Search for dissertations about: "narrative theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 179 swedish dissertations containing the words narrative theory.

2. 1. Investigating the persuasive impact of online textual content : A narrative theory approach

   Author : Mario Cassar; Esmail Salehi-Sangari; Albert Caruana; Julie Guidry Moulard; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Online textual reviews; UGC; PGC; Narrative Paradigm Theory; Persuasion; Storytelling Narrative force; Narrative believability; Diction; Leximancer; Industrial Marketing; Industriell marknadsföring;

   Abstract : Higher levels of competition in online channels and the resulting information overload among customers is becoming an issue of increasing concern among marketers who seek to provide persuasive content. Past research has revealed that storytelling is an effective tool to achieve persuasion. READ MORE

4. 2. Mad Pursuits : Therapeutic Narration in Postwar American Fiction

   Author : Gwendolyn Haevens; David Associate Professor; Leerom Medovoi; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; early postwar American fiction; popular psychoanalysis; narrative therapy; narrative identity; narrative theory; representation of identity; script theory; therapeutic narration; fugitive selves; J.D. Salinger; Ralph Ellison; Sylvia Plath; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : Mad Pursuits: Therapeutic Narration in Postwar American Fiction examines three mid-century American novels—J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (1951), Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (1952), and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar (1963)—in relation to the rise and popularization of psychoanalytic theory in America. READ MORE

5. 3. 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

6. 4. 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

7. 5. Articulable Humanity : Narrative Ethics in Nuruddin Farah's Trilogies

   Author : Hilda Härgestam Strandberg; Heidi Hansson; Stefan Helgesson; Annie Gagiano; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; African literature; Nuruddin Farah; narrative ethics; ethical criticism; precariousness; vulnerability; human dignity; Emmanuel Lévinas; Adriana Cavarero; Judith Butler; postcolonial theory; feminism.; engelska; English;

   Abstract : Fokus för avhandlingen, Att uttrycka det mänskliga: narrativ etik i Nuruddin Farah’s trilogier, är de nio romaner publicerade mellan 1979 och 2011 som tillsammans utgör Nuruddin Farah’s tre trilogier: ”Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship,” bestående av Sweet and Sour Milk (1979), Sardines (1981), Close Sesame (1983); “Blood in the Sun,” bestående av Maps (1986), Gifts (1993), Secrets (1998); samt “Past Imperfect,” bestående av Links (2003), Knots (2007), Crossbones (2011). Tematiska och stilistiska skillnader till trots så är dessa trilogier och romaner märkbart sammanhängande i sitt fokus. READ MORE