Kulturell identitet i En halv gul sol och Atlantens mage: En postkolonial läsning av två icke-västerländska romaner
2013 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
This study analyses two non-western novels used in the subject of Swedish in upper secondary school: Fatou Diomes The Belly of the Atlantic and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichies Half a Yellow Sun. Looking at how the books female main character relate to Stuart Halls theory of cultural identity, I come to the conclusion that they somewhat differently relate to an essential ”authentic” self. Salie talks explicit about a generic African soul that she possesses. Olanna never talks about anything ”authentic”, but her narrative and contrary subject positions can be read as a way of demasking her European ”white” self in favour of a truer Igbo self. I also come to the conclusion that both novels use themes of alienation related to gender structures and positioned westernness and that this kind of reading could contribute to interesting classroom discussions about a dynamic interpretation on culture and identity.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013. , p. 42
Keywords [en]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half a Yellow Sun, Fatou Diome, The Belly of the Atlan- tic, cultural identity, Stuart Hall, Frantz Fanon, postcolonialism, hybridity, Swedish, upper secondary school, non-western literature
Keywords [sv]
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, En halv gul sol, Fatou Diome, Atlantens mage, kulturell identitet, Stuart Hall, Frantz Fanon, postkolonialism, hybriditet, svenska, gymnasiet, icke-västerländsk litteratur
National Category
Educational Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-23377OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-23377DiVA, id: diva2:714964
Subject / course
Education Studies
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
Supervisors
Examiners
2014-04-302014-04-302014-04-30Bibliographically approved