The American poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) published only four small volumes of poetry during her lifetime. When she died her reputation was modest, but since then her poetry has gradually gained respect and popularity ...

In dieser Staatsexamensarbeit wird eine kontrastive Analyse deutscher substantivierter (nominalisierter) Infinitive und ihrer norwegischen Übersetzungsäquivalente vorgelegt. Die Untersuchung basiert auf einem aus insgesamt ...

Tittelen på min hovedoppgave er Pronomensystemet i fransiskaneren Melchor Oyanguren de Santa Inés sin spanske gramatikk (17. århundret): Tradisjon og/eller originalitet? (El sistema pronominal en la gramática del japonés ...

Dataspill er i dag en kulturell sjanger i rask utvikling og stor vekst. Som et akademisk studieobjekt skiller dataspillet seg fra andre estetiske sjangere som skjønnlitteratur, film og drama. Som akademiker innenfor humaniora ...

Jane Austen is famed for her pervasive use of irony. There are many other things one could praise in Jane Austen's writing: Her perfectly crafted plots, her deep understanding of human nature, her true-to-life depictions ...

I moderne russisk historie finnes det to perioder der samfunnet har gjennomgått en fullstendig omveltning: Sovjetunionen etter den kommunistiske revolusjonen i 1917 og Russland etter Sovjetunionens fall i 1991. Ved begge ...

Based on their own writings imparted through diaries and letters, this thesis compares and analyzes three Norwegian immigrant women's experiences on the American frontier, and investigates how these women fit into the ...

Sammendrag. Utgangspunktet for oppgaven er at den spesielle situasjonen etter Sovjetunionens sammenbrudd f¸rte til en markant oppblomstring av triviallitteratur. Boris Akunin, pseudonym for Grigorij Èchartiðvili, er en ...

In my thesis I discuss formal aspects of two novels by Toni Morrison. In Song of Solomon I trace the development of the song and other musical metaphors. The proposition I make is that the gradual construction of the song ...

A number of facts spurred President Clinton to make a major confrontation with the American tobacco industry. Being in need of funding for his health care plan, Clinton proposed a tax on cigarettes, a move that immediately ...