Search for dissertations about: "Barthes"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word Barthes.
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1. Eroticism, ethics and reading : Angela Carter in dialogue with Roland Barthes
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2. The Epistemology of Rhetoric : Plato, Doxa and Post-Truth
Abstract : This thesis aims to develop an epistemology of rhetoric in light of the apparent contemporary post-truth condition of society. Epistemology is hereby understood as concerned with principles for knowledge production within the academic discipline of rhetoric, as well as with an understanding of knowledge production in the public realm. READ MORE
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3. The Disruptive Semiotic: A Kristevan Reading of Thomas Hardy’s Fiction
Abstract : Avhandlingen analyserar Thomas Hardys romaner med syfte att utröna varför de oftast väcker en känsla av ambivalens i läsaren. Med utgångspunkt ifrån Julia Kristevas teori om det semiotiska, enligt vilken intertextualitet uppstår genom en transposition av diskurser som har sin grund i primärprocesserna, åskådliggör avhandlingen hur intertextualiteten i Hardys berättarteknik bidrar till att skapa ambivalens. READ MORE
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4. Constructing Workers of Migrant Background : A study of class and nation myths in trade union practice
Abstract : How do trade unions represent workers of migrant background? How are factors that affect the quality of life of workers of migrant background, made sense of and responded to by trade unions trying to reverse declining trade union membership numbers? This thesis takes a qualitative approach and utilises discursive constructions as a semiotic entry point into the social practices of trade unions and their responses to workers of migrant background. Combining semiotic theory of Roland Barthes and Stuart Hall with critical discourse theory of Norman Fairclough, trade union work is conceptualised as a social practice that comprises both semiotic and non-semiotic elements. READ MORE
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5. Alain Robbe-Grillet. Les Sables mouvants du texte
Abstract : Alain Robbe-Grillet is often regarded as the leader of the French New Novel, a 20th century literary movement breaking with literary realism. A former scientist, Robbe-Grillet invents a new Real, where imagination, memories, fantasies and dreams are given a power somehow superior to that of tangible reality. READ MORE