Search for dissertations about: "Criticism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 218 swedish dissertations containing the word Criticism.

2. 1. Rousseau's Idea of Theatre : From Criticism to Practice

   Author : Maria Gullstam; Magnus Tessing Schneider; Roland Lysell; Michael O'Dea; Martin Rueff; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; theatre; the Enlightenment; pharmakon; perfectibility; aesthetics; imitation; the public festival; Pygmalion; Narcisse; ou L’Amant de lui-même; Le Devin du village; Theatre Studies; teatervetenskap;

   Abstract : As a critic of the moral consequences of Parisian theatre while writing plays and music for it, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) had a double relationship to the art form of theatre. This doctoral thesis argues that his seemingly double position towards the theatre is not necessarily contradictory. READ MORE

4. 2. David Hume on criticism

   Author : Teddy Brunius; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art; Konstvetenskap; Aesthetics; Estetik;

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5. 3. Interpretive Skepticism : Stanley Cavell, New Criticism, and Literary Interpretation

   Author : Ingeborg Löfgren; Torsten Pettersson; Patrik Mehrens; Niklas Forsberg; Toril Moi; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; interpretive skepticism; aesthetic skepticism; poetic skepticism; literary interpretation; interpretive theory; skepticism; Stanley Cavell; New Criticism; Cleanth Brooks; Monroe C. Beardsley; fraudulence; modernism; escape to theory; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores and analyzes interpretive skepticism in literary theory. It argues that traditional interpretive theories and debates often harbor unacknowledged forms of skeptical thinking and arguments. As these forms of skepticism are seldom recognized as skepticism, the problem tends to remain hidden and unresolved. READ MORE

6. 4. Criticising Journalism : Popular Media Criticism in the Digital Age

   Author : David Cheruiyot; Henrik Örnebring; Michael Karlsson; Matt Carlson; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Digital media criticism; journalistic practice; media accountability metajournalistic discourse; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Today, in a variety of digital spaces, many critics and criticisms of the media exist side by side with journalistic actors and content. This dissertation explores the complex relationships between criticisms and actors who define journalistic practice and accountability of the media. READ MORE

7. 5. Emily Dickinson : A study of the production of an author

   Author : Lena Christensen; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; General and comparative literature; editorial theory; electronic archives; biography; textual criticism; American poetry; American literary history; Emily Dickinson; literature criticism; literary theory; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; litteraturkritik; litteraturteori;

   Abstract : Since they were first published in the 1890's Emily Dickinson's (1830-1886) poems have elicited queries regarding the proprieties of editing. This dissertation considers processes through which Dickinson's work has been edited in the twentieth century and how such editorial processes contribute specifically to the production of Emily Dickinson as author. READ MORE