Sökning: "Victorian studies"

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  1. 1. "For the pleasure of your company" : En adaptionsstudie av TV-serien Raffles

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL)

    Författare :Toni M. Nilsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :E. W. Hornung; A. J. Raffles; Philip Mackie; archival studies; adaptation theory; British television; aestheticism; queer theory; E. W. Hornung; A. J. Raffles; Philip Mackie; arkivstudier; adaptionsteori; brittisk television; esteticism; queerteori;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines how the aesthetic and queer themes in E. W. Hornung’s Raffles stories have been transmediated in the TV-series Raffles. Hornung’s Raffles stories were not only immensely popular in their time, but were also a reflection of the fin-de-siècle and of the cultural role aestheticism played in the late Victorian society. LÄS MER

  3. 2. An Ecocritical Analysis of Oscar Wilde’s A House of Pomegranates : Human- Nonhuman Interactions in the Fairy Tales

    Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Eva Aramian; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Ecocriticism; Victorian ecocriticism; Animal Studies; Oscar Wilde; Fairy tales; Human-nonhuman interaction; Transformation.;

    Sammanfattning : Abstract   This thesis investigates the interactions between human and nonhuman characters that express a particular concern regarding nature and the environment in Oscar Wilde's four fairy tales in A House of Pomegranates. The author utilizes a significant number of nonhuman characters to communicate with humans, which is a fairy-tale convention in which truth wins over falsehood, kindness is rewarded, and virtue triumphs over evil. LÄS MER

  4. 3. ‘The Fisherman and his Soul’ Revalued : A Significant and Singular Fairy Tale in Oscar Wilde’s Work

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Quentin CAIZERGUES; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Oscar Wilde; The Fisherman and his Soul; fairy-tales studies; aestheticism; social critique; Victorian studies; Hans Christian Andersen; The Little Mermaid;

    Sammanfattning : The period 1889-1891 has been regarded as crucial in Oscar Wilde’s (1854-1900) career. Having been somewhat unsuccessful as a writer during the 1880s, and turning to journalism to earn a living, Wilde in this period saw the publication of his dialogues which led to his sole novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (hereafter, Dorian), serialised in 1890 before being republished as a novel in 1891. LÄS MER

  5. 4. I will break obstacles to happiness : An Analysis of how Mr. Rochester Challenges the Victorian Masculine Norm and the Boundaries of Separate Spheres in Jane Eyre

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för individ och samhälle

    Författare :Lena Woodrow; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Literature studies; English literature; Jane Eyre;

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  7. 5. Mangaesque Characters in Physical Space: An ethnographic study of butler café Swallowtail as female sanctuary

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

    Författare :Carolina Lindström; [2021]
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    Sammanfattning : Since the 1970s, Japanese contemporary popular culture as an academic field has gained increased attention, which has led to the emergence of fan culture and fandom studies. There is a certain academic bias toward otaku (i.e. LÄS MER