Kandidatuppsater / Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion
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En diskursreglerad värld: Makt, kunskap och agens i Mark Lawrence’ The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
(2025-06-26)Historically the library has owned more than silent, book-filled halls; it has been a center for learning and ideas, a source of both freedom and oppression, in other words, a medium for knowledge, truth, and power. Cultures ... -
Superfluous Women Identity, ideals and female imperialism in Victorian women’s emigration societies 1862-1919
(2025-06-09)This thesis examines the systematic mass-emigration of unmarried British women through what was known as women’s emigration societies in Great Britain between the years 1862-1919. These organizations were active for a ... -
Maria Sandel och det klassmedvetna barnet. En komparativ motivstudie av barnet i "Hexdansen" och "Mannen som reste sig"
(2025-06-03)This essay examines how the situation of the working-class child in early 20th century Stockholm is depicted in the authorship of Maria Sandel. The study uses Beata Agrell´s discussion about early working-class literature ... -
The heartbeat under your necktie – fysiska föremål och den sociala miljön i Ted Koosers "Delights & Shadows"
(2025-04-03)This essay examines through a sociological perspective how physical objects in Ted Kooser’s poetry collection "Delights & Shadows" can be used to depict the characters’ social environment. This is done by examining the ... -
”Varje egoism är ett brott mot enheten i Kristi hemlighetsfulla kropp”: Romersk-katolsk ecklesiologi i Hemmet och helgedomen perioden 1950 till 1952
(2025-02-17)The aim of this thesis is to investigate how the ecclesiological reflection within the parish magazine of the Roman-Catholic church in Sweden, Hemmet och helgedomen, is formulated in relation to how the same church describes ... -
Våldsskildringar i litteraturen. En diskursanalys om hur våld gestaltas i Anna Burns roman "Milkman" (2018)
(2025-02-14)This thesis examines depictions of violence in the novel "Milkman" (2018) by Anna Burns. This connects to the conflict ”The Troubles” in Northern Ireland from 1960 to 1998. The purpose of this essay is to examine how ... -
Idyllens värnplikt under första världskriget En retorisk undersökning av Anders Österlings diktsamling "Idyllernas bok" och den politiska diktarrollen
(2025-02-03)During the First World War and the period preceding the outbreak of war, Swedish society was marked by mental militarisation and increasing polarisation. Many Swedish poets took on the role of opinion leaders, using poetry ... -
”I sommar tar skogen tillbaka vad han försökte stjäla av den” Noveller av Erik Kuoksu och Lars Landgren genom ekogotisk analys
(2025-01-28)The environmental crisis, climate change and a growing awareness towards man’s relationship with nature and his own role in it has inspired a dark theoretical approach to dark depictions of nature. Simultaneously, a trend ... -
Gudinneanspråk i en monoteistisk kontext En ideologikritisk undersökning av Gen 4:1 och 4:25
(2025-01-27)This study focuses on a finding of a resemblance between the name giving speech that Eve gives to her firstborn son in Genesis 4:1 and the title of a mother goddess who, according to the polytheistic texts, takes part in ... -
Blod, skratt och tårar. Skildringen av diabetes typ 1 i två svenska barnböcker
This thesis examines the depiction of characters with type 1 diabetes in Helena Eriksson’s "Sweet dreams, Elina" and Pernilla Gesén’s "Alvas kompis blir sjuk", two Swedish chapter books for children between the ages of 6 ... -
Guds ord och konungens bud Teologi och politik i predikan i det svenska riket 1611–1648
(2024-11-26)This B achelor's thesis explores sermons in E arly M odern Sweden from 1611 to 1648 as an educational tool, a channel for news, and a propaganda instrument for the state. It studies how sermons legitimised sovereign ... -
Vad fikar de efter? En studie i hur kyrkfikat påverkar upplevelsen av gemenskap i Svenska kyrkan
(2024-09-12)In most churches in Church of Sweden there is fika after the Sunday service. The word fika is part of the Swedish culture. It is a gathering that gives people a break and a common fika includes coffee, tea and a cookie or ... -
Hur börjar man leva när man är redo att dö? En kvalitativ studie om människor som lämnat Jehovas vittnen
(2024-07-01)The aim of this study was to create a greater understanding of apostates, by analyzing narratives of five ex-members regarding their exit from Jehovah´s Witnesses. I conducted interviews to gather descriptions from specific ... -
“Whaddaya Mean Biblical?” Apocalypticism and Apocalypse in Ghostbusters (1984)
(2024-03-06)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the sci-fi horror comedy film Ghostbusters (1984) from an exegetical perspective of reception history with a focus on questions of apocalypticism and apocalypse. This splits the ... -
Det är du att stå i regn hela tiden. Ett fenomenologiskt perspektiv på subjektet i Katarina Frostensons poesi
(2024-02-06)This essay examines the speaking subject in Katarina Frostenson’s poetry through a phenomenological perspective. The study is focused on how the subject appears, the relation between the subject’s inner world and the outside ... -
Can Theological Semiotics Reconcile Nature and Culture? Nathan Lyons’ Semiotic Imaginary in Dialogue with Christology
(2024-02-02)Abstract The philosopher of science Bruno Latour believes modernity is premised on the division of nature and culture into distinct spheres. In response to the problems this division poses, he has suggested a theoretical ... -
En svart prick på vita duken Rasism, klass, hot och autenticitet i debatten om Ruben Östlunds film Play
(2023-11-23)In 2011, a swedish feature film namned Play, directed by Ruben Östlund, caused a cultural debate in the national daily press. The film was about a larger group of older black boys and a minor group of white boys, engaged ... -
Kristen lära i ljuset av en hindu Paramahansa Yogananda tolkar det Nya Testamentet
(2023-07-13)In this essay I enquire how a Hindu-reading of the Christian scriptures in the New Testament can form the understanding of the message of Jesus Christ and the Christian theology. More thoroughly I enquire the Hindu author ... -
Kropp, själ och uppståndelse En komparativ studie av en substansdualistisk, och konstitutionell syn på själen
(2023-07-10)Abstract This paper examines two theories on the subject Body, Soul and Resurrection. This is a comparative literature study about the Substansdualistic, and the Constitutional view explained by two philosophers, Stewart ... -
“Det var som att Guds eget hjärta höll på att brista” – Receptionen av Jesu korsfästelse och död i tre svenska barnbiblar.
(2023-03-09)The purpose of this thesis is to analyse how three Swedish children’s bibles explain the assumed problematic topic of the crucifixion and death of Jesus. The children’s bibles which will be analysed are Barnens bästa ...