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Shakespeares genusdröm: en genusvetenskaplig kvalitativ innehållsanalys av "En midsommarnattsdröm"

Niemi, Emelie LU (2018) GNVK02 20181
Department of Gender Studies
Abstract
In this bachelor’s thesis I analyse William Shakespeare’s comedic play A Midsummer Night’s Dream from the perspective of gender and sexuality. Through a qualitative content analysis, where I found several relevant themes, I explore how gender and sexuality is constructed by the characters in the play. My focus for exploring this is to see how the characters reproduce and/or deconstruct gender norms, how the men’s power is presented in the play, and how heteronormativity is constructed in the play. By using theories from both Candace West & Don H. Zimmerman, Judith Butler, and Sylvia Walby – as well as several other researchers’ takes on the play, both historical and feminist – I can see how these themes are presented through the... (More)
In this bachelor’s thesis I analyse William Shakespeare’s comedic play A Midsummer Night’s Dream from the perspective of gender and sexuality. Through a qualitative content analysis, where I found several relevant themes, I explore how gender and sexuality is constructed by the characters in the play. My focus for exploring this is to see how the characters reproduce and/or deconstruct gender norms, how the men’s power is presented in the play, and how heteronormativity is constructed in the play. By using theories from both Candace West & Don H. Zimmerman, Judith Butler, and Sylvia Walby – as well as several other researchers’ takes on the play, both historical and feminist – I can see how these themes are presented through the characters’ interactions in the play. (Less)
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author
Niemi, Emelie LU
supervisor
organization
course
GNVK02 20181
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, gender, sexuality, qualitative content analysis
language
Swedish
id
8945018
date added to LUP
2018-06-25 14:25:11
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2018-06-25 14:25:11
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  abstract     = {{In this bachelor’s thesis I analyse William Shakespeare’s comedic play A Midsummer Night’s Dream from the perspective of gender and sexuality. Through a qualitative content analysis, where I found several relevant themes, I explore how gender and sexuality is constructed by the characters in the play. My focus for exploring this is to see how the characters reproduce and/or deconstruct gender norms, how the men’s power is presented in the play, and how heteronormativity is constructed in the play. By using theories from both Candace West & Don H. Zimmerman, Judith Butler, and Sylvia Walby – as well as several other researchers’ takes on the play, both historical and feminist – I can see how these themes are presented through the characters’ interactions in the play.}},
  author       = {{Niemi, Emelie}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Shakespeares genusdröm: en genusvetenskaplig kvalitativ innehållsanalys av "En midsommarnattsdröm"}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}