Essays about: "feminist narratology"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words feminist narratology.
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1. An Illusion of the American Dream : The Great Gatsby from a Feminist Perspective
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/EngelskaAbstract : The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald encapsulates the Roaring Twenties, a period of social and political change. The economy is thriving, and the American Dream, with its promise of monetary wealth, happiness and upward mobility, is seemingly within reach. READ MORE
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2. Moira, take me with you! : Utopian Hope and Queer Horizons in Three Versions of The Handmaid's Tale
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema GenusAbstract : Using postmodern, feminist and queer notions of utopia/dystopia and narrative theory, this thesis contains an analysis of The Handmaid’s Tale (novel 1985; film 1990; TV series S01 2017) based on theoretical and methodological understandings of utopia/dystopia and narrative as deeply connected with notions of temporality and relationality, and of violence and resistance as the modes of expression of utopia and dystopia in the source texts. The analysis is carried out in an explorative manner (Czarniawska 2004) and utilises the notion of “disidentification” (Butler 1993; Muñoz 1999) and the concepts of “diffraction” (Haraway 1992, 1997; Barad 2007, 2010), and “entanglement” (Barad 2007). READ MORE
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3. Petticoats or Miniskirts: A Comparative Analysis of Feminine Narration in Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones's Diary
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : Abstract Both Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) and Bridget Jones’s Diary (Helen Fielding) have been thoroughly examined by literary critics. When discussed from a feminist perspective, critics are ambiguous as some claim that the novels work against feminist values rather than the reverse. READ MORE
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4. It's a Matter of Perspective: History, Fiction and Narrative in ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ by Philippa Gregory
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : This essay explores the relationship between ‘history’ and ‘fiction’ in Philippa Gregory’s historical novel The Other Boleyn Girl (2001). Taking a broadly New Historicist approach to that relationship, the essay examines how the fictional aspects of Gregory’s text are handled in relation to historical ‘fact’, how Gregory’s story illustrates the ways in which an historical novel can be used to address contemporary concerns, and how the choice of narrator plays a key role in both respects. READ MORE
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5. Masculinity and Objectification : a narrative study on the representation of masculine identity in video games
University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheterAbstract : Previous studies on the representation of gender roles video games, and how they are able to affect the consumers' understanding of their own gender identity, often focus on the portrayal of female characters and their effect on male and female consumers. This present study deviates from this common trend and chooses to investigate how expressions of masculine identity are designed towards the objectification of women, to gain an understanding of how this sort of narrative may affect male players to adopt a similar attitude. READ MORE
