Sökning: "grotesque realism"
Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden grotesque realism.
1. Den dödlige narren : En studie av satir och humor i dödsdansen av Hans Holbein den yngre
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : Hans Holbein's Dance of Death has fascinated researchers for centuries, and in the shape of the book Les Simulachres et historiées de la mort, published in 1538, it was going to change the perception of the dance of death theme for a long time ahead. What most researchers point out about Holbein's pictures is its underlying sense of satire or irony – but is typically glossed over as a matter of fact. LÄS MER
2. The Playboy of the Western World: A Carnivalesque Reading
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerSammanfattning : A carnivalesque reading of J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World is presented. Mikhail Bakhtin defines carnivalesque as a literary style that challenges authority and traditional social hierarchy through the use of humour and chaos, and he compares the carnivalesque in literature to the carnivals of popular culture. LÄS MER
3. "Well? Shall we go?" "Yes, let's go." [They do not move.] : -Vernacular Comedy and Waiting for Godot.
Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för språk (SPR)Sammanfattning : This essay discusses the relationship between the characters Vladimir and Estragon in Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot and the vernacular clowning tradition. The discussion is supported by analyzing similarities between Waiting for Godot and Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of grotesque realism as it is presented in his work Rabelais and His World, as well as elements of the Italian Commedia dell’Arte and 20th century silent movie comedy. LÄS MER
4. ”Det anstår mig inte att göra mig mindre än jag är” - skönhetsidealet och den kvinnliga grotesken i textanalyser av Kerstin Ekmans Grand Final i skojarbranschen, Muriel Barberys Igelkottens elegans och Majgull Axelssons Moderspassion
Magister-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperSammanfattning : The purpose of this paper is to make a feminist textual analysis of three female protagonists in contemporary novels in order to demonstrate representations of ”skeva” female bodies, deviant from beauty-, slender and age norms. The analysis is based on an intersectional perspective which demonstrates the interaction between body, sex, gender, class, sexuality and age. LÄS MER
5. Den osynliga hemmafrun : Tre av Sonja Åkessons dikter i närläsning
Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för genus, kultur och historiaSammanfattning : Sonja Åkesson is one of Sweden’s most well known poets. Her most productive period was from 1957 to 1977, and besides poetry she wrote novels and drama. Today, Sonja Åkesson is famous for criticizing society, mostly in a feministic way. LÄS MER
