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dc.contributor.advisorFalke, Cassandra
dc.contributor.authorAuran, Marte Mediaas
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-23T09:08:55Z
dc.date.available2023-08-23T09:08:55Z
dc.date.issued2023-06-11
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines two literary works, Roald Dahl´s children´s fiction book, The Big Friendly Giant, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie´s realistic fiction novel, Americanah. It explores how these books can be used to teach students in secondary school about topics such as racism, immigration, prejudiced behavior, and stereotypes, as well as interracial friendship. Kelly Oliver´s theory on subjectivity and subject position is used to explain the changes that characters from both books experience in the society they find themselves in, and as they develop new friendships. By using these two books, which differ in length and level of language, teachers can more easily adapt the learning situation. The teaching methods presented in this thesis have been carefully planned with regards to the interdisciplinary topic of Democracy and Citizenship, which can be found in the Core Curriculum of LK20, as well as the English curriculum for secondary school (ENG01-04). By conducting research in 9th and 10th grade using a variety of methods, it was possible for me as a teacher to see if these approaches were effective in the classroom. The results of the research conducted in a secondary school in Norway demonstrate how this way of teaching, with a few modifications, can be recommended for further use in the future.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/30217
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 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.subjectEngelsk litteraturen_US
dc.subjectEnglish Literatureen_US
dc.subjectImmigrationen_US
dc.subjectCrosscultural friendshipen_US
dc.subjectInterracial friendshipen_US
dc.subjectRacismen_US
dc.subjectFriendshipen_US
dc.subjectThe Big Friendly Gianten_US
dc.subjectThe BFGen_US
dc.subjectAmericanahen_US
dc.subjectRoald Dahlen_US
dc.subjectChimamanda Ngozi Adichieen_US
dc.subjectReading in Secondary schoolen_US
dc.titleChallenging the topics of interracial friendship, immigration, and racism by taking them into the 9th and 10th grade classroom. An analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie´s Americanah and Roald Dahl´s The Big Friendly Giant and how to teach them in secondary schoolen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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