Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion / Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion: Recent submissions
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Från himladrottning till dygdig tjänarinna. Mariologiskt betingade förändringar i 1500-talets svenska reformatoriska skrifter
(2020-01-29)This thesis examines the mariological changes of the Swedish reformatory process in the 16th century. Two main questions are asked: What image, or images, of the virgin Mary are mediated in the religious literature of the ... -
Vad är det barnen sjunger om? Teologin i psalmerna för barn och familj i 1986 års psalmbok
(2020-01-28)The Swedish hymnbook from 1986 includes a section with ten hymns for “children and families”. In addition to this, eight more hymns from other parts of the hymnbook are put forward as recommended for use with children. ... -
En postmodern PrometheusNatur, teknikoch transtematik i Frankisssteinav Jeanette Winterson
(2020-01-23)This essay applies a trans ecological perspective to the transgender motif in Jeanette Winterson’s novel Frankissstein. A love story, a novel about transhumanism, artificial intelligence and humans relationships ... -
Att föreställa sig världen En jämförande studie mellan två världslitteraturteorier
(2020-01-21)This thesis takes interest in a theoretical turn in world literature studies; from a focus on extratextual aspects, such as the global circulation of literary works, to intratextual aspects, such as literary works’ ... -
Texts and Paratexts in a Colonial Context. Krupabai Satthianadhan's English Novels 'Saguna' and 'Kamala'
(2020-01-15)The anglophone Indian author Krupabai Satthianadhan (1862-1894) was a second-generation Christian convert and a member of the Christian Tamil family in colonial Madras. Knowledge of English was still a high-caste male ... -
Konstnärlig forskning = poetik? En studie av de första doktorsavhandlingarna i litterär gestaltning i relation till poetiken som litterär tradition och modern genre
(2019-11-28)In an article published in the Swedish Research Council’s Artistic Research Yearbook from 2004, the author and literary scholar Gunnar D Hansson indicated that artistic research in literary composition is comparable to ... -
Relevans i litteratur En relevansteoretisk undersökning av Johannes Anyurus De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar
(2019-10-04)This essay aims to show how Relevance Theory from the Philosophy of Language can be used in literary analysis. The integration of Literary Theory and Relevance Theory has high value in that it raises the status of fiction ... -
”A Mother Schooled in Misery” – Mary Wollstonecraft and the Motherhood
(2019-10-03)This essay deals with the enlightenment philosopher Mary Wollstonecrafts views on motherhood. By reading some of Wollstonecrafts works and a collection of her private letters adressed to her lover Gilbert Imlay an ... -
”Spiced with skåls” Bilden av det skandinaviska i Mary Howitts översättning av Fredrika Bremers Strid och frid
(2019-09-17)This essay examines the 1844 English translation of Fredrika Bremer’s novel Strife and Peace (first published in Swedish in 1840) made by Mary Howitt. This translation is partly compared to a German translation from 1841 ... -
Religion och andlighet i livets slutskede. En etnografisk studie av den instituionella döden
(2019-09-03)The overall aim of this study was to gain knowledge about the institutionalized death in contemporary Sweden and the experiences of death expressed both by care recipients and health professionals. The theoretical framework ... -
Johannesevangeliets "Jag är". En jämförande studie av "Jag är" och dess metaforer i Johannesevangeliet med Gamla testamentet och Synoptikerna
(2019-08-28)This study is an attempt to compare those parts of the Gospel of John which contain ”I am” sayings and metaphors with the Synoptic Gospels and the Old Testament. The method was simply to seek for phrases of ”I Am” in ... -
Subversiv eller normativ? En komparativ analys mellan två bokserier för barn i åldrarna 9–12
(2019-08-14)This paper examines how gender and sexuality is performed in Ingelin Angerborn’s book series called ‘Mebel-trilogy’ compared to Jesper Lundqvist’s so called ‘Ghost school-series’ [Spökskolan-serien]. Both book series are ... -
"Maktens musik, Svensktoppens och hitlistornas eländiga dravel". Om progg, kommersiell musik och hegemoni i Musikens Makt 1973-1977
(2019-08-07)This essay examines the Swedish magazine Musikens Makt (The Power of Music) between the years of 1973 and 1977. This magazine was the dominant pop-music magazine during the 70s, and defined itself as a nexus for the so-called ... -
Makten att beskriva. Ett kritiskt perspektiv på metadata i multimediala arkiv.
(2019-07-05)The study examines the knowledge produced by three cultural heritage resources through their respective metadata practices. It is performed with a critical perspective on descriptive metadata in multimedia, digital resources ... -
Att söka det absoluta. Giacometti, Sartre och konsten
(2019-07-05)This paper is a study over the sculptures and paintings of the swiss artist Alberto Giacometti after 1945 and how he himself and Jean-Paul Sartre describe the influences and meanings of this art. The paper describes the ... -
Helhet och helighet. Kroppen som norm och ideal i Leviticus 21:16-24
(2019-06-28)The purpose of this essay is to examine the relationship between wholeness and holiness from the viewpoint of Lev 21:16-24. In order to do so, I will investigate what the list of blemishes (mûm) denote and the reason behind ... -
Kvinnor, underordna er era män! En studie om hustrun i Efesierbrevets hustavla
(2019-06-28)The aim of this study is to investigate the exhortations in Eph 5:21–24 and 33 with focus on the prescribed behaviour for the woman. By applying exegetical methods this paper will evaluate the authors purpose in the ephesian ... -
Gudsupplevelsens värde i herrnhutiska livslopp mellan 1743 och 1864
(2019-06-28)This paper is compiled of memoirs, from six individuals within the Moravian Church, between 1743 and 1864, and they are being analyzed to understand how these individuals valued a divine encounter. The purpose of this paper ... -
Nattvardssyn i den svenska pingströrelsen. En undersökning av nattvardssyn i den svenska pingströrelsen över tid
(2019-06-27)This paper describes the tradition of the Lord’s Supper in the Swedish Pentecostal Movement. In order to make a comparison with the traditions in other major churches, it briefly describes the different ways of celebrating ... -
"Var fruktsamma och föröka er..." - men hur? Assisterad befruktning i judisk och katolsk bibeltolkning och teologi
(2019-06-27)This study is an investigation of the arguments and the discussion concerning Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and its relation to doctrines in the Jewish and Catholic faith traditions. In the creation story of the ...