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31	Intertextuality reinterpreted : a cognitive linguistics approach with specific reference to conceptual blending Van Heerden, Chantelle 30 June 2008 (has links) In this dissertation, I investigate the cognitive processes integral to intertextual readings by referring to the cognitive linguistics framework known as conceptual blending. I refer to different genres of intertextual texts and then explain these intertexts in terms of cognitive principles and processes, such as conceptual blending networks. By applying the framework of conceptual blending to intertexts within different genres, I suggest that the underlying cognitive processes are universal for the interpretation of any type of intertextual text. My findings indicate that conceptual blending underpins intertextuality which is cognitive, creative and dynamic in nature. This means that the meaning we construct from intertexts is dependent on the context in which they appear and cannot be studied in isolation. Investigating intertextual texts from a cognitive linguistics perspective reveals new inferences (such as the influence of implicit knowledge as a type of intertext) and the creativity involved in the meaning-making process. / Linguistics and Modern Languages / M.A. (Linguistics) Vital relations Schema Possible worlds Poetry Mental space Fairytales Intertextuality Expository text Embodiment Conceptual integration Conceptual blending network Conceptual blending Cognitive poetics 401.9 Intertextuality Discourse analysis Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Cognitive grammar Creativity (Linguistics) Modality (Linguistics) Meaning (Psychology) Reader-response criticism
32	När Ronja blev Ronia : En komparativ stilstudie av Astrid Lindgrens Ronja Rövardotter & två av dess översättningar / When Ronja Became Ronia : A Comparative Study of the Style of Astrid Lindgren's Ronja Rövardotter & Two of Its Translations van Lint, Linus January 2023 (has links) Astrid Lindgren is arguably the most famous Swedish author of all times, known for her children’s books about Pippi Longstocking, the Brothers Lionheart, Ronia the Robber’s Daughter, and many more. Subsequently, her works have been translated into over a hundred languages. In Sweden her books are recognized for their peculiar, playful language, and immersive imagination. This paper is examining how that style of writing is translated to other languages. Specifically, Lindgren’s last novel Ronja Rövardotter (1981) and its translations to English, Ronia the Robber’s Daughter (1985), and Dutch, Ronja de Roversdochter (1982), are compared according to the particular elements that the novel uses to build its own unique feeling: the style of the narrator; the language of the characters; the names; and the illustrations. In the source text these four aspects collaborate to create a medieval fairy tale-like atmosphere, which especially is accomplished by the transformative language which combines older colloquialisms and dialectic words with a poetic phrasing, which is simultaneously unique for this literary work and deeply rooted in Swedish tradition. This is difficult to properly translate to other languages, as it is built upon playfulness with a certain language and culture. Therefore, even though both translations are perfectly valid and retell the story adequately, they both are incapable of fully translating the style of the original. Besides that, other (more deliberate) changes are resulting in a different reading experience – i.e., the inclusion of illustrations, the narrator’s oral (original)/textual (translated) language, and whether Ronia flees from wild ‘vittror’ (north-Swedish gnome-like creatures), harpies, or bird–witches. Altogether, the English Ronia and the Dutch Ronja are significantly different from the Swedish Ronja, with their own styles, but attributed to the same original author. translation translation studies literature Swedish literature comparative literature Astrid Lindgren children's literature fairytales Räuberroman vertaling literatuurwetenschap Astrid Lindgren Rita Törnqvist-Verschuur Patricia Crampton zweeds literatuur kinderboeken Räuberroman sprookjes Astrid Lindgren översättning barnlitteratur engelska nederländska Patricia Crampton Rita Törnqvist-Verschuur sagor rövarroman General Literature Studies Litteraturvetenskap
33	Musicals and the Margins: African-Americans, Women, and Queerness in the 21st Century American Musical Wellborn, Brecken 12 1900 (has links) This thesis provides an overview of the various ways in which select marginalized identities are represented within the twenty-first century American musical film. The first intention of this thesis is to identify, define, and organize the different subgenres that appear within the twenty-first century iterations of the musical film. The second, and principal, intention of this thesis is to explore contemporary representations of African-Americans, women, and queerness throughout the defined subgenres. Within this thesis, key films are analyzed from within each subgenre to understand these textual representations. Cinema Film Musical Musical Film Cultural Studies African-American Representation Representation of Women Queer Representation Genre Studies Twenty-First Century Acoustic-Realist Musical Animated Fairytales Camp Musi-Comedy Family-Oriented Musical Formalist-Prestige Musical Music Video-Epic Neo-Nostalgic Spectacle Pop Performer Biopic Soundtrack-Dance Musical Tween-TV Musical African Americans in motion pictures. Women in motion pictures. Sexual minorities in motion pictures.

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