I dette arbeidet undersøkes aspekter ved kunstopplevelsen som fundament for en kvalitetsvurdering av den skjønnlitterære teksten. Verket som vurderes er Johan Borgens Lillelord-trilogi. Utgangspunktet er kvalitetsdommen: ...

This thesis explores fairy tale elements in a selection of Oscar Wilde’s works, to a large extent based on a list of thirty-one fairy tale functions introduced by the Formalist Vladimir Propp. The works studied are the ...

We live in a world where the borders between nations and continents in many ways have become less significant. International co-operation has become a necessity, both in connection with political issues and in international ...

Abstract of thesis: In my analysis of The End of the Affair (1951), I examine how memory and narrative are presented as problematic existential complexes at work in the story and the discourse. My main claim is that the ...

This thesis is an attempt to discuss a range of interpretations of Joseph Conrad s short novel Heart of Darkness by linking them to the complex meaning of two of the text s main metaphors, light and darkness . Race is ...

This thesis is a comparison of four different novels by four different authors: Nella Larsen s Passing (1929), Zora Neale Hurston s Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), Toni Morrison s Sula (1973), and Alice Walker s The ...

The thesis aims to investigate how three inter-related dimensions of caring are presented in two selected novels and their film adaptations. The literary texts are A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway and The English ...

This thesis analyzes Michael Cunningham s novel The Hours (1998) and Stephen Daldry s film adaptation The Hours (2002) in relation to the novel s intertextual elements. This is not something that is easily done as the ...

This thesis explores concepts of narration, characterization, and intertextuality in Barbara Kingsolver "The Poisonwood Bible." The narrative in this novel is divided between five different narrators, and I examine how ...

The thesis consists of an introduction, two chapters, and a conclusion. In the introduction I give the grounds for my choice of topic. I tell about Freeman s time, life, and work. Her short stories from rural New England ...