Sökning: "Historical novels"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 76 avhandlingar innehållade orden Historical novels.

1. 1. Jews and Gentiles in Early Jewish Novels

   Författare :Hedvig Larsson; Tord Fornberg; Anders Hultgård; Angela Standhartinger; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Judaism; Hellenistic period; novels; Jews and non-Jews; type scenes; irony; idol-parody; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with Jewish novels from the late Persian, Hellenistic and early Roman periods. The five texts chosen for this study are the Books of Ruth, Judith, Esther, Daniel and Joseph & Aseneth. Focus is on how the Jewish narrators describe non-Jews and non-Jewish religion, and on the relations between Jews and non-Jews. LÄS MER

3. 2. The Nation Conceived : Learning, Education, and Nationhood in American Historical Novels of the 1820s

   Författare :Johanna McElwee; Rolf Lundén; Erik Löfroth; Shirley Samuels; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; United States; education; learning; historical fiction; antebellum literature; national identity; anti-intellectualism; Lydia Maria Child; James Fenimore Cooper; Catharine Maria Sedgwick; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This study explores the role of learning and education in American historical fiction written in the 1820s. The United States has been, and still is, commonly considered to be hostile to scholarly learning. LÄS MER

4. 3. En omskriven historia : Svensk historisk roman och novell före 1867 : the Swedish historical novel and short story before 1867

   Författare :Stefan Johansson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; Historical novels; historiography; Swedish history; nineteenth century; nation-building; middle class; identity; Historia; History subjects; Historieämnen; Historia; History;

   Sammanfattning : The historical novel was a new genre in Sweden during the 1820's. It had emerged as a popular literary form in Europe with the writings of Walter Scott, whose Waverley, or t'is sixty years since (1814) is widely regarded as the first historical novel. LÄS MER

5. 4. ”Det kunde lika gärna ha hänt idag” : Maj Bylocks Drakskeppstrilogi och historiemedvetande hos barn i mellanåldrarna

   Författare :Mary Ingemansson; Litteraturvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Judith A. Langer; empowerment; cultural encounters; history; the Viking age; Borgen i fjärran 1998 ; Det gyllne svärdet 1998 ; Drakskeppet 1997 ; Maj Bylock; literature instruction; historical consciousness; The historical novel; the perspective of being the other; envisionment building; literature teaching; reception studies; didactic subject research;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis, The Historical Novel and Historical Consciousness in ten- to twelve-year-olds - Maj Bylocks Drakskeppstrilogi in Theory and Practice, is to illustrate the possibilities for pupils of the ages between ten to twelve to develop their historical consciousness by participating in classroom work making use of fiction as a central source of knowledge. In the first part of the thesis the three novels in the trilogy about the Viking age by the Swedish author Maj Bylock, Drakskeppet (1997), Det gyllne svärdet (1998) and Borgen i fjärran (1998), are analyzed. LÄS MER

7. 5. The Novels of an Egyptian Romanticist : Yūsuf al-Sibāʿī

   Författare :Gail Ramsay; Kerstin Eksell; Göran Rossholm; Bengt Knutsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Modern Arabic literature; the Arabic novel; romanticism; social criticism; the Free Officers Revolution; Arabic language; Arabiska; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The Egyptian author Yuusuf al-Sibaa'ii (1917-1978) was not worried about the critical attitude that the literary élite and the book reviewers displayed towards his novels. He had many thousands of enthusiastic readers in all parts of the Arab world. This thesis seeks to uncover what lies beind these divergent opinions. LÄS MER