Det surrealistiska bilduttryckets diskurs i konstvetenskaplig kurslitteratur : En historiografisk studie av stilmässig generalisering

Sammanfattning: The discourse of pictorial surrealistic expressions in art historic course literature – a historiographic study about generalization of style. Through a historiographic perspective and discourse analysis the aim of this study is to uncover the ways art historic course literature make its stylistic categorization. This is done by making a semiotic categorization where three artworks are stipulated into a category called surrealistic pictorial expressions. The result of the semiotic picture analysis show both the semiotic grouping of pictures together and the work of the course literature as somewhat arbitrary, which lead to the questioning of why artworks are considered discursive objects while the course literature is not as well as how the narrative of pictures differs from the narrative of textbooks. The study shows a fundamental difference regarding the structuring of time which lead to a discussion on what might be the consequences for students of the field.