295 research outputs found
"För satan, min kropp vill inte ha ister". Om hungern i Eyvind Johnsons tidiga författarskap
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Den utvidgade människan : Om Eyvind Johnsons Krilontrilogi
No full textThe aim of this dissertation is to understand the relation between a given literary work and the specific historical conditions under which it was written. Here, the conditions are those generated by World War II, the threats of Nazism, and the neutrality of Sweden, materialized as restrictions on the freedom of speech and press in Sweden during the war. These conditions are confronted and challenged by Eyvind Johnson’s Krilon Trilogy: the novels Grupp Krilon, 1941 [Group Krilon], Krilons resa, 1942 [Krilon’s Journey] and Krilon själv, 1943 [Krilon Himself]. Methodologically, the discussion is informed by Foucauldian discourse analysis, the empirical framing of Johnson’s work is based on the sociology of literature, while different interpretative approaches are used for a detailed understanding of the text. With the protagonist, Johannes Krilon, as a point of departure, the dissertation analyzes how Johnson in his trilogy incorporates the historical conditions he is facing, and how he is forced both to adjust to them and to invent ways to negotiate, circumvent, and resist them. While Johnson has to observe the discourse of neutrality, he finds ways to make Krilon transcend these limitations by shaping him into a complex hero, constantly forming, re-forming and performing himself, reflecting upon his own shortcomings, and engaging in dialogic relations with his surroundings. In this flexibility, Krilon is construed as a trustworthy teller and provoker of the truth. The restrictions on the freedom of speech and the official politics of neutrality function as an incitement for the author to test the conditions he is writing under, which forces him into an aesthetic experimentation that includes both traditional and modernist strategies of writing, forming the trilogy into a parodical and allegorical machinery. As the central mode of the work, allegory enables Johnson to speak politically, while at the same time distancing his work from the contemporary realistic novel.</p
The Hour Record Game
No full textThe Hour Record for bicycle is about to ride as long distance as possible in one hour on a velodrome. An hour record attempt demands performing on the edge of physical and mental capacity, and in order to beat the record the athlete has to prepare for months and years. As a simulacrum for such an attempt, as of 15th December 2015 at the A-Venue in Gothenburg, the composer, improviser, and in this case cyclist, Per Anders Nilsson challenged himself to cycle on an indoor trainer for 60 minutes at his lactate threshold: an average heart rate of 180 bpm. Video snippets from previous “real” attempts, as well as his heart bpm was displayed and used in the live electronic music that accompanied the event. Nilsson succeeded to meet his challenge, averaging 181 bpm during 60 minutes. As a voice- over to a video documentary of the event, the author shares memories and reflections from the performance, interspersed with quotes from previous and present hour record holders, as well as theoretical perspectives on subject matter. The video displayed is an edited version of the whole performance, approx. 12 minutes. Video: Erik Jeppsson; music: Palle Dahlstedt and Olle Petersson; other voice over: Gino Robair
Arbetande kvinnor i Per Anders Fogelströms romaner 1949–1991
No full textThis thesis examines how working women and women’s work tasks are described in novels by the Swedish author Per Anders Fogelström, and how the portrayal of working women changed during Fogelström’s long period of literary activity. The results show that working women, women’s work tasks and household chores are present in most novels, and that Fogelström had a distinct ability to portray living and working conditions specific for women. However, the narrative is to some extent colored by a male perception. In addition, the development in Fogelström’s portrayal of working women correlates with changes in the field of labor law and questions addresses by the labor movement in Sweden. For instance, the severe tensions between the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) and the employers’ organizations, and in society at large, in the 1970s are reflected in the tone and content of contemporary novels. In addition, gender inequality are questioned in novels of the 1980s and 1990s, which correlates with the activities of the women rights’ movement in the contemporary context
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