Sökning: "Canonised literature"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden Canonised literature.

  1. 1. Läsa – varför då? : Förändrade attityder till litteratur i en elitskola

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Författare :Nora Prigorowsky; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Klassiker; kanon; skönlitteratur; attityder; statusmarkör; elitskola; kulturellt kapital; generationer; litteraturhistoria; svenskundervisning; gymnasieskolan.;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study has been to find out whether the knowledge of literature, and reading in general, is a sign of high social status in the younger generations as well as the older ones. Therefore, alumni from the elite high school Stockholms Musikgymnasium, born between 1946 and 2002, were selected as subjects for the research. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Transformative literature transferring power: An analysis of authorial control in Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, Circe by Madeline Miller and Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Kajsa Reinholdsson; [2020]
    Nyckelord :rewriting; transformative literature; narrative power; anxiety of influence; wide sargasso sea; circe; hag-seed; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : By analysing three different works of transformative literature, this thesis aims to explore the different ways in which power may express itself in the context of literature. Wide Sargasso Sea, Circe and Hag-Seed are three novels that, while remaining similar in that they are rewrites of canonised literature such as Jane Eyre, The Odyssey, and The Tempest, are different enough to provide a wide array of examples of rewrites. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Mindreading matters : A study of Jane Eyre and Emma, in search of empathic response in the narrative, through theory of mind, for the purpose of scaffolding

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

    Författare :Stina Holm; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Canonised literature; classic literature; EFL; empathy; scaffolding; upper secondary school; theory of mind;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to use a cognitive approach to analyse two novels that are considered to be part of the British literary canon: Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Brontë and Emma (1816) by Jane Austen. The study aims to utilise close reading and thematic analysis of human emotion. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Identitetens pris : Kritik, priser och kapitalcirkulation på det litterära fältet

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Johanna Bengtsson; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Literary awards; literary prizes; Man Booker Prize; Orange prize; Costa Awards; literary values; literary criticism; reception studies; book market; Ian McEwan; Hilary Mantel; Cólm Tóibín; Zadie Smith; sociology of literature; canon; identity; Litterära priser; Man Bookerpriset; Orange-priset; Costa-priset; litterära värden; litteraturkritik; receptionsstudier; bokmarknad; Ian McEwan; Hilary Mantel; Cólm Tóibín; Zadie Smith; litteratursociologi; kanon; identitet;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to study the construction of literary values. I have been looking at how literature awarded with sponsored literary prizes has been reviewed in four major English and American newspapers. I have been studying the reception of literature by Ian McEwan, Hilary Mantel, Colm Tóibín and Zadie Smith between 2000 and 2012. LÄS MER