Eyvind Johnson publicerade romanen Molnen över Metapontion 1957. Romanen är en komposition av sammanvävda berättelser, där minnen och erfarenheter från olika tider - Antiken och 1900-talet - försöker gestalta vad det innebär att vara människa. Men hur fångar man både sina egna erfarenheter och sin samtids utmaningar genom att skriva en historisk roman? Nobelpristagaren Eyvind Johnson är en författare som i det historiska berättandet kom att se möjligheter - möjligheter att, genom den narrativa operationen, både bearbeta och gestalta sina egna och sin samtids upplevelser och minnen. Hur kom då Eyvind Johnson fram till sin komplexa tidsgestaltning i romanen Molnen över Metapontion där han sammanför historiska och samtida minnen? Det försöker denna uppsats söka svar på genom att studera ett urval av Eyvind Johnsons egna brev och dagböcker, för att undersöka vad som där framträder från Johnson själv om hans författarskap. På samma sätt som Eyvind Johnson ägnat minnen - sina egna och historiens - stort utrymme, så har den franske filosofen, Paul Ricoeur, ägnat en stor del av sitt liv åt att försöka ringa in berättandets möjligheter att gestalta människans historiska minnen. I sina djuplodande analyser av texter från den västerländska civilisationens olika tidsepoker visar Ricoeur mångfalden av aspekter kring fenomen som berättande och temporalitet, vilket hänger samman med begrepp som minne och glömska. Ricoeurs studie av minnet som fenomen utgör teoretiskt underlag för en del av uppsatsens analys.

Denna undersökning har som syfte att analysera och jämföra Boris Johnsons och Stefan Löfvens tal till respektive nation gällande COVID-19 pandemin 2020. Med grund i en retorisk analys utmärks argumentationsmedlen ethos, pathos och logos samt stilfigurerna anafor, metafor och metonymi för att se vilka av dessa retoriska medel som dominerar i talarnas krisretorik. Resultatet visar att argumentationsmedlen ethos, pathos och logos används i båda talen men i olika omfattningar. Pathos dominerar i Löfvens tal medan alla tre argumentationsmedel samspelar till samma grad i Johnsons tal. Resultatet visar även att alla tre stilfigurer används men att anaforen är mest framträdande i båda talen och förekommer betydligt oftare än metaforer och metonymier. Slutsatsen som dras är att ingen av dem använder sig av stilfigurer i någon högre grad vilket kan bero på att ett land i kris kräver seriös kommunikation utan utmålade ord och ledare som behöver vara tydliga och vara säkra på att alla som lyssnar förstår. Undersökningen visar att Löfven använder sig mest av pathos medan Johnson balanserar alla argumentationsmedel i samma utsträckning.

Produced by the Johnson City GIS Division on September 9, 2003, this map denotes the annexations of Johnson City and the surrounding area from 1960 to 2003. The map scale indicates a ratio of 1:24,000. In the text box on the left side, the ID, date, and annexation names are listed. As part of the legend, each 5 year annexation period is color coded. This map was donated by the Johnson City GIS Division and now resides in the map collection of Sherrod Library's Government Information, Law and Maps Department. Physical copy resides in the Government Information, Law and Maps Department of East Tennessee State University’s Sherrod Library. / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1011/thumbnail.jpg

Prepared by the First Tennessee-Virginia Development District and sponsored by the Johnson City Conventions & Visitors Bureau, this undated map shows major highways, landmarks, and business centers around Johnson City, Tennessee and the surrounding Washington County. Some landmarks, roads, and businesses have been added by hand at an indeterminate time post publication. Physical copy resides in the Government Information, Law and Maps Department of East Tennessee State University’s Sherrod Library. Scale is 1 inch = 1 mile / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1013/thumbnail.jpg

General highway map of Greene County, Tennessee prepared by the Tennessee Department of Highways, Highway Planning Survey Division in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Public Roads. Field data obtained in 1953. Field Examination made in 1954. Legend denotes multiple categories including dwellings and businesses as well as county infrastructure. Several insets of specific communities and areas of interest are included. Population statistics can be found on the bottom right corner as well as on the map itself. Physical copy resides in the Government Information, Law and Maps Department of East Tennessee State University’s Sherrod Library. Scale for general map - 1/2" = 1 mile Scale for insets - 1/2" = 1/4 mile / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1036/thumbnail.jpg

General highway map of Washington County, Tennessee prepared by the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Development-Planning Division in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. Field data obtained in 1977. Field Examination made in 1984. The road names shown on this map were approved by the Washington County Commission in 1985. Legend denotes multiple categories including dwellings and businesses as well as county infrastructure. Several insets of specific communities and areas of interest are included. Lines of longitude and latitude are listed along the outside border. Physical copy resides in the Government Information, Law and Maps Department of East Tennessee State University’s Sherrod Library. Scale for general map - 1/2" = 1 mile Scale for insets - 1" = 0.3 mile / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1039/thumbnail.jpg

Large topographical map of the northeast Tennessee region around Johnson City published in 1955. Prepared by the Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Washington D.C. Compiled in 1951 from United States Quadrangles, U.S. Geological Survey, and county highway maps. Planimetric detail partially revised by photo-planimetric methods. Control by USC & GS, TVA, and CE. Roads, railroad and aeronautical data verified by state authorities, 1954. Legend denotes populated places, types of roads, and railroads. Topography, names of roads, communities, and waterways can be found on the map itself. Physical copy resides in the Government Information, Law and Maps Department of East Tennessee State University’s Sherrod Library. Scale - 1: 250,000 / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1043/thumbnail.jpg

General highway map of Washington County, Tennessee prepared by the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Development-Planning Division in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. Field data obtained in 1977. Field Examination made in 1984. The road names shown on this map were approved by the Washington County Commission in 1985. Legend denotes multiple categories including dwellings and businesses as well as county infrastructure. Several insets of specific communities and areas of interest are included. Lines of longitude and latitude are listed along the outside border. Physical copy resides in the Government Information, Law and Maps Department of East Tennessee State University’s Sherrod Library. Scale - 1" = 1 mile / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1046/thumbnail.jpg

1998 campus map of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. Created by Johnson City GIS, Tennessee. A point of interest is the newly built Sherrod Library (as of 1998) identified as building 22/23. "New" is handwritten in black ink denoting the new library location. "Old" is handwritten on the old library location. These were added at an indeterminate time post publication. A building index can be found on the top right quadrant. Physical copy resides with Johnson City, Geographic Information Systems Division. Scale is 1" = 200 feet. / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1047/thumbnail.jpg

Produced by the Johnson City GIS Division on June 17, 1994. This map denotes the annexations of Johnson City and the surrounding area from 1960 to 1994. The map scale indicates a ratio of 1:24,000. In the text box on the left side, the ID, date, and annexation names are listed. As part of the legend, each 5 year annexation period is color coded. Physical copy resides with Johnson City, Geographic Information Systems Division. / https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1055/thumbnail.jpg