Sökning: "edgar allan poe"

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1. 1. Translating Foreign Words in Poe : A Study on Foreignization and Domestication in Translation

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Författare :Matilda Fäldt; [2024]
   Nyckelord :English; Swedish; Translation; Edgar Allan Poe; Foreign words;

   Sammanfattning : This study aims to research the different methods used by four Swedish translators to deal with foreign words in translation, focusing on their choices in terms of foreignization [staying close to the original text] and domestication [adapting the translation to make it accessible for readers] and their effect on a Swedish readership. This study’s focus will be on foreign words in the ST. LÄS MER

3. 2. My Burning Glances : The Male and queer gaze in three short stories by Edgar Allan Poe

   Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

   Författare :Karin Faxén Sporrong; [2024]
   Nyckelord :The male gaze; the queer gaze; Edgar Allan Poe; Berenice: A Tale ; The Man that was Used Up ; The Man of the Crowd ; Den manliga blicken; den queera blicken; Edgar Allan Poe; Berenice ; Den förbrukade mannen ; Mannen i Mängden ;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this essay is to show the narrator’s use of the male and the queer gaze in three short stories by Edgar Allan Poe: “Berenice: A Tale” (1835), “The Man that was Used Up: A Tale of the Late Bugaboo and Kickapoo Campaign” (1839) and ”The Man of the Crowd” (1845). Through close reading of the stories, I show how the different gazes work, how they are used in the stories and what they lead to. LÄS MER

4. 3. Tantalizing Terrors and Transcendent Thrills : Unveiling the Sublime Aspects in Three Works by Edgar Allan Poe

   Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Författare :Elin Åhlén; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Edgar Allan Poe; horror; irony; the sublime; aesthetic theory; the uncanny;

   Sammanfattning : This essay explores the sublime aspects in Edgar Allan Poe’s fictional horror, namely "The Tell-Tale Heart" (1843), "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839) and "The Raven" (1839). The aim is to show that the sublime – an aesthetic experience articulated by Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant amongst many – can make the reader oscillate between horror and safety. LÄS MER

5. 4. Cui Bono? — To Whom Is It a Benefit? : Edgar Allan Poe’s Critique of Emerson’s Transcendentalism

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Författare :Albin Lavikkala; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Edgar Allan Poe; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Transcendentalism; Genre Studies; Gothic Romanticism; Gothic; Criticism;

   Sammanfattning : This essay is a contribution to literary history that explores Edgar Allan Poe’s criticism of the transcendentalist movement and its key figure Ralph Waldo Emerson through an analysis of the short stories “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “Never Bet the Devil Your Head.” By using genre criticism to define aspects of the Gothic genre, Poe’s criticism through Gothic tropes is studied together with an intertextual reading of the short stories and historical literary objects such as letters, magazines and literary reviews that details his views on transcendentalism. LÄS MER

7. 5. Maktspel och död i två gotiska verk : En analys av Catherine Earnshaw och Madeleine Usher med fokus på makt och temat döden

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

   Författare :Anna-Lena Wall; [2021]
   Nyckelord :power; Emily Brontë; Edgar Allan Poe; relations; gothic feminism; gothic fiction; death; Madeleine Usher; Catherine Earnshaw; Wuthering Heights; The Fall of the House of Usher; makt; Emily Brontë; Edgar Allan Poe; relationer; gotisk feminism; gotisk litteratur; temat döden; Madeleine Usher; Catherine Earnshaw; Wuthering Heights; The Fall of the House of Usher;

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