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dc.contributor.advisorFalke, Cassandra
dc.contributor.authorArnesen, Ida Sagmo
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-25T05:51:13Z
dc.date.available2024-06-25T05:51:13Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-15en
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, the main objective is to look at how dystopian fiction can be used to illuminate pupils on democratic principles and values. The two dystopian texts, Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s Harrison Bergeron and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, will be used to exemplify why and how dystopian fiction can be used as a tool. Additionally, the thesis proposes how these two dystopian texts depict the violation of the three democratic principles and values: freedom of speech, privacy, and the right to equality. Based on a study conducted at lower- and upper-secondary schools and a tentative teaching plan, this thesis will present how to implement education on democracy and democratic awareness when working with literature. It also suggests the benefits of working interdisciplinary between the subjects of English and Social Science, in addition to the didactic importance of choosing age- and level-appropriate text. Finally, this thesis seeks to prove why it is essential for pupils to be educated on democracy, to not take democracy for granted, and to pass its values and principles onwards.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/33915
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universitetno
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2024 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDENG-3983
dc.subjectDystopian Fictionen_US
dc.titleDystopian Fiction as a Pedagogical Tool: Illuminating Democratic Principles and Values through Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron and Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Fouren_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgavenor
dc.typeMaster thesiseng


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