Search for dissertations about: "use of literature"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1977 swedish dissertations containing the words use of literature.

2. 1. Julian, God, and the Art of Storytelling : A Narrative Analysis of the Works of Julian of Norwich

   Author : Godelinde Gertrude Perk; Berit Åström; Virginia Langum; Liz Herbert McAvoy; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English literature; narratology; Middle English; Julian of Norwich; medieval literature; women s writing; engelska; English; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

   Abstract : This study offers a narrative comparison of A Vision Showed to a Devout Woman and A Revelation of Love, the two texts created by the first known English woman writer, Julian of Norwich (c. 1343 – c. 1416). READ MORE

4. 2. Veils of Irony : The Development of Narrative Technique in Women's Novels of  the 1790s

   Author : Anna Uddén; Monica Correa Fryckstedt; Gary Kelly; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jane West; Charlotte Smith; Anna Maria Bennett; Jane Austen; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature;

   Abstract : Innovation in literary history may originate in minor as well as major novelists of the past. This study evaluates the contribution to literary history made by three unknown English women writers: Jane West, Charlotte Smith and Anna Maria Bennett. READ MORE

5. 3. A translation of worlds : Aspects of cultural translation and Australian migration literature

   Author : Anette Svensson; Heidi Hansson; Tina O'Toole; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cultural translation; Australian migration literature; hybridity; acculturation; liminality; immigrant child; translation; migration; interpretation; storytelling; food; diaspora; gaze; cultural encounters; English language; Engelska språket; engelska; English; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

   Abstract : This study explores the exchange of cultural information that takes place in the meeting between immigrant and non-immigrant characters in a selection of Australian novels focusing on the theme of migration: Heartland (1989) by Angelika Fremd, A Change of Skies (1991) by Yasmine Gooneratne, Stella’s Place (1998) by Jim Sakkas, Hiam (1998) by Eva Sallis and Love and Vertigo (2000) by Hsu-Ming Teo. The concept cultural translation functions as a theoretical tool in the analyses. READ MORE

6. 4. Authentic Language : Övdalsk, metapragmatic exchange and the margins of Sweden’s linguistic market

   Author : David Karlander; Kenneth Hyltenstam; Christopher Stroud; Tomas Riad; Judith T. Irvine; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; authenticity; history of linguistic thought; indexicality; linguistic anthropology; linguistic minorities; metalanguage; metapragmatics; philosophical anthropology; Övdalsk; autenticitet; filosofisk antropologi; indexikalitet; lingvistisk antropologi; metaspråk; metapragmatik; språkliga minoriteter; språkvetenskapens idéhistoria; älvdalska; Bilingualism; tvåspråkighet;

   Abstract : This compilation thesis engages with practices that in some way place stakes in the social existence of Övdalsk (also älvdalska, Elfdalian, Övdalian), a marginal form of Scandinavian used mainly in Sweden’s Älvdalen municipality. The practices at hand range from early 20th century descriptive dialectology and contemporary lay-linguistics to language advocacy and language political debate. READ MORE

7. 5. In Between Cultures : Franco-American Encounters in the Work of Edith Wharton

   Author : Maria Strääf; Lars-Håkan Svensson; Kerstin W. Shands; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; American literature; capital; economic; cultural; social and symbolic; cultural encounter; Edith Wharton; hybridity; in-betweenness; mimicry; narratology; nineteenth-century literature; twentieth-century literature; otherness; women’s literature; Amerikansk litteratur; Edith Wharton; hybriditet; in-betweenness mellanskap ; kapital: ekonomiskt; kulturellt; socialt and symboliskt; kulturmöte; kvinnolitteratur; 1800-tals litteratur; 1900-tals litteratur; mimicry; narratologi; otherness ”den andre” ; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis is a study of how the American author Edith Wharton (1862-1937) in a number of novels and short stories written between 1876 and 1937 depicts cultural encounters between Americans and Europeans, mostly Frenchmen. Chiefly concerned with Fast and Loose, “The Last Asset”, Madame de Treymes, “Les Metteurs en Scène”, The Custom of the Country and The Age of Innocence, each of which articulates ideas relevant to the theme investigated, the thesis also contains a supplementary discussion of The Reef, The Glimpses of the Moon, The Mother’s Recompense and The Buccaneers. READ MORE