Sammendrag: 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 thesis focuses on the evolution of the New Woman in American literature around 1900, who was the first example of a modern woman. The characters studied are Edna Pontellier in Kate Chopin s The Awakening (1899) and ...

This thesis investigates modern literature for children and youngsters and film adaptations. I have aimed to study J. K. Rowling s two first books about Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone (1997) and ...

One of the efforts to contain the influence from English has involved the creation of Norwegian substitute forms (avløserord) or the expansion of the meaning of an existing word to another domain. The aim of this thesis ...

This thesis studies the adult high (or other-world) fantasy of two pioneers in the genre: George MacDonald, who enjoys some reputation still, and David Lindsay, whose fame has remained very limited. Lindsay acknowledged ...

Utopian colonies were flourishing in antebellum America, more than a hundred of such colonies were founded in this period by people who wanted to lead a life different from that of the mainstream. Some of the colonies were ...

The main concern in this thesis is an examination of Tom Wolfe s presentation of his views on American society in his writing. I have chosen to examine his works of literary journalism, represented by The Electric Kool-Aid ...

The Elizabethan explorer Anthony Jenkinson was a legend in his own day, and his extensive travels were celebrated by his contemporaries in both prose and poetry. Jenkinson's travels took him through much of Europe, the ...

Analyzing and comparing Susan Orlean s non-fiction book "The Orchid Thief" (1999) and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze s film adaptation "Adaptation" (2002), this thesis focuses on narrative aspects ...

"Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Views on Marriage and Education in Her Letters," is a thesis that explores the Eighteenth century poet and letter writer, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's views on these two important subjects. The ...