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  1. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Södertörn University Stockholm
    The voice of conscience; Shakespeare, imagination and judgment
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The idea that we may be beset by an inner voice of conscience has been negotiated in philosophy and literature over the centuries. This book project, which builds on articles and lectures written by myself during the last few years, offers a new...

    Fields of research Literature and philosophy,  Literature of the 20th century
    Created on: 03.06.2019
  2. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Södertörn University Stockholm
    Nabokov´s Spine
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    During his tenure at Cornell, Vladimir Nabokov liked to exclaim: “Let us worship the spine!” Setting out from this exhortation, the study considers his œuvre in a dual regard, encompassing both the “spine-thrill of delight” that the reader should...

    Fields of research Narratology,  Themes, motifs, thematology,  Literature of the 20th century
    Created on: 03.06.2019
  3. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Södertörn University Stockholm
    Bear traces: a study of the bear in national romantic literature around the Baltic Sea
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The bear is the Nordic region’s largest predator and at the same time one of its most mythical animals. The bear has left traces in ancient religion, place names, linguistic expressions, and literature. Nature and animals can, therefore, be said to...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine),  Literature and cultural studies and 2 more
    Created on: 03.06.2019
  4. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Södertörn University Stockholm
    Tell the West: Witness Literature from the Gulag Archipelago 1925-2012
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The aim of my investigation is to examine Gulag memoirs in their double role as, on one hand, historical testimony and, on the other, literature. My theoretical framework is a phenomenological understanding of literature, experience and reality. My...

    Fields of research Literature of the 20th century,  Literature of the 21st century
    Created on: 03.06.2019