Sökning: "wonder tale"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden wonder tale.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Hjältar och hjältinnor : en strukturalistisk genusstudie av ryska folksagor baserad på Vladimir Propps funktionsmodell

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för moderna språk

    Författare :Janna Wotinseva; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Propp; wonder tale; folktale; Russian; functions; narrative; protagonist; gender; structure; Пропп; волшебная сказка; народная сказка; русская; функции; нарратив; протагонист; гендер; пол; структура; Propp; undersaga; folksaga; ryska; funktioner; narrativ; protagonist; kön; struktur;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the correlation between narrative structure and gender of the central character in Russian folktales. The study is based on Vladimir Propp’s theory of functions, which is applied to a sample of ten wonder tales from Aleksandr Afanas’ev’s collection of folktales. LÄS MER