Essays about: "historical novels"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 38 essays containing the words historical novels.

  1. 21. The Portrayal of Alcohol in The Sun Also Rises: Alcohol as Socio-Political Commentary and Measurement of Character

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Emma Ericson; [2017-06-20]
    Keywords : engelska; Ernest Hemingway; Alcohol; Prohibition Era; 1920s America; Disillusion; The Hemingway Hero; The Lost Generation; The Sun Also Rises; Paris; Expatriatism;

    Abstract : Although drinking is a central theme in most of Hemingway’s work, many scholars argue that The Sun Also Rises might be the one of his novels in which alcohol has the biggest presence. This essay is a contribution to the discussion about the excessive drinking in the novel. READ MORE

  3. 22. Historical Fiction in EFL Education

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

    Author : Ebba Säre; [2017]
    Keywords : Historical fiction; fundamental values; human rights; interdisciplinary work; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to analyze the contemporary historical fictional novel The Book Thief (2005) by Markus Zusak through the perspective of New Historicism. The investigation seeks to investigate if this particular novel can be used in English education in a Swedish upper secondary school to promote learning and discussion of human rights, values and democracy. READ MORE

  4. 23. Resistance Through Space : A Comparative Study of Narrative and Space in Naked Lunch and On the Road

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Luca Pirro; [2016]
    Keywords : Beat; space; resistance; control; cut-up; travel narrative; Kerouac; Burroughs; Foucault;

    Abstract : This essay compares two influential novels from the Beat era, William Burroughs’ Naked Lunch and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, and how they use the spatial dimension of writing as a tool for resistance. The spatiality of Kerouac’s travel narrative is compared to the spatiality of Burroughs cut-up narrative, and the spaces of cities and the road are analyzed. READ MORE

  5. 24. Space pregnancies : putting the other in the mother

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Lina Johansson; [2016]
    Keywords : mother; pregnant body; pregnancy; feminism; science fiction; motherhood; other; otherness; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Science fiction and feminist theory have a lot in common. They are both grounded in contemporary times, but envisions another. This essay looks at how women writers have used science fiction to talk about central themes in feminism, namely motherhood and pregnancy. These two are interesting because they are experiences based in the cis-female body. READ MORE

  6. 25. Vindkraftens visuella påverkan på landskapet : med utgångspunkt i tre olika tidsepoker

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Ludvig Bratt; [2016]
    Keywords : vindenergi; väderkvarn; energistransformation; energiövergång; förnyelsebar energi; förändringar; landskap; delaktighet;

    Abstract : Vi genomgår just nu i Sverige liksom i flera andra länder i världen en energitransformation från fossila bränslen till förnyelsebar energi. Den här uppsatsen utforskar hur energitransformationen och mer specifikt vindkraften kommer uppfattas i landskapen ur en visuell synvinkel. READ MORE