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  • 1.
    Abou Dib, Fadi
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    خطاب اللاوعي في فصول من حياة جبرا إبراهيم جبرا2022Other (Other academic)
    Abstract [ar]

    لا شكّ في أنه من غير الممكن أن نتحدث عن أعماق حياة الإنسان من دون اعتبار الفتوحات المعرفية والملاحظات المدهشة التي أنجزتها كشوفات التحليل النفسي وعلم النفس التحليلي عند فرويد ويونغ وغيرهما من علماء النفس. وإذا كان هذا صحيحاً بشكل عام، فإنّه ولا ريب مثار اهتمام كبير حين يتعلق الأمر بالإبداعات الإنسانية من فنون وآداب وغير ذلك. ولكن الأكثر إثارة هو حين يلحظ المبدع عمل اللاوعي، الفردي والجمعي، بغض النظر عن التسمية التي قد يطلقها عليه: قوى الحياة، إرادة الكون، رسائل الوجود، إلى آخره. ولعلّه من الصواب القول إنّ هذا الوعي لما هو متعالٍ أو غير واعٍ أو فائق للعاديّ يترافق بإدراك للذات وتفرّدها وبتلمّس دورها التاريخي بوصفها شخصية غائيّة وعلاقتها بالزمان والمكان ليست عشوائية أو اعتباطية. هكذا إذن ينظر الإنسان إلى نفسه من منظور تاريخيّ، أي من زاوية حدس المعنى والغاية والرسالة.

    بهذا المعنى تبرز إشارات اللاوعي، الفردي والجمعي/الكوني، في فصول عديدة من حياة الروائي والناقد والكاتب الكبير جبرا إبراهيم جبرا، ويبرز وعيه الشخصي لكثير من هذه الإشارات، والتي سنتناولها في ضوء بعض المفاهيم والتصوّرات والتجارب الشخصية التي كشفها عالم النفس التحليلي السويسري كارل غوستاف يونغ.

  • 2.
    Abozidan, Elias
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, English.
    On the Second-Generation Migrants’ Hybridity and Otherness in Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. 2015Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
  • 3.
    Al-Rubaye, Nejood
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    الأدب البيئي للطفلقراءة تحليلية في سلسلة حيوانات في دوامة الخطر لغسان شبارو: Children’s environmental literature. An ecocritical analysis of the Environmental Preservation Series children by Ghassan Shibārū2023In: The Child Literature - مجلة أدب الطفل, ISSN 2773-367X, Vol. 5, p. 1-16Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This study aims at (reading and) analysing a selection of children's picture books stories within the critical framework of ecocriticism. The book series is entitled Environmental Preservation Series, Endangered Animals and comprises ten stories written by Ghassan Shibārū.The research relies on the theoretical foundations outlined by Lawrence Buell in his The Environmental Imagination. The study highlighted how this series of stories focus on scientific topics related to the environmental risks the planet is exposed to now, such as global warming, indiscriminate hunting and poaching, urban expansion, the use of chemical pesticides, and air, water and environmental pollution caused by the release of waste, gases, and oil. The stories present such environmental issues in a simple narrative form within the structure of the selected picture books. The research concluded that the theoretical framework of ecocriticism principles is suitable for these texts and that children's literature can contribute greatly to the building of the child's cultural literacy in relation to the environment and its possible dangers.

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  • 4.
    Al-Rubaye, Nejood
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    التشكيل السرديّ للشتات في رواية الإسكندرية 20502022In: oudnad.net, ISSN 1756-4212, Vol. 26Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [ar]

