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Den brittiska identitetskrisen - En kritisk diskursanalys av nationell och europeisk identitet

Gruvberger, Oscar LU (2021) STVK02 20211
Department of Political Science
Abstract
What happens to a country’s identity when it leaves a union it has belonged to for 40 years? In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum the results was a tight call between leave and remain and the result indicates a split in the British public. The study analysis how national identity and European identity is portrayed in the connection to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and how it portrays the post-Brexit future. The study uses a three-dimensional critical discourse analysis developed by Norman Fairclough. Together with a social constructivism theory the study analysis the editorial pieces in two national British newspapers, The Guardian and The Telegraph, to understand how the identity... (More)
What happens to a country’s identity when it leaves a union it has belonged to for 40 years? In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum the results was a tight call between leave and remain and the result indicates a split in the British public. The study analysis how national identity and European identity is portrayed in the connection to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and how it portrays the post-Brexit future. The study uses a three-dimensional critical discourse analysis developed by Norman Fairclough. Together with a social constructivism theory the study analysis the editorial pieces in two national British newspapers, The Guardian and The Telegraph, to understand how the identity discourses have been portrayed to the public. The results show that there are big differences in the portrayal where the national identity both is considered to thrive and diminish. Where a European identity is considered both as blended together and separated from the national identity. (Less)
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author
Gruvberger, Oscar LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
kritisk diskursanalys, socialkonstruktivism, Fairclough, nationell identitet, europeisk identitet
language
Swedish
id
9062939
date added to LUP
2021-09-27 13:59:27
date last changed
2021-09-27 13:59:27
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  abstract     = {{What happens to a country’s identity when it leaves a union it has belonged to for 40 years? In the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum the results was a tight call between leave and remain and the result indicates a split in the British public. The study analysis how national identity and European identity is portrayed in the connection to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and how it portrays the post-Brexit future. The study uses a three-dimensional critical discourse analysis developed by Norman Fairclough. Together with a social constructivism theory the study analysis the editorial pieces in two national British newspapers, The Guardian and The Telegraph, to understand how the identity discourses have been portrayed to the public. The results show that there are big differences in the portrayal where the national identity both is considered to thrive and diminish. Where a European identity is considered both as blended together and separated from the national identity.}},
  author       = {{Gruvberger, Oscar}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Den brittiska identitetskrisen - En kritisk diskursanalys av nationell och europeisk identitet}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}