Sökning: "literature and theology"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 49 avhandlingar innehållade orden literature and theology.
1. Pearl and Contemplative Writing
Sammanfattning : This dissertation places Pearl in the context of works by the English fourteenth-century contemplative writers (‘mystics’), as well as of patristic and other theological treatises, focusing on the theme of comprehending and speaking about a transcendent divine dimension. The purpose is to show that Pearl and the works of Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Walter Hilton, Richard Rolle and the author of The Cloud of Unknowing share a concern with attempting to express the inexpressible. LÄS MER
2. Hjalmar Gullberg och bysantinismen – ”som paradoxer i tid och rum”
Sammanfattning : The relation between modern Western literature on the one hand and Byzantine themes and aesthetics on the other has not yet been satisfactorily examined. This dissertation presents a study of the relation between the work of the modern Swedish poet Hjalmar Gullberg (1898-1961) and Byzantinism. LÄS MER
3. Den wallinska dikten : Från informatorsåren till Dödens ängel
Sammanfattning : This dissertation concerns the poetry of Johan Olof Wallin from the first poems of the early nineteenth century up to "The Angel of Death" ("Dödens Engel"). Johan Olof Wallin (1779-1839), poet, orator and preacher, member of the Swedish Academy and subsequently Archbishop of the Church of Sweden, was one of the most important cultural figures of his day. LÄS MER
4. Kraften att älska, makten att tjäna : religion, emancipation och den kvinnliga skapande kraften i Jeanna Oterdahls sagor 1908–1927
Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies the Swedish author Jeanna Oterdahl (1879–1965), and the fairy tales and stories she wrote in the period 1908–1927. Oterdahl was a well-known Christian public intellectual in her day. LÄS MER
5. Det etiska projektet och det estetiska. Tvärvetenskapliga perspektiv på Lars Ahlins författarskap
Sammanfattning : As my title indicates, this dissertation is oriented towards two academic subjects: Ethics and Literature. Of late, the borderland between these two disciplines has attracted international scholarly attention. Within ethics, literary works are becoming a primary material; conversely, the study of literature has taken on ethical issues. LÄS MER
