Search for dissertations about: "the black literary tradition"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words the black literary tradition.

  2. 1. The mold of writing : style and structure in Strindberg's chamber plays

    Author : Erik van Ooijen; Lars-Åke Skalin; Ola Holmgren; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; August Strindberg; chamber play; literary form; writing; focus; ruin as form; simulation; speed; weed as form; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; HUMANITIES and RELIGION; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP; Aesthetic subjects; Estetiska ämnen; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature;

    Abstract : The thesis examines the five plays published by August Strindberg under the label of Chamber Plays: Stormy Weather, The Burned Lot, The Ghost Sonata, The Pelican (all 1907), and The Black Glove (1909). It takes its point of departure in a particular aspect of Strindberg’s way of writing as he actually describes it himself: during the act of deliberate composing, a productive fever tends to emerge bringing an element of chance to the work. READ MORE

  4. 2. Women’s writing and political activism in the 1930s

    Author : Kristin Ewins; St Hilda’s College University of Oxford; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the formative relationship between the writing and political activism of leftist women writers in Britain in the 1930s. It is divided into three parts, structured around investigations of Winifred Holtby, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Storm Jameson. READ MORE

  5. 3. Grappling with Patriarchies : Narrative Strategies of Resistance in Miriam Tlali's Writings

    Author : Christina Cullhed; Monica Fryckstedt; David Attwell; Elleke Boehmer; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Literature; South African literature; narrative strategies; patriarchy; the black literary tradition; novelization; dialogism; fragmentation; gendered violence; sacrifice; rape; discursive taboo; whispering; distancing; Miriam Tlali; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : This study is the first one devoted solely to the writings of the South African black novelist Miriam Tlali. It argues that her works constitute literary resistance not only to apartheid, noted by previous scholars, but also to South African patriarchies. READ MORE