Sökning: "oblivion"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade ordet oblivion.
1. Minne, jag, 1800. Litterär självframställning hos Atterbom, Geijer, Widerberg och Heidenstam
Sammanfattning : Both the idea of the self and the idea of memory went through significant changes in the 18th and 19th centuries – developments that in important ways were driven by, and showcased in, the different forms of autobiographical expression popular during this period. With the aim of studying the Swedish context in this regard, the thesis describes a number of typical situations and thematic structures characterizing the relationship between self and memory in four works of ‘self-writing’ from the 1800s: P. LÄS MER
2. Överflöd och ofullbordan : Essä om det moderna
Sammanfattning : The problem which the present study discusses is modernity. The study interprets modernity’s cultural and anthropological dispositions as historical appearances. Consequently, it is situated at the intersection of cultural sociology and historical anthropology. The aim is to generate insight and understanding rather than a coherent theory. LÄS MER
3. An Unpredictable Past : Guerrillas, Mayas, and the Location of Oblivion in War-Torn Guatemala
Sammanfattning : The concept of resistance is analytically outdated. In an emergent anthropology of contemporary warfare and the experience of political violence, concepts like coping and negotiation are adopted to encompass the pragmatics of human agency in times of social unrest, flight, and militarily monitored mass destruction. LÄS MER
4. La recuperación de la identidad en la novela Sefarad de Antonio Muñoz Molina
Sammanfattning : The purpose of the present study is to examine the signification of identitary discourses in the novel Sefarad: Una novela de novelas by Antonio Muñoz Molina and determine to what extent these discourses represent and respond to identitary discourses in contemporary Spanish society. The analysis focuses on three principal questions: how is the narrative constructed, what is conveyed as a result, and what is the aim of the narrative. LÄS MER
5. Beyond the noise of time : readings of Marina Tsvetaeva’s memories of childhood
Sammanfattning : Although quite a few researchers have pointed to the significance of the childhood theme in Tsvetaeva’s work, no systematic analysis of her work has been done from this perspective. Nor have her childhood reminiscences been treated as a thematically consistent whole, but have rather been read as instances of the poet’s prose in general. LÄS MER
