Essays about: "didactic essay"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 35 essays containing the words didactic essay.
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6. Coming of age in Victorian America : challenging gender roles in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women
University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay argues that Little Women does not promote breaking stereotypical gender norms and nineteenth century gender roles, contrary to what several critics say. This paper will be using feminist criticism and analyzing two of the novel’s main characters, Meg and Jo, and examining their behavior towards stereotypical gender norms and rules. READ MORE
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7. Remembering the Holocaust : Teaching historical trauma in the English classroom through historical fiction and Maus
University essay from Södertörns högskola/LärarutbildningenAbstract : This essay explores historical trauma through the lens of post-memory and trauma theory, and aims to analyse the representation of historical trauma in Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel Maus. By using these theories, the essay explores how trauma can be passed on through generations, and how it ultimately affects not only the people who were there to experience it, but also those generations that came after. READ MORE
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8. Adaptation and Original in the EFL-classroom : An Analysis of Different Versions of The Handmaid's Tale
University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, ÄmnesforskningAbstract : This qualitative study aims to examine the differences between Margaret Atwood’s novel and Bruce Miller’s adapted version of The Handmaid’s Tale by the application of adaptation, as well as, feminist theory. An additional aim is to investigate the didactic potential of using both the original version and the TV series adaptation in the EFL-classroom, this in relation to the Curriculum for English at upper secondary level. READ MORE
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9. Creating Character: Romeo, Juliet and didactic challenges with improvised modern scenes
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för de humanistiska och samhällsvetenskapliga ämnenas didaktikAbstract : This essay describes an action research project conducted twice in the same high school with second year students within the subject English. Students are often unwilling or unable to relate to Shakespeare and his language. It is boring, they say. It is difficult, inaccessible and has nothing to do with us, they say. READ MORE
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10. Reading The Catcher in the Rye in the EFL classroom : A didactic perspective of the reasons and consequences for banning or censoring literature
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : By discussing the ethical issues with banned and censored literature, students can learn how to approach a text written in different contexts. The essay brings to light the triggered instances, which lead to banning The Catcher in the Rye in American schools in the 1950s. READ MORE