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Att skapa Alexander den Stores fotspår : Tre generationers nutida föreställningar om Alexander den Store i Proti Serron i Grekland / Invention of the traces of Alexander the Great : Three generations modern conception of Alexander the Great in Proti Serron, Greece

The purpose of this essay has been to explore Alexander the Great from two different perspectives in Greece. The village Proti Serron represents the local area and the national area named Macedonia represents the second perspective. Oral history has been used as a method in addition to literature and trips to museums and archaeological places. As a guideline for the essay and its contents a stereotyped schedule has been created. This schedule is presented below, and it is also possible to read it backwards. The villagers who identify themselves with Alexander the Great from their local area Proti Serron which is a part of the national area named Macedonia. This study proves that the villagers who has been interviewed, identify themselves with the place they live in as well as its history and that they feel that it is their duty to pass this knowledge forward. Alexander the Great is described as intelligent, humble, a man of strength and courage as well as a strategist and sovereign. This picture of the former king is also valid in the national area of Macedonia.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:vxu-1390
Date January 2007
CreatorsCharisis, Georgina
PublisherVäxjö universitet, Institutionen för humaniora
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
RelationLÄRARUTBILDNINGEN, ;

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