Sökning: "melodrama"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade ordet melodrama.
1. Känslans röst : Det melodramatiska i Selma Lagerlöfs romankonst
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2. Ambiguous Endeavours. The Evolution of the Melodramatic Mode in Polish Holocaust Narratives from Hanna Krall to "The Aftermath"
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines how melodrama, defined as a complex, distinctly modern and transnational mode of storytelling with lasting impact on the culture of global modernity, has influenced the area of Polish Holocaust representation since the late 1970s till the present. Within a methodological frame that seeks to combine textual and contextual analysis, the study poses a set of questions that can be asked of the melodramatic mode’s narrative structures and stylistic devices, their signifying and functionality, in selected instances of literary and film narratives. LÄS MER
3. En fiende till civilisationen : manlighet, genusrelationer, sexualitet och rasstereotyper i svensk filmkultur under 1920-talet
Sammanfattning : The setting for this study is Swedish film culture of the 1920s, which has been studied with a focus on representations of masculinity and gender relations according to four themes: 1) children and youth 2) fatherhood and love 3) sexuality and popularity 4) ethnicity and racial stereotyping. The rise of new consumer culture in the first decades of the 20th century created turmoil between traditional and modern values, not least when it came to conceptions of gender. LÄS MER
4. Emancipationens gränser : Emilie Flygare-Carléns 1840-talsromaner och kvinnans ställning
Sammanfattning : Emilie Flygare-Carlén (1807—92) was one of the most widely read novelists in Sweden throughout the nineteenth century. This study construes her works as participating in an emancipatory dialogue. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the way in which Emilie Flygare-Carlén treats, discusses, and problematizes gender relations in her novels. LÄS MER
5. Kvinnors ansikte : stereotyper och kvinnlig identitet i trettiotalets svenska filmmelodram
Sammanfattning : This dissertation analyses the status and function of the female image in the popular Swedish film melodrama of the 1930s. Its conceptual apparatus stems from the idea of film as a major cultural force, expressing a society's dominant ideology. LÄS MER