British national identity was in the process of being defined around the turn of the 19th century, and as the British Empire stretched over oceans and continents, the need to define an essential [ ] [national] character ...

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 ...

This thesis deals with the strategy use of a group of Norwegian school pupils. The strategies the pupils use for learning English vocabulary are analysed in relation to grades, sex and attitudes towards learning English ...

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 ...

The aim of the thesis is to show how a culture of emigration developed in Fåberg and Lillehammer in the 19th century. In the early phase of emigration people often regarded America with scepticism, but they were also curious ...

This thesis is devoted to studying Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Fellowship of the Ring'. Based on an extensive thematic analysis of the novel, it discusses how well Peter Jackson has succeeded in ...

This thesis investigates one of the distinctive features in R. K. Narayan s writing, namely, his extensive use of Indian mythology. As the title for this work suggests, the mythological design exercises an important influence ...

In light of the controversy aroused by Mississippi Senator Trent Lott s praise of Strom Thurmond s 1948 segregationist campaign for the presidency and the following step-down of Lott as the Senate s Majority Leader in ...