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1	From Watchman to Mockingbird: Tay Hohoff’s Editorial Influence on Harper Lee Norris, Aine M 01 January 2016 (has links) The 2015 publication of Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman (2015) raised questions and concerns when it was read in the context of the author’s first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), a text with strong, direct statements related to civil rights and social injustice. This thesis examines textual similarities and differences between Watchman and Mockingbird, suggesting the likely influence of editor Thèrése “Tay” von Hohoff in Mockingbird’s published version. Additionally, the thesis examines Hohoff’s 1959 biography, A Ministry to Man: The Life of John Lovejoy Elliott, as a plausible inspiration for Lee’s Mockingbird hero, Atticus Finch. Containing corroboration from available correspondence, biographical information, interviews, and historical records, this thesis documents Hohoff’s editorial influence on Lee as the two worked together to create a lasting contribution to American literary history and culture. Harper Lee Tay Hohoff To Kill a Mockingbird Go Set a Watchman American Literature Women's Studies
2	Ignorance v. Innocence : Go Set a Watchman’s Case against the Hegemony of To Kill a Mockingbird / Ignorans mot Oskyldighet : Go Set a Watchmans fall mot To Kill a Mockingbirds Hegemoni Gustafsson, Thän January 2019 (has links) This paper takes a cultural materialist approach in analyzing the hegemonic purpose of using Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird in American education. Ideas from critical race theory and Lee’s second novel, Go Set a Watchman, are used to reveal obfuscated aspects of Mockingbird’s narrative. These aspects have been repurposed to fit a Eurocentric palate, and have let the book achieve success under the guise of being a progressive and multiculturalist work. Mockingbird’s narration, marked by childlike innocence, has been used to obfuscate Eurocentric ignorance of racial and economic inequality. The text has also been used to divert blame from those in power onto those oppressed by a hegemonic system. Racism is in Mockingbird inaccurately described as an individual moral issue, rather than a system of discrimination which is deeply ingrained in every aspect of U.S. society. The liberal moderate ideology which informs Atticus character has historically been ignored due to his unquestionable, near-mythical position as a moral role model. The paper finds that Mockingbird has been used as part of a greater Eurocentric narrative which positions the Civil Rights Movement as a white movement of moral improvement. Cultural Materialism Cultural Criticism Critical Race Theory Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird Go Set a Watchman Eurocentrism General Literature Studies Litteraturvetenskap
3	Strukturální a tematické srovnání dvou románů Harper Leeové, To Kill a Mockingbird a Go Set a Watchman / A structural and thematic comparison of Harper Lee's novels To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman Friedlová, Michaela January 2020 (has links) The aim of this diploma thesis is to analyse and compare Harper Lee's canonical coming-of- age novel To Kill a Mockingbird to its original forerunner, the novel Go Set a Watchman, which was, however, published several years later. The theoretical part provides a brief synopsis of each of the novels and outlines Lee's life, as well as the main aspects of the historical and social background relevant to the stories, namely the Great Depression, Jim Crow laws, and the Scottsboro Trial. The practical part then investigates and juxtaposes the two novels from thematic and structural perspectives, and considers them specifically through the psychological, sociological, and stylistic prisms. Besides, it compares the factual similarities and differences in storylines and characters, who are often based on Lee's real-life acquaintances. The overall comparison shows how To Kill a Mockingbird, a gently tuned novel of children growing up yet packed with diverse topics, evolved from a rather intricate novel, Go Set a Watchman, dealing with a difficult task of one's individuation and realising that one's father is only a human. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the 1930s and takes place over several years, while the story of Go Set a Watchman is situated some twenty years later, and its plot culminates in the...
4	Strukturální a tematické srovnání dvou románů Harper Leeové, To Kill a Mockingbird a Go Set a Watchman / A structural and thematic comparison of Harper Lee's novels To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman Friedlová, Michaela January 2020 (has links) The aim of this diploma thesis is to analyse and compare Harper Lee's canonical coming-of- age novel To Kill a Mockingbird to its original forerunner, the novel Go Set a Watchman, which was, however, published several years later. The theoretical part provides a brief synopsis of each of the novels and outlines Lee's life, as well as the main aspects of the historical and social background relevant to the stories, namely the Great Depression, Jim Crow laws, and the Scottsboro Trial. The practical part then investigates and juxtaposes the two novels from thematic and structural perspectives, and considers them specifically through the psychological, sociological, and stylistic prisms. Besides, it compares the factual similarities and differences in storylines and characters, who are often based on Lee's real-life acquaintances. The overall comparison shows how To Kill a Mockingbird, a gently tuned novel of children growing up yet packed with diverse topics, evolved from a rather intricate novel, Go Set a Watchman, dealing with a difficult task of one's individuation and realising that one's father is only a human. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the 1930s and takes place over several years, while the story of Go Set a Watchman is situated some twenty years later, and its plot culminates in the...
5	From the Classroom to the Movement: Schoolgirl Narratives and Cultural Citizenship in American Literature Butcher Santana, Kasey 25 July 2016 (has links) No description available. American Literature Gender Studies american literature girlhood studies transnational feminism citizenship civil rights movement immigration gender public sphere global south memoir life-writing ruby bridges go set a watchman malala yousafzai juarez feminicide education

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