Sökning: "old historicism"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden old historicism.

  1. 1. “Han tog riket för sig själv“ : Den falske Smerdis uppror

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Författare :Jonathan Söderlund; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Smerdis; Gaumāta; Dareios I; Behistun; Herodotos; Ktesias;

    Sammanfattning : This study aims to analyse and compare the accounts of Darius I, Herodotus, and Ctesias of Cnidus regarding the uprising of the false Smerdis in 522 BCE, and to give a suggestion for a reconstruction of the chain of events. The theoretical framework employed consists of New Historicism, intertextuality and the concept of “the Other”, which is combined with a close reading, grammatical analysis, and translation to Swedish of the relevant ancient texts. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Contrasting Attitudes Toward Marriage in Pride and Prejudice: Elizabeth Bennet's Disregard for the Contemporary Marital Conventions

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Kristianstad/Sektionen för lärande och miljö

    Författare :Elin Blom; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Marital views; marriage; conventions; social status; Pride and Prejudice; Elizabeth Bennet; 18th century; 19th century; feminism; old historicism; liberalism;

    Sammanfattning : Through a liberal feminist perspective, this essay investigates the unconventional marital views of the fictional character Elizabeth Bennet. These are analyzed and compared to the traditional marital opinions of the novel's social environment. LÄS MER

  4. 3. When All Comes down to Clothes : An Interpretation of P.G. Wodehouse's The Inimitable Jeeves

    Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Författare :Tobias Frööjd; [2012]
    Nyckelord :P. G. Wodehouse; Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse; The Inimitable Jeeves; Jeeves; Wooster; Bertie; Menswear; Clothing; Clothes; Dressing; Dress; Dress codes; Fashion; Style; Tradition; Traditions; Traditional; Conservative; Values; British; Britain; Aristocracy; Class; Society; Social; Upper class; England; English; Valet; Butler; New historicism;

    Sammanfattning : Abstract My aim for this paper is to analyse the character Jeeves' obsession with perfect clothing in     P. G. Wodehouse's The Inimitable Jeeves (1923). LÄS MER