Sökning: "mysticism and literature"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 15 avhandlingar innehållade orden mysticism and literature.

  1. 1. Pearl and Contemplative Writing

    Författare :Annika Sylén-Lagerholm; Engelska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The Cloud of Unknowing; Julian of Norwich; Margery Kempe; Richard Rolle; Walter Hilton; dream visions in literature; mysticism and literature; Thomas Aquinas and literature; Pseudo-Dionysius in England; religion and literature; literature and theology; medieval English poetry; women and medieval literature; Middle English literature; Gawain author; contemplative writers in medieval England; Pearl author; Pearl; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; General and comparative literature; literature criticism; literary theory; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; litteraturkritik; litteraturteori;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation places Pearl in the context of works by the English fourteenth-century contemplative writers (‘mystics’), as well as of patristic and other theological treatises, focusing on the theme of comprehending and speaking about a transcendent divine dimension. The purpose is to show that Pearl and the works of Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Walter Hilton, Richard Rolle and the author of The Cloud of Unknowing share a concern with attempting to express the inexpressible. LÄS MER

  3. 2. I den värld vi drömmer om: utopin i Elin Wägners trettiotalsromaner

    Författare :Bibi Jonsson; Litteraturvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; General and comparative literature; Nordiska språk språk och litteratur ; Scandinavian languages and literature; matriarchy and mysticism.; motherliness; the Utopian scheme; love; emancipation; Elin Wägner; literature criticism; literary theory; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; litteraturkritik; litteraturteori;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this present thesis is to present the Utopian scheme in Elin Wägner’s novels of the nineteen-thirties: Dialogen fortsätter (1932) (“The Dialogue Continues”), Mannen vid min sida (1933) (“The Man by my Side”), Genomskådad (1937) (“Unmasked”) and Hemlighetsfull (1938) (“Mysterious”). With her authorship Wägner was aiming for a new social order, a radical change, polväxling (a shift of poles). LÄS MER

  4. 3. Poesins negativitet : en studie i Karl Vennbergs kritik och lyrik

    Författare :Anders Johansson; Mats Jansson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; irony; aestheticism; lyrical modernism; literary criticism; mysticism; deconstruction; negativity; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; litteraturvetenskap; Literature; Aesthetic subjects;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the theoretical views underlying Karl Vennberg's literary criticism, and then to use these views as a starting point for a study of his poetry. Thus, the book is largely divided into two parts. The first deals with Vennberg's reviews and essays, the second with his poetry. LÄS MER

  5. 4. En dröm i Lagarnas hus : Ögonblicket, människan och det transcendenta. Studier i Stig Dagermans diktning

    Författare :Rikard Apelgren; Kerstin Dahlbäck; Roland Lysell; Rikard Schönström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Stig Dagerman; the moment; spiritual experience; mysticism; Michael Riffaterre; Rudolf Otto; Mikhail Bakhtin; matrix; chronotope; the nineteen-forties; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; litteraturvetenskap; Literature;

    Sammanfattning : The main aim of the dissertation is to examine the importance of the moment in relation to human experience and to the narrative in the writings of Stig Dagerman (1923-1954), primarily the novels Ormen (The Snake, 1945), De dömdas ö (The Island of the Doomed, 1946), Bränt barn (A Burnt Child, 1948), Bröllopsbesvär (Wedding Worries, 1949), the short stories "Den hängdes träd" (The Hanging Tree, 1945) and "De röda vagnarna" (The Red Wagons, 1946). The dissertation shows the moment as being of crucial importance by serving as the point of time for the fictional character’s critical experience. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Vårt hjärtas vilt lysande skrift : Om Karl Vennbergs lyrik

    Författare :Lars Elleström; Bernt Olsson; Mona Sandqvist; Lunds universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish poetry; intertextuality; intermediality; irony; mysticism; Karl Vennberg; ironi; intermedialitet; mysticism; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Comparative literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

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