading;

    Abstract : This study suggests that fiction can be used not only for language acquisition, but also for discussing democratic values. In this qualitative study, the aim is to understand how teachers use fiction, what approaches they have and explore what types of tasks the participants combine when working with fictional texts. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Brexit Subject : Cognitive Capitalism and Biopolitical Production in Post-Referendum Fiction

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Emma Flodqvist; [2020]
    Keywords : Brexit Fiction; Brexit Literature; BrexLit; Autumn; Middle England; The Cockroach; Perfidious Albion; The Friends of Harry Perkins; The Wall; The Cut; Cognitive Capitalism; Immaterial Labour; Creative Labour; Cultural Labour; Gig Economy; Biopower; Biopolitics; Biopolitical Production; Bioproduction; Subjectivity; Precarity; Casualization; Subject Formation; Patriotism; Collectivism; Individualism.;

    Abstract : This thesis explores precarization of work and subject formation in seven post-referendum Brexit novels through theories of cognitive capitalism and biopolitical production. The analysis is anchored in Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri’s reconceptualization of Michel Foucault’s notion of biopolitics. READ MORE

  4. 3. Fundamental Undemocratic Values in Robert A. Heinlein’s Starship Troopers: How to Make Upper Secondary School Students More Self-aware of Their Fundamental Democratic Values

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Sebastian Forsman; [2019]
    Keywords : Democracy; Fundamental democratic values; Starship Troopers; Robert A. Heinlein; Socratic pedagogy; Politics of advocacy; attack; and assent; Didactic potential;

    Abstract : Democracy and democratic values have stagnated and are under attack. Current criticism of democracy points towards problems with efficiency, leniency towards undemocratic elements, collective problem-solving, and a suspension of the rule of law for public good. READ MORE