Sökning: "Donna Tartt"

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  1. 1. "And lo! Apollo Could Not Live Without Dionysus" A Nietzschean Study of the Apollonian and Dionysian in Donna Tartt's The Secret History

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Författare :Jessica Kafa; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Donna Tartt; The Secret History; Nietzsche; Apollonian; Dionysian; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : Previous research on Donna Tartt’s debut novel The Secret History in regards to its intertextual relevance has helped in understanding the traditional campus novel, as well as redefined the classical murder mystery. However, little research has been made on its characters and its portrayal of the human experience. LÄS MER

  3. 2. "Kärleken övervinner inte allt. Den som tror det är en dåre" : En tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskaplig studie om värden, värderingar och världsbilder i Donna Tartts roman Den hemliga historien

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Josefin Hägglund; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Donna Tartt; Den hemliga historien; värde; värdering; världsbild; livsåskådning;

    Sammanfattning : In this study, the characters in Donna Tartts novel The Secret History is analysed. The purpose of the study is to clarify some central values, valuations, and world views of the characters. Moreover, how the values, valuations and world views align with each other is evaluated. LÄS MER

  4. 3. "A Morbid Longing for the Picturesque" : The Pursuit of Beauty in Donna Tartt's The Secret History

    Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Författare :Charles Perseus D'Aniello; [2021]
    Nyckelord :beauty; destruction; Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy; Donna Tartt; The Secret History; The Birth of Tragedy; Nietzsche;

    Sammanfattning : This essay analyzes the theme of the pursuit of beauty in The Secret History. It analyzes the main characters’ concept of beauty, their manner of seeking beauty, as well as the result of this search. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Aspects of Control in Donna Tartt's The Secret History

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Maria Grip; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Donna Tartt; The Secret History; Control; New Criticism; Symbols; Images; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : In literature there is a great variety of detective novels and The Secret History is one that presents the whydunnit-plot pattern, as the murderers are exposed early on. Another extensive part of The Secret History is its connection to Greek tragedies and Dionysian influences. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Et in Arcadia Ego: A Class and Gender Analysis of 'Brideshead Revisited' and 'The Secret History'

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Hanne Bovide Lindén; [2017]
    Nyckelord :The Secret History; Brideshead Revisited; Evelyn Waugh; Donna Tartt; Sexuality; Gender; Class; Homosexuality; Academic Novel; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : Even though Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited and Donna Tartt’s The Secret History were written almost fifty years apart, they share many similarities. They are both forms of academic novels and they both depict the University and College as places excluded from the surrounding world where the characters can act out their desires in their adolescent years before they enter adulthood. LÄS MER