    يتأثّر الأدب عادةً بمتغيرات الواقع التي تفرزها مرحلة مضطربة سياسيّاً وتاريخيّاً، ويتمثّل هذا التأثّر في التشكيل الفنّي والدلالي للعمل الأدبي، ولعلّ هذا المبدأ، قد عاد بقوة إلى الدراسات النقدية التي خرجت من تأثيرات المذهب البنيوي الوصفي، ونظرتْ إلى الأدب على أنه نتاج علاقة مثمرة ودالة بين الفن والتاريخ. ولأنّ أدب الشتات قد كُتبَ في ظلّ ظروف غير طبيعيّة سياسياً واجتماعياً، ونشأ في محيطٍ آخر يحتوي على مشكلات عديدة تواجه الأدب من جهة والإنسان المنفي من جهة أخرى، فإن هذا النوع من الأدب اكتسب مزايا في التشكيل الفنيّ والمضموني، يحاول هذا البحث أن يتناولها من خلال دراسة رواية "الإسكندرية 2050، وهي رواية غنية بأحداثها وشخصياتها وأفكارها، فهي تتيح إمكانية قراءات متعددة، لما تحتويه من موضوعات متنوعة ومتشابكة مع بعضها بطريقة فنية لتشكّل الهيكل الفني للرواية.

  • 5.
    Al-Rubaye, Nejood
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Arabic.
    تحول المثال: دراسة لظاهرة الإغتراب في شعر المتنبي2003In: بغداد, no 629Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 6.
    Al-Rubaye, Nejood
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    تمثلات المرض في الأدب، رواية إجاصة ميلا أنموذجاً Illness Representations in Literature: The Example of the Novel "ʾIjāṣat Mīlā"2023In: Arabic and World Literature: Comparative and Multidisciplinary Perspectives, ISSN 2753-3662, Vol. 2023, article id AWL‐393Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This research deals with Anorexia nervosa disorder in the novel ʾIjāṣat Mīlā, which portrays the impact of modern-day materialism and its effect on the emerging and spreading of some disorders to such an extent that it has become a phenomenon needing investigation. Because of a number of social and materialistic factors, this disorder deeply affects young people, who easily fall under the influence of social media. This research examines both the background of the disorder and the suffering that the main character of the novel goes through. It further investigates the effects of social media platforms and fora on young people, together with the role of literature in portraying the damages caused by their usage. The novel is examined through critical cultural theory, which searches for the hidden cultural significance of the phenomenon. The result of the study shows that ʾIjāṣat Mīlā can be seen as a sphere, comprising all the social changes that communication technology causes in the new generations.             

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  • 7.
    Al-Rubaye, Nejood
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    دلالة الكلمة بين المعنى المعجمي والمعنى السياقي: دراسة تطبيقية في قصيدة "النائمة في الشارع" لنازك الملائكة2024In: oudnad.net, ISSN 1756-4212, Vol. winter, no 31Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [ar]

    كانت الدلالة موضوعاً خصباً وحقلاً مثيراً للاهتمام في دراسات اللغويين والفلاسفة، وصارت هدفاً لكل تلك الدراسات لارتباطها بنظريات الإدراك والمعرفة. لقد ارتبطت الدلالة في الدراسات اللسانية الحديثة بنظريات عديدة، وسوف يركز بحثي على النظرية السياقية كما وضع جذورها قديماً، اللغويون والبلاغيون العرب كعبد القاهر الجرجاني، وكما أرسى مبادئها في العصر الحديث العالم البريطاني فيرث بنظرية أطلق عليها: النظرية السياقية، والتي أخرجت الدلالة من مجالها النحوي التركيبي إلى مجالات أكثر سعة من ذلك التركيب على الرغم من أهميته التي لن نتغافل عنها بالتأكيد. سأتناول في هذا البحث السياق بأنواعه المختلفة التي حددها اللغويون مثل: أحمد مختار عمر وتمّام حسّان وأحمد محمد قدور: السياق اللغوي، والسياق العاطفي، والسياق الثقافي، وسياق الموقف، والوظيفة التي تؤديها هذه السياقات لتشكيل دلالة الكلام، وسوف أقوم بفحص تلك المستويات السياقية من خلال تمثلاتها في البناء اللساني لقصيدة: النائمة في الشارع، لنازك الملائكة.

  • 8.
    Al-Rubaye, Nejood
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Arabic.
    قراءة في مجلة عالم الفكر2003In: بغداد, no 619Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 9.
    Al-Rubaye, Nejood
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Arabic.
    قراءة لقصة الغزلان على ضوء المنهج البيئي2020In: The What - ذوات, Vol. 60, p. 144-153Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 10.
    Al-Rubaye, Nejood
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Arabic.
    لم يعد ثـمّة عطر إلا في القوارير: تحليل بيئي لقصة لميسلون هادي2019In: oudnad - عــــــود الـــنـــــــد, ISSN 1756-4212, Vol. 14Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [ar]

    "اختفى رحيقُ الأرض فلم يعدْ ثـمّة عطر إلا في القوارير" (ميسلون هادي، قصة عطر الوردة).

