Search for dissertations about: "a critical study of novels"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words a critical study of novels.
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1. Apartheid, liberalism, and romance : a critical investigation of the writing of Joy Packer
Abstract : This is the first full-length study of the writing of the South African Joy Packer (1905-1977), whose 17 works of autobiography and romantic fiction were primarily popular. Packer’s writing, which appeared mainly between 1945 and 1977, blends popular narrative with contemporary social and political discourses. READ MORE
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2. Outsiders and Others : Queer Friendships in Novels by Hermann Hesse
Abstract : This dissertation explores how characters who embody outsiderness and/or otherness intersect with and connote queerness—such as, for instance, homoeroticism and nonconformism—in the novels Peter Camenzind (1904) and Der Steppenwolf (1927) by German-language author Hermann Hesse (1877–1962).In most of Hesse’s novels, the narrative revolves around a male protagonist who is characterized as an outsider. READ MORE
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3. Materialisations of a Woman Writer : An Investigation of Gender Politics in Janet Frame's Biographical Legend
Abstract : This study deals with interpretative procedures in literary studies that implicitly or explicitly rely on biographical information. Most often, readings either presuppose the sovereignty of the author or claim that biographical data is not at all relevant. Both these stances are problematic. READ MORE
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4. Childhood Without Children : Ian McEwan and the Critical Study of the Child
Abstract : This study has a twofold ambition. First, it offers a new perspective on Ian McEwan’s works by focusing on his treatment of childhood. Second, by using McEwan’s writing as an example, it seeks to challenge the current critical preoccupation with childhood in the novel in terms solely of child characters. READ MORE
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5. Places of Rest in Worlds of Ruin : Havens in Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
Abstract : In the inhospitable and ruined landscapes of post-apocalyptic fiction there are often found havens, places of rest that provide contrast to the desolation of the wasteland. This study explores the generic functions of such havens. READ MORE