Search for dissertations about: "Film Genres"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Film Genres.

  2. 1. The Invisible Seen in French Cinema before 1917

    Author : Marina Dahlquist; Frank Kessler; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; trickfilm; vetenskaplig film; fransk tidig film; Film; Filmvetenskap; filmvetenskap; Cinema Studies;

    Abstract : Since the inception of cinema, an important strand of the medium has focused on itself, on what it depicts, and its indexical relation to the profilmic. Such concerns were most conspicuously put forward by the trick-film genre which bypassed conventional realism in its toying with the photographic image as well as cinematic movement. READ MORE

  4. 2. Three or Four Ir/relevant Stories : Art and Hyper-Politics

    Author : Behzad Khosravi Noori; Magnus Bärtås; Helene Frichot; Boris Buden; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; 1. Microhistory; 2. Itinerancy; 3. Global South; 4. Monument; 5. Contemporary history; 6. Public art; 7. Non-Aligned Movement; 8. Iran. 9. Zagreb Film; 10. Animation.; Art; Technology and Design; Konst; teknik och design;

    Abstract : This book documents and reflects on three artistic projects and their processes. As a “marginalia” to the projects I also presents arguments, stories and ir/ relevant discourses. What I call marginalia extends to aspects of a historical backdrop of these three projects and the stories behind them. READ MORE

  5. 3. Places of Rest in Worlds of Ruin : Havens in Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

    Author : Andreas Nyström; Åke Bergvall; Maria Holmgren Troy; Mathias Clasen; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Post-Apocalypse; Apocalypse; Science Fiction; Havens; Pastoral; Paradise; Mobility; Narrative Theory; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : In the inhospitable and ruined landscapes of post-apocalyptic fiction there are often found havens, places of rest that provide contrast to the desolation of the wasteland. This study explores the generic functions of such havens. READ MORE

  6. 4. ‘A Machine for Living’ : Urban Domesticity in Polish Literature and Cinema 1969–2008

    Author : My Svensson; Małgorzata Anna Packalén Parkman; Stefan Helgesson; Witold Maciejewski; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; urbanism; the idea of home; Polish literature; Polish cinema; narrative space; heterotopia; non-places; social space; the city; geocriticism; apartments in motion pictures; Henri Lefebvre; cities and town life in motion pictures; cities and towns in literature; system transformation; Slaviska språk; Slavic Languages;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to study urban domesticity in Polish film and literature against the background of the political and social transformations that have taken place in recent decades. The study begins with the so-called belle époque of the Polish People’s Republic and the decade of Edward Gierek, continues through the political upheavals, the period of martial law, and the system transformation of 1989 and the two following decades, which have been marked by the introduction of democracy, global capitalism, consumerism etc. READ MORE