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    تثير فينا قصة "عطر الوردة" لميسلون هادي الرغبة لتأمل حالة البيئة في ظل الأوضاع المعادية للبيئة. فالتدمير، في العراق، لم يقتصر على الإنسان والجوانب المادية وإنما طال حتى البيئة. الحرب المتواصلة منذ سنوات، نشرتْ آلاف الأطنان من المواد السامة على هذا البلد، فلم تنجُ البيئة من التلوث الذي طال الماء والهواء والأرض وجميع المخلوقات. والقصة تتحدث عن هذه الكارثة من خلال النحل وثورته على الإنسان ومحاصرته في منزله وخلف نوافذه. الحرب إذن حاضرة بوصفها سببا ونتيجة لكلّ هذا التدمير الذي أصاب البيئة

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  • 11.
    Al-Rubaye, Nejood
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Arabic.
    مفاهيم الشعرية: دراسة مقارنة في الأصول والمنهج2003In: بغداد, no 636Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 12.
    Aronsson, Mattias
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, French.
    Au diable le gorille ! Les chansons de Georges Brassens en traduction suédoise2022In: Revue musicale OICRM, ISSN 2368-7061, Vol. 9, no 2, p. 116-133Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The article investigates Swedish translations of Georges Brassens’ chansons. The aim is to establish what translation methods have been used when the songs were transferred to the target language and covered by Swedish artists. Ten target texts have been analyzed using Johan Franzon’s (2021) system of classification of popular songs in translation. Seven target texts stayed faithful to the source texts and were classified as “Near-enough translations.” The three remaining target texts did not resemble the source texts at all and were classified in the category “All-new target lyrics.” A tendency towards a higher degree of fidelity in the song translations was observed from the 1980s and onwards.

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  • 13.
    Aronsson, Mattias
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, French.
    Ethnic Differentiation and Assimilation in Marguerite Duras's Indochinese Texts2016In: Transcultural Identity Constructions in a Changing World / [ed] Irene Gilsenan Nordin, Chatarina Edfeldt, Lung-Lung Hu, Herbert Jonsson, André Leblanc, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2016, p. 95-107Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 14.
    Aronsson, Mattias
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, French.
    L'art de présenter Marguerite Duras à l'étranger: le cas de la Suède2019In: Marguerite Duras à la croisée des arts / [ed] Michelle Royer & Lauren Upadhyay, Bruxelles: P.I.E. Peter Lang , 2019, p. 203-216Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [fr]

    Dans cet article sont analysés les paratextes des ouvrages durassiens traduits en suédois. Nous nous intéressons aux couvertures et quatrièmes de couverture, ainsi qu’aux préfaces et postfaces allographes. Nous avons examiné les références littéraires et culturelles données dans ces présentations afin de savoir dans quels contextes intellectuels et artistiques on choisit d’inscrire Marguerite Duras. Pour les couvertures, nous avons examiné l’utilisation des différents supports visuels, ainsi que l’interaction entre le texte et l’image sur la couverture. Le corpus est constitué par un échantillon de paratextes durassiens, du premier roman traduit – La Vie tranquille (Stilla liv, 1947) – jusqu’aux publications les plus récentes. Les résultats indiquent que les éditeurs suédois ont inscrit Duras dans un contexte moderniste et que le public cible est constitué des lecteurs du « circuit lettré ». Une exception est la traduction de L’Amant qui semble viser un public appartenant plutôt aux « circuits populaires ».

