Search for dissertations about: "literary interpretation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words literary interpretation.

2. 1. The world in Patrick White's The vivisector : an interpretation

   Author : Beyla Burman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

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4. 2. 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

5. 3. Mental Imagery in the Experience of Literary Narrative : Views from Embodied Cognition

   Author : Anezka Kuzmicova; Göran Rossholm; Marie-Laure Ryan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; literary narrative; mental imagery; embodiment; embodied cognition; imagination; reading; reader response; sensorimotor simulation; interpretation; aesthetics; narrative theory; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

   Abstract : Defined as vicarious sensorimotor experiencing, mental imagery is a powerful source of aesthetic enjoyment in everyday life and, reportedly, one of the commonest things readers remember about literary narratives in the long term. Furthermore, it is positively correlated with other dimensions of reader response, most notably with emotion. READ MORE

6. 4. Literary Loves : Interpretations of Dioscorides 1-5 and 7 G-P

   Author : Dimitrios Iordanoglou; Tomas Hägg; David Konstan; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Greek language; Dioscorides; Greek Anthology; Hellenistic epigram; erotic poetry; Grekiska; Classical Greek language; Klassisk grekiska;

   Abstract : This is a study of six Hellenistic erotic epigrams attributed to the third century BC epigrammatist Dioscorides. The introduction provides a critical discussion of interpretive aims and strategies of scholarly readings of Hellenistic epigrams in general, with a focus on concepts such as intertextuality, historicity, ideology and theory. READ MORE

7. 5. The "Reflexive" as an Interpretation

   Author : Robert Ryan; Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk; Växjö universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; linguistic sign; semiotics; meaning; interpretation; arbitrariness; underdeterminacy; diathesis; energia; páthos; voice; Dionysios Thrax; Tékhnē Grammatikē; prototype; Transitivity; Polish; Classical Greek; English; emphatic; decomitative; characteristic property; anti-causative; high degree of activity; reciprocal; beneficial; resultative; reflexive; focalization; narrative point of view; Diathesis; English language; Engelska språket; Engelsk språkvetenskap; English;

   Abstract : This thesis is an investigation into the meaning of the ‘reflexive’ pronoun in English, and provides a cross-linguistic generalization concerning the structurally distinct forms that can be associated with the ‘reflexive’. Before the question of the meaning of the ‘reflexive’ pronoun in English is addressed directly, the theoretical framework, primarily Structuralist, in which the results of the study are to be understood is outlined. READ MORE