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1	Myth and Magic in David Almond's Narratives: North East Englands Magical Environments / Myt och magi i David Almonds berättelser: Nordöstra Englands magiska miljö Hultgren, Clara January 2023 (has links) This essay explores setting, myth and magic in three of David Almond’s narratives for children: Skellig (2000), My Name is Mina (2010) and A Song for Ella Grey (2015). It looks at how magic influences and changes the way the characters view their local environment. This essay shows myth as a recurring theme in Almond’s narratives, the myths themselves as well as the mythological beings within the stories and how magic is brought to life in the North East setting, making the environment and everyday life extraordinary and magical. David Almond children's literature magic North East England myth General Literature Studies Litteraturvetenskap
2	Människan som skapare, eller Den moderne Gud : Skapelseberättelsen som den skildras i Clay och Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs genom Milton och Shelley / Man as creator, or The modern God : The creation myth as it is portrayed in Clay and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs through Milton and Shelley Nordmark, Ida January 2018 (has links) This thesis concerns the themes of godhood and creation in modern, secular works. Using literary analysis, the thesis examines how the creation myth and the relationship between creator and creation is written in David Almond’s novel Clay and the video game Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, in comparison with how the same relationship is presented in Frankenstein and Paradise Lost. The thesis focuses on how the different works portray the themes of god, creation, original sin, and atonement, where the portrayals differ and where are the same. It ends with a discussion on how modern, secular stories using these themes manage to separate themselves from their religious origins while still remaining true to their inspirations. / Denna uppsats behandlar ämnena gudomlighet och skapelse i moderna, sekulära verk. Genom att använda litterär analys undersöker uppsatsen hur skapelseberättelsen och förhållandet mellan skapare och skapelse skildras i David Almonds roman Clay och datorspelet Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs i jämförelse med hur samma förhållande presenteras i Frankenstein och Paradise Lost. Uppsatsen fokuserar på hur de olika verken skildrar temana gud, skapelsen, syndafallet och försoningen, samt skillnader och likheter i skildringarna. Den avslutas med en diskussion om hur moderna, sekulära berättelsen som använder dessa teman separerar sig från sitt religiösa ursprung men ändå förblir trogna sina inspirationer. David Almond Clay Amnesia A Machine for Pigs creation myth god Lucifer Frankenstein Paradise Lost David Almond Clay Amnesia A Machine for Pigs skapelseberättelsen gud Lucifer Frankenstein Det förlorade paradiset Humanities and the Arts Humaniora och konst General Literature Studies Litteraturvetenskap

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Myth and Magic in David Almond's Narratives: North East Englands Magical Environments / Myt och magi i David Almonds berättelser: Nordöstra Englands magiska miljö

Människan som skapare, eller Den moderne Gud : Skapelseberättelsen som den skildras i Clay och Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs genom Milton och Shelley / Man as creator, or The modern God : The creation myth as it is portrayed in Clay and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs through Milton and Shelley