Sökning: "The Exorcist"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden The Exorcist.

  1. 1. The Power of Christ Compels You

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Religionshistoria

    Författare :Mikael Jansson; [2020]
    Nyckelord :The Exorcist 1973 ; The Exorcist III 1990 ; The Exorcism of Emily Rose 2005 ; The Conjuring 2013 ; Exorcism; Exorcist; Skräckfilmer; Innehållsanalys; Hermeneutik;

    Sammanfattning : This essay aims to explore and answer if the horror movies about exorcism stays true to the historical practices of the ritual. Or if the creators of these films made it all up. But also to see how the ritual has been portrayed in these movies over the years. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Mellan livet och döden : Den litterära gotikens närvaro i dokumentära skildringar av självskada

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

    Författare :Therese Hallberg; [2015]
    Nyckelord :gothic; literary gothic; gothic horror; body horror; female gothic; self-harm; self-injury; autobiography; abject; Julia Kristeva; Reviving Ophelia; Mary Pipher; Vingklippt ängel; Berny Pålsson; Zebraflickan; Sofia Åkerman; Slutstation rättspsyk; Carrie; The Exorcist; Stephen King; William Peter Blatty;

    Sammanfattning : Autobiographies and documentaries usually aim to elicit a discussion about social issues by shocking and horrifying readers and viewers, often through graphic imagery. This study's ambition is to examine how literary documentary borrows from the gothic tradition to depict real societal issues. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Jesus, en exorcist såsom Salomo? : en prövning av uppfattningen att den historiske Jesus i sin exorcistiska gärning var formad av en salomonsk typologi

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

    Författare :Jennifer Nyström; [2014]
    Nyckelord :The historical Jesus; exorcism; typology; Solomon; authenticity criteria; Antiquitates Judaicae; Philosophy and Religion;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to investigate if, and in what ways, the historical Jesus was considered by his contemporaries to be following a Solomonic typology in his way of performing exorcisms.... LÄS MER

  4. 4. Katolska kyrkans roll i skräckfilm En rollteoretisk analys av Katolska kyrkan i filmerna Exorcisten och Ritualen.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Författare :Per-Gunnar Lidström; [2011-09-16]
    Nyckelord :Exorcisten; Ritualen; Filmanalys; The Exorcist; The Rite; Rollteori; Goffmans dramaturgiska modell;

    Sammanfattning : My problem comes out of the bigger question “why the Catholic church is featured in horror films whenever a religious organization is in one?” I have detected in the horror films that I've seen that when a religious organization is in a horror movie it's the Catholic church that gets to act as church and religion. I have chosen the following problem: How is the Catholic church presented in the horror movies The Exorcist and The Rite, and how can one understand these presentations from a role theoretic perspective? Since role theory has it's background in the world of the theater with it's actors and roles, it came naturally to use role theory, and specifically Goffmans dramatic model. LÄS MER