Essays about: "falling angels tracy chevalier"

Found 2 essays containing the words falling angels tracy chevalier.

1. 1. Tracy Chevalier’s Falling Angels in the EFL classroom: a study on the use of historical fiction in the language learning context

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

   Author : Melissa Ferreira Dos Santos; [2016]
   Keywords : historical novel; Falling Angels; EFL; new historicism; historical and cultural awareness; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This investigation will analyze how the genre historical fiction, more specifically the novel Falling Angels (2001) written by Tracy Chevalier, can be used in the EFL (English as Foreign Language) classroom in upper secondary school in Sweden. It will argue that the different themes approached by the novel are interesting points of departure to be used in the classroom for both language learning and personal development, according to the requirements of the Swedish National Agency for Education. READ MORE

3. 2. The Development of Kitty Coleman in Tracy Chevalier's Falling Angels

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Katarina Odlander; [2006]
   Keywords : Historical novels; Historiska romaner; Victorianism in literature; Gender roles; Könsroller i litteraturen; Suffrage movement; English literature; Engelsk litteratur; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This paper deals with the historical novel Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier. It focuses on the development of the character Kitty Coleman who is a Victorian middle-class housewife. The essay shows that Kitty is very different from the ideal Victorian woman and that her inability to conform to the role she has been assigned makes her unhappy. READ MORE