Essays about: "Katarina Svedberg"

Found 2 essays containing the words Katarina Svedberg.

1. 1. A Deeply Satisfying Lie? : Authorship, Performance, and Recognition in 21st Century American Novels

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Katarina Svedberg; [2017]
   Keywords : Authorship; performance; recognition; contemporary literature; Barthes; Foucault;

   Abstract : There has been a considerable amount of research done on questions of authorship over the past century or so, and the interest in the subject is still going strong today. This essay takes as its point of departure two seminal poststructuralist essays on authorship—Roland Barthes’s “The Death of the Author,” and Michel Foucault’s “What is an Author?”—as these texts have had a significant impact on the discourse. READ MORE

3. 2. Guilt, Shame, and the Function of Unreliable Narration and Ambiguity in John Banville’s The Book of Evidence

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Katarina Svedberg; [2013]
   Keywords : John Banville; The Book of Evidence; truth in fiction; unreliable narration; ambiguity; shame; guilt; narcissism; confession;

   Abstract : In a confessional, first person narrative, the concept of truth and how it is constructed and perceived is important. Truth in fiction can be created and interpreted in a number of different ways, and when the narrative that portrays it in addition is unreliable and ambiguous, discerning truth becomes a decidedly complex process. READ MORE