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A Discourse study of Fahrenheit 451 : Hegemony, Otherness and Class struggle / Diskursstudie av Fahrenheit 451 : Hegemoni, utanförskap och klasskamp

This thesis studies Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 using Critical Discourse Analysis as the primary tool. It argues that the narrative develops through the supporting characters’ actions, and the different societal discourses of hegemony, otherness and class struggle they represent. Basing the analysis on Althusserian and Gramscian ideas and discussing citizen’s transformation from subjects to individuals, this study concludes that although a subject may be power-less and wary, it is by learning to act through being given information through discourse that personal development occurs.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-167931
Date January 2019
CreatorsMäki, Fredrik
PublisherUmeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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