Sökning: "21st century literature"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade orden 21st century literature.

1. 1. A World of Myths : World Literature and Storytelling in Canongate's Myths series

   Författare :Malin Nauwerck; Johan Professor; Paula Docent; Torbjörn Forslid; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sociology of Literature; World Literature; Book History; Publishing Studies; Sociology of Translation; Marketing; Storytelling; Book Trade; Metafiction; 21st Century; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis discusses contemporary publishing within the global, literary system through the prism of the transnational publishing project the Myths series, initiated by Scottish publishing house Canongate Books in 2005. By combining the perspectives of world literature studies and sociology of literature, I explore the conception, development and communication around the Myths series (today published in forty countries) in relation firstly to the contemporary changes in the publishing industry, situated within a more general literary debate on globalisation and cultural diversity and secondly the rise of a social order epitomised under the umbrella term “new economy”, in which the practice of strategic communication or marketing storytelling has become increasingly common. LÄS MER

3. 2. Vampyrer : En kulturkritisk studie av den västerländska vampyrberättelsen från 1700-talet till 2000-talet

   Författare :Anna Höglund; Lars Elleström; Lisbeth Larsson; Yvonne Leffler; Växjö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; vampire; vampires; power; literature; film; popular culture; consumer culture; gender; vampyr; vampyrer; makt; litteratur; film; populärkultur; konsumtionskultur; genus; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; Comparative literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Vampires haunt our culture. They live amongst us, they live with us, and very likely, they live for us. Considering the never fading popularity of vampires, it is obvious that these beings satisfy some kind of basic human need. LÄS MER

4. 3. Mordens marknad : Litteratursociologiska studier i det tidiga 2000-talets svenska kriminallitteratur

   Författare :Karl Berglund; Johan Svedjedal; Ann Steiner; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish crime fiction; sociology of literature; publishing studies; book trade; book history; popular fiction; 2000s; 21st century.; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with Swedish crime fiction and its successes on the Swedish book market in the early 2000s. The genre’s expansion, marketing and literary content is mapped and analysed in three studies that together paint a thorough picture of this literary phenomena in Swedish book trade. LÄS MER

5. 4. Hemsökt barndom : Bilder av barnet i gotisk barnlitteratur

   Författare :Peter Kostenniemi; Elina Druker; Magnus Öhrn; Maria Andersson; Christensen Nina; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; gothic children’s literature; children’s literature; Scandinavian literature; childhood; subjectivity; high modernity; technologies of power; technologies of the self; governmentality; self-governing; agency; growth; the competent child; gothic other; litteraturvetenskap; Literature;

   Sammanfattning : The 21st century has seen an increase in the publication of Gothic literature for children and young adults. The aim of this study is to explore this development and to discuss images of the child in Scandinavian Gothic fiction for children in relation to ideas about childhood in a contemporary context. LÄS MER

7. 5. Litterära besvär : skildringar av sjukdom i samtida svensk prosa

   Författare :Katarina Bernhardsson; Litteraturvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Carl-Henning Wijkmark.; Anders Paulrud; Sara Mannheimer; Torgny Lindgren; thematic studies; Illness in literature; Literature and Medicine; Medical Humanities; Swedish literature; 21st century literature; Per Olov Enquist; Maria Fagerberg; Åsa Ericsdotter;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies the theme of illness in Swedish fiction from the first decade of the 21st century. The aim is to present a wide-ranging discussion about illness as a contemporary literary theme. LÄS MER