  • 15.
    Aronsson, Mattias
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, French.
    Marguerite Duras et les étudiants nordiques: quatre mémoires universitaires publiés en 2011 et 20122013In: Bulletin de la Société Internationale Marguerite Duras, ISSN 1470-8787, Vol. 1, no 32, p. 115-122Article, book review (Other academic)
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  • 16.
    Aronsson, Mattias
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, French.
    Migrant Literature Migrating. The Case of Fatou Diome’s Le Ventre de l’Atlantique and Its Reception in Sweden2022In: Representing 21st-century Migration in Europe. Performing Borders, Identities and Texts / [ed] Nelson González Ortega & Ana Belén Martínez García, New York & Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2022, p. 53-70Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 17.
    Aronsson, Mattias
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, French.
    Migrant Literature Migrating. The Case of Fatou Diome’s Le Ventre de l’Atlantique and Its Swedish Reception2018Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper examines Fatou Diome’s novel Le Ventre de l’Atlantique [The Belly of the Atlantic] published in 2003, and the reception of its Swedish translation Atlantens mage (2010). The study has an intrinsic (text-centered) perspective, as it examines the representations of migration and of migrants in Diome’s work – but it also has an extrinsic and reader response-oriented perspective, as it focuses on the public discourses emanating from the novel.

       Le Ventre de l’Atlantique tells the story of a Senegalese woman who has emigrated to France, and of her younger half-brother who has been left behind. Migration, belonging, exile and xenophobia are important themes in the novel, and it has been cited as an example of francophone migrant literature and of World Literature (Lindberg 2015 and 2016). The female Senegalese narrator claims that many people in Senegal still suffer from what she calls a “colonisation mentale” (Diome 2003:53). Thus, according to the main character, the French cultural and economic hegemony persists even after 40 years of political independence for the nation of Senegal.

       The reader-response part of the study deals with the reception of Diome’s novel in Sweden. Reviews published in the Swedish press (here called “established criticism”) have been examined, as well as reviews published in the blogosphere (labelled “alternative criticism”). The material has been collected in the database Mediearkivet (for the press) and by using the search-engine Google for reviews published in the blogosphere, see Aronsson (2016) for a thorough presentation of the method used. The paper seeks to answer the following questions: How is the theme of migration depicted in Diome’s novel, and how does this theme appear in the Swedish literary reception? Is the novel inscribed in a particular literary and/or intellectual tradition? If that is the case, which arguments and references are used by the reviewers?

     

     

  • 18.
    Aronsson, Mattias
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, French.
    On connaît la chanson ! La médiation de la chanson française en traduction suédoise2021In: Nordic Journal of Francophone Studies/Revue nordique des études francophones, E-ISSN 2003-0401, Vol. 4, no 1, p. 29-44Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The article studies the mediation of French chansons translated into Swedish. The corpus of the study consists of 200 songs in the original French language. These 200 songs have generated 247 Swedish translations and 303 recorded interpretations in the target language. The corpus is dominated by the stars of French chanson from the post-war period: Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens, Barbara, Édith Piaf, and Léo Ferré. The most productive translators are Rikard Wolff, Lars Forssell, Lennart Brummer, Thomas Kinding, and Thorstein Bergman – and the most prolific Swedish performers are Rikard Wolff, Maria Stoltz, Tommy Körberg, Pierre Ström, and Thorstein Bergman. The mediation of French chanson is a male-dominated activity: men account for 56,4 % of the Swedish artists, 66,5 % of the French artists, and 81,4 % of the translators in the corpus. The vast majority of the source texts date from the 1950s and 1960s, and the production of target texts reached its peak some twenty years later. The translation and interpretation of French chansons have become, from the 1970s and onwards, activities imbued with nostalgia. Interest in the mediation of contemporary French music has declined in Sweden; however, the translation of canonized artists from the post-war period has continued.

