Search for dissertations about: "madness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the word madness.

  2. 1. “Lasciatemi morire” o farò “La Finta Pazza”: Embodying Vocal Nothingness on Stage in Italian and French 17th Century Operatic Laments and Mad Scenes

    Author : Elisabeth Belgrano; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; voice; singing; nothingness; je-ne-sais-quoi; 17th century opera; pure voice; lamentation; madness; passions; emotions; nightingale; transformation; ornamentation; observation; improvisation; interpretation; vocal expression; embodiment; creative process; performance; repetition; movement; inner images; artistic research;

    Abstract : This music research drama thesis explores and presents a singer’s artistic research process from the first meeting with a musical score until the first steps of the performance on stage. The aim has been to define and formulate an understanding in sound as well as in words around the concept of pure voice in relation to the performance of 17th century vocal music from a 21st century singer’s practice-based perspective with reference to theories on nothingness, the role of the 17th century female singer, ornamentation (over-vocalization) and the singing of the nightingale. READ MORE

  4. 2. Madness as the Foundation of Non-Culpability

    Author : Pontus Höglund; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; criminal responsibility; psychiatric care; psychiatric diagnostics; accountability; Mental illness;

    Abstract : Doctoral dissertation Abstract Background The relation between mental illness and accountability, may at its best be described as unclear. A negative correlation them between was established thousands of years ago, and has since formed a more or less self-evident supposition. This dissertation is an effort to test this construction. READ MORE

  5. 3. Shakespearean parallels and affinities with the Theatre of the absurd in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead

    Author : Anja Easterling; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : Stoppard; Tom; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; Hamlet; Beckett; Samuel; Waiting for Godot; Pinter; Harold; The Caretaker; The Theatre of the Absurd; absurd drama; cliché;

    Abstract : The study elucidates the relation of Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead to Hamlet on the one hand and to the Theatre of the Absurd on the other. The two plays chosen to represent the Theatre of the Absurd are Samuel Beckett1 s Waiting for Godot and Harold Pinter* s The Caretaker. READ MORE

  6. 4. Islamic Semiotic Resources in US Hip-Hop Culture

    Author : Anders Ackfeldt; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; islam; hip-hop; social semiotik; afroamerikansk islam; religion;

    Abstract : This dissertation contributes to the field of Islamic Studies by analyzing how the production of Islam can be seen as the outcome of interactions between actors who define themselves as Muslims as well as those who do not. The argument of this dissertation is that Muslims as well as non-Muslims have used Islamic themes in their artistic productions throughout the history of African American music making, making this historical legacy essential to this musical tradition because parts of it are repeatedly evoked in lyrics, sounds, and imagery. READ MORE

  7. 5. Familjen i dalen : Tove Janssons muminvärld

    Author : Boel Westin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Mumintrollen fiktiva gestalter; Jansson; Tove; 1914-2001;

    Abstract : Convincing children’s books are full of symbols, identification, self-obsession, Tove Jansson writes in an essay. My study of the construction of the Moomin world, the author’s way of writing and her creative methods aims to penetrate deeper into this universe and to discover its artistic potential. READ MORE