Zugl.: Duisburg-Essen, Universiẗat, Diss., 2004.

Zugl.: Freiburg (Breisgau), Univ., Diss., 2004

Zugl.: Duisburg, Essen, Univ., Diss., 2004

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The study aims to describe and analyze the image of Mary Magdalene as expressed in the French artwork from 1400 and 1600s that this study deals with. The study also examines the historical context in order to find explanations for why the images of Mary Magdalene have changed. In the study Erwin Panofsky’s iconographic method is used to analyze the artworks and finding their underlying meaning. Delimitations are made that only works of art made by French artists from the 1400 and 1600s are analyzed and delimitations are also made that Mary Magdalene will act on her own in the works of art. The study relies on David Morgan's theory of how religious pictures function. Morgan emphasizes that images can be used as leverage to reach out with various messages. With Morgan’s assertions in mind, the study examines how the Catholic Church's position of power is changing in accordance with the Council of Trent from 1545 to 1563. The Council of Trent result that the Catholic Church changed its view on how people should choose the Catholic Church in the new Protestant faith orientation. This implies that the image of the saintly Mary Magdalene changed to better fit into the Catholic Church's new position. The study has concluded that the works of art depicting Mary Magdalene in 1400 and the 1600s move from manifesting a physical penance to a more inward and spiritual redemption through Panofsky’s method.

Zugl.: Wien, Univ., Diplomarbeit, 2000 u.d.T.: Betz, Susanne Helene: Die innerösterreichische Erzherzogin Maria Magdalena (1587 - 1631) und ihre Heirat mit Cosimo II. de Medici im Jahre 1608

The essay is an exploration of how the character Mary Magdalene is portrayed in a selection of four bible films, so called hagiopics. The purpose of this essay is to compare the films with each other and to study if the portraying of her distinguishes in a comparison. Is there variations of her character in the four films and if that´s the case, how has it been expressed.  The films in this study extend over a period of almost 80 years (1927-2004). Do the films differ in a historical comparison by how they portrait her? This is a film analytic, qualitative, comparing study in the science of religion. The results show that the portraying of Mary Magdalene differs in some ways in a comparison but the overall picture of her remains the same. She is portrayed either as a prostitute or a former prostitute who asks Jesus for forgiveness and finds salvation. The results shows that the way she has been portrayed in the popular culture have given her a roll that doesn´t exist in the Gospels. It seems as if it has become normative to portray her in a one dimensional way in the popular culture. The results show that the picture of her as a former prostitute in hagiopics seems to have become consolidated.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att, genom en hermeneutisk och komparativ närläsning av Marianne Fredrikssons roman Enligt Maria Magdalena och Lukasevangeliet, undersöka hur Fredriksson transformerat Jesu liv och gärning från den bibliska berättelsen till romanen, samt vad som händer med historien när en kvinna får återberätta den. Materialet analyseras med hjälp av Gerard Genettes narratologiska begreppsapparat och utifrån ett intersektionellt perspektiv. Resultatet tolkas sedan genuskritiskt utifrån Yvonne Hirdmans teori om det ahistoriska genuskontraktet. Slutligen diskuteras studiens relevans för och i den svenska skolan. Studien visar att Fredriksson aldrig ämnat skriva en roman om Jesu liv och gärning, utan snarare om Marias liv och Jesu gärning. Marias version av ”allt det stora som hände” präglas av ett intersektionellt förhållningssätt, både när det kommer till hennes egna och Jesus värderingar, som sträcker sig långt utöver normen för den aktuella tiden. Studien visar också att Maria och Jesus möter stora svårigheter i sina ambitioner att motverka sin tids och sitt samhälles genuskontrakt, och att det finns gott om inflytelserika personer i deras närhet som ämnar upprätthålla det. Personer som senare spred den kristna läran.

Zugl.: Wien, Univ., Diss., 2006

Habil.-Schr. Univ. Marburg, 2006.