Sökning: "King Lear"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden King Lear.

  1. 1. Appropriations of Shakespeare's King Lear in Three Modern North American Novels

    Författare :Anna Lindhé; Engelska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Appropriation in literature; appropriation of Shakespeare; ethics and literature; Harold Bloom; Jane Smiley; Anne Tyler; Margaret Atwood; A Thousand Acres; Ladder of Years; Cat s Eye; King Lear;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the creative appropriation of Shakespeare in theory and practice. It is based on close readings of King Lear alongside three appropriations of the play in works of fiction by three North American women writers: Jane Smiley, Anne Tyler, and Margaret Atwood. The aim is to demonstrate how a ‘palimpsestic’ reading, i.e. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Stage Appropriations of Shakespeare’s Major Tragedies, 1979-2010

    Författare :Mette Sjölin; Engelska; []
    Nyckelord :Appropriation in literature; Appropriation of Shakespeare; Shakespeare in performance; Feminist re-vision; Women in Literature; King Lear; Macbeth; Othello; Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines appropriations of five of Shakespeare’s tragedies (King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet), written for the stage between 1979 and 2010 and set in Shakespeare’s playworlds. The aim of the study is to investigate how these appropriations are used as a strategy for discussing issues that are central both to Shakespeare’s plays and to the present gender-political climate, with particular focus on the depiction of women and familial relationships. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Konsten att avstå : Framställningar av åldrande och visdom i västeuropeisk litteratur från Cicero till Fredrika Bremer

    Författare :Pär Alexandersson; Bengt Landgren; Merete Mazzarella; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning :   This study discusses the tradition of ideal ageing, which emphasizes life-long virtue as an avenue to wisdom. In line with this tradition the senior members of society have been expected to take charge of and to organize their withdrawal from their social engagements, make themselves available to the younger generations needs without (openly) wanting to control them, and impart traditions without insisting that everything remain unchanged. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Man kan aldrig kunna allt om musik - det känns verkligen stort : en pragmatisk studie om gymnasieungdomars begreppsliggörande av kunskap och lärande i musik

    Författare :Johan Nyberg; Kungl. Musikhögskolan; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; musikpedagogik; musikkunskaper; musikaliskt lärande;

    Sammanfattning :  In my profession as a music teacher in upper secondary school, I have often encountered students who express a dichotomy between their association of music in everyday life and music in school. This display of conflict can for instance surface when it becomes obvious to them that working with and learning music may comprise more than performative or aesthetic aspects. LÄS MER