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  1. 21. Female Quest in Christina Stead's For Love Alone

    Författare :Nilsson Mathilda; Engelska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language and literature; post-colonial journey; feminism; archetypes; intertextuality; Christina Stead; female quest; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

    Sammanfattning : One of the conspicuously recurrent motifs in Christina Stead's novels is the quest. The present study centres on For Love Alone, the novel in which the prominence of this motif culminates in the depiction of Teresa Hawkins' successful quest, which contains both social and spiritual elements. LÄS MER

  3. 22. The Nation Conceived : Learning, Education, and Nationhood in American Historical Novels of the 1820s

    Författare :Johanna McElwee; Rolf Lundén; Erik Löfroth; Shirley Samuels; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; United States; education; learning; historical fiction; antebellum literature; national identity; anti-intellectualism; Lydia Maria Child; James Fenimore Cooper; Catharine Maria Sedgwick; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores the role of learning and education in American historical fiction written in the 1820s. The United States has been, and still is, commonly considered to be hostile to scholarly learning. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Hem till historien : August Strindberg, sekelskiftet och "Gustaf Adolf"

    Författare :Claes Rosenqvist; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; August Strindberg; turn of century; historical drama; Swedish; theatre history;

    Sammanfattning : The point of departure for this study is the meeting-place between an author and his times. Both in his youth and in later years, August Strindberg was in bitter conflict with the Swedish Establishment. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Reconfiguring the Hero’s Journey – The Monomyth in Contemporary Popular Culture

    Författare :Houman Sadri; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; archetypes; comics; hero s journey; literary criticism; popular culture; YA literature;

    Sammanfattning : Den här avhandlingen analyserar hur den så kallade hjälteresan eller monomyten gestaltas i samtida texter och media. Det övergripande syftet är att undersöka vilken giltighet och relevans strukturen som skapades av Joseph Campbell i The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) har inom engelskspråkig populärkultur. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Estranging Cognition : Feminist Science Fiction and the Borders of Reason

    Författare :Jenny Bonnevier; Rolf Lundén; Jane Donawerth; Brian Attebery; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; science fiction; feminist theory; epistemology; Ursula Le Guin; Suzy McKee Charnas; Joanna Russ; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores the intersections of three different fields: feminism, science fiction, and epistemology. It argues that as a genre, science fiction is dependent on epistemological discourses that have their roots in the stories and self-images of modern science. LÄS MER