Her finder du en analytisk gennemgang af novellen “Ice Cream” af Helen Dunmore. Teksten finder du i tekstbogen Readings (s. 83). Vi giver dig et overblik over alle de væsentligste elementer, som er væsentlige, når du skal analysere denne novelle.
Præsentation af teksten
Titel: “Ice Cream”
Forfatter: Helen Dunmore
Udgivet i: Novellesamling af samme navn
Udgivelsesår: 2001
Genre: Novelle
Helen Dunmore (1952-2017) var en britisk forfatter, der primært skrev digte, romaner og børnebøger. Hun vandt adskillige litterære priser og flere af hendes børnebøger anvendes til læseundervisning i det britiske skolesystem.
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Social setting
The short story “Ice Cream” by Helen Dunmore presents Clara, a fashion model, who is at the top of her career in the fashion industry, with “no more peaks left for her to climb” (p. 83, ll. 26-27), This hints that her job does not offer her many future perspectives and that fashion models usually have a brief career only when they are very young. The concept of fame is also explored. Clara has made many sacrifices to become famous, many of them probably including changing aspects of her lifestyle.
Clara is surrounded by other models who are described as “expensive bodies sheathed in expensive clothes” (p. 83, ll. 24-25). The description is impersonal and points to how the fashion industry objectifies models. Furthermore, the story reinforces the stereotype that models, although beautiful, are not very intelligent (p. 85, l. 16).
