Sökning: "Suspense"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Suspense.

1. 1. Divine Suspense : On Kierkegaard's Frygt og Bæven and the Aesthetics of Suspense

   Författare :Andreas Engh Seland; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Søren Kierkegaard; Fear and Trembling; Philosophy of Religion; Aesthetics; Suspense; Paradox of Suspense; Faith; Narrativity; Mikhail Bakhtin;

   Sammanfattning : What does it mean to feel suspense? What kinds of situations give rise to the emotion? What is the connection between suspense and narrativity? And how is it that we can feel suspense upon repeat encounters with the same narrative? These questions are at the center of the first part of this study, where I develop and defend the ‘imminence theory of suspense’. Central to this theory is the claim that suspense arises in situations defined by imminence, by the fact that they are structurally incomplete but geared toward their possible future completion: in other words, situations in which something of essence is imminent. LÄS MER

3. 2. Laughter, excitement, and suspense in preschool : Choreographing emotional stances as a multiparty achievement

   Författare :Emilia Holmbom Strid; Asta Čekaitė; Sally Wiggins Young; Carolin Demuth; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social interaction; Emotional displays; Adult-child interaction; Child-child interaction; Joint attention; Multiparty interaction; Peer cultures; Samspel; Känslouppvisningar; Vuxen-barn samspel; Barn-barn samspel; Delad uppmärksamhet; Flerpartssamspel; Kamratkulturer;

   Sammanfattning : Most research on emotions, including that which takes a social perspective, is directed at negative emotions and their manifestation in social situations that involve conflicts, disputes, and arguments. This thesis instead aims to address children’s heightened positive emotions and their interactional functions within the peer group and in learning encounters with teachers in preschool. LÄS MER

4. 3. Cells in Culture, Cells in Suspense : Practices of Cultural Production in Foetal Cell Research

   Författare :Andréa Wiszmeg; Brown Nik; The Cultural Studies Group of Neuroscience; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Parkinson s disease; Foetal cells; Praxis; Evidence Based Practice; Ethnology; Ethnography; Science studies; Diffraction; knowledge production; Ethical issues; ethics in practice; ethnology; ethnography; science studies; foetal cells; parkinson s disease; praxis; knowledge production; ethics in practice; evidence based medicine; diffraction; cell transplantation; cross-disciplinarity; epistemology;

   Sammanfattning : Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative affliction to which researchers have long striven to find a cure. The human embryo is a source of vital cells used in regenerative medicine, as well as a powerful symbol of life. LÄS MER

5. 4. The Mimetic Mystery : A linguistic study of the genre of British and American detective fiction including a comparison with suspense fiction

   Författare :Margit Bönnemark; Tuija Virtanen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska språket;

   Sammanfattning : The present study is an analysis of the genre of detective fiction from a predominantly linguistic point of view.The main hypothesis is that the addresser's aims determine not only the content of a text but also its discursive and textual properties. LÄS MER

7. 5. J.M. Coetzee's Poetics of the Child

   Författare :Charlotta Elmgren; Stefan Helgesson; Pieter Vermeulen; David Attwell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; J.M. Coetzee; poetics; Agamben; Arendt; child; childhood; truth; innocence; ethics; natality; education; pedagogy; play; infancy; impotentiality; English; engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores how central tensions in J.M. Coetzee’s fiction converge in and are made visible by the child figure. LÄS MER