Search for dissertations about: "Persian novel"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Persian novel.

  2. 1. Nation and Novel : A Study of Persian and Kurdish narrative discourse

    Author : Hashem Ahmadzadeh; Martin van Bruinessen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Iranian languages; Modern Persian literature; modern Kurdish literature; novel; Persian novel; Kurdish novel; nationalism; nation; identity; modernity; Iran; Kurdistan; Iranska språk - allmänt; iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

    Abstract : The present work provides a description of the rise of the Persian and Kurdish novel, using as its background specific definitions and theories of the novel and its emergence. Considering the novel as an originally European genre, the study looks at the different prerequisites for its emergence, e.g. READ MORE

  4. 2. Sufism and the Quest for Spiritual Fulfilment in D. H. Lawrence's "The Rainbow"

    Author : Fereshteh Zangenehpour; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; D. H. Lawrence; The Rainbow; Sufism; Persian poetry; spiritualism; mysticism; transcendentalism; immanence; Persian ancient religions; Phoenix;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of Lawrence's religious concerns and focuses on how they took shape in his writing. Attention is primarily given to Lawrence as a mystical writer and the degree to which this distinction becomes evident in his novel, The Rainbow. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Art of Repeating Oneself : Migratory self-adaptation: media transformation and authorship in Persepolis and The Patience Stone

    Author : Nafiseh Mousavi; Liviu Lutas; Karin Kukkonen; Rossholm Anna Sofia; Moira Inghilleri; Jens Schröter; Jan-Noël Thon; Golnar Nabizadeh; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; migration; authorship; migrant author; adaptation; self-adaptation; intermediality; media transformation; mediasphere; border; transfer; translation; translingualism; memory; Comparative literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Franska med litteraturvetenskaplig inriktning; French literature; Film Studies; Filmvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the process and products of migratory self-adaptation: the practice of a migrant author recreating their own work in a new medium, and the baggage it brings with itself. Migratory self-adaptation is developed and analyzed in this research through a comparative and processual analysis of two cases of adaptation: Persepolis, a French autobiographical graphic novel written and drawn by Marjane Satrapi, the Franco- Iranian artist and writer, later turned into an animation movie co-written and codirected by Satrapi herself; and The Patience Stone, a novel written in French by Atiq Rahimi, the Franco-Afghan author, which is adapted to a homonymous film in Dari- Persian, co-written and directed by the author. READ MORE

  6. 4. Neuroepidemiology of Parkinson’s disease in an urban area of Iran : from screening and prevalence to nutritional, clinical and psychiatric features and quality of life

    Author : Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Parkinson’s disease;

    Abstract : Background. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder with complex presentations consisting of different motor and non-motor symptoms. The multisystem and progressive nature of PD has made it a complicated entity with broad variation in manifestations and reciprocal effects on several aspects of daily life. READ MORE