Search for dissertations about: "polyphony"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word polyphony.

  2. 1. Revoicing Sámi narratives : north Sámi storytelling at the turn of the 20th century

    Author : Coppélie Cocq; Mikael Svonni; Thomas DuBois; Richard Jones-Bamman; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; storytelling; folklore; folk narratives; oral tradition; Sámi culture; muitalus; critical discourse analysis; polyphony; Sami language; Samiska;

    Abstract : Revoicing Sámi narratives investigates the relationship between storytellers, contexts and collective tradition, based on an analysis of North Sámi narratives published in the early 1900s. This dissertation “revoices” narratives by highlighting the coexistence of different voices or socio-ideological languages in repertoires and by considering Sámi narratives as utterances by storytellers rather than autonomous products of tradition. READ MORE

  4. 2. John Cowper Powys: Displacements of Voice and Genre

    Author : Eivor Lindstedt; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; John Cowper Powys; Porius; cornucopian writing; narrative structure; narratology; Mikhail M. Bakhtin; novelistic discourse; dialogicity; polyphony; parody; chronotope; genre; metonymy in literature; Roman Jakobson; Engelska språk och litteratur ; English language and literature; myth in literature; A Glastonbury Romance;

    Abstract : This study is based on dialogic readings of two of John Cowper Powys´s major novels, A Glastonbury Romance and Porius. The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate the interrelationship in the examined texts between the chain of narrative displacements and the frequent changes of voice and genre. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Tonus Peregrinus in the Polyphony of the Western Church

    Author : Mattias Lundberg; Michael Talbot; John Harper; University of Liverpool School of Music; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Music; Musikvetenskap; Musikvetenskap; Musicology;

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  6. 4. Courage of Faith : Dag Hammarskjölds Way in Quest of Negotiated Peace, Reconciliation and Meaning

    Author : Paul R. Nelson; Bo Larsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Faiths and ideologies; Profile; Way; White Book; existential-ontological dimension; faith and ethical mysticism; reverence for life; mystery of Jesus Christ; faithful realism; creative evolution; hermeneutics; negotiated peace; religious language and spiritual experience; diplomacy of reconciliation; human dignity imperative; UN Charter; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

    Abstract : Dag Hammarskjöld categorically affirmed in his undated letter which accompanied his manuscript that the entries in Vägmärken (Markings) “provide the only true ‘profile’ that can be drawn” of his personal spiritual form of life. My research focuses on Dag Hammarskjöld’s negotiations with himself and with God; his ultimate concern for self-knowledge and authentic existence, world-view, interpretation of reality, ethical praxis for human rights and a diplomacy of reconciliation. READ MORE

  7. 5. Composing The Performance : An Exploration Of Musical Composition As A Dramaturgical Strategy In Contemporary Intermedial Theatre

    Author : Kent Olofsson; Henrik Frisk; Erik Rynell; Camilla Eeg-Tverbakk; Lärare (Musikhögskolan); []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Musical composition; Dramaturgy; Composed theatre; Intermedial theatre; New music theatre; Interdisciplinary performing arts; Contemporary theatre; Sonic scenography; Collaborative artistic work; New dramaturgy; Musical composition; Dramaturgy; Composed Theatre; Intermedial theatre; New music theatre; Interdisciplinary performing art; Contemporary theatre; Sonic scenography; Collaborative artistic work; New dramaturgy;

    Abstract : This thesis explores musical composition in the context of contemporary theatre. It suggests methods where compositional thinking – broadly understood – can be used as a dramaturgical device in the creation of theatre performances. READ MORE