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Facilitating For a Conscious Awareness of Oneself Through Literature. Using 2001: A Space Odyssey as a facilitator in the classroom for enhancing student’s perspective taking and capacity to mentally time travel
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-05-15)This thesis aims to show how literature can be used to facilitate a deeper understanding of ourselves and our imaginative mind, inside and outside the classroom. The novel that will be used as an example is Arthur C. Clarke’s renowned 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). The novel revolves around Clarke’s worldview and prospections about the future, musing on the existential questions which have puzzled ... -
Facilitation of critical thinking and ethical awareness by reading dystopian literature
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-05-14)This thesis explores the potential of dystopian literature to facilitate critical thinking and ethical awareness, drawing on the theories of Martha Nussbaum and Wayne C. Booth to provide a theoretical framework for analysis. The study focuses on two classic dystopian novels, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. It analyzes how these novels invite reflections on ... -
Fan Fiction and Authorship. Secondary Authors and Their Role in the Evolution of the Author Construct and Canonicity
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2018-10-30)This thesis explores the author role as a complex construct in relation to the notion of canonicity, investigating the relationship between authors, their original works, fan authors and fan authors’ works of fan fiction. Four major works have been chosen for analysis, Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study In Scarlet (1887), J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007), Anthony Horowitz’ ... -
Fear in Detective Stories: The representation of crime as threatening or nonthreatening in A Study in Scarlet and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-11)This thesis explores the representation of crime and fear in detective stories. I will particularly look at this in Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet and Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Three main concepts will be used to analyze these texts: the detective novel as a genre, the presence of an unreliable police force, and the elements of a sensation novel. ... -
Finding the Self through Travel: A Psychoanalytic Analysis of Self-Discovery and Transformation in Travel Writing
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-05-12)My thesis addresses the themes of self-discovery and transformation in travel literature. The travel writing narrative reinforces a cultural and personal consciousness in which mobility, observation, curiosity, accuracy, and imagination become qualities fundamental to understanding oneself. Journeys of self-discovery are a popular form of narrative in travel literature. Using Paulo Coelho’s The ... -
Fistfighting "Super Injun". Reinscribing Native American Literature in the English Classroom
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-15)This thesis examines ways in which Native Americans are portrayed in literature by analyzing two of Sherman Alexie's short stories "This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona", and "Because my Father Always Said he Was the only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock", as well as the movies "Pocahontas" (1995) and "Smoke Signals" (Alexie, 1998). The Native ... -
Forholdet mellom kristendom og folketru i Krabvaag (1905) av Regine Normann. Ein analyse av korleis konflikten mellom kristendomen og folketrua arter seg
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-16)I denne oppgåva analyserer eg korleis konflikten mellom folketru og kristendom artar seg i Krabvaag. Eg skal granske konflikten både på eit individuelt og samfunnsmessig nivå. Spesielt vil eg gå inn på korleis hovudpersonen Paulina taklar konflikten. Eg ser på konflikten som ei motsetning i Paulina, ho klarer ikkje å integrere kristendomen og folketrua godt nok i seg sjølv. Det er mora Karen som er ... -
"Forslag til ei løysing" - En analyse av Marianne Clementine Håheims Svart belte i et didaktisk perspektiv.
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2019-05-15)Å velge skjønnlitteratur som skal leses i norskfaget er et sentralt didaktisk anliggende. Man må tenke på hva som kan motivere elevene, hvilket nivå elever er på og hva man ønsker de skal sitte igjen med. Svart belte er en selvbiografisk roman som gir et nyansert bilde av det å leve med spiseforstyrrelser. For protagonisten i Svart belte (2015) av Marianne Clementine Håheim, er spiseforstyrrelser ... -
Fortell meg alt - En analyse av Kristín Ómarsdóttirs skuespill Segðu mér allt
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-12-02)Oppgaven er en analyse av den islandske dramatikeren Kristin Omarsdóttirs skuespill Segðu mér allt (Fortell meg alt) fra 2005. Fortell meg alt, med undertittelen Verdensbildet til ei 12 år gammel jente, handler om Guðrún som er 12 år gammel og lam fra livet og ned. Hun bor sammen med foreldrene sine i en drabantby til Reykjavik, og skuespillet viser oss virkeligheten sett fra hennes synsvinkel, ... -
Fostering Critical Thinking and Ethical Awareness in English through Historical Consciousness
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2021-09-15)This thesis investigates how historical consciousness can be used as a literary tool of analysis in English in upper secondary school to foster the core value “Critical thinking and ethical awareness” specified in the Norwegian Education Act 2020. Based on the research on critical thinking, ethical awareness and historical consciousness, and considering the competence aims in English, a lesson plan ... -
