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  1. 1. Outsiders and Others : Queer Friendships in Novels by Hermann Hesse

    Författare :Oscar von Seth; Claudia Lindén; Jack Halberstam; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hermann Hesse; Peter Camenzind; Der Steppenwolf; outsiderness; otherness; queer friendship; homoeroticism; nonconformism; homosexuality; bisexuality; Bildungsroman; romantic friendship; heterosexual ambivalence; disability; animality; gender; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores how characters who embody outsiderness and/or otherness intersect with and connote queerness—such as, for instance, homoeroticism and nonconformism—in the novels Peter Camenzind (1904) and Der Steppenwolf (1927) by German-language author Hermann Hesse (1877–1962).In most of Hesse’s novels, the narrative revolves around a male protagonist who is characterized as an outsider. LÄS MER

  3. 2. "Creating the Senses" : Sensation in the work of Shelley Jackson

    Författare :Tove Solander; Maria Lindgren Leavenworth; Gabriele Griffin; Sara Danius; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Shelley Jackson; senses; literary percepts; body art; object art; hypertext; fantastic fiction; minor writing; écriture féminine; queer theory; feminist theory; phenomenology; Gilles Deleuze; engelska; English; Aesthetics; estetik; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This monograph on the œuvre of contemporary American author and multimedia artist Shelley Jackson addresses the question of how literary works employ language to evoke sense impressions. Gilles Deleuze’s notion of aesthetic percepts is drawn on to develop a theory of literary phantom sensations which is then tested on the work of Jackson and related authors. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Materiella vändningar : läsningar av Parland, Lispector, Berg och Byggmästar

    Författare :Jenny Jarlsdotter Wikström; Maria Jönsson; Elisabeth Friis; Sven Anders Johansson; Amelie Björck; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The material turn; feminist new materialism; posthumanism; critical plant studies; ecocriticism; object-oriented ontology; queer ecocriticism; Henry Parland; Clarice Lispector; Aase Berg; Eva-Stina Byggmästar; Den materiella vändningen; Henry Parland; Clarice Lispector; Aase Berg; Eva-Stina Byggmästar; feministisk nymaterialism; posthumanism; kritiska växtstudier; ekokritik; objektorienterad ontologi; queer ekokritik; Literature; litteraturvetenskap; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the dissertation is to examine the analytical potential of  the ”material turn” within the field of literary studies. In particular, it explores how theoretical perspectives associated with the material turn may shed light on the work of four writers: Henry Parland (Finland, 1908–1930), Clarice Lispector (Brazil, 1920–1977), Aase Berg (Sweden, b. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Ett flicklaboratorium i valda bitar : Skeva flickor i svenskspråkig prosa från 1980 till 2005

    Författare :Maria Margareta Österholm; Margaretha Fahlgren; Eva Heggestad; Anna Nordenstam; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; girlhood studies; contemporary literature; gurlesque; queer studies; Monika Fagerholm; Mare Kandre; Inger Edelfeldt; eating disorders; femininity; skev; feminist studies; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Girlhood is a recurring theme and problem in contemporary Swedish and Finland Swedish literature. The writings of Monika Fagerholm, Mare Kandre and Inger Edelfeldt and many other authors are full of girls not wanting or not being able to be Proper Girls. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Dis-placed Desires : Space and Sexuality in South African Literature

    Författare :Sanja Nivesjö; Stefan Helgesson; Ann-Sofie Lönngren; Ingo Berensmeyer; Andrew van der Vlies; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sexuality; space; place; queer theory; Sara Ahmed; Lefebvre; Foucault; South African literature; South Africa; Olive Schreiner; R. R. R. Dhlomo; Nadine Gordimer; J. M. Coetzee; Bessie Head; Phaswane Mpe; Damon Galgut; English; engelska; English;

    Sammanfattning : This study provides a diachronic view of the interweaving of space and sexuality, their interdependency and mutually constitutive aspects, in seven South African English language novels from the early twentieth century until the first decade of the twenty-first century. A key contention is that it is precisely a co-constitutive depiction of space and sexuality that has arisen in this literature as a response to a socio-political climate which has exercised harsh regulation in these two areas. LÄS MER