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Religion in Modernism Epiphany and Heresy in Henry Roth’s Call It Sleep, James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses.
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-11-15)In the early part of the last century, there were signs of new attitudes toward institutional religion in the Western world. These attitudes placed value on the subjective, individual experience over orthodoxy in the Judeo-Christian tradition. This historical shift concerning the truth gives rise to a question: How does the individual access their spiritual knowingness without the former religious ... -
An Identity Crisis in James Joyce's Dubliners and Hugo Hamilton's The Speckled People
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-11-06)This thesis explores identity and intersectionality through the analysis of historical, cultural, religious and gendered elements in Irish literature. -
The Forgotten Queer Utopia
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-10-30)Queerness is inherently utopian, just as the concept of utopia is inherently queer. Both utopia and queerness are a result of stepping out of a restrictive and oppressive space-time framing, hence why the need of creating worlds or realities that are outside the area of influence of majoritarian forces. The possibility of escaping and resisting a hierarchical and oppressive system allows the rise ... -
The Power of Literature: Mental Health Education in The English Upper-Secondary Classroom
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-13)This thesis investigates how and why English literature should be used in the upper-secondary classroom to increase awareness, knowledge and empathy in relation to mental health, for the purpose of decreasing the stigmatization of mental illness and mental health problems. This thesis conducts a literature analysis of the novel Normal People (Rooney, 2018) and the memoir Reasons to Stay Alive (Haig, ... -
Reading for Empathy: How Grace and Dignity in Small Great Things and Disgrace Foster All-round Development. The development of ethical awareness and compassion through reading literature
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-15)This thesis examines the presence of grace and dignity in literature to explore the benefits of reading literature to develop empathy and compassion towards others. Literature provides insight into new perspectives, ideas, and cultures. This thesis examines methods to engage with literature to make it a constructive tool for acquiring ethical awareness based on the philosophy of Levinas. Based on a ... -
Remake it, Remix it, and Queer it Up
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-16)This thesis analyzes fanfiction and the community surrounding fan made media as a source of comfort for queer youth. A large majority of those who read and write fanfiction are queer and include their own relationships with queerness in their writing. The people writing fanfiction spend their own time and energy to share stories about their favorite characters for free, giving anyone access ... -
Jonathan, Mina and the Holiest Love: Intimations of a Virtuous Queerness in Dracula (1897)
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-15)The first few chapters of Bram Stoker’s Gothic thriller Dracula (1897) conform closely to the classic Gothic narrative of imperiled heroine and menacing Gothic villain, except that the role of young, imprisoned ingénue goes to the male Jonathan Harker. The subversion of genre-based gender expectations introduced by the dissonance between the character and his role introduces a theme of transgressive ... -
'Unless you were here, how could you ever understand?': Silence, Complicity, and Storytelling in The Memory of Love and The Devil That Danced on the Water
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-14)The Sierra Leonean Civil War (1991-2002) left a population full of scars from the countless atrocities that were committed, while they continue to live in one of the poorest countries in the world. One author that dares to revisit this past, is Aminatta Forna, through a memoir, The Devil That Danced on the Water (2002), and a novel, The Memory of Love (2011). This thesis reflects upon the impact of ... -
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(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-14)Denne oppgaven er en sjangermessig diskusjon av den stedsspesifikke novellesamlingen med spesielt henblikk på Katrine Marie Guldagers novellesyklus København (2004). Oppgaven tar sikte på å utforske novellens dobbeltposisjon i novellesyklusen hvor den samtidig opptrer som autonom tekst og som del av et større verk. Sjangeren konseptualiseres som en balanse mellom det som med Timothy C. Aldermans ... -
The power of stories in educating citizens for the future: How reading The Hate U Give and Noughts & Crosses through the lens of Critical Race Theory can foster Critical Thinking and Ethical Awareness.
