Essays about: "novella"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the word novella.

1. 1. “A guy got to sometimes” : Hegemonic masculinity and male homosociality in Of Mice of Men, by John Steinbeck

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Abigail Piper Sandström; [2024]
   Keywords : Masculinity; Steinbeck; Homosociality; American Literature; Hegemonic masculinity; Gender; Male Studies;

   Abstract : John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men explores themes of morality and masculinity through its many male characters. With the use of hegemonic masculinity theory, this essay analyzes how different elements of masculinity are characterized, constructed, and valued in relation to one another. READ MORE

3. 2. The Word for World is Forest : A multidisciplinary approach to teaching about genocide

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Marco Zalazar; [2023]
   Keywords : Genocide; Dehumanization; Peace Education; Le Guin; Cognitive Estrangement; Engaged Reading; Socratic Pedagogy;

   Abstract : The current position proposed as a possible antidote to future human conflicts is to educate our students about the horrific consequences of past atrocities. To this end, this research paper will examine the possibilities of teaching the students to recognize and reject dehumanizing attitudes in society. READ MORE

4. 3. “Human Spiders”: Intellectual Observers, Degeneration and Darwinism in H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

   Author : Maja Loberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Degeneration; Fin de Siècle; Literature; Darwinism; H.G. Wells; The Time Machine; Intellectual Observer; Victorian literature; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : H.G. Wells’ novella The Time Machine (1895) tells the story of The Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. There, he encounters two evolutionary progressions of humanity. READ MORE

5. 4. A Remote Kinship : Using Heart of Darkness to Promote an Anti-Essentialist and Anti-Racist Understanding of Race and Ethnicity in the EFL Classroom

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   Author : Rudy Lindberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Heart of Darkness; Race; Essentialism; Anti-essentialism;

   Abstract : Heart of Darkness does raise several issues when used in a teaching context. For instance, the novella depicts the Congolese as primitive, animalistic, ignorant, and superstitious. Thus, it perpetuates racist tropes about Africans that unfortunately still exist today. READ MORE

6. 5. Building intimate relations : queer male fan engagement with representation in the camp podcast 'My Dad Wrote a Porno'

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Lucas Leão Silva de Aquino Alves; [2023]
   Keywords : fan engagement; media representation; queer male representation; gay media representation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the unique queer male engagement with the podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno and its source material, the erotic novella Belinda Blinked. While gay or bisexual males are never present in the fictional story in the book series, queer male fans are amongst the most outspoken in online communities dedicated to the show. READ MORE