Fostering Intercultural Competence in Norwegian ELT through reading Multimodal Young Adult Fiction - An analysis of internalized and institutional racism in Walter Dean Myers’ Monster and Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2021-11-01)This thesis investigates Walter Dean Myers’ Monster (1999) and Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give (2017), in light of how these two multimodal young adult novels depict internalized and institutional racism through incorporating the concepts Double Consciousness and Counter-storytelling. Written from the narrative perspective of a young male and female African American protagonist belonging to different ... -
Fra hedendom til kristendom i Bodvars saga. Vera Henriksens trilogi i middelalderismeperspektiv
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-05-15)I denne oppgaven undersøker jeg hvordan Vera Henriksen skildrer overgangen fra hedendom til kristendom på Island i trilogien Bodvars saga fra 1980-tallet. Fokuset mitt er todelt. Jeg drøfter både om Henriksen fremstiller kristendommen på en mer positiv eller negativ måte enn hedendommen, og hvilken holdning hun viser til det norrøne samfunnet generelt. Mitt teoretiske perspektiv er middelalderisme, ... -
Frå Minnesota til Hardanger. Ei nærlesing av tre dikt av Robert Bly og Olav H. Hauges omsetjingar av dei.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2004-05-10)Denne hovudoppgåva er ei nærlesing av tre dikt av den amerikanske poeten Robert Bly og Olav H. Hauges omsetjingar av dei same tre dikta. Dei tre dikta av Bly er: ”Waking from Sleep”, ”Driving Through Minnesota during the Hanoi Bombings” og ”Six Winter Privacy Poems.” Desse dikta er i Hauges omsetjingar blitt til:”Me vaknar or svevnen”, ”På veg gjennom Minnesota medan dei bombar Hanoi” og ”Seks ... -
Fridtjof Nansens forhold til naturen : en analyse av "Frilufts-liv : blade av dagboken"
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05)Ved å nærlese sentrale essay i Frilufts-liv. Blade af dagboken (1916) ut fra et estetisk og etisk perspektiv, tydeliggjør jeg i denne oppgaven hvilke meningsdimensjoner som er typiske for Nansens forhold til naturen, og derigjennom også det samfunn som han selv er en del av. Nansens Frilufts-liv tilhører den retningen som på anglo-amerikansk kalles nature writing. Av min undersøkelse kommer det frem ... -
From Villain to Hero. The Shifting Social Role of Vampires in Stoker’s "Dracula" and Meyer’s "Twilight."
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-10-30)The following thesis explores the evolution of the vampire narrative through an examination of Bram Stoker’s "Dracula" (1897) and Stephenie Meyer’s "Twilight" (2005). The thesis is divided into two parts: a literary analysis and a pedagogical part. The first part of the study will investigate the novels vampires to examine where the similarities end and the differences begin. This will be explored ... -
Garra boját ja fiinna nieiddat - Heteronormativitehta sámi čáppagirjjálašvuođas
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-22)Dán dutkamušas guorahalan movt heteronormativitehta boahtá ovdan sámi čáppagirjjálašvuođas. Ulbmil lea gávnnahit makkár kultuvrra sámi čáppagirjjálašvuohta ovddida normálan, lunddolažžan ja árvvus adnojuvvon kultuvran ráhkisvuođa ja seksualitehta dáfus, ja mii lea dasto dat mii olgguštuvvo dahje hilgojuvvo. Dutkamuša vuođđun leat queer-teoriijat, sosialiserenteoriijat ja sohkabealsosialiserenteoriijat, ... -
Gender Performativity in The Handmaid's Tale and The Hunger Games
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-29)This thesis is about female characters and gender in two dystopian novels, The Handmaid’s Tale and the contemporary phenomenon The Hunger Games, and how they relate to each other and to men. The larger focus will be on individual freedom through gender performance through the references to the romance plot, thus emphasizing gender as a social construct. Further this work explores how the gender ... -
Gender, sexuality and the quest for understanding in young adult fiction novels featuring transgender characters, using Rick Riordan’s Hammer of Thor and Meredith Russo’s If I Was Your Girl.
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2021-05-18)An exploration of LGBTQIA+ gender and identity, with emphasis on transgender issues, in Rick Riordan’s Hammer of Thor and Meredith Russo’s If I Was Your Girl. Using concepts of intersectionality, gender performativity and resistance consciousness, the text contextualizes these award-winning young adult fiction novels within the framework of the Norwegian curriculum and exploring some potential for ... -
Gendered Agency and Subjectivity in Hanna Pylväinen's "We Sinners" (2012) and North American (ex-) Laestadian Women's Life Narratives
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2018-06-04)Despite the poly-vocal and heterogeneous gendered realities that come through in "We Sinners" and (ex-) Laestadian women's life narratives, from the perspectives of secular society and mainstream feminism, the role or place of North American Laestadian women—in the “home,” “social networks,” and “believer communities”—would likely be interpreted as laden with patriarchal oppression. This study aims ... -
Ghosts of Literature: Tracing the Spectral in Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Mary Shelley
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-05-30)This thesis investigates the ways in which literature can access the spectral as an alternative to dualist discourse within the selected works of Samuel T. Coleridge and Mary Shelley. Western dualistic philosophy promotes a sharp distinction between the ontological categories of mind and matter, life and death, being and non-being. Within such a system of binaries, hierarchies arise, in which mind ...
