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Language in Ronja, the robber’s daughter: Adapting the characters for anime

Sjöberg, Jahnesta LU (2019) JAPK11 20191
Japanese Studies
Abstract
This is a qualitative study on the characters of Ronja, the robber’s daughter and how they have been interpreted in Studio Ghibli’s anime version. It focuses on characterization from the perspective of role language and character language and how they reinforce the themes and characters of Ronja. Example sentences have been analyzed and discussed from various major characters. In summary, role language has been applied to gender the main characters, make them more distinct from each other and index certain characters’ role in the story.
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author
Sjöberg, Jahnesta LU
supervisor
organization
course
JAPK11 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
role language, character language, japanese linguistics, Ronja rövardotter, Astrid Lindgren
language
English
id
8993999
date added to LUP
2019-09-12 13:16:34
date last changed
2019-09-12 13:16:34
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  author       = {{Sjöberg, Jahnesta}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Language in Ronja, the robber’s daughter: Adapting the characters for anime}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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