Search for dissertations about: "romanticism"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the word romanticism.

  2. 11. Spatial Structures in Conrad’s Universe : The Tension between Opening and Closing as a Literary Device

    Author : Claes Lindskog; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cognitive Poetics; Nihilism; Romanticism; Spatial Structures; Joseph Conrad;

    Abstract : Many attempts have been made to catch the essence of Joseph Conrad’s work by examining the contents of his ideas. This thesis argues instead that the important factor is the preferred spatial structures of his world-views and the interplay between them. READ MORE

  4. 12. Contested Landscapes/Contested Heritage : history and heritage in Sweden and their archaeological implications concerning the interpretation of the Norrlandian past

    Author : David Loeffler; Lars Larsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Scandinavia; Sweden; Norrland; Norrbotten; Västerbotten; Lappland; Ångermanland; Medelpad; Jämtland; Härjedalen; Hälsingland; Gästrikland; history; prehistory; archaeology; philosophy; antiquarianism; heritage; cultural management; identity; Fleck; thought-collective; thought-style; colonialism; colony; periphery; hinterland; kingdom; empire; industrialism; nationalism; romanticism; Sámi; Stone Age; Mesolithic; Neolithic; semi-subterranean; dwelling; typology; C14; shoreline displacement; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; Archaeology; arkeologi;

    Abstract : This case study explores how geo-political power structures influence and/or determine the conception, acceptance and maintenance of what is considered to be valid archaeological knowledge. The nature of this contingency is exemplified through an examination of how the prehistory of Norrland, a region traditionally considered and portrayed as peripheral vis-à-vis the centre-South, was interpreted and presented by Swedish archaeologists during the 20th century. READ MORE

  5. 13. Enthusiasm, Contemplation, and Romantic Longing : Reconsidering Schubert's Sectional Songs in the Light of Historical Context

    Author : Tobias Lund; Musikvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Johann Georg Sulzer; Johann Wötzel; Friedrich Schiller; Romanticism; Neo-Platonism; depth; free fantasia; English landscape garden; declamation; friendship; friends; interpretation; ballad; Lied; Franz Schubert; sectional song; Ossian; Johann Mayrhofer; Die Bürgschaft; Die Nacht; Liedesend.;

    Abstract : In twentieth-century music scholarship, those of Franz Schubert’s songs from the 1810s that form sectional musical structures have normally been presented as being unfortunately dependent on aesthetically disparaged eighteenth-century models. Authors have often treated these songs succinctly, preferring instead to invest their energy in the “masterworks” of Schubert’s later years. READ MORE

  6. 14. The Novels of an Egyptian Romanticist : Yūsuf al-Sibāʿī

    Author : Gail Ramsay; Kerstin Eksell; Göran Rossholm; Bengt Knutsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Modern Arabic literature; the Arabic novel; romanticism; social criticism; the Free Officers Revolution; Arabic language; Arabiska; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : The Egyptian author Yuusuf al-Sibaa'ii (1917-1978) was not worried about the critical attitude that the literary élite and the book reviewers displayed towards his novels. He had many thousands of enthusiastic readers in all parts of the Arab world. This thesis seeks to uncover what lies beind these divergent opinions. READ MORE

  7. 15. The Wheel of Polish Fortune : Myths in Polish Collective Consciousness during the First Years of Solidarity

    Author : Barbara Törnquist-Plewa; Öst- och centraleuropakunskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Poland; Black Madonna; Catholicism; Romanticism; Solidarity 1980-81; Polish myths; Insurrection;

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