Sökning: "Skivvärlden"
Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade ordet Skivvärlden.
1. "No good being a witch unless you let people know" : The importance of performance in Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters
Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)Sammanfattning : In this analysis of Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters, I argue that performance of the witch is the most important part of witchcraft on Discworld, and, indeed, what drives the story. To underpin this position, I understand Wyrd Sisters as a work of metafiction and parody, examine witch tropes and stories on Discworld and draw parallels to the weird sisters of Shakespeare's Macbeth. LÄS MER
2. Plocka löss och bestraffa mäktiga trollkarlar. Representationer av bibliotekarier i fantasylitteraturen
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskapSammanfattning : In the field of library and information science there has long been a large amount of discontent with the librarian stereotype, especially with the image of the unattractive old maid whose books are her only comfort in life. In this master’s thesis I argue that this discontent is an expression of the very same patriarchal views that formed the stereotype and also that a stereotype may well be represented in a subversive way or at least have subversive features. LÄS MER