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  • 19.
    Aronsson, Mattias
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, French.
    Vilhelm Ekelund och extremhögern: en sekellång förbindelse2016In: Tidningen Kulturen, ISSN 2000-7086, no 3 novArticle in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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  • 20.
    Aronsson, Mattias
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, French.
    Vilhelm Ekelunds säregna livsverk2018In: Dala-Demokraten, ISSN 1103-9183, no 2018-01-11Article, book review (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 21.
    Bakker, Barbara
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    Cats in contemporary Arabic children’s literature2023Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Cats are and have always been a constant presence in the Arabic culture: from Ancient Egypt to the pre-Islamic era, in the Islamic tradition and even in proverbs, cats have always played a conspicuous role. The traditional Arabic significance of cats is also clearly reflected in contemporary Arabic children’s literature, and a large number of tales for children are featuring cats in a variety of roles. However, how are cats portrayed and what do they stand for in these stories? Scope of this paper is the representation of cats and their symbolism in contemporary Arabic children’s literature. A brief introduction covers the role of cats in the Arabic culture in very general terms, followed by an overview of the genre of contemporary Arabic children’s literature that accounts for its mostly educational, didactic character and its latest trends. The central part of this paper presents and analyses a number of Arabic picture books, authored by Arabic writers and illustrated by Arabic artists, where cats are protagonists, either as embodiments of human traits or as companions of human beings. The stories are discussed in terms of their symbolism and their themes.

  • 22.
    Bakker, Barbara
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Arabic.
    Dystopian Trends in Modern Arabic Literature2018In: Al Jadid - A Review of Arab Culture and Arts, ISSN 1523-746X, Vol. 22, no 75, p. 6-8Article in journal (Other academic)
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  • 23.
    Bakker, Barbara
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    Egyptian Dystopias of the 21st Century: A new literary trend?2021In: Journal of Arabic and Islamic studies, E-ISSN 0806-198X, Vol. 21, p. 79-94Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    During the first two decades of the 21st century an increasing amount of narratives termed as Arabic dystopian fiction appeared on the Arabic literary scene, with a greater part authored by Egyptian writers. However, what characterises/marks a work as a dystopia? This paper investigates the dystopian nature of a selection of Egyptian literary works within the frame of the dystopian narrative tradition. The article begins by introducing the features of the traditional literary dystopias as they will be used in the analysis. It then gives a brief overview of the development of the genre in the Arabic literature. The discussion that follows highlights common elements and identifies specific themes in six Egyptian novels selected for the analysis, thereby highlighting differences and similarities between them and the traditional Western dystopias. The article calls for a categorisation of Arabic dystopian narrative that takes into consideration social, political, historical and cultural factors specific for the Arabic in general, and Egyptian in particular, literary field. 

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  • 24.
    Bakker, Barbara
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    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    Al-Rubaye, Nejood
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    Climate change and ecological literacy in Ghassān Shibārū’s climate fiction novel "2022"2023In: Journal of Arabic and Islamic studies, E-ISSN 0806-198X, Vol. 23, no 1, p. 17-43Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Climate change has been attracting increasing attention as one of the most significant consequences of the anthropogenic global warming and fictional narratives have increasingly been involved in engaging human imagination on the topic of climate change. Climate fiction, or cli-fi, is the umbrella term that designates fiction with climate change as its main theme. Climate fiction has been primarily published in English so far and narratives specifically problematising anthropogenic climate change are still quite rare in the Arabic literary landscape. In this regard, the novel 2022 by the Lebanese author Ghassān Shibārū constitutes an interesting case, given that it is authored in Arabic but displays several of the characteristics typical of the cli-fi genre. This paper aims at providing an analysis of Shibārū’s novel 2022 as representative of Arabic climate fiction. The main features of the climate fiction genre and its relationship to the scholarship of ecocriticism are first outlined. An overview of the environment as a theme in Arabic literature and Arabic literary studies then follows. The paper subsequently presents the concept of ecological literacy, which constitutes the theoretical framework for the analysis of the characters in the novel. After a synopsis of the plot, the characters are analysed and discussed and the novel itself is examined as instance of climate fiction as intended by the Anglophone definition of the genre. The authors argue that the purpose of the novel is didactic, since, rather than narrating a fictional story, the novel exploits a fictional story in order to spread awareness of global warming and climate change.

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  • 25.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Arabic.
    Al-Naqqāsh, Mārūn (1817-1855)2016In: Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism / [ed] Stephen Ross, Routledge , 2016Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 26.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Arabic.
    Barakāt, Salīm سليم بركات(1951 -)2016In: Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism / [ed] Stephen Ross, Routledge, 2016Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Salīm Barakāt is one of the most prolific modern Arab writers. He published his first poetry collection in 1973 and has since produced several more in addition to novels, essays, and autobiographical works. Despite living outside the Arab world since 1982, Barakāt’s literary output is closely connected to his Kurdish roots, and the culture and traditions of his birthplace in northern Syria. Barakāt’s inventive language, original narrative style and fantastical plots have placed him in the forefront of Arab literary modernism. His unconventional technique and mixture of styles and genres have at times made critics unable to describe his work in common literary terms, which in turn has given him the reputation of a renovator of the Arabic novel.   

