diplomsko delo
Špela Pačnik (Author), Michelle Gadpaille (Mentor)

Abstract

Lately there has been a visible increase in the number of fictional autistic characters. These representations of autism, on the one hand, help in spreading the awareness of autism among people, but may also lead to false beliefs about autistic society, on the other. The thesis is an attempt to explore the way Elizabeth Moon represents the autistic mind in her novel The Speed of Dark. I will examine how the literary technique of defamiliarization contributes to her highly realistic portrayal of an individual with autism, especially to the way he perceives social norms. I will also prove that her novel challenges several stereotypes about autism.

Keywords

representations of autism;defamiliarization;social norms;stereotypes;

Data

Language: English
Year of publishing:
Source: Maribor
Typology: 2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
Organization: UM FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher: [Š. Pačnik]
UDC: 821ANG(73)(043.2)
COBISS: 19185160 Link will open in a new window
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary title: Defamiliarization of social norms and breaking stereotypes on autism in The Speed of Dark
Secondary abstract: V zadnjem času se je število namišljenih avtističnih oseb vidno povečalo. Te predstavitve avtizma po eni strani prispevajo k ozaveščenosti, po drugi pa lahko vodijo tudi do mnogih napačnih pojmovanj te motnje. Diplomsko delo je vpogled v način kako Elizabeth Moon predstavi avtistični pogled na svet v romanu The Speed of Dark. Raziskala bom kako avtorica s pomočjo literarne tehnike defamiliarizacije izjemno realistično prikaže posameznika z avtizmom in njegov način dojemanja družbenih norm. Dokazala bom tudi, da roman ruši številne stereotipe o avtizmu.
Secondary keywords: ameriška književnost;diplomska dela;
URN: URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS): Undergraduate thesis
Thesis comment: Univ. v Mariboru, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko
Pages: 47 f.
Keywords (UDC): language;linguistics;literature;jezikoslovje;filologija;književnost;literature;književnost;literatures of individual languages and language families;književnost posameznih jezikov;
ID: 19978