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… and distinguishable components in relation to one another and to the russian folktale with Vladimir Propp’s book Morphology of the Folktale (1968) as theoretical basis. The paper looks at the Poetic Edda and Njals saga and the functions of the actions for each other and for the …
… in Swedish magazines in the 1940s. The analysis finds connections with the folktale, with Jule-Verniads and Robinsonades, with elements in texts from Cervantes to Robert Louis Stevenson, exposing both similarities and differences. One can note a shift from elements of fantasy …
… title etc. A typical example of this kind of literature is folklore and folktales, which are dealt with thoroughly here. The character of and the society's historical view upon the folk literature, as literature considered, are being described, as is the evolution of rules for …
En strukturell studie av 2000-talets filmer med kvinnliga actionhjältinnor
… role. Inspired by the theories of Vladímir Propp, author of Morphology of the Folktale, I have tried to reveal the underlying structure of these films. I have chosen eleven films which form my material, and from these extracted a number of functions (which means the actions of a …
En postkolonial läsning av Stefan Spjuts<em> Stallo</em>
The northern province of Sweden has in both literature and film been depictured as something foreign and mythical, unlike the rest of the country. It has been my purpose to show in this essay that the systematic categorization of Norrland and its literature reveals multiple …
Samhällskritik, konst, natur och saga i Gustav Sandgrens <em>Skymningssagor</em>
… and Konstsaga och Kultursyn (1992) as well as Torben Brostrøm’s study of the folktale in Folksagan och den moderna litteraturen (1992). The investigation shows that Sandgren’s social criticism permeates his short stories, but that his keys to salvation, nature and art (first and …
