Search for dissertations about: "Russian cinema"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Russian cinema.

  2. 1. The Petersburg Text of Russian Cinema in Perestroika and Post-Perestroika Eras

    Author : Natalia Bratova; Ryska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The myth of the city; Petersburg myth; Petersburg text; carnivalisation; Russian cinema; perestroika cinema; city in cinema; Bakhtin; Toporov;

    Abstract : In order to examine contemporary Russian cinema, this thesis has two points of departure: firstly the Petersburg myth, which is here defined as reversible or ambiguous since it includes both an eschatological and a cosmogonic aspect; and secondly, the Petersburg literary text as defined in works by Vladimir Toporov. During the twentieth century, the vitality and actuality of the Petersburg myth was questioned both in literature and in theoretical works. READ MORE

  4. 2. Hamlet the Sign : Russian Translations of Hamlet and Literary Canon Formation

    Author : Aleksei Semenenko; Lars Kleberg; Peter Alberg Jensen; Irena Makaryk; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Shakespeare; Hamlet; translation; literary canon formation; semiotics; canonicity; textuality; microcanon; genre; myth; sign; Slavic languages; Slaviska språk; slaviska språk; Slavic Languages;

    Abstract : This work is an attempt to answer one simple question: What is Hamlet? Based on the material of Hamlet translations into Russian, the dissertation scrutinizes the problems of literary canon formation, translation and textuality proceeding in two parallel directions: the historical analysis of canon formation in translation and the conceptualization of Hamlet’s textuality. The methodological framework is defined in the context of Jurij Lotman’s semiotics of culture, which is invaluable for an understanding of the mechanisms of literary evolution, the theory of translation and literary canon formation. READ MORE