Essays about: "fictional texts"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 27 essays containing the words fictional texts.
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6. Teaching English via Fiction : A phenomenographic study of teachers’ perceptions about using fiction to teach English
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/EngelskaAbstract : The aim of this study is to examine and identify the different ways in which secondary and upper secondary school teachers perceive the use of fiction to teach English as well as their beliefs about the outcome or benefits of doing so. Five secondary and upper secondary school teachers in Sweden who teach English as a foreign language were interviewed about how they use fiction to teach English. READ MORE
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7. Mangaesque Characters in Physical Space: An ethnographic study of butler café Swallowtail as female sanctuary
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)Abstract : Since the 1970s, Japanese contemporary popular culture as an academic field has gained increased attention, which has led to the emergence of fan culture and fandom studies. There is a certain academic bias toward otaku (i.e. READ MORE
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8. An Exploration of the American Justice System through the Trial of Tom Robinson : A New Historicist Analysis of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : Adding something new to the understanding of To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), which is considered a twentieth-century classic, would be nearly impossible if not for the outlook of new historicism. Through a new historicist analysis of Harper Lee’s literary text parallel to non-fictional texts relating to the American justice system and civil rights, this essay explores how race affects U. READ MORE
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9. Is That Really You, Sherlock Holmes? : A Corpus Stylistic and Comparative Literary Analysis Investigating the Survival of the Authentic Holmes in Contemporary Pastiches
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This thesis has conducted an extensive character analysis of Sherlock Holmes by comparing the original, authentic detective, as he appears in a corpus consisting of Conan Doyle’s collected works about Holmes, to the characterisation in three select period pastiches. The aim was to analyse to what extent the true characterisation of the famous sleuth has survived in contemporary adaptations, more specifically in the three texts, Sherlock Vs. READ MORE
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10. Gender in the English Language Classroom : A comparative study of gender portrayals in textbooks for the course English 6 in the Swedish upper secondary school
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This study aims to explore how textbooks aiming at the course English 6 in the Swedish upper secondary school display male, female and transgendered characters in fictional texts. The study also seeks to investigate what genders are represented in the authors of the analysed fictional texts in the textbooks. READ MORE
