With the current thesis, the aim is to examine how worldviews appears in fiction literature. This contributes to a better understanding of how beliefs can be evaluated and what fiction offers. The theoretical framework consists of Arjan Marcus theory about the ascription of meaning to life (and how it can be connected to philosophy of life). Marcus theory also provides an opportunity to evaluate expressions of this. This is used for an analysis of protagonists in the novel The Morning Star, by Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård. In order to meet the purpose, the following questions have been set up: What expressions of life view appears from protagonists in the novel The Morning Star? And: How can these expressions be understood with Arjan Marcus theory of meaning? The results that emerge show, for example, that the meaning structure of the protagonists often contains incompatible elements, which give a verdict in action and interaction. This includes moral dilemmas of various kinds. In some cases, questioning of one's own faith and religious life causes internal conflicts. It is also striking how the protagonists own view of life often seems unconscious or implied. The present study contributes to the understanding of how philosophy of life is expressed, constituted, and how individuals ascribe meaning. The analyses show the potentials of the theory and what it can bring to further research in the subject area.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-448303 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Gille, Mikael |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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