Sökning: "apocalyptic literature"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden apocalyptic literature.

  1. 1. Ya nos cayó el chahuistle: El cuento apocalíptico mexicano contemporáneo (1996-2016)

    Författare :Gabriela Mercado Narváez; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Mexican literature; short stories; End of the World; apocalyptic literature; apocalyptic motifs; quantitative analysis;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to cover a gap left by literary criticism in the study of Mexican apocalyptic literature. Its main objective is to make a systematized and comprehensive characterization of contemporary apocalyptic short stories in Mexico, which have been overlooked in critical works due to their status as speculative fiction. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Enchanting Irruptions : Wonder, Noir, and the Environmental Imaginary

    Författare :Ryan Palmer; David Watson; Danuta Fjellestad; Michael Lundblad; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ecocriticism; ecofiction; re-enchantment; wonder; disenchantment; noir; environmental ethics; climate change; affect; environmental justice; Thomas Pynchon; Lydia Millet; Karen Tei Yamashita; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates narratives of re-enchantment and disenchantment in three contemporary U.S. novels, Lydia Millet’s Mermaids in Paradise, Karen Tei Yamashita’s Tropic of Orange, and Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Medier och identitet : i gymnasisters mångkulturella vardag

    Författare :Annette Årheim; Margareta Petersson; Ulla Johnsson Smaragdi; Sten-Olof Ullström; Växjö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; diskurs; gymnasieskola; svenskämne; identitet; medier; erfarenhet; mångkulturalitet; skönlitteratur; sanning; fördomar; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Comparative Literature Education; Litteraturvetenskap – didaktisk inriktning;

    Sammanfattning : This partial study, being part of a future doctorial thesis, looks at the potential of education in the subject of literature to integrate the dual tasks of providing knowledge and of establishing democratic values. Two aspects of this competence for democracy are in focus here, both attributed with special importance by guiding documents, first of all to instil within the students a basic positive attitude towards a multicultural society and secondly to develop their ability for critical review of their own media culture as a source of knowledge. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Places of Rest in Worlds of Ruin : Havens in Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

    Författare :Andreas Nyström; Åke Bergvall; Maria Holmgren Troy; Mathias Clasen; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Post-Apocalypse; Apocalypse; Science Fiction; Havens; Pastoral; Paradise; Mobility; Narrative Theory; English; Engelska;

    Sammanfattning : In the inhospitable and ruined landscapes of post-apocalyptic fiction there are often found havens, places of rest that provide contrast to the desolation of the wasteland. This study explores the generic functions of such havens. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Conflicting Times : Multiple Temporalities in Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction

    Författare :Erik Mo Welin; Joakim Enwall; Hua Li; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Science fiction; Chinese literature; Temporality; Time travel; Alternate history; Apocalypse; Chronopolitics; Sinologi; Sinology;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the intersection of temporality and politics in contemporary Chinese science fiction. Building on previous research on Chinese science fiction, science fiction studies, as well as narrative theory and historical theory, the investigation focuses on eight key texts written by the writers Han Song, Liu Cixin, and Baoshu. LÄS MER