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Bland rävar och igelkottar. Ibsen, Strindberg och det moderna dramat som kunskapshistoria

Tranvik, Andreas LU (2021) LIVR41 20211
Master's Programme: Literature - Culture - Media
Abstract
Bland rävar och igelkottar. Ibsen, Strindberg och det moderna dramat som kunskapshistoria (Among Foxes and Hedgehogs: Ibsen, Strindberg, and Modern Drama as History of Knowledge) is an exploration of modern drama as it relates to one of main features of modernity – specialization. The thesis is meant to function as a pilot study for a larger research project wherein the twofold aim is i) to shed light on the history of knowledge by means of the history of drama, and ii) to shed light on the history of drama by means of the history of knowledge. The idea is to incorporate dramatic material to the general historiography of knowledge specialization – i.e., to use theatrical works to tell the story of specialization – as well as to contribute... (More)
Bland rävar och igelkottar. Ibsen, Strindberg och det moderna dramat som kunskapshistoria (Among Foxes and Hedgehogs: Ibsen, Strindberg, and Modern Drama as History of Knowledge) is an exploration of modern drama as it relates to one of main features of modernity – specialization. The thesis is meant to function as a pilot study for a larger research project wherein the twofold aim is i) to shed light on the history of knowledge by means of the history of drama, and ii) to shed light on the history of drama by means of the history of knowledge. The idea is to incorporate dramatic material to the general historiography of knowledge specialization – i.e., to use theatrical works to tell the story of specialization – as well as to contribute new perspectives to the scholarly literature on modern drama by drawing on analytical tools from the emerging field of the history of knowledge.

Thus far, I focus primarily on Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) and August Strindberg (1849–1912), especially their respective works Hedda Gabler (1890) and A Dream Play (1902). These two plays are shown to be paradigmatic literary representations of the specialization of knowledge in modernity. Ibsen’s depiction of the antithetical scholars Ejlert Løvborg and Jørgen Tesman in Hedda Gabler is interpreted as a particularly telling example of the decline of the polymath and the simultaneous rise of the specialist, whereas Strindberg’s depiction of the university and its representatives in A Dream Play – i.e., the Deans of Theology, Philosophy, Medicine, and Law – is interpreted as a critical portrayal of the modern fragmentation of knowledge within the disciplinary world of higher learning. (Less)
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Tranvik, Andreas LU
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LIVR41 20211
year
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H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
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Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, modern drama, history of knowledge, specialization, Hedda Gabler, A Dream Play, hedgehog-fox metaphor
language
Swedish
id
9059403
date added to LUP
2021-06-29 11:40:34
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2022-10-05 10:37:54
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  abstract     = {{Bland rävar och igelkottar. Ibsen, Strindberg och det moderna dramat som kunskapshistoria (Among Foxes and Hedgehogs: Ibsen, Strindberg, and Modern Drama as History of Knowledge) is an exploration of modern drama as it relates to one of main features of modernity – specialization. The thesis is meant to function as a pilot study for a larger research project wherein the twofold aim is i) to shed light on the history of knowledge by means of the history of drama, and ii) to shed light on the history of drama by means of the history of knowledge. The idea is to incorporate dramatic material to the general historiography of knowledge specialization – i.e., to use theatrical works to tell the story of specialization – as well as to contribute new perspectives to the scholarly literature on modern drama by drawing on analytical tools from the emerging field of the history of knowledge.

Thus far, I focus primarily on Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) and August Strindberg (1849–1912), especially their respective works Hedda Gabler (1890) and A Dream Play (1902). These two plays are shown to be paradigmatic literary representations of the specialization of knowledge in modernity. Ibsen’s depiction of the antithetical scholars Ejlert Løvborg and Jørgen Tesman in Hedda Gabler is interpreted as a particularly telling example of the decline of the polymath and the simultaneous rise of the specialist, whereas Strindberg’s depiction of the university and its representatives in A Dream Play – i.e., the Deans of Theology, Philosophy, Medicine, and Law – is interpreted as a critical portrayal of the modern fragmentation of knowledge within the disciplinary world of higher learning.}},
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  title        = {{Bland rävar och igelkottar. Ibsen, Strindberg och det moderna dramat som kunskapshistoria}},
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