Sökning: "the function of literature"

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1. 26. The Subject of the Verbal Gerund : A Study of Variation in English

   Författare :Susanna Lyne; Merja Kytö; Hilde Hasselgård; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; BNC; British National Corpus; corpus linguistics; genitive; genre; gerund; ing-form; Late Modern English; linguistic variation; multivariate analysis; possessive; prescriptivism; Present-day English; English; Engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This study deals with variation between possessive/genitive and objective/plain forms of the subject of the verbal gerund clause (VGC) in Present-day and Late Modern British English, as in Would you object to my [me] paying her a visit? and Poor timing of spoonfuls can lead to the child’s [the child] feeling frustrated. According to the traditional prescriptivist view, the possessive/genitive form is the preferred variant. LÄS MER

3. 27. Oases of Air : A Phenomenological Study of John Banville's Science Tetralogy

   Författare :Joakim Wrethed; H.W. Fawkner; David Pierce; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; John Banville; science tetralogy; contemporary Irish fiction; aseity; air; substance; phenomenology; intentionality; constitution; epistemology; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This phenomenological study of John Banville’s fiction exhibits the way in which Doctor Copernicus, Kepler, The Newton Letter, and Mefisto persistently present air as a constituting factor. Air occurs as a phenomenological oasis permitting constitution to effectuate disclosure ex nihilo. LÄS MER

4. 28. Listen how the wise one begins construction of a house for Viṣṇu : vijānatā yathārabhyaṃ gṛhaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ śṛṇv evaṃ. Chapters 1-14 of the Hayaśīrṣa Pañcarātra

   Författare :Elisabeth Raddock; Robert P. Goldman; Sally J. Goldman; Joanna Williams; Crawford Greenewalt; USA Berkeley University of California; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hayaśirṣa Pañcarātra; Sanskrit; temple; Viṣṇu; Agni Purāṇa; Hari Bhakta Vilāsa; ācārya; vāstupuruṣamaṇḍala; ritual; construction; ceremonial practice; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of a translation of the first fourteen chapters of Hayaśirṣa Pañcarātra and a detailed analysis aiming at its contextualization in historical, cultural, and theological milieus. The Hayaśirṣa Pañcarātra is a Sanskrit text from approximately the ninth century A.D. LÄS MER

5. 29. The phenomenon of the grotesque in modern southern fiction : some aspects of its form and function

   Författare :Maria Haar; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Caldwell; Capote; Faulkner; Goyen; McCullers; O Connor; Welty; macabre-grotesque; repulsive frightening-grotesque; comic-grotesque; Philip Thomson; Det groteska i litteraturen;

   Sammanfattning : After a general historical outline of the term and concept 'grotesque' attention is focused on the grotesque in Southern fiction and an attempt is made to explain the abundance of this mode in the literature of the South. It can seemingly be linked to the distinctiveness of that region as compared to the rest of the United States—a distinctiveness that has been brought about by historical, geographical, sociological and economic factors. LÄS MER

7. 30. The Epistemology of Rhetoric : Plato, Doxa and Post-Truth

   Författare :Erik Bengtson; Mats Rosengren; Otto Fischer; Jon Viklund; Ekaterina V. Haskins; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; doxa; epistemology; post-truth rhetoric; Plato; Aristotle; Roland Barthes; Robert Hariman; Ruth Amossy; Mats Rosengren; rhetorical anthropology; rhetorical ontology; argumentation theory; autonomy; Rhetoric; Retorik;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to develop an epistemology of rhetoric in light of the apparent contemporary post-truth condition of society. Epistemology is hereby understood as concerned with principles for knowledge production within the academic discipline of rhetoric, as well as with an understanding of knowledge production in the public realm. LÄS MER