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Representation of Asperger Syndrome in Contemporary Fiction
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-15)In this thesis address the issue of how point of view and narrative voice within The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Mark Haddon 2003), and Mockingbird (Kathryn Erskine 2010) relate to the theoretical models of disability studies. As the analysis will prove, the effect of narrative strategies in the novels serves to underline some of the current challenges within the field of disability ... -
Rupture: Exposing the Instability of a State Apparatus Through Poetic Descriptions of a Natural World
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-05-23)The thesis uses the critical lens of Deleuze and Guattari on the poetry of George Gordon Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Bobby Sands to illustrate the way natural elements deconstruct the power of a state apparatus by exposing it as a temporary social construct. I argue that literature creates the idea of a nation by perpetuating narratives that divide the world into borders; conversely, literature ... -
"Saftutpresseren": Russisk rocktekst i politisk brytningstid : seks tekster av Konstantin Kinčev
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 1996-03) -
Sámi muitalanárbevierru ja mo luohti luovvana muitalusas
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 1998) -
"Sånn er hun, sånn går det, sånn er hun". Form og tematikk i Ingvild H. Rishøis Vinternoveller.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-11-15)Kritikken av Ingvild H. Rishøis novellesamlinger har vært svært positiv, og hun er tildelt flere priser for sitt forfatterskap. Det er imidlertid i liten grad gjort vitenskapelig analytisk forskningsarbeid på tekstene hennes. Dette er bakgrunnen for denne mastergradsoppgaven, som foretar en systematisk og grundig litterær analyse av alle de tre novellene i samlingen Vinternoveller. Oppgaven tar ... -
Scripting the Witch. Voice, Gender and Power in The Witch of Edmonton (Rowley, Dekker and Ford 1621) and Witchcraft (Baillie 1836)
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-11-02)The current thesis compares two plays based on historical witchcraft trials of the seventeenth century in England and Scotland, respectively: The Witch of Edmonton (1621) by Rowley, Dekker and Ford, and Witchcraft (1836) by Joanna Baillie. The plays are examined in order to establish why these two plays stage the witch; how the witch is staged; and what the staging of the witch communicates ... -
Sexuality in Toni Morrison’s works
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-12-01)Toni Morrison’s narratives explore a wide range of interrelated topics such as gender, love, race, abuse and oppression. Morrison’s three novels Sula, The Bluest Eye and Love all inquire into how individuals, and especially women and children, are affected by the patriarchal and sexist attitudes which pervade African American communities. In my thesis I want to explore how Morrison portrays sexuality ... -
The Short Story Cycle: A Marginalized Genre for Marginalized Stories. A Genre Critique of Sandra Cisneros’ Woman Hollering Creek
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2018-11-20)The short story cycle is an overlooked genre, often dismissed by critics as a short story collection. This lack of attention paid to the interconnectedness between the short stories within a work diminishes the work as a whole by not acknowledging the value added by the relation between the short stories. In the background presented in this thesis, the classification of Sandra Cisneros’s Woman ... -
Skodespelaren sitt arbeid med seg sjølv. Ei kommentert omsetjing av Stanislavskij
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-16)Oppgåva diskuterer kva slags prioriteringar som vert viktigast i omsetjing av hovudverket til Konstantin Stanislavskij, 70 år etter det er gjeve ut. To kapittel frå boka Rabota aktjora nad soboj v tvortsjeskom protsesse er vald ut til omsetjing, og deretter er vala tatt i omsetjinga diskutert og drøfta i lys av ulike omsetjingsteoriar. Særskild viktig har det vore å sjå på dei retoriske grepa ... -
The Social Contract, Biopolitics and Hurricane Katrina: Two Perspectives from Sarah Broom's Memoir The Yellow House and Sheri Fink's Five Days at Memorial
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-05-14)In 2005, Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc along the Mexican Gulf Coast, and the aftermaths have (again) revealed the racial inequality that endures in the US. The fact that the US government was unable to protect their weak and most vulnerable citizens points to a fractured social contract. Through the memoir The Yellow House by Sarah Broom, and the non-fiction text Five Days at Memorial by Sheri ... -
Students' Perception of Grammar Instruction. A study of the relation between students' perception of grammar instruction and their multiple intelligences
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-19)This thesis investigates students’ perception of grammar instruction within the English subject. I argue that although it seems to be a common belief that grammar is boring and useless, nevertheless, it seems like students find it informative and useful. The result of this study shows that the question of whether or not students enjoy working with grammar seems to be closely related and highly ... -
