Essays about: "disability narrative"

Found 4 essays containing the words disability narrative.

  1. 1. The Non-Speaking Creature : Characterisation in Relation to Speech in Frankenstein and Two of its Adaptations

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Frida Hellryd; [2021]
    Keywords : Frankenstein; Disability Studies;

    Abstract : This paper uses narrative theory to take a look at how speech is represented in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and how speech is connected to the characterisation of Frankenstein's Creature. The paper also looks at how the Creature's characterisation changes when he is made non-speaking in Richard Brinsley Peake 1823 stage play Presumption and the 1931 film Frankenstein. READ MORE

  3. 2. Diversity is best : A literary analysis of how Mark Haddon’s “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” may promote understanding and awareness towards the social construct of neurodiversity  

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Julia Hollertz; [2019]
    Keywords : Neurodiversity; English Level 6; Fundamental Values; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Neurotypicality; Social Model of Disability; Accurate Representation; Self-determination; Impairments; Disability;

    Abstract : This essay investigates how the first person narrative of Mark Haddon’s neurodiverse protagonist in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time raises awareness for the complexity of neurodiversity in relation to a neurotypical society. This has been done by applying the critical lens of Disability Studies and Disability Studies in Education to explain how disability is a concept of social and cultural construct. READ MORE

  4. 3. Self-Harm and the Pursuit of Control in Shadowhunters Fan Fiction

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Malin Bohman; [2019]
    Keywords : mental health; loss of control; depression; anxiety; disability narrative;

    Abstract : Five fan fictions based on the TV-series Shadowhunters are used to analyze the self-harming behaviors of the character Alec Lightwood, as a response to losing, and a method of regaining, control. In addition, this paper explores self-harm in relation to upbringing and culture, self-punishment, and the mental health disorders depression and anxiety. READ MORE

  5. 4. Investigation of validity for the STarT Back Screening Tool : – A Systematic Review

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Hälsa och rehabilitering

    Author : Johan Gustavsson; [2017]
    Keywords : STarT Back Screening Tool; validity; low back pain;

    Abstract : Background: Non-specific low back pain is a growing problem in society. No treatment have shown satisfying results to reduce pain or disability for patients with non-specific low back pain, and 1-18% of these patients develop chronic low back pain. READ MORE