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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
This thesis is concerned with the study of a version of Henry Daniel’s Liber Uricrisiarum found in Gonville & Caius 336/725. The Liber Uricrisiarum is a Middle English elaboration on Isaac Judaeus’ De Urinis, as presented ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
This thesis aims to explore Scottishness in modern Scottish detective fiction. Aiming to
uncover what Scottishness is, it examines to what extent Scottishness is reflected in modern
Scottish detective fiction. It also ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2007)
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 ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)
This thesis presents a reading of Graham Greene’s Journey Without Maps (1936) and The Lawless Roads (1939) as an inner, psychological journey, as a search for meaning and a secure sense of self. My claim is, in short, that ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
It has been claimed that madness is a “female malady”. This claim has been supported by the fact that women are statistically overrepresented among the mentally ill, as a consequence of their social situation, their limited ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
This thesis examines four Norwegian-American novels in order to investigate what light they might shed on the urban Norwegian-American immigrant community in Minneapolis. The four novels are A Saloonkeeper’s Daughter by ...
Romanticising Austen : characterisation in Jane Austen's 'Pride and prejudice' and 'Sense and sensibility', and in Joe Wright and Ang Lee's adaptations Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
In this thesis, I aim to study the realisation of characters in Jane Austen s Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. In addition, I also study characterisation in filmic adaptations of the same novels. These ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2007)
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 ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
This thesis revolves around the issue of how an author's biography contributes to the reception of the work, and how the reception is often drastically influenced on how much the reader knows about the author. This is ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
This thesis examines how hybrid cultures develop in urban spaces, and it focuses on the South-Asian diaspora in London. Second generation immigrants often find themselves placed between two very different cultures, and ...