Sökning: "Englishness"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Englishness.

  1. 1. Peter Ackroyd and the Borders of Englishness

    Författare :Heli Dahlin; Ashleigh Harris; Sheila Ghose; Susana Onega; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Peter Ackroyd; Englishness; literary canon; performativity; normativity; cross-dressing; culture wars; postcolonial melancholia; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Since the dissolution of the British Empire, anxiety about the loss of Englishness has circulated at various sites of public discourse in Britain: politics, the media, education, culture and literature. This study investigates the configuration and representation of Englishness in Peter Ackroyd’s writing as exemplary of this anxiety. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Öppna universum! : slutna traditioner i Salman Rushdies Satansverserna

    Författare :Mats Bergenhorn; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Islam; hindutva; hinduism; rasism; nationalism; islamism; globalisering; Margaret Thatcher; Enoch Powell; Muhammed; Khomeini; Frantz Fanon; Salman Rushdie; Michail Bachtin; General and comparative literature; Allmän och jämförande litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis in islamology shows how Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses (1988) examines questions concerning religion, nationality, race, and power, compromise and authenticity in a time when different global processes have created new ways of perceiving and relating to different traditions. It examines how The Satanic Verses portrays how people apprehend themselves and others when the conditions for these traditions are changing, and the potential threats of religious fundamentalism, nationalism and racism. LÄS MER