Jeg har sett nærmere på noen av Roy Jacobsens tekster som har handlinga lagt til Nord-Norge. Disse tekstene er Det nye vannet og tre noveller i Det kan komme noen, nemlig "Steinene", "Møte" og "Det kan komme noen". Innafor hver enkelt tekst har jeg nærma meg det nordnorske fra det mer allmenne. Det vil si at jeg har starta med å anslå tekstenes tematikk, hvor forandring, og redsel for sådan, står ...

The main objective of this thesis is to address how we can use Mark Haddon’s complex 2004 multitextual novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Jay Asher’s controversial novel Thirteen Reasons Why with the methods of digital storytelling (DST) and podcasts to educate pupils in upper secondary school in Norway to become creative, engaged, inquisitive and critical thinkers. Furthermore, ...

The following thesis investigates how two novels, Toni Morrison’s Beloved (1987) and J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace (1999), demonstrate ethical dilemmas and how they can be used to help students develop ethical awareness and educate democratic citizens with the ability to think critically. Furthermore, this thesis discusses and suggests ways and approaches to teaching these literary works in upper secondary ...

This thesis aims to answer how racial stereotypes are challenged in Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give and Nic Stone’s Dear Martin by informing the reader through transformative characters. This is done by analyzing both novels’ portrayals of police brutality leading to an internal conflict concerning race. To investigate the novels, Critical Race Theory and the term intersectionality will be used along ...

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 ...

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’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...