Essays about: "Book History"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 74 essays containing the words Book History.

1. 1. “Whaddaya Mean Biblical?” Apocalypticism and Apocalypse in Ghostbusters (1984)

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

   Author : Jack Roempke Andersson; [2024-03-06]
   Keywords : Ghostbusters; apocalypticism; intertextuality; exegesis; reception history; apocalyptic hermeneutic;

   Abstract : 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 study in two, with the first question being what the four ghostbusters of the movie mean when they talk about the end of the world in a biblical context: their apocalyptic hermeneutic. READ MORE

3. 2. Sweden´s representation in Utvandrarna and its adaptations : The image of Sweden in the Utvandrar-series

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL)

   Author : André Gustafsson; [2024]
   Keywords : Adaption; Vilhelm Moberg; Sverige; Jan Troell; Erik Poppe; Utvandrarna; adaptionsanalys;

   Abstract : This study is an adaptation analysis focusing on the portrayal of Sweden in Jan Troell´s film The Emigrants (1971) and Eric Poppe´s film The Emigrants (2021), which is based on the book by the same name, written by Vilhelm Moberg. Both the films and book are discussed and analyzed to find similarities and differences between them. READ MORE

4. 3. INSERTIONS IN POPULAR HISTORY TEXTS - A contrastive study on translation from English to Swedish and from Swedish to English

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Gustav Landälv; [2023-02-27]
   Keywords : English; Swedish; readability; insertion; clause; phrase; syntactic position; popular history;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to compare the frequency of insertions in an English popular history text and a Swedish popular history text. Moreover, the purpose is to compare the English text with its Swedish translation and the Swedish text with its English translation as regards the status of the insertions as clauses, phrases or (in the translation) something else than a clause or a phrase. READ MORE

5. 4. Confucius in History and Tradition: A Historical-critical Analysis of Literacy in the Time of Confucius

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kinesiska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Andreas Källström; [2023]
   Keywords : Confucius; Analects; lunyu; literacy; Spring and Autumn period; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis sets out to answer the question: “Why didn’t Confucius write a book?” It investigates literacy and textual tradition in the time of Confucius based on research on archaeology, historical text sources and textual analyses of samples of preserved text. Throughout the thesis, observations and analyses on the textual tradition is based on the historical critical method, as practiced in the field of biblical scholarship. READ MORE

6. 5. The Secret Trade : Booksellers, advertisement and sexually transmitted diseases in eighteenth-century London

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Author : Makrina Hjälm Ellnemyr; [2023]
   Keywords : Eighteenth century; London; England; medicine; booksellers; book trade; trade; syphilis; sexuality; advertisement; disease; history; trade card; bill head; Historia; 1700-tal; handel; bokhandlare; London; England; medicin; sexualitet;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the relationship between booksellers, medicine for sexually transmitted diseases, and advertising in eighteenth-century London. The analysis is based on trade cards, prints and advertisement in newspapers and periodicals. READ MORE