This study compares two literary works by the Swedish author Sara Stridsberg. One of the books is an adult novel, titled Beckomberga (2014), and the second book is a children’s book with illustrations, titled Dyksommar (2019).The latter is partly based on the same story as in Beckomberga. Both literary works feature a female protagonist, both with a father that is hospitalized in a mental hospital. The study examines and compares the narrator’s voice in both books, with a starting point from the French literary theorist Gérard Genette. This study also examines a character called Sabina, which appears in both in the novel and the children’s book. I examine in which ways the two protagonists’ relationship with Sabina is being characterized. Sabina is a patient in the same mental hospital, and the two female protagonists are intrigued – intrigued to visit their father, to socialize with Sabina and to discover the life that progress within the walls of the hospital.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-97982 |
Date | January 2020 |
Creators | Viberg, Hanna |
Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL) |
Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
Language | Swedish |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
Format | application/pdf |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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