Essays about: "female hero"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 18 essays containing the words female hero.
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11. The Byronic Heroine of North and South
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkulturAbstract : This essay argues that the protagonist of Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South (1855), Margaret Hale, is a Byronic heroine. The counter argument that any such comparison is impossible because of her sex is refuted and examples are given of how Margaret is not portrayed like the other young women of the novel. READ MORE
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12. Hunger is Not a Game. Using “The Hunger Games” to Encourage. Critical Thinking in the ESL Classroom
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : This essay focuses on the English 6 course for upper secondary school. I have created a book project that includes methods and pedagogical theories both represented in the Swedish school system such as the socio-cultural theory, the cognitive theory and behaviourism as well as less known theory such as critical literacy. READ MORE
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13. Holding Out for a Shero : Study of the Female Hero in Four Urban Fantasy Novels
University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)Abstract : This essay analyses the female hero in four urban fantasy novels, and evaluates several examples of the genre to find out whether or not the heroes can be found to be "sheroes" or traditionally male heroes. The study outlines the myth of the hero's journey and gives examples of the masculine as well as the feminine approach and how they apply to the four novels. READ MORE
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14. Arundhati Roy : Reclaiming Voices on the Margin in The God of Small Things
University essay from Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : The aim of this essay is to critically consider Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small Things from a postcolonial feminist perspective, with a special focus on how she models different representations of women, taking as a background the discussions within postcolonial feminism about subalternity and the representations of women from the so-called Third World in theory and literature, as well as the concept of agency from Cultural Studies. This purpose is reached by studying and comparing three main female characters in the novel: Mammachi, Baby Kochamma and Ammu, centering on their different ways of relating to the male hero of the novel, Velutha, an Untouchable in the lingering caste system of India. READ MORE
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15. “A peaceful world is a boring world” : a study in narrative structure and mythological elements in Squaresoft‟s Chrono Trigger
University essay from Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : The focuses of this paper are narrative structures and mythological elements in the video game Chrono Trigger. A qualitative method was used to code the game world's seven eras into themes of symbolism, quest-themes, and, characters. These themes were compared with Northrop Frye's archetypal myth theory from Anatomy of Criticism. READ MORE
