Essays about: "narratology"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 90 essays containing the word narratology.

  1. 16. A Narratological Study on Characterization, Change and Coming-of-Age in Maggie Stiefvater’s The Dream Thieves

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Sara Davidsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Young Adult; narratology; character; characterization; sexuality; coming-of-age; Maggie Stiefvater; The Dream Thieves;

    Abstract : This essay explores the character development of Ronan Lynch in Maggie Stiefvater's The Dream Thieves (2013) with the intention of showing the process of self-acceptance through the narratological concepts character and characterization as well as Young Adult literature research focused on coming-of-age in terms of self-discovery and sexual identity. It was found that Ronan does reach self-acceptance. READ MORE

  3. 17. Enduring Together : Psychosocial Support for Involuntary Family Separation in the Wake of Migration

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Joel Persson; [2021]
    Keywords : social work; psychosocial support; family separation; migration; ambiguous loss; resilience; narrative theory; narratology; coping; universalism; cultural-relativism; community; professional support; civil society;

    Abstract : Background Involuntary family separation due to forced migration is a particular form of suffering to which contemporary methods of psychosocial support seem scarce. It has been shown to cause mental and physical impairments that are often misdiagnosed for pathologies. READ MORE

  4. 18. Art history through a queer lens - Focalization and semiotics applied to two Instagram accounts dedicated to queer art history

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Leo Hildebrand; [2021]
    Keywords : art history; queer; instagram; semiotics; semiosis; narratology; discourse; representation; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how queer art history is created through the interaction between two Instagram accounts, the art they post, and their followers. This thesis has analysed how the semiotic meaning-making construct a representation of queerness and what the effects are of a queer focalization in a social media context. READ MORE

  5. 19. Gender relations and sexuality in Arab women’s writing: A narratological reading of Hanan al-Shaykh’s novel Ḥikāyat Zahra

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien-, Mellanöstern- och Turkietstudier

    Author : Mary Zaia; [2021]
    Keywords : Gender; Sexuality; Lebanon; Arabic literature; Narratology; Hanan al-Shaykh;

    Abstract : This thesis examines gender relations in the war novel Ḥikāyat Zahra (1989) by the Lebanese author Hanan al-Shaykh. The analysis focuses on interpersonal relations among male and female characters in the novel as well as perceptions of gender and sexuality within a patriarchal order as depicted in the writing of Hanan al-Shaykh. READ MORE

  6. 20. An Illusion of the American Dream : The Great Gatsby from a Feminist Perspective

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Martina Lotun; [2021]
    Keywords : The Great Gatsby; F. Scott Fitzgerald; the American Dream; feminism; feminist narratology; patriarchy; flapper; the Roaring Twenties; the Jazz Age;

    Abstract : 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