Sökning: "Apocalyptic literature"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 uppsatser innehållade orden Apocalyptic literature.

  1. 1. Det outsägliga spelet av Armageddon : En narratologisk analys av apokalyptiska maktförhållanden i Good Omens av Terry Pratchett och Neil Gaiman

    Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Författare :Alex Grönroos; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Eschatology; Apocalypse; Popular culture; Narratology; Power; Good Omens; Eskatologi; Apokalyps; Populärkultur; Makt; Narratologi; Good Omens;

    Sammanfattning : This paper is used to study the implications that power has in a fictive story about the apocalypse. In the fictional novel, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, there are different positions that express power and by analyzing them different attitudes emerge. LÄS MER

  3. 2. La representación de mujeres en la literatura ecológica: ¿Con una agencia transcorpórea? : Una comparación ecofeminista entre las novelas Mugre Rosa y Noxa

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Sofia Karlsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :literary analysis; Noxa; Mugre Rosa; ecofeminism; transcorporeal agency; insurgent vulnerability; análisis literario; Noxa; Mugre Rosa; ecofeminismo; agencia transcorpórea; vulnerabilidad insurgente;

    Sammanfattning : Las crecientes preocupaciones sobre el cambio climático y una creciente crisis ecológica se están volviendo cada vez más visibles en la literatura de diferentes géneros, especialmente en la literatura postapocalíptica y "cli-fi" (literatura sobre cambio climático). Reconociendo que el desastre ecológico afecta a las mujeres de manera desproporcionada, esta tesina emplea un análisis literario ecofeminista para examinar dos novelas en las que la trama principal está impulsada por una crisis ecológica causada por la contaminación. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction

    Master-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Författare :Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ecocriticism; post-apocalypse; critical dystopia; climate change criticism; gated community; urban studies; agency; the Other; video game studies; ergodic literature.; Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ekokritik; postapokalyps; kritisk dystopi; klimatfiktion; grindsamhällen; urbana studier; agens; det Andra; spelforskning; ergodisk litteratur.;

    Sammanfattning : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. LÄS MER

  5. 4. "Helt absurt, allt är absurt" : Predikarens framställning av vishet som reaktion på apokalyptisk eskatologi och prästerligt styrd kult

    Kandidat-uppsats, Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för religionsvetenskap och teologi

    Författare :Stefanie Sporre; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Gamla Testamentet; Predikaren; Vishet; Tempelkult; Apokalyptisk; Ideologikritik;

    Sammanfattning : This paper argues that Ecclesiastes criticizes eschatological and apocalyptic ideas. Further- more, it explores the seemingly problematic relation of Ecclesiastes’ theology regarding the priestly temple cult. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Beyond Shakespeare: A close reading of the epigraphs in Justin Cronin's The Passage.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Philip Törnblom; [2021]
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    Sammanfattning : One common phenomenon in literature is the use of epigraphs both at the beginning of a work and before the start of a chapter. Although the use of epigraphs is common in literary works, the purpose and function might differ; not only due to different intentions by authors but as claimed by French literary scholar Gerard Genette, the effect also relies on the interpretation of the reader. LÄS MER