The study of character and characterization has largely neglected the role of identity in the construction and interpretation of literary characters. Building on insights from classical, rhetorical, and cognitive narratology, ...

The aim of this thesis is to investigate to what extent the separate meanings of a lexical unit can affect its semantic prosody. Semantic prosody has become an established concept within the field of corpus linguistics, ...

The aim of this thesis is to investigate to what extent the separate meanings of a lexical unit can affect its semantic prosody. Semantic prosody has become an established concept within the field of corpus linguistics, ...

The concept of code-switching (the use of two languages in the same unit of discourse) has been studied in the context of music for a variety of language pairings. The majority of these studies have focused on the interaction ...

The main focus of this thesis is to introduce and offer insight into the new and innovative ways webcomics build on and diverge from their print counterparts, as well as how these new tools can make telling new kinds of ...

This study explores the use of simplified spellings on Twitter, with a purpose of analyzing and comparing the use of non-standard spelling between English speakers in the UK and the US. The study further discusses how the ...

Abstract The Old English noun phrase displays more variation in word order than its Present-day English equivalent. This study aims to investigate the internal word order of Old English noun phrases, with a view to identify ...

The objective with this thesis is to discuss and establish the narrative flexibility of J. R. R. Tolkien’s hobbits. I claim that Tolkien built an inherent flexibility in his hobbit creation in order to allow him to use ...

This thesis aims to identify and to define all the different linguistic functions that emoji can have in computer-mediated discourse. Emoji are graphical icons, representing attitudes or concepts, that became popular around ...

This thesis studