205 research outputs found
Stig Dagerman
No full textSpecial feature issue on the Swedish author Stig Dagerman (1923-1954) with editorial by Anders Hallengren and original contributions by Johan Cullberg, Lotta Lotass, Tom Karlsson, Urban Forsgren, Bengt Söderhäll (2), Björn Ranelid, Bert Ekengren and Jöran Mjöberg along with texts by the author.</p
”Ja, denna stig är stigarnas stig” : Taoistiska influenser i Vilhelm Ekelunds verk
No full textMattias Aronsson, ”Ja, denna stig är stigarnas stig”. Taoistiska influenser i Vilhelm Ekelunds verk (“Yes, this path is the path of paths”. Taoist influence in the works of Vilhelm Ekelund) In this article I show how Taoist philosophy has influenced the Swedish poet, essayist and aphorist Vilhelm Ekelund. I note that the author mentions the Taoist philosophers Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu and discusses their ideas on a couple of occasions in his later works (Atticism – Humanism, 1943; Plus salis–, 1945). Examples of such explicit influence can also be found in Ekelund’s private notebooks, posthumously published in two volumes: Hemkomst och flykt (1972) and Ur en scholaris’ verkstad (1974). I argue that Taoist philosophy implicitly influenced the Swedish author as early as the second part of the 1910’s – when he started to emphasize such principles as moderation, composure, dispassion and non-desire in his writing. I also discuss other important ideals which Ekelund shared with the Taoist philosophers, such as poverty, humility, simplicity and dishonour. Finally, I see a parallel in the anti-intellectual aspects of Taoist thinking and Ekelund’s use of the term misologi (misology), a word which often has positive connotations in his works. In Ekelund’s prose, as well as in the famous Taoist text Tao Te Ching, excessive intellectualism is frequently criticized
”Ja, denna stig är stigarnas stig” [Elektronisk resurs] : Taoistiska influenser i Vilhelm Ekelunds verk
No full textMattias Aronsson, ”Ja, denna stig är stigarnas stig”. Taoistiska influenser i Vilhelm Ekelunds verk (“Yes, this path is the path of paths”. Taoist influence in the works of Vilhelm Ekelund) In this article I show how Taoist philosophy has influenced the Swedish poet, essayist and aphorist Vilhelm Ekelund. I note that the author mentions the Taoist philosophers Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu and discusses their ideas on a couple of occasions in his later works (Atticism – Humanism, 1943; Plus salis–, 1945). Examples of such explicit influence can also be found in Ekelund’s private notebooks, posthumously published in two volumes: Hemkomst och flykt (1972) and Ur en scholaris’ verkstad (1974). I argue that Taoist philosophy implicitly influenced the Swedish author as early as the second part of the 1910’s – when he started to emphasize such principles as moderation, composure, dispassion and non-desire in his writing. I also discuss other important ideals which Ekelund shared with the Taoist philosophers, such as poverty, humility, simplicity and dishonour. Finally, I see a parallel in the anti-intellectual aspects of Taoist thinking and Ekelund’s use of the term misologi (misology), a word which often has positive connotations in his works. In Ekelund’s prose, as well as in the famous Taoist text Tao Te Ching, excessive intellectualism is frequently criticized.</p
Att framställa det oframställbara. Stig Larssons poesi och det postmoderna
No full textThe paper constitutes an analysis of the poetry of Stig
Larsson in the context of the postmodern break-up of traditional
definitions of literary genres. The characteristic features of the
Swedish poet's work are ambiguity, fragmentation, rich intertextual
references, and, most importantly, a radically undefined, diffuse
persona of the speaker, no longer able to organize the presented
world. Larsson's poetry is rich in lexical, semantic and syntactic
experimentation. The poet suggests a change in the relation
between the author and the reader
Att framställa det oframställbara. Stig Larssons poesi och det postmoderna
No full textThe paper constitutes an analysis of the poetry of Stig Larsson in the context of the postmodern break-up of traditional definitions of literary genres. The characteristic features of the Swedish poet\u27s work are ambiguity, fragmentation, rich intertextual references, and, most importantly, a radically undefined, diffuse persona of the speaker, no longer able to organize the presented world. Larsson\u27s poetry is rich in lexical, semantic and syntactic experimentation. The poet suggests a change in the relation between the author and the reader
Item 4: Workshop on Open digital collections
No full textA workshop on data science and digital collections was held in December 2019, aimed primarily at staff from research libraries, who provide services and support to researchers, students and other library users. The purpose of the workshop was to provide information and create an understanding of how to access and use the digital collections. Specifically, how to use APIs for searching and extraction of data in order to foster these competencies. Workshop programme, presentations and instructions are included.
File 4.1 [in Danish]: Program workshop om åbne digitale kulturarvsdata og digital literacy
File description: This file contains the workshop programme, including small abstracts and learning objectives.
Authors: Stig Svenningsen, Ditte Laursen
File 4.2 [In Danish]: Præsentation Merete Sanderhoff ”Derfor den åbne digitale kulturarv”
File description: This file contains a presentation of the potential of open cultural heritage data, based on experiences from the National Gallery of Denmark
Author: Merete Sanderhoff
File 4.3 [In Danish]: ”Derfor API som baggrund for formidler af kulturarvsdata”
File description: This file contains a presentation of the potential of museums’ digital resources, in particular in the form of digital data through API’s, based on experiences from the National Museum of Denmark.
Author: Jacob Wang
File 4.4 [In Danish]: ”Undervisnings- og forskningsperspektiver på åbne digitale samlinger”
File description: This file contains a presentation about bias in archives and implications for education and research.
Author: Helle Strandgaard Jensen
File 4.5 [In Danish]:”Etiske og metodiske udfordringer ved brugen af digitale samlinger”
File description: This file contains a presentation on the ethical and methodological challenges of the use of open cultural heritage data.
Author: Mette Kia Krabbe Meyer
File 4.6 [In Danish]: ”Et overblik over nuværende digitale samlinger”
File description: This file contains a presentation of the principles of acquisition and digitization over time and the challenges and continued development of open cultural heritage data from the perspective of the Royal Danish Library.
Author: Ditte Laursen
File 4.7 [In Danish]: Hands-on find data fra Det Kongelige Bibliotek’s samlinger
File description: This file contains a presentation introducing search possibilities in digital cultural heritage portals and discusses the relationship between digital objects and physical works.
Author: Mette Colding Dahl
File 4.8 [In Danish]: ”Hent data via en API” og data repositorie”
File description: This file contains a presentation that is a hands-on introduction to data extraction from an API. The presentation includes a cookbook and an example to illustrate the steps of the cookbook.
Author: Stig Svenningse
Stig Dagerman – the existentialist? : - Island of the Doomed in the light of five existentialist thinkers
No full textIs the Swedish author Stig Dagerman an existentialist? This work takes a close look at Dagerman’s novel Island of the Doomed to see if it is possible to consider it an expression of existentialist thinking and to see if it interacts with any specific existentialist tradition. Dagerman’s novel was compared with select works of five existentialist thinkers – Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus and Karl Jaspers, all read in the light of the four categories of existentialistic thinking identified by the Swedish scholar Lennart Koskinen. All the four categories appeared to be central themes within the novel and a few subcategories were identified. An analysis based on these subcategories showed that the novel had obvious similarities with all of the five existentialistic thinkers. The main conclusion of my work is thus: it is reasonable to consider Stig Dagerman’s novel Island of the Doomed an expression of existentialist thinking, but it doesn’t match any specific existentialist tradition. Dagerman is therefore to be considered an independent existentialist
Stig Dagerman – the existentialist? : - Island of the Doomed in the light of five existentialist thinkers
No full textIs the Swedish author Stig Dagerman an existentialist? This work takes a close look at Dagerman’s novel Island of the Doomed to see if it is possible to consider it an expression of existentialist thinking and to see if it interacts with any specific existentialist tradition. Dagerman’s novel was compared with select works of five existentialist thinkers – Søren Kierkegaard, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus and Karl Jaspers, all read in the light of the four categories of existentialistic thinking identified by the Swedish scholar Lennart Koskinen. All the four categories appeared to be central themes within the novel and a few subcategories were identified. An analysis based on these subcategories showed that the novel had obvious similarities with all of the five existentialistic thinkers. The main conclusion of my work is thus: it is reasonable to consider Stig Dagerman’s novel Island of the Doomed an expression of existentialist thinking, but it doesn’t match any specific existentialist tradition. Dagerman is therefore to be considered an independent existentialist
Segrarnas sorgsna eftersmak : Om autenticitetssträvan i Stig Larssons romaner
No full textAt the heart of this thesis are the Swedish author Stig Larsson’s novels: Autisterna (The Autistic, 1979), Nyår (New Year, 1984), Introduktion (Introduction, 1986) and Komedin I (The Comedy I, 1989). The purpose is to illuminate how certain central activities in the novels contribute strongly to the actual formation of these works. A part of this purpose is demonstrating that these central activities can be related to fundamental thinking in the writer’s authorship that concerns a struggle for authenticity. In terms of theory I connect principally to Jean-Pierre Richard’s thematic criticism. The purpose of the thesis, the theoretical considerations and a presentation of Stig Larsson form the first chapter.The second chapter discusses Larsson’s aesthetic points of departure, where a recurring striving after authenticity and change stand in focus. The chapter begins by placing Larsson’s authorship in relation to a late-modernistic literary tradition. Next it is emphasised that this authentic attitude often stands on a collision course with a harmonising and anti-modernistic view of literature, associated with György Lukács, which was common in Sweden in the 1970s when Larsson debuted as an author. The chapter ends with a rough description of the three most important elements of Larsson’s quest for authenticity: insignificant phenomena, everyday activities and painful experiences. The third chapter concerns the insignificant and minimal activities that are such a dominant element in Larsson’s novels. First comes an analysis of the ”small moments” observed during a train journey by the protagonist of Autisterna, and then a comparison is made with literary impressionism. The chapter then focuses on: the peripheral spatial dimension, the odd moments in time, the slow movement and, finally, ”the view of an uninterrupted nothing”. Given Larsson’s aversion to a harmonising and grandiose literature, these insignificant phenomena are a clear element in his struggle for authenticity.The everyday, the worthless and the ugly are the focus of the fourth chapter. The theme of everyday life is looked at from four different perspectives. The first concerns an ordinary everydayness (food preparation, watching TV and everyday games) and the second the literally worthless and ugly (rubbish and bodily fluids). The third perspective looks in detail at everyday language, and the performative character of dialogue in Larsson’s novels, and the fourth at relations to modern Swedish social developments since the 1960s.The fifth chapter looks at humiliation, violence and abuse in the novels. I argue throughout that Larsson chooses to touch on phenomena such as humiliation and violence because they show more authentically how real people behave towards each other in real life. Even the way in which these activities are portrayed can be related to ideas concerning authenticity. This is because Larsson generally chooses to portray both violence and humiliation visually and without comment.The thesis ends with a sixth chapter, which consists of a brief conclusion that shows how ideas concerning authenticity and change can also be related to four autobiographical prose works that Stig Larsson released between 1997 and 2000.</p
A Poetry of Grayness [Elektronisk resurs] : Stig Dagerman's German Autumn as Postwar Reportage from Germany
No full textTysk höst (German Autumn) is perhaps the most famous Swedish reportage book from the twentieth century. It was written as a series of reportages by the young author Stig Dagerman and depicts the life of ordinary people in Germany in 1946. Themes such as suffering, guilt, and feelings of dejection are discussed, framed by an atmosphere of grayness. The reader is invited to empathize, not with certain individuals but rather with anyone who is cold, hungry, and bereaved of their beliefs. This chapter explores how these themes are made universally human by an advanced literary technique. Dagerman links the abstract to the concrete, the argumentation to what he has observed on the spot. This is achieved through figurative language, where key words are repeated, gradually transforming them in meaning and blurring the line between illustrated scenes and metaphors. The result becomes a paradoxical kind of gray expressiveness, where the power of the language seems to contradict the gloomy content.</p
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