Sökning: "apocalyptic motifs"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden apocalyptic motifs.

  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. Götisk kabbala och runisk alkemi : Johannes Bureus och den götiska esoterismen

    Författare :Thomas Karlsson; Erik af Edholm; Henrik Bogdan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Western Esotericism; Gothicism; Kabbalah; Alchemy; The Swedish Great Power period; Millennialism; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : Gothicism in general, and the Swedish Gothicism in particular, had a close connection to the esoteric currents that were flourishing all over Europe in the Early Modern Period. Apocalyptic predictions and prophecies useful to Gothic propaganda were derived from contemporary esoteric streams, but alongside these came Hermetic and Neo-Platonic speculations of a more individual character that emphasized man’s gradual ascension toward a higher state. LÄS MER