Avhandlingen undersøker fantastiske elementer i Stallo (2012) og Stalpi (2017) i relasjon til en tematikk omkring avfortrylling og gjenfortrylling. Utgangspunkt hva gjelder dette er Tzvetan Todorovs definisjon av fantastisk litteratur, og Max Webers perspektiv på oppløsningen av et tidlig-moderne «magisk» verdensbilde. Dette er en prosess som Weber beskriver som en «avfortrylling av verden» ...

Denne masteroppgåva er ei etisk perspektivert tolking av Lars Norén sitt drama Skuggpojkarna (1999). Dramaet er skrive i den politiske perioden av forfattarskapet, der Norén sitt uttalte mål er å gje menneska som på ein eller anna måte finn seg på utsida av samfunnet, ei stemme. Metoden eg har nytta, er nærlesing. Gjennom døme frå dramaet, vil eg utforske kva grep Norén nyttar for å gje ‘skuggpojkarna’ ...

I denne oppgava leser jeg Tove Janssons Rent spel opp mot baksideteksten til originalutgava av boka, hvor det står at: ”Rent spel kunde egentligen kallas en vänskapsroman”. Gjennom å se på hvordan kritikere og forskere har lest Rent spel, samt gjennom min egen lesning av boka, forsøker jeg å argumentere for hvorfor boka ikke er en roman, men en novellesyklus, og for hvorfor den ikke dreier seg om ...

Abstract This thesis sets out to explore the themes of homelessness, displacement and identity in two contemporary novels: Marilynne Robinson’s Home (2008) and Teju Cole’s Open City (2011). My method involves comparing how temporality (time), space/place and its effects on subjectivity work as means to enhance an understanding of a “homeless” or hybrid condition that is evident both in the immensity ...

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 examines encounters between Native Americans and whites in James Welch’s historical novels Fools Crow and The Heartsong of Charging Elk. I wish to show that the encounters are forced and happen against the background of imperialism and colonialism, and occur between peoples of unequal powers. In the novels, traditional Native American culture is profoundly affected by the encroaching ...

This thesis seeks to examine and analyse Suzanne Collins’s trilogy The Hunger Games from a feminist perspective. It will explore the portrayal of various characters in the series, with a special focus on the protagonist Katniss Everdeen. In essence, the analysis will revolve around gender performance, gender expectations and gender formation, and the way the author challenges the reader regarding ...

This master’s thesis aims to look at how empathy is thematized in James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues.” To do this, the thesis will start by introducing affect theory. Affect aims to put emotions back into the study of literature. Emotions become even more important because of the notion of empathy. Empathy is the ability to imagine oneself in somebody else’s shoes. Baldwin’s short story invites empathetic ...

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 ...

In this project, I present a reading of ethics and politics in John Maxwell Coetzee’s Foe (1986) and Age of Iron (1990) based on Emmanuel Levinas’ philosophy on proximity. By deploying the ethics of proximity into the ethical reading of the relationships between Mrs. Curren and Vercueil in Age of Iron and between Susan and Friday in Foe, a sense of resistance towards the political dimensions of ...