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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 20 avhandlingar innehållade orden Torsten Pettersson.
11. "En tystnad vari ordet sväller" : Bygdeskildringar som ordkonst i Stina Aronsons Hitom himlen och Tage Aurells "Pingstbrud"
Sammanfattning : Ämnet för denna licentiatavhandling är den konstnärliga behandlingen av landsbygden och glesbygden som språklig, social miljö, mer specifikt i romanen Hitom himlen (1946) av Stina Aronson (1892‒1956) och novellen ”Pingstbrud” (Nya berättelser, 1949) av Tage Aurell (1895‒1976). Syftet är att undersöka verkens spänningsfält mellan avantgarde och bygdeskildring. LÄS MER
12. Jordnära ordbrottningar : Bygdeskildringar som modernistisk ordkonst hos Stina Aronson, Tage Aurell, Stig Dagerman och Sara Lidman
Sammanfattning : This dissertation aims to explore the tension between modernism and local-colour literature as registered in the works of four Swedish writers from the immediate post-war era: the novels Hitom himlen (‘This Side of Heaven’, 1946) by Stina Aronson (1892–1956), Bröllopsbesvär (‘Wedding Worries’, 1949) by Stig Dagerman (1923–1954), and Tjärdalen (‘The Tar Still’, 1953) by Sara Lidman (1923–2004), as well as the short story ‘Pingstbrud’ (‘Whitsun Bride’) from the prose collection Nyare berättelser (‘Newer Stories’, 1949) by Tage Aurell (1895–1976). How are the provincial communities in these works portrayed socially and linguistically? In what ways, discursively and narratologically, has the setting been traellnsformed into a literary material and applied as part of a deliberate poetics? Is it possible to understand these works as a distinctive literary movement in the history of Swedish literature?The examination of the individual works approaches these questions through a linguistic and narrative analysis, that focuses on the use of dialects, free indirect discourse, and certain context-specific discourses, such as gossip, as well as the portrayal of the social norms of the rural communities portrayed. LÄS MER
13. Interpretive Skepticism : Stanley Cavell, New Criticism, and Literary Interpretation
Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores and analyzes interpretive skepticism in literary theory. It argues that traditional interpretive theories and debates often harbor unacknowledged forms of skeptical thinking and arguments. As these forms of skepticism are seldom recognized as skepticism, the problem tends to remain hidden and unresolved. LÄS MER
14. Att röra en värld : en queerteoretisk analys av erotiska trianglar i sex verk av August Strindberg
Sammanfattning : The subject of this dissertation is a queertheoretical analysis of erotic triangles with two men and one woman, in six texts by August Strindberg (1849–1912). The material consists of the novel A Madman’s Defence (1887–88) and the plays Creditors (1888), Playing with Fire (1892), Crime and Crime (1899), Dance of Death I (1901) and To Damascus I–III (1898–1901). LÄS MER
15. Avkoppling och analys : Empiriska perspektiv på läsarattityder och litterär kompetens hos svenska 18-åringar
Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines young people’s reading of fiction in the digital age, with a special focus on the aspects of attitude and competence. The literary reading of respondents in their upper teens is considered from several perspectives—especially those of the respondents themselves. LÄS MER