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)This thesis examines Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give and Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses through the lens of Critical Race Theory, demonstrating that this theory can function as a guide when approaching the theme of racism in the classroom. Moreover, I explore the potential of using Young Adult Literature about racial conflict to foster Critical Thinking and Ethical Awareness in students. These ... -
Go Your Own Way: Changing perspectives in the contemporary Indigenous literary works of Michelle Good and Niviaq Korneliussen
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-11)This thesis argues that the contemporary literary works by Cree writer Michelle Good and Greenlandic writer Niviaq Korneliussen indicate an evolution in the way we perceive and interpret Indigenous literature. These novels tell stories with complex and dynamic characters whose free-flowing and direct narratives elevate the level of individuality. Built into this argument is the central position which ... -
Authoritarianism vs. Autonomy in Dystopian Literature; A literary study of A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess and 1984 by George Orwell
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-23)This thesis conducts a comparative literary analysis of Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange and George Orwell's 1984, examining the themes of authoritarianism and personal autonomy. Through a detailed examination of the narrative structures, character development, and thematic elements, this study explores how these dystopian novels depict totalitarian societies that use psychological and physical ... -
The Hungry Tide and Heart of Darkness: A Jungian Exploration of the Universalist Dimension as a Supplement to Time-Specific Approaches
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)Common wisdom often prescribes locating the interpretation of literary works within the parameters of the time-specific phenomenon that characterizes the setting of the works including historical context and social setting. While this dictum has great utility, it simultaneously has the potential to draw attention away from the universal insights on offer that are applicable to all times and places, ... -
Exploring child abuse in the Harry Potter Series through the characters Harry Potter and Severus Snape
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)This thesis explores how child abuse is represented in the Harry Potter saga through the characters Harry Potter and Severus Snape. A close reading analysis of scenes and the use of psychological studies that discuss the central elements of these characters’ experiences with abuse. This will help prove that they are representations of abused children. The two characters represent different aspects ... -
Dystopian Fiction as a Pedagogical Tool: Illuminating Democratic Principles and Values through Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron and Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)In this thesis, the main objective is to look at how dystopian fiction can be used to illuminate pupils on democratic principles and values. The two dystopian texts, Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s Harrison Bergeron and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, will be used to exemplify why and how dystopian fiction can be used as a tool. Additionally, the thesis proposes how these two dystopian texts depict the ... -
“No Shadow Unless There is Also Light”: Margaret Atwood’s Dystopia as a Vehicle for Anger and Hope in Feminist Resistance
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)This thesis explores the current relationship between dystopian narratives and abortion politics in the United States with a focus on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Opposition to abortion seems to be fundamentally entangled in religious belief and misogyny, and opponents of abortion are shamelessly basing their arguments on emotion, misinformation, and fearmongering. Throughout this thesis, ... -
Magic and Reality in Fantasy Literature
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)This thesis delves into the world of fantasy literature, focusing on Susanna Clark’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2004) and Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus (2011). Drawing from Farah Mendlesohn’s categorization of fantasy literature in her book Rhetorics of Fantasy (2008), the study explores the five different categorizations: portal quest fantasy, liminal fantasy, immersive fantasy, ... -
Duohta ja fantasiija máilbmi sámi njálmmálaš árbbis girjjálašvuođa prosatekstii. Narratologalaš guorahallan Ilmmiid gaskkas románas.
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Ilmmiid gaskkas lea gelddolaš fantasyromána, man Guovdageaidnulaš Máret Anne Sara lea čállán. Romána muitalusa dáhpáhusat dáhpáhuvvet duohta máilmmis ja fantasiija máilmmis, go váldopersovnnat geavvaba ilmmiid gaskii. Guorahalan movt njálmmálaš árbevierru adno materiálan romána muitalusas, ja movt materiála lea mielde duddjomin muitalusa ealasin. Lean guorahallan teavstta sihke oarjemáilmmi- ja ... -
"Positivt ubehag" i det tabubelagte rommet En studie av hvordan traumelitteratur kan være en ressurs i norskundervisningen i videregående skole
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-14)Utgangspunktet for denne oppgaven bunner ut i hvordan man kan bruke traumelitteratur i norskundervisningen som ressurs ovenfor både lærere og elever. Tanken om hvordan det kan brukes som ressurs, tar utgangspunkt i å skape større åpenhet, bidra til identitetsutvikling og kunne øke livsmestring. For å kunne svare på problemstillingen har jeg brukt litteraturstudie som hoved metode for å finne teori ... -
Wild and Unnatural: Ideologies of Nature and the Paradox of Sapphic Modernities in Elsa Gidlow’s On a Grey Thread and Djuna Barnes’s Nightwood
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)At the turn of the twentieth century, the homosexual identity category was born amid modernity’s rapid urbanization. With the scientific categorization of the ‘sexual invert,’ queerness was naturalized as a degenerate fact of biology, opposing the prevailing mindset that homosexuality was unnatural and sinful. This historical shift gives rise to a nature paradox: How could the modern homosexual ...
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