Search for dissertations about: "novels 2011"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words novels 2011.

  2. 1. Moral Philosophy and Novel Writing as Aspects of a Single Struggle : Iris Murdoch’s Hybrid Novels

    Author : Anna Victoria Hallberg; Lars-Åke Skalin; Beata Agrell; Anniken Greve; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iris Murdoch; hybrid novel; philosophical novel; morality; viva-voce; epiphany; plot; ;

    Abstract : This investigation pursues a thesis, namely that moral philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch was a writer of hybrid novels. Murdoch’s novels are hybrid constructions where she tries to make reflections on moral intuitions discernible and experienced within the novels’ own “system”. READ MORE

  4. 2. Novel writing and moral philosophy as aspects of a single struggle : Iris Murdoch's hybrid novels

    Author : Anna Victoria Hallberg; Lars-Åke Skalin; Beata Agrell; Anniken Greve; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iris Murdoch; hybrid novel; philosophical novel; morality; viva-voce; epiphany; plot; Plato; Wittgenstein; HUMANITIES and RELIGION; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature;

    Abstract : This investigation pursues a thesis, namely that moral philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch was a writer of hybrid novels. Murdoch’s novels are hybrid constructions where she tries to make reflections on moral intuitions discernible and experienced within the novels’ own “system”. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Subject of the Verbal Gerund : A Study of Variation in English

    Author : Susanna Lyne; Merja Kytö; Hilde Hasselgård; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; BNC; British National Corpus; corpus linguistics; genitive; genre; gerund; ing-form; Late Modern English; linguistic variation; multivariate analysis; possessive; prescriptivism; Present-day English; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This study deals with variation between possessive/genitive and objective/plain forms of the subject of the verbal gerund clause (VGC) in Present-day and Late Modern British English, as in Would you object to my [me] paying her a visit? and Poor timing of spoonfuls can lead to the child’s [the child] feeling frustrated. According to the traditional prescriptivist view, the possessive/genitive form is the preferred variant. READ MORE

  6. 4. 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