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Jag skall visa dig uppror i en handfull bär - revolution, karneval och uppror i The Hunger Games-trilogin

Kullenbok, Johan LU (2014) LIVK02 20141
Comparative Literature
Abstract (Swedish)
Föreliggande uppsats syftar till att analysera det uppror som skildras i Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games-trilogi. Med grund i Michail Bachtins tankar om folkets möjlighet till uppror i karnevalen och den folkliga festen anläggs ett karnevalsperspektiv på framförallt övergripande händelseförlopp, men även specifika händelser och företeelser i Collins bokserie. Efter en inledande beskrivning av karnevalen som teori inom litteraturvetenskap i allmänhet och barnlitteraturvetenskap i synnerhet följer sedan en analys av karnevalska bilder och former i The Hunger Games, Catching Fire och Mockingjay. Genom att analysera The Hunger Games-trilogin som menippeisk satir åskådliggörs hur folket, och bokseriens protagonist Katniss, krossar makten och... (More)
Föreliggande uppsats syftar till att analysera det uppror som skildras i Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games-trilogi. Med grund i Michail Bachtins tankar om folkets möjlighet till uppror i karnevalen och den folkliga festen anläggs ett karnevalsperspektiv på framförallt övergripande händelseförlopp, men även specifika händelser och företeelser i Collins bokserie. Efter en inledande beskrivning av karnevalen som teori inom litteraturvetenskap i allmänhet och barnlitteraturvetenskap i synnerhet följer sedan en analys av karnevalska bilder och former i The Hunger Games, Catching Fire och Mockingjay. Genom att analysera The Hunger Games-trilogin som menippeisk satir åskådliggörs hur folket, och bokseriens protagonist Katniss, krossar makten och genomför ett uppror. I uppsatsen diskuteras även huruvida det överhuvudtaget går att se upproret i bokserien som karnevalskt, samt vilka implikationer detta kan ha på förståelsen av The Hunger Games som ett ungdomslitterärt fenomen. (Less)
Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to analyze the uprising depicted in Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games-trilogy. Using the ideas of carnival and vernacular humour presented by Mikhail Bakhtin a carnival perspective is applied to the course of events in Collin’s trilogy. Following a description of carnival as theory in the study of literature in general and more specifically children’s literature, the carnival imagery in three novels of The Hunger Games-trilogy (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay) is analyzed. Analyzing the trilogy as an example of Menippean satire shows how the dethroning of power by means of the people (and the protagonist of the series: Katniss) results in a successful uprising. The essay also contains a discussion... (More)
The aim of this thesis is to analyze the uprising depicted in Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games-trilogy. Using the ideas of carnival and vernacular humour presented by Mikhail Bakhtin a carnival perspective is applied to the course of events in Collin’s trilogy. Following a description of carnival as theory in the study of literature in general and more specifically children’s literature, the carnival imagery in three novels of The Hunger Games-trilogy (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay) is analyzed. Analyzing the trilogy as an example of Menippean satire shows how the dethroning of power by means of the people (and the protagonist of the series: Katniss) results in a successful uprising. The essay also contains a discussion of whether or not the uprising actually can be described as carnival, and how this affects the understating of The Hunger Games as young adult literature. (Less)
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author
Kullenbok, Johan LU
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course
LIVK02 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins, barnlitteraturvetenskap, children's literature, karneval, carnival, Bachtin, Bakhtin, revolution, uprising, menippeisk satir, Menippean satire
language
Swedish
id
4463681
date added to LUP
2014-07-02 12:52:23
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2014-07-02 12:52:23
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this thesis is to analyze the uprising depicted in Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games-trilogy. Using the ideas of carnival and vernacular humour presented by Mikhail Bakhtin a carnival perspective is applied to the course of events in Collin’s trilogy. Following a description of carnival as theory in the study of literature in general and more specifically children’s literature, the carnival imagery in three novels of The Hunger Games-trilogy (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay) is analyzed. Analyzing the trilogy as an example of Menippean satire shows how the dethroning of power by means of the people (and the protagonist of the series: Katniss) results in a successful uprising. The essay also contains a discussion of whether or not the uprising actually can be described as carnival, and how this affects the understating of The Hunger Games as young adult literature.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Jag skall visa dig uppror i en handfull bär - revolution, karneval och uppror i The Hunger Games-trilogin}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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