Surrogate mothers, surrogate mistresses, and surrogate memories : a comparative study of the re-presentation of the feminine possessed in “The Bear” by William Faulkner and Borderline by Janette Turner Hospital
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2008-05)The thesis aims to investigate the feminine surrogates in the worlds of Ike McCaslin (“The Bear”) and Jean-Marc Seymour (Borderline). Thematically speaking, the main problems facing the protagonists of ”The Bear” and Borderline revolve around their constant struggle for self-definition. The lack of strong mother figures in childhood creates obvious and deep problems for both protagonists’ attempts ... -
The survival of the eccentric in a hyperreal culture: Media consumption and the public sphere in George Orwell’s 1984 and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-11)This thesis explores eccentricity, media consumption, totalitarianism, capitalism, and the public sphere through George Orwell’s 1984 and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. I present the concept of the eccentric to showcase how to strengthen the public sphere and resist both totalitarianism and mindless capitalist consumption. By exploring these topics, I seek to shed light on how the novels in question ... -
Surviving the end: A study of encounters with post-apocalyptic evil and survival strategies in Matheson's I am Legend, McCarthy's The Road, and Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Compendium One
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2013-05-15)In this thesis the aim is to explore the dichotomy/duality of man in three post-apocalyptic texts and discuss how and why survivors react to the post-apocalyptic setting. Since a majority of post-apocalyptic fictional texts focus on the destruction of the world set to contemporary issues, this thesis will explore how the post-apocalyptic setting will force survivors into making difficult survival ... -
"Tar De livsløgnen fra et gjennemsnittsmenneske, så tar De lykken fra ham med det samme." Intertekstualitet i Vigdis Hjorths Femten år. Den revolusjonære våren (2022)
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-12)Denne masteroppgaven er en studie av intertekstuelle referanser i Vigdis Hjorths Femten år. Den revolusjonære våren (2022). Bakgrunnen for dette er en tydelig referanse til Henrik Ibsens Vildanden (2019) i romanen. Jeg har villet se nærmere på hva dette innebærer for leserens forståelse av romanen. Jeg foretar en nærlesing av Femten år med fokus på intertekstuelle referanser til dramaet, og jeg ... -
Tarjei Vesaas’ Vårnatt : en nylesning
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2011-11)Denne mastergradsavhandlingen presenterer en lesning av Tarjei Vesaas’ roman Vårnatt (1954). Analysen problematiserer den utbredte tolkningen av romanen som en initieringsroman, der den unge hovedpersonen Hallsteins møte med de fremmede gjestene fører til en utvikling fra barn til voksen. Jeg mener at mye mer er i spill i Vårnatt, og at et slikt fokus virker forenklende på romanen. Med utgangspunkt ... -
Teaching and learning English in vocational education programmes in a Norwegian upper secondary school. Some vocational teachers’, English teachers’ and specialized workers’ evaluation of teaching and learning in the school subject English
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2018-05-15)The goal for this thesis is to study how teachers and specialized workers evaluate teaching and learning in the school subject, English, through upper secondary school, and, in answering this, to contribute to the question regarding the relevance of English in the workers’ profession. The study has a qualitative research design. Semi-structured focus-group interviews were conducted with the teachers, ... -
Teaching climate change with young adult fiction: Raising awareness with Alexandra Kleeman’s Something New Under the Sun
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-15)This thesis focuses on Alexandra Kleeman’s novel Something New Under the Sun (2021), a work of climate fiction, and explores ways to teach it. The thesis investigates how capitalism and privatization are drivers of climate change in light of the novel, and how the issue serves as ideas for integrating climate change into the English curriculum (ENG01-04). The thesis asserts that teachers of all ... -
"Tegnets tilsynekomst" : ekfrase og poetologi i Astrid Hjertenæs Andersens lyrikk
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-05-15)I dei fleste norske litteraturhistorier blir Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen omtala som ein av dei viktigaste etterkrigsforfattarane saman med mellom anna Paal Brekke og Gunvor Hofmo. Samstundes blir det like ofte nemnd at ho har ein tendens til å bli litt borte i skuggene. Ikkje mange av dikta hennar blir lesne i dag, og berre nokre få av diktsamlingane blir omtala som betydelege. Vidare blir ho gjerne ... -
Tekstens nytelser : en lesning i og omkring Oscar Wildes roman The Picture of Dorian Gray
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 1993)