This thesis argues against the placement of Mervyn Peake’s Titus Groan (1946) in Gothic Fantasy and is a reconsideration of the novel as one belonging to the literature of the Absurd. The thematic core of Titus Groan is a world that is ruled by a tradition which is all-encompassing and unknowable. This impenetrable tradition that rules every member of Gormenghast is comparable to Albert Camus’ ...

The thesis asks the question on how metaphorical constructions are used with prepositions and cases for emotion nouns. A corpus linguistic study has been performed to see what the general metaphorical tendencies exists within the Russian language. The method of this work is using a Corpus (Ruscorpora.ru) as a data collection tool. From the data collected a correspondence analysis was created to ...

Oppsummering av viktige funn I russisk brukes ubestemte pronomen og adverb på forskjellige måter. Slik som lingvister som f.eks Terje Mathiassen, Terrence Wade eller Alan Timberlake sier, er det forskjellige bruksområder for -то og -нибудь/-либо. Det som er typisk for -нибудь er at den har i utgangspunktet flere bruksområder enn -то, men når det er sagt ser man også bruk av -то i bruk der man ...

For the past two decades, rewritings of mythology have gained in popularity within literature. Rewritings of Greek myths are especially prevalent, with a common theme among many of them being women’s stories. The main goal of this thesis is to explore the effects of patriarchal social norms on women’s behavior, especially toward each other, in contemporary feminist Greek mythology rewritings. To do ...

Esta tesis analiza la novela Casas vacías (2019) de Brenda Navarro desde una perspectiva socioliteraria y feminista, con el objetivo de mostrar cómo la obra desmitifica la maternidad como fuente de identidad y realización personal. A través de las voces de dos mujeres –una madre biológica y otra que secuestra a su hijo– la novela cuestiona los ideales de la “buena madre” y revela cómo las ...

Video games present a very distinct form of storytelling; while some games use the elements of interactivity and narrative as auxiliary features to one another, some of the greatest games blend these two facets to make interaction an intrinsic part of the narrative experience. This thesis focuses on how this is achieved through the controversial character Edelgard von Hresvelg in the video game Fire ...

This thesis investigates how chaos theory, as both scientific paradigm and literary metaphor, informs narrative structure, thematic development, and character formation in the works of Thomas Pynchon and Stephen King. Focusing primarily on The Crying of Lot 49 and “Entropy” by Pynchon and The Dark Tower series by King, the study traces the ways in which concepts such as entropy, strange attractors, ...

In this thesis I try to show that using poetry, especially E. E. Cummings’ poetry, to provide interdisciplinary value to classes on historical events, such as the World Wars, is productive. To support this claim I collected data from two groups of participants in lower secondary school. After two sessions, one for each World War, I distributed a questionnaire to gather their opinions on the sessions, ...

This thesis investigates the interplay between bilingualism, socioeconomic status (SES), and social language engagement, and their impact on neurocognitive adaptation and inhibitory control throughout life. By analyzing data from 169 adults in Northern Norway, it provides new insights into how these factors contribute to cognitive resilience and executive functions. The study's mixed-method approach, ...

Čoahkkáigeassu Dán masterbarggu fáddá lea duodjefágagiella. Lean válljen beaskaduoji ja guorahalan dán čállosis beaskaterminologiija. Beaskaduoji tearpmat ja doahpagat eai leat ođđa fuomášumit. Dat leat oassin sámi árbevirolaš máhtus ja leat áiggiid čađa gaskkustuvvon juogo praktihkalaš bargguid bokte, njálmmálaččat dahje čálalaččat. Dán masterbarggu oktavuođas lean válljen 75 tearpma maid ...