Diversity is best : A literary analysis of how Mark Haddon’s “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” may promote understanding and awareness towards the social construct of neurodiversity / Olika är bäst : En litterär analys av hur Mark Haddons "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” kan främja förståelse och medvetenhet om den sociala konstruktionen av neurodiversitet.

Description

This essay investigates how the first person narrative of Mark Haddon’s neurodiverse protagonist in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time raises awareness for the complexity of neurodiversity in relation to a neurotypical society. This has been done by applying the critical lens of Disability Studies and Disability Studies in Education to explain how disability is a concept of social and cultural construct. As the Swedish school has failed to provide neurodiverse students with the inclusive environment they need, the importance of fostering students who are accepting towards cognitive disabilities is greater than ever. This essay therefore argues that an inclusion of Haddon’s novel in the EFL classroom could be used to provide the students with understanding for neurodiversity as well as strategies that could help them to navigate in a socially demanding society.

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Tags

Neurodiversity

English Level 6

Fundamental Values

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Neurotypicality

Social Model of Disability

Accurate Representation

Self-determination

Impairments

Disability

Specific Literatures

Litteraturstudier

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-84472
Date	January 2019
Creators	Hollertz, Julia
Publisher	Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR)
Source Sets	DiVA Archive at Upsalla University
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Format	application/pdf
Rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess