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  1. 11. Begärets irrvägar : existentiell tematik i Stig Dagermans texter

    Författare :Kerstin Laitinen; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; existential questions; anxiety; eroticism; maternal symbiosis; inner deadness; suicide; desire to live;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this s tudy is to investigate the three great existential questions—anxiety, love and death—in the works of Stig Dagerman. Emphasis is placed on the novels Ormen [The Snake] (1945), De dömdas ö [The Island of the Doomed ] (1946), Bränt barn [A Burnt Child] (1948), and Bröllopsbesvär [Wedding Worries] (1949), as well as the play Den dödsdömde [The Condemned] (1948). LÄS MER

  2. 12. Det illojala barnets uppror : Studier kring jan Myrdals självbiografiska texter

    Författare :Cecilia Cervin; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; autobiography; generic theory; reception; thematic study; réfractaire ; fictional truth; narratology;

    Sammanfattning : Jan Myrdal has often been considered a controversial author. During the sixties he was mostly regarded as a political figure, much appreciated by those who shared his political views and even more abhorred by those who did not. LÄS MER

  3. 13. Le c?ur, l?�me et le corps : Expressions de l?intime f�minin dans sept romans du XIXe si�cle et de l?extr�me contemporain

    Författare :Sophie Guignard; Sylviane Robardey-Eppstein; Shirley Jordan; Diana Holmes; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; French novels; « intime »; intimate; women writers; 19th century; extreme contemporary; heart; soul; body; psychoanalysis; feminist theory; semiotics; Claire de Duras; George Sand; Rachilde; Calixthe Beyala; Claire Castillon; Carole Martinez; Marie NDiaye.; Romance Languages; Romanska språk;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines representations of the intimate as experienced by female protagonists, through expressions related to the heart, the soul and the body, in a comparative study of novels by French women writers from the 19th century and the present day. The corpus consists of seven novels : Ourika by Claire de Duras (1822), Lélia by George Sand (1833 & 1839), Monsieur Vénus. LÄS MER

  4. 14. An Institutional Analysis of Insurance Regulation - The Case of Sweden

    Författare :P Göran T Hägg; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Misguided Trust; Prime Move Problem; Trust-sensitive Contracts; The Economics of Trust; The Special Interest Theory; The Public Interest Theory; Transaction Costs; Institutional Theory; Insurance Regulation; Institutions; Reputation; Quality.; Actuarial science; Försäkring ej försäkringsrätt S137 ;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis is a broad attempt to analyse economic forces behind, and economic rationales for, institutions that constrain the organisation and operation of insurance companies. The basic task is threefold: (i) to develop institutional theory by providing an outline of a transaction cost explanation of the origin of, and the rationale for, institutions that constrain the organisation and the operation of insurance organisations; (ii) to apply our institutional theory and explain recorded institutional structures in order to make them intelligible with respect to the contractual context in which they have been nested; and (iii) to appraise the explanatory power of our institutional theory with respect to conventional economic theories on the economics of public regulation. LÄS MER

  5. 15. Ulla Isakssons romankonst

    Författare :Inger Littberger; Litteraturvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; litteraturkritik; Christian novel; love story; women s fiction; historical novel; theme; intertextuality; literature criticism; literary theory; General and comparative literature; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; litteraturteori;

    Sammanfattning : Five representative, and essentially dissimilar, novels by Ulla Isaksson are analysed in this book: the Christian novel Ytterst i havet (1950); the love story De två saliga ("The Blessed Ones" 1962); two novels dealing with feminine problems, Kvinnohuset (1952) and FödelseDagen (1988); and the historical novel Dit du icke vill (1956). The final chapter, on Dit du icke vill , also looks at the Christian theme as well as the theme of love and women. LÄS MER