Sökning: "Acedia"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade ordet Acedia.

1. 1. Birgittinsk vägledning. Yta och djup i predikningar för Petri kedjors fest

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Kyrko- och missionsstudier

   Författare :Katarina Hallqvist; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Philosophy and Religion;

   Sammanfattning : In Rev.IV:137, Christ told St. Birgitta that pilgrims to Vadstena could receive the same plenary indulgence as the one granted to the church San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. The privilege was highly disputed, but in Vadstena the pilgrims crowded anyway on the feast of St. LÄS MER

3. 2. Pale King or Noonday Demon? Acedia, The Pale King, and David Foster Wallace's Moral Vision.

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Litteraturvetenskap

   Författare :Jonathan Michael; [2012]
   Nyckelord :David Foster Wallace; Acedia; The Pale King; Infinite Jest; Evagrius; Sloth; Accidie; Languages and Literatures;

   Sammanfattning : This essay argues that acedia is a helpful concept in illuminating the fiction of the American author David Foster Wallace, particularly his unfinished novel The Pale King. Following a brief biographical sketch of Wallace, the essay explores the development of the term acedia—which means something along the lines of apathy, sloth, and listlessness—and the two types of acedia: personal acedia and the broader form of cultural acedia. LÄS MER