Search for dissertations about: "stylistic analysis"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words stylistic analysis.

  2. 11. The Egyptianizing, male, limestone statuary from Cyprus : a study of a cross-cultural, Eastern Mediterranean votive type

    Author : Fanni Faegersten; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ivory; cultural contacts; Egypt; Phoenicia; archaeological contexts; votive gifts; sanctuaries; the Archaic period; transformations of Egyptian dress and jewelry; Egyptianizing iconography; limestone; Cyprus; Cypriote sculpture; wood; “color as pattern”; royal iconography; Ancient history; Antikens och forntidens historia; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of a particular limestone votive statuary type which was dedicated in the sanctuaries on Cyprus during the entire 6th century B.C. Common to the group of figures is that they are wearing a Cypriote version of an Egyptian-type outfit, including characteristic Egyptian royal headgear and jewelry. READ MORE

  4. 12. Dylan Thomas's Poetics of Embodiment

    Author : Anne Päivärinta; Finland University of Tampere; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Conceptual Metaphor Theory; cognitive poetics; embodiment; stylistics; Modernism; Comparative literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : The dissertation explores the structure and functions of embodied metaphors in Dylan Thomas’s (1914–1953) works. It aims to show that embodiment defines Thomas’s writing both stylistically and thematically, and that Thomas’s body metaphors are essentially founded on the biblical myths of creation and the Fall. READ MORE

  5. 13. The Birka Warrior : the material culture of a martial society

    Author : Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson; Lena Holmquist Olausson; Heinrich Härke; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Birka; martial society; warrior; material culture; distribution patterns; cultural expression; Rus’; Viking Age; Early Middle Age; iconography; style; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : This is a study of martial material culture in the context of the Viking Age warrior of Birka, Sweden. The aim is to establish the role, function and affiliation of the Birka warrior and thereby place Birka on the power-political map of the 10th century. READ MORE

  6. 14. 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

  7. 15. Children's Vocabulary Development : The role of parental input, vocabulary composition and early communicative skills

    Author : Christine Cox Eriksson; Eva Berglund; Ulla Sundberg; Ulla Ek; Susan Ellis Weismer; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; child language; vocabulary development; parent-child interaction; parental input; vocabulary composition; CDI; SECDI; CLAN; grammar; lexical-grammar relationships; communicative gestures; Sweden; specialpedagogik; Special Education; Utbildning och lärande;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine the early vocabulary development of a sample of Swedish children in relation to parental input and early communicative skills. Three studies are situated in an overall description of early language development in children. READ MORE