Sökning: "Joseph Conrad"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden Joseph Conrad.

  1. 1. Spatial Structures in Conrad’s Universe : The Tension between Opening and Closing as a Literary Device

    Författare :Claes Lindskog; Engelska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cognitive Poetics; Nihilism; Romanticism; Spatial Structures; Joseph Conrad;

    Sammanfattning : Many attempts have been made to catch the essence of Joseph Conrad’s work by examining the contents of his ideas. This thesis argues instead that the important factor is the preferred spatial structures of his world-views and the interplay between them. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Företagskulturers makt : överbrygga språkliga klyftor

    Författare :Gunnar Berg; Bo Göranzon; Anders Karlqvist; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; dialogue; experience; reflection; project; understanding; corporate power; corporate culture; philosophy of language; communication; Human communication; Kommunikation mellan människor;

    Sammanfattning : How do we work in projects that are expected to bridge cultural, social and historical boundaries? Is it possible to apply stated instructions across these boundaries so that, for example, the task of producing a requirement specification is interpreted in the same way by all the parties involved? In this thesis, the author takes a stand against his personal experience from such a trans-cultural project – a project in which he failed. A factor that made a strong contribution to this failure was the inability of the companies involved to manage the underlying complex of problems, problems associated with the philosophy of language. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Imagining a Place in Nature: Using Evolution to Explain the Early Evolutionary Imagination in Literature

    Författare :Emelie Jonsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Victorian literature; Darwinism; evolutionary humanities; naturalistic cosmology; two cultures; mythology;

    Sammanfattning : After Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, Victorian literature overflowed with images of man’s new place in nature. Those images can be explained by modern research that builds on Darwin’s theory: the evolutionary social sciences and evolutionary literary theory. LÄS MER