Search for dissertations about: "narrative studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 384 swedish dissertations containing the words narrative studies.

  2. 1. A Poetics of Virtuality

    Author : Thommy Eriksson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; computer games; movie making; augmented reality; virtuality; computer graphics; Stephen Baxter; William Gibson; virtual worlds; science fiction; production culture; virtual reality;

    Abstract : How is virtuality represented in fiction, and what does that say about our anticipations and fears about what the virtual is and will be? This text, a poetics of virtuality, explores fictional representations of virtuality, primarily in movies and literature, but also in media productions done by the author. The aim is to study the dream of virtuality. READ MORE

  4. 2. Outsiders and Others : Queer Friendships in Novels by Hermann Hesse

    Author : Oscar von Seth; Claudia Lindén; Jack Halberstam; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hermann Hesse; Peter Camenzind; Der Steppenwolf; outsiderness; otherness; queer friendship; homoeroticism; nonconformism; homosexuality; bisexuality; Bildungsroman; romantic friendship; heterosexual ambivalence; disability; animality; gender; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores how characters who embody outsiderness and/or otherness intersect with and connote queerness—such as, for instance, homoeroticism and nonconformism—in the novels Peter Camenzind (1904) and Der Steppenwolf (1927) by German-language author Hermann Hesse (1877–1962).In most of Hesse’s novels, the narrative revolves around a male protagonist who is characterized as an outsider. READ MORE

  5. 3. Narrative music : towards an understanding of musical narrative functions in multimedia

    Author : Johnny Wingstedt; Nyssim Lefford; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Music Education; Musikpedagogik;

    Abstract : As the computer screen is replacing the book as the dominant medium for communication (Kress, 2003), questions about how meaning is constituted by the multimodal interaction of different media (including music) is becoming increasingly important in contemporary research of pedagogy, sociology and media studies. The overall aim with this licentiate thesis is to explore musical narrative functions as they appear in multimedia such as film and computer games. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Difference Approach to Narrative Fiction : A Recurring Critique of Narratology and Its Implications for the Study of Novels and Short Stories

    Author : Tommy Sandberg; Greger Andersson; Pär-Yngve Andersson; Karin Kukkonen; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Angela Carter; narrative fiction; narrative theory; narratology; Sylvie Patron; Lars-Åke Skalin; Sara Stridsberg; unnatural narratology; Richard Walsh;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to advance the critical examination of narratology, or the study of storytelling. I analyze four versions of a critique of the dominant theory of narrative fiction in narratology and discuss this critique’s methodological implications. READ MORE

  7. 5. Christianity, Generation and Narrative : Religious Conversion and Change in Sidama, Ethiopia, 1974–2012

    Author : Erik Egeland; Magnus Lundberg; Kajsa Ahlstrand; Dena Freeman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Christianity in Ethiopia; Conversion Narratives; Religious Change; Modernity; Social Generation; Sidama; SNNPRS; Southern Ethiopia; Missionsvetenskap; Studies of Missions;

    Abstract : This study presents narratives concerning religious conversion and change in Evangelical-Pentecostal Christian communities in the Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia. The study is based on narrative data collected through field research, which mainly focuses on the period 1974–2012. READ MORE