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  1. 6. The Narcissus Theme from Fin de Siècle to Psychoanalysis : Crisis of the Modern Self

    Författare :Niclas Johansson; Torsten Pettersson; Björn Sundberg; Bo Hakon Jørgensen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Narcissus; narcissism; Symbolism; decadence; psychoanalysis; selfhood; subjectivity; modernity; Sigmund Freud; Oscar Wilde; André Gide; Paul Valéry; Leopold Andrian; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is an intertextual-thematological investigation of the Narcissus theme at the turn of the century 1900. It focuses primarily on French-, German-, and English-language decadent and Symbolist literature from the 1890s and early 1900s, as well as on early sexology and psychoanalysis. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Seeing the Word : John Dee and Renaissance Occultism

    Författare :Håkan Håkansson; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; mysticism.; metaphors; symbolism; alchemy; magic; Renaissance philosophy; occultism; Filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This study reassesses the occult philosophy of the British polymath John Dee (1527-1609). Focusing on his treatise Monas hieroglyphica (1564) and his notorious angelic conversations in the 1580s, it describes Dee’s philosophical career as a continuous search for a language which could yield knowledge of both nature and God. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Jag kan sjunga hur jag vill : Tankevärld och konstsyn i Edith Södergrans diktning

    Författare :Boel Hackman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Literature; critical research; gender; symbolism; modernity; Arthur Schopenhau-er; Friedrich Nietzsche; Rudolf Steiner; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; litteraturvetenskap; Literature;

    Sammanfattning : The basis of this dissertation is a critical examination of the biographical and psychological perspective which has to date dominated work on Södergran and which explains Södergran's writings as a product of her distinctive personality and tragic circumstances. It is a view that is presented here as deceptive, enervating, and counterproductive to a deeper understanding of how her body of work relates to the development of verse during the twentieth century. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Det tänkande landskapet : landskapsskildringarna i Olavi Paavolainens Synkkä yksinpuhelu (Finlandia i moll)

    Författare :Tuula Vosthenko; Hannu Riikonen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; landscape portrait; motif; leitmotif; paysage d âme; romanticism; symbolism; expressionism; surrealism; intertextuality; interartistic relations; Finnish language; Finska språket; Finnish; finska;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the distinctive character and variations in the landscape portraits in Synkkä yksinpuhelu, by the Finnish author Olavi Paavolainen, as well as investigate the significance of the landscape portraits for the work as a whole. Paavolainen calls his work a war diary. LÄS MER

  7. 10. The politics of symbolic negotiation: Tauromachy and the making of Spain

    Författare :Alberto Bouroncle; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Spain; bullfighting; state rituals; ritualisation; symbolism;

    Sammanfattning : This study is a social anthropological approach to the role of bullfighting in the symbolic creation of Spain. By analysing the historical circumstances that turned an ancient ritual of fertility into the expression of a victorious nation and its dominant elite, this work discusses the role of rituals in the generaton of ordered social life through a process of symbolic negotiaton of power. LÄS MER