Essays about: "novels of development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 essays containing the words novels of development.

1. 1. African Women and Storytelling : Unveiling the Power of Narrative to Shape Collective Imaginary

   University essay from

   Author : Clelia Vegezzi; [2023]
   Keywords : African Women; Women; Black Women; Storytelling; stories; Collective Imaginaries; Characters; Novels; INGOs; Noviolet Bulawayo; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie;

   Abstract : During my eight years of work in the communication department of an NGO based in Kampala I have undetaken several workshops organized by istitutional donors, such as USAID, on how to write what the aid sector calls stories of change.  Puzzled by the information and skills obtained in such context and the stories I have encounter and wrote during my job from one side, and on the other side acknowledging how novels helped me to navigate my feeling of disorientation while living and experiencing the Ugandan context; I have decided to embark in this research to better understand where the stories produced by INGOs and the contemporary literature differentiate. READ MORE

3. 2. It Will Seem So Nice and Grown-Uppish : An analytical essay on development towards conservative gender roles in the novel Anne of Green Gables

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

   Author : Elena Firozi; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender roles; conformity; separate spheres; bildungsroman; children s and young adult literature; Lucy Montgomery;

   Abstract : In this essay, an analysis of Lucy Montgomery's bildungsroman Anne of Green Gables has been conducted. The story of the protagonist Anne Shirley’s development into adulthood displays many aspects of the gender roles of the twentieth century in Canada as a result of her gendered upbringing. READ MORE

4. 3. The Development of The Trope of Hauntings in Gothic Fiction : A Comparative Analysis of Wuthering Heights and The Haunting of Hill House

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Kristel Dosti; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The research conducted in this paper will concern the development of the Gothic trope of hauntings in a comparative analysis of two gothic novels, Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Brontë and The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Shirley Jackson. The analysis will focus on how hauntings of various forms are presented and what they represent in the two texts before and after the development of psychoanalytical studies, particularly Sigmund Freud’s conceptualization of “Das Unheimliche”. READ MORE

5. 4. An Hibernian Tale – Representations of Identity in the Irish Big House Novel

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Ludvig Bertilsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Big House; Irish Literature; Castle Rackrent; The Real Charlotte; Maria Edgeworth; Somerville and Ross; Irish History; Irish Identity; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The genre of the Irish “Big House” novel is one deeply entrenched in historical context. To be unaware of the setting, and the significance of identity within it, lessens the understanding and impact of character, motivations, and conflict in the text. READ MORE

6. 5. Revenge, Compensation, and Character Change in Dickens's Great Expectations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Mathilda Solid; [2022]
   Keywords : revenge; vengeance; vengefulness; agents of revenge; compensation; character change; character development; Charles Dickens; Great Expectations; Magwitch; Miss Havisham; Orlick; Pip; Estella; injustice; betrayal; nineteenth-century novels; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Revenge is a theme which has fascinated people for thousands of years and which is present in a wide range of genres. Revenge also plays a central role in the nineteenth-century novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. READ MORE