Search for dissertations about: "narrative genre"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the words narrative genre.

  2. 1. John Cowper Powys: Displacements of Voice and Genre

    Author : Eivor Lindstedt; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; John Cowper Powys; Porius; cornucopian writing; narrative structure; narratology; Mikhail M. Bakhtin; novelistic discourse; dialogicity; polyphony; parody; chronotope; genre; metonymy in literature; Roman Jakobson; Engelska språk och litteratur ; English language and literature; myth in literature; A Glastonbury Romance;

    Abstract : This study is based on dialogic readings of two of John Cowper Powys´s major novels, A Glastonbury Romance and Porius. The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate the interrelationship in the examined texts between the chain of narrative displacements and the frequent changes of voice and genre. READ MORE

  4. 2. Developmental Aspects of Text Production in Writing and Speech

    Author : Victoria Johansson; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; working memory; writing processes; expository; narrative; genre; keystroke logging; development in speech and writing; expertise; cognitive load; pauses in writing;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at describing the developmental patterns of text production in four text types: spoken and written narrative texts, and spoken and written expository texts (n=316), produced by four age groups: 10-year-olds, 13-year-olds, 17-year-olds and university students (n=79). It explores material from an experimental study with a cross-sectional design comprising spoken texts recorded on video and written texts recorded by means of keystroke logging, which makes it possible to investigate the real-time process of written text production. READ MORE

  5. 3. Jesus the True Leader : The Biographical Portrait of Jesus as Leader in the Gospel of Matthew

    Author : Daniel Hjort; Bibelvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jesus; Gospel of Matthew; leader; ancient biography; genre; portrait; biographical-narrative method; virtues; character; leadership; influence; model; imitation; leadership roles; characterization; narrative criticism; leadership terms; Isocrates; Xenophon; Philo; Plutarch; Evagoras; Agesilaus; Moses; Numa;

    Abstract : The purpose of the present study is to understand and clarify how Jesus is presented as a leader in the Gospel of Matthew. The usage of common leadership terms in reference to Jesus early in the story, the biographical genre of Matthew, and the consistently negative portrayal of other leaders in the story give good reasons for the inquiry. READ MORE

  6. 4. Talking talent : Narratives of youth sports selection

    Author : Magnus Kilger; Mats Börjesson; Rickard Jonsson; Mikael Quennerstedt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; talent; selection; talent in sports; narrative analysis; narrative genre; discourse; discursively shared narratives; positioning; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap; Samhällsvetenskap Humaniora;

    Abstract : In sports, there seems to be an eternal interest in discovering young talents and refining them into elite adult athletes. The dilemma of selecting talent, while at the same time ensuring every child´s right to participate, needs to be addressed and have consequences in social practice. READ MORE

  7. 5. Street Artivism on Athenian Walls : A cognitive semiotic analysis of metaphor and narrative in street art

    Author : Georgios Stampoulidis; Kognitiv semiotik; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Greek Street Art; Urban Creativity; Cognitive Semiotics; Pheno-methodological Triangulation; Polysemiotic Communication; Multimodality; Ethnographic Research; Go-along Interview; Rhetorical Figures; Metaphor Identification Procedures; Verbal and Non-verbal Metaphor; Motivation Sedimentation Model MSM ; Narrative; Secondary Narrativity;

    Abstract : The thesis is a collection of four papers on Greek street art (specifically situated in the city of Athens) with a focus on metaphors and narratives. The overall aim guiding this thesis is to explore how street art in times of crisis can represent sociopolitical issues and in what ways these messages can be conveyed. READ MORE