Sökning: "the grotesque"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 23 avhandlingar innehållade orden the grotesque.
1. Det groteska : Kroppens språk och språkets kropp i svensk lyrisk modernism
Sammanfattning : It is the objective of this thesis to trace the grotesque image and determine its configurations in Swedish lyrical modernism, and to reveal the theoretical and historical incentives to these images. The grotesque image has been a powerful expression during the 20th century. LÄS MER
2. The phenomenon of the grotesque in modern southern fiction : some aspects of its form and function
Sammanfattning : After a general historical outline of the term and concept 'grotesque' attention is focused on the grotesque in Southern fiction and an attempt is made to explain the abundance of this mode in the literature of the South. It can seemingly be linked to the distinctiveness of that region as compared to the rest of the United States—a distinctiveness that has been brought about by historical, geographical, sociological and economic factors. LÄS MER
3. From Her Point of View : Woman's Anti-World in the Poetry of Anna Świrszczyńska
Sammanfattning : This book is a monograph about Anna Świrszczyńska’s poetry. It may be described as one woman’s attempt to read another woman’s literary work by taking into account established canons as well as the tools of feminist literary analysis. Part One begins with a discussion of Świrszczyńska’s biography (Chapter One). LÄS MER
4. Talat glöms men skrivet göms : En studie i Fritiof Nilsson Piratens författarskap
Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the relation between orality and literacy in the authorship of Fritiof Nilsson, The Pirate (1895-1972), who was well known both as an author and as an oral storyteller. The investigation is divided into four areas: The first concerns the contents of Fritiof Nilsson´s texts, especially different kind of folklore genres, that belong to verbal traditions (anecdotes, proverbs, legends, folk customs, folk medicin etc). LÄS MER
5. Den moderne Ivar Lo-Johansson: Modernisering, modernitet och modernism i statarromanerna
Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the modernity of the Swedish proletarian author Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901-1990), as manifested in the so-called 'statare' novels: Godnatt, jord (Breaking Free, 1933), Bara en mor (Only a Mother, 1939), and Traktorn (1943). The dissertation examines, on the one hand, modernisation and modernity as the topoi of these novels, and on the other, how the author relates to the literary tendency that has come to signify the aesthetic modernisation of the 20th century, i. LÄS MER