Sökning: "Jørgen Lorentzen"
Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden Jørgen Lorentzen.
1. Hjälten nyanserad : En komparativ karaktärsstudie via närläsning av Beowulf och Odyssevs utifrån Joseph Campbells ”monomyt” och maskulinitetsteori
Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/LitteraturvetenskapSammanfattning : The purpose of this essay is to show that what defines a hero is far more complicated than the prolific author and mythological expert Joseph Campbell would have one believe – in his view, heroic qualities stem from a certain type of chosen individual and reoccurring narrative motifs without taking social structures and masculinity into account. By analyzing the characters Beowulf and Odysseus through a filter, consisting of Campbells model of the “hero’s journey” along with perspectives provided by studies in the masculinity field done by Raewyn Connell and Jørgen Lorentzen together with Claes Ekenstam, this essay concludes, in short, the following: applying Campbells model of the hero does reveal several similarities between the two characters, though it ultimately fails to prove any deeper connection. LÄS MER
2. "All mixed up in it" : En intersektionell läsning av William Faulkners The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying och Sanctuary
Magister-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärandeSammanfattning : This thesis is an intersectional reading of William Faulkner’s novels The Sound and the Fury (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930) and Sanctuary (1931). This paper employs theories of masculinity and queer theory to examine the masculinities in the novels and their connection to blackness. It proceeds from Judith Butler’s book Bodies that Matter. LÄS MER
3. Holmes och Watson – Ett Queerläsningsäventyr : En undersökning av maskulinitet och sexualitet i Sir Arthur Conan Doyles The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Magister-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärandeSammanfattning : This thesis is a queer masculinity reading of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894). The analysis focuses on the dissonances, tensions and queerness that reside within the text itself. LÄS MER