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11. Alltid med en fot i filmhistorien : Coenbröderna i skärningspunkten mellan genrefilm och auteurfilm
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL)Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to study the films of the Coen brothers at the intersection of the auteur film and the genre film, by conducting a literature review of the current research on their films. By means of a hermeneutic approach, mainly focusing on the term of genre, four major themes have been established based on the literary review: genres and conventions, hybridization of genre, other art cinema features, and the spectator as auteur. LÄS MER
12. Societal critique in Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist : A Ricouerian Analysis
Kandidat-uppsats, Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapSammanfattning : This essay investigates social critique and commentary in Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist, applying a Ricoeurian hermeneutics in order to determine whether the novel simultaneously affirms certain viewpoints while subtly undermining these. If such cases can be found, the analysis will then endeavor to determine how this serves to influence the reader’s perception of the various social issue presented in the novel. LÄS MER
13. Humorn och politiken : den svenska skämtpressens humor och dess roll i demokratiseringsprocessen 1918-1922
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/HistoriaSammanfattning : What makes something funny? This is the most basic, underlying question to this thesis, which explores the Swedish satire magazines Söndags-Nisse, Naggen and Strix on their journey through the pinnacle of the Swedish democratization process during the years 1918 to 1922. These types of magazines were of great popularity throughout all of Europe during parts of the late 19th century up until the interwar years, reaching a high – at least in Sweden – during the first world war. LÄS MER
14. "How gratifying for once to know that those above will serve those down below!" : En föreställningsanalys av det gotiska i Kungliga Operans uppsättning av musikalen Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2023)
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikSammanfattning : In the spring of 2023, Kungliga Operan in Stockholm, Sweden premiered their production of Stephen Sondheim's famous musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. This study aims to analyze this production in regards to Mattias Fhyr's definition of the Gothic. LÄS MER
15. “Jag skulle säga att jag mer ser det som en tragik än komik” : En kvalitativ intervjustudie om mottagande av skämt om stereotyper i sitcomen Friends.
Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013)Sammanfattning : Sitcoms uppgift är att förmedla humor genom att representera stereotyper i samhället (Millis, 2005). Vissa forskare har en mer positiv ingång till användandet av stereotyper i sitcoms (Marcin, 2011), medan andra ställer sig kritiska till det (Biagi, 2001). Den kritiska ingången motiveras med att stereotyper felrepresenteras. LÄS MER