Sökning: "Swedish Folk Music"

Visar resultat 16 - 17 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade orden Swedish Folk Music.

1. 16. The "New Negro" in the Old World: Culture and Performance in James Weldon Johnson, Jessie Fauset, and Nella Larsen

   Författare :Lena Ahlin; Engelska; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Europe in African-American literature; English language and literature; Nella Larsen; Jessie Fauset; James Weldon Johnson; minstrelsy; whiteness; performance; cultural authenticity; New Negro; Harlem Renaissance; African Americans in Europe; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the relationship between the “New Negro” moment of the early twentieth-century America and the Old World of Europe, as represented in James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912), Jessie Fauset’s There is Confusion (1924), and Nella Larsen’s Quicksand (1928). In the nineteenth century, Europe functioned as a symbol of freedom, education and art in the African-American literary imagination. LÄS MER

3. 17. Dylan i 60-talet. Tematiken i Bob Dylans sångtexter och dikter 1961-67

   Författare :Mats Jacobsson; Litteraturvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; litteraturteori; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; literary theory; literature criticism; The 60´s; song lyrics; contexts and interpretation; thematics; Guthrie tradition; society as father; generation conflict; The Beat Poets; Black Humor; litteraturkritik; New Left; Musicology; General and comparative literature; Musikvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Bob Dylan (b. 1941) became known as an enfant terrible and a regenerator of rock lyrics already in the tumultuous 60´s. His constantly shifting roles as musician and songwriter, combined with his notable reserve, have led to the growth of a plethora of myths surrounding his person and work. LÄS MER