Search for dissertations about: "Interkultur"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the word Interkultur.

2. 1. A Rhetoric of Ambivalence : The Memory World of the Nazi Perpetrator in Jonathan Littell’s The Kindly Ones

   Author : Alexander Kofod-Jensen; Sofia Wijkmark; Jonas Ingvarsson; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; literature; ambivalence; memory; history; World War II; Nazism; Comparative Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

   Abstract : In Jonathan Littell’s The Kindly Ones (Les Bienveillantes, 2006), a discrepancy is found between the historical account and the personal story, indicating the major ambivalence that arises from the creation of a historical world (noesis) as opposed to a fictional world (poiesis). This major ambivalence is connected to a range of minor ambivalences (and other elements of uncertainty) that are related to the novel’s treatment of the historical period of World War II in ways that unsettle and defamiliarize the typical standards of Holocaust representations. READ MORE

4. 2. English teaching in China : EFL teacher motivation and demotivation at the university level

   Author : Fei Liu; Andrea C. Schalley; Solveig Granath; Maria Kuteeva; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; EFL teachers; higher education; career motivation; motivation; demotivation; level of motivation; lexical richness; syntactic complexity; English writing proficiency; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : Teacher motivation has been shown to be a major factor that affects students’ motivation to learn a second language; however, English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ motivation has not been given enough attention, particularly in the Chinese context where English plays a key role. Thus, this study investigates the motivation of English teachers at the university level in China in order to prepare the ground for the development of recommendations on how to enhance teacher motivation and thereby improve teaching quality and student performance. READ MORE

5. 3. "English Philology is just a Bubble" : Unconventional Metaphors in English as a Lingua Franca

   Author : Sebastian Malinowski; Andrea C. Schalley; Erica Sandlund; Marie Tåqvist; Hans-Jörg Schmid; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; unconventional metaphors; creativity; conceptual metaphor theory; English as a lingua franca; objectivity; survey; FrameNet; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : The present thesis investigates unconventional metaphors in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Empirical approaches in metaphor research have gained prominence, yet methodologies could benefit from more transparent procedural descriptions and efforts to decrease researcher intuition in the data analysis. READ MORE

6. 4. 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

7. 5. Language practices in Swedish-English families

   Author : Tim Roberts; Erica Sandlund; Marika Kjellén; Silvia Kunitz; Elizabeth Lanza; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; family language policy; bilingualism; conversation analysis; rhizome; linguistic repertoires; Swedish; English; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines the family language practices of Swedish-English families using an interdisciplinary and mixed-method approach. The principal aim is to empirically document what these practices are, as well as how practices interact with various ideological, conceptual, and contextual factors. READ MORE