Sökning: "Tuomas Taavila"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Tuomas Taavila.

1. 1. RUSSIA VERSUS “HITLER-GERMANY” AND “GAY-WEST”. Cultural History and Political Technology in Defence of a Besieged Fortress

   Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Författare :Tuomas Taavila; [2019-09-04]
   Nyckelord :ryska; SIK; Russia; national idea; Critical Discourse Analysis; cultural history; state-propaganda; besieged fortress; West; Great Patriotic War; othering;

   Sammanfattning : Against the background of deteriorated relations between Russia and the West, this study conducts a Critical Discourse Analysis on the Russian nation-building project, facilitated by official rhetoric and state-controlled television. The essay starts with an examination of the cultural roots of a Russian ‘national idea’ and shows how these are present in today’s context. LÄS MER

3. 2. IMPERIAL RHETORIC AND THE FINNISH OTHER IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE in selected works of Aleksandr Puškin and Fëdor Dostojevskij

   Magister-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Författare :Tuomas Taavila; [2017-06-16]
   Nyckelord :ryska; Russian Empire; Finland; literature; Aleksandr Puškin; Fëdor Dostojevskij; nation building; imperial rhetoric; devices of colonization;

   Sammanfattning : Inspired by the ongoing debate on Russia’s imperial revival, this paper is set to explore earlier manifestations of Russian imperial rhetoric in Russian literature of the 1800s. The second aim of this study is to analyse the imperial rhetoric with reference to one of Russia’s neighbouring countries, Finland. LÄS MER