Sökning: "Gro Oskarson Kindstrand"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Gro Oskarson Kindstrand.

  1. 1. Lovecrafts kvinnor : En undersökning av kvinnlig monstrositet i Howard Phillips Lovecrafts litteratur

    Magister-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Författare :Gro Oskarson Kindstrand; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Lovecraft; H.P. Lovecraft; The Thing on the Doorstep; The Dunwich Horror; Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and his Family; The Dreams in the Witch-House; The Colour Out of Space; Halberstam; monster; monstrosity; female monsters; monstrous motherhood; Lovecraft; H.P. Lovecraft; The Thing on the Doorstep; The Dunwich Horror; Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and his Family; The Dreams in the Witch-House; The Colour Out of Space; Halberstam; monster; monstrositet; kvinnliga monster; monstruöst moderskap;

    Sammanfattning : While the strategy of lending a voice to the monstrous is a well known aspect of Howard Phillips Lovecraft's works, the female monster is a notable exception to this case. In this thesis, I excavate a theory of female monstrosity through a reading of some of Lovecraft's most read stories and the agency of female characters that appears within. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Hur blev jag ett monster? : Om monsterskapande i Howard Phillips Lovecrafts The Outsider och The Thing on the Doorstep

    Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för genus, kultur och historia

    Författare :Gro Oskarson Kindstrand; [2012]
    Nyckelord :Lovecraft; H. P. Lovecraft; Butler; Judith Butler; performance; performativity; monster; monstring; The Thing on the Doorstep; The Outsider; Lovecraft; H. P. Lovecraft; Butler; Judith Butler; performativitet; monster; monstra; monstring; monsterskapande; The Thing on the Doorstep; The Outsider;

    Sammanfattning : In this essay, I employ Judith Butlers theories of gender performativity to examine the construction of the monstrosity in Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s two works The Outsider and The Thing on the Doorstep. Focusing on the character’s monstrous attributes, how they are seen by themselves, by others and not least by the reader, I examine how their monstrosity is created and strengthened by dehumanizing processes. LÄS MER