  • 27.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Arabic.
    Creating a Man, a Mouse or a Monster? : Masculinityas Formulated by Syrian Female Novelists through the Second Half of the 20thCentury.2017Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This literary study examines the formulation of masculinity in Syrian novels authored by women. The thesis covers the period between 1959 and 2000, corresponding to both the development of the female-authored novel in Syria and the creation of the modern Syrian state. This research engages with studies of masculinity in general and literary masculinity studies in particular. Drawing on the seminal work of Raewyn Connell as well as engaging with studies on masculinity and feminine narratology in Swedish, English and Arabic, the thesis analyses the formulation of  literary masculinity through the fictional societies’ ideal masculinity on the one hand, and the female characters’ views and reactions to masculinity on the other. From a general survey of the field, 34 novels undertaking the formulation of gendered relations were identified and chosen for this study.  From this selection, five themes emerged, forming the foundation of this thesis’ main chapters.

    The five themes explore, in turn, how stereotypes are utilised to critique gender roles, ways in which male and female characters collaborate to formulate gender norms, how female characters capitalise on patriarchy in order to enhance their lives, male characters as symbols for social and political change and finally, the difficulties included in the performance of masculinity. Each theme is exemplified through one novel, which is analysed in detail. Throughout the five chapters, the main novel chosen for analysis is put into conversation with other novels with similar themes but from different decades. This allows for an examination of changing ideals of masculinity in addition to the theme itself.

    The first theme, how stereotypes are utilised to critique gender roles, is studied through a close reading of al-Ẓahr al-‘ārī (The Naked back) by Hanrīyit ‘Abbūdī. The analysis illustrates how the expected normative behaviour of men and women is utilised in order to comment on the formulation of gender roles. The chapter further demonstrates ways in which what is seen as gender specific behaviour can be appropriated by the opposite gender. This is further developed through the examination of female writers taking over the male voice through a first person male narrator. The second theme, ways in which male and female characters collaborate to formulate gender norms, is discussed through a close reading of the novel Khaṭawāt fī al-ḍabāb (Steps in the fog) by Malāḥa al-Khānī. This chapter illustrates the similar expectations that both male and female characters have on their sons and fellow male characters.  This includes taking on the role of provider and protector, even in the cases where the female characters are able to look after themselves.

    The third theme, how female characters capitalise on patriarchy in order to enhance their lives, is elaborated through a close reading of Ayyām ma‘ahu (Days with him) by Kūlīt Khūrī. This theme demonstrates how the female character constructs herself and her world around the idea of a perfect male, whom she thinks will save her. The analysis examines what is seen as ideal traits in a man. It further discusses the change of the female character and how her initial utilisation of patriarchal structure transforms into a critique of the same structure.

    The fourth theme, male characters as symbols for social and political change, is seen through a close reading of Dimashq yā basmat al-ḥuzn (Damascus, o smile of sadness) by Ulfat al-Idlibī. The chapter connects between changing social ideals and ideal masculinity. Through Bayrūt 75 (Beirut 75) by Ghāda al-Sammān, the fifth theme, the difficulties included in the performance of masculinity, is studied. The problematic masculinity presented is then put in contrast with what appears to be a suggestion that a performance of femininity could be an alternative to unsuccessful masculinity.

    Whereas the novels differ in their presentation of masculinity and the utilisation of ideal masculinity, they agree on a set of core traits summarised in a hegemonic ideal of masculinity as an ability to provide and protect. The ways in which this should be performed is however closely connected to the female characters’ ideas of emancipation and women’s rights. The female writers’ formulation of masculinity can hence be said to mirror the development of the female characters and their awareness of women’s rights.  

    The thesis hopes that its original contribution to knowledge is the identification and examination of constructed masculinities in Syrian female-authored fiction. Moreover, this thesis studies a body of Syrian fiction previously largely unstudied in Western academia, and in a framework of Swedish, English and Arabic secondary sources. 

     

  • 28.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Languages and Media Studies, Arabic. University of Edinburgh.
    Drama Series as Resistance?: Syrian Drama During the Uprising2013Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 29.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Arabic.
    Ikhlāṣī, Walīd (1935-)2016In: Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism / [ed] Stephen Ross, Routledge, 2016Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Walīd Ikhlāṣī has become known as one of Syria’s most productive dramatists and novelists. Since his first short story collection in 1963 he has produced over 50 pieces of work including novels, plays and short story collections. A well-known modernist and surrealist writer, he has introduced his own distinctive style in his writing for the theatre and in his fiction. He has also been involved in work with the Arab Writer’s Union and in the editorial committees of several Syrian literary magazines, and influenced the cultural scene in Syria and the Arab world. Among Ikhlāṣī’s many plays al-irā (The Path) is often brought out as an example of his seemingly action-less plays which on closer examination are filled with sharp criticism of the social and political Syrian landscape. His short story collection, ma adatha li-‘Antara? (What Happened to Antara?), shows his engagement with Arabic cultural heritage and the use of historical references in his work.

  • 30.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    Masculinity and Syrian Fiction: Gender, Society and the Female Gaze2021Book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    What can novels tell us about masculinity in Syria? In this book, Lovisa Berg explores over 20 Syrian novels covering the last 50 years of the 20th century. Uniquely, she examines only female writers in order to gauge the changing ways in which Syrian women perceived the function of masculinity, and the impact certain attitudes towards masculinity have on men, women, children and Syrian society, from a female perspective. The works of writers from Kulit Khuri to Usayma Darwish are analysed to explore changing attitudes to gender in Syria and the Middle East, as well as the political upheavals within the country and region. We see the idealistically portrayed men in the novels of female authors in the 1950s give way in time to a more critical depictions of patriarchy. Above all, we see through the use of novels a plethora of critiques of masculine hegemony in Syrian society, the authors of which are able with the use of fiction to reorganise and question maleness in a way denied to them in reality. This book will be of interest to scholars of Contemporary Syrian and Arabic Literature, Masculinity Studies and Women's Studies.

  • 31.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Arabic.
    Masculinity Studies and Syrian Female Authored Fiction2019Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 32.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Arabic.
    Review of  Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline by Malu Halasa, Zaher Omareen, and Nawara Mahfoud.2014In: Syrian Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 19, no 2, p. 328-Article, book review (Other academic)
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  • 33.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    The Feminine Feline – Cats in Arabic Love Poetry2023Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 34.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    The role of Critics in the Formation of the Syrian Novel2022Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 35.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Arabic.
    The Slow Subversion of Gender Roles in the Work of the Syrian Writer Anīsa Abbūd2019Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 36.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    Translating the Cover: A Comparative Study of the Covers of Arabic Novels and Their English Translatitions2022In: transLogos Translation Studies Journal, E-ISSN 2667-4629, Vol. 5, no 2, p. 102-118Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 37.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    Who killed the law? An analysis of the Syrian TV series Ahmar2023Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 38.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Arabic.
    Women Writing Men – Masculinity, Femininity, Androgyny in al-Na‘na‘ al-Barrī by Anīsa ‘Abbūd2016Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 39.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Arabic.
    السويدية الفائزةبجائزة نوبل سلمى لاغرلوف تعود إلى اللغة العربية من خلال ترجمة معاصرة2021In: مثاقفات, ISSN 2732-4850, Vol. 3Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 40.
    Berg, Lovisa
    Dalarna University, School of Languages and Media Studies, Arabic.
    كلمة خاصة للقارئ العراقي2010Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 41.
    Beslagic, Deni
    Dalarna University, School of Languages and Media Studies, English.
    "It was hot as hell and the windows were all steamy": A Queer Reading of The Catcher in the Rye with Didactic Considerations2014Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
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  • 42.
    Birolli, Viviana
    et al.
    École des hautes études en sciences sociales.
    Tjell, MetteÉcole des hautes études en sciences sociales och Göteborgs universitet.
    Manifeste/s2013Conference proceedings (editor) (Refereed)
  • 43.
    Bloomfield, Camille
    et al.
    Université Sorbonne Nouvelle–Paris 3.
    Tjell, Mette
    École des hautes études en sciences sociales och Göteborgs universitet.
    Les âges d’or du manifeste artistique et littéraire en France. Étude contrastive à partir de la base de données Manart2014In: Etudes littéraires, ISSN 0014-214X, E-ISSN 1708-9069, Vol. 44, no 3, p. 151-163Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper is a statistical study of the quantitative evolution of the manifesto between 1886 and 2009, seeking its “golden eras” and a validation of all that it was purported to be. This study, based on contents from the Manart database of twentieth century literary and artistic manifestoes, compares two corpuses yielded by different selection criteria. Indeed, only a contrastive study of manifestoes relying both on approaches and data can present unquestionable and reasonably objective results.

  • 44.
    Borsgård, Gustav
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, Swedish.
    Barnboken och undergången: Preapokalypsens funktion i barn- och ungdomslitteratur2023In: Litteraturdidaktik i framtiden och framtiden i litteraturen: Litteraturdidaktisk nätverkskonferens 2023, 2023Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 45.
    Borsgård, Gustav
    Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper.
    Höra efter: Utbildningsfilosofiska perspektiv på litteraturläsning2021Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 46.
    Brunetti, Frida
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning, English.
    A Hero’s Journey, but Make it Oppressed: A Feminist Analysis of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll2024Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
  • 47.
    Cederleuf, Therese
    Dalarna University, School of Education, Health and Social Studies, Educational Work.
    Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed: En litteraturstudie om hur arbete med sång, rim och ramsor kan främja barns utveckling av engelska som främmande språk i grundskolans tidigare år.2015Independent thesis Basic level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Syftet med litteraturstudien är att undersöka hur arbete med sång, rim och ramsor kan främja

    yngre elevers språkutveckling i engelska som främmande språk. Detta görs genom att fokusera på

    främjandet av barns språkinlärning, hur lärare bör arbeta med sång, rim och ramsor inom

    engelska som främmande språk, samt lärares attityder till ett sådant arbetssätt.

    Arbetet genomfördes som en systematisk litteraturstudie innehållande en bakgrund med

    relevant teori, samt analys av fem vetenskapliga studier rörande ämnet. Dessa gav möjlighet till en

    bred bild av området, då länder och perspektiv varierade. Studierna valdes ut genom sökning i

    databaser efter relevans och tillförlitlighet.

    I studiernas resultat framgick att majoriteten av tillfrågade lärare och elever var positivt

    inställda till arbete med sång och ramsor i engelskundervisning, och den språkutveckling dessa

    metoder innebar. Genom arbete med läraren som förebild motiverades eleverna. Dock fanns en

    avsaknad av material och kunskap för att kunna genomföra och bedöma undervisning

    innehållande sång och ramsor. En avsaknad av rim i de studier som analyserats berörs även i

    studien, likaså en brist på svenska studier.

    Sammanfattningsvis verkar sång och ramsor enligt de granskade studierna ha ett värde i

    engelskundervisning. Dock finns det behov av mer forskning och kunskap för att få starkare

    underlag för användning av dessa metoder i undervisning.

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  • 48. Chen, Beibei
    Gray, Billy (Editor)
    Dalarna University, School of Language, Literatures and Learning.
    Stier, Jonas (Editor)
    Memory and Identity in Contemporary Chinese-Australian Novels2022Collection (editor) (Refereed)
  • 49.
    Chen, Yongjiang
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, English.
    From alienation to connection: the theme of alienation analyzed from a socialist feminist perspective in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club2014Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
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  • 50.
    Colella, Gianluca
    Dalarna University, School of Humanities and Media Studies, Italian.
    Qualche nota sulla punteggiatura in Sciascia, «Il Giannone», [numero monografico: Leonardo Sciascia trent’anni dopo] 2017-2019, XV-XVII, 29-34, pp. 301-316.2019In: Il Giannone. Semestrale di cultura e letteratura, ISSN 22814256, no 29-34, p. 301-316Article in journal (Other academic)
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