Essays about: "Sveriges medeltida ballader"

Found 1 essay containing the words Sveriges medeltida ballader.

  1. 1. “Pale her cheeks they ought to be, it was only yesterday that she had been a tree.” : Gender, Power, and Hybridity in the Swedish Medieval Supernatural Ballads

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Rachel Bott; [2020]
    Keywords : Early modern; Late medieval; Gender; Power; Transformation; Hybridity; Sveriges medeltida ballader;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes eight specific Swedish medieval ballads that contain supernatural transformation and hybridity for how they depict gender in late medieval and early modern contexts. Using literature as a historical resource and a micro-historical approach, this thesis applies gender theory, intersectional approaches, and monster theory to its reading of these ballads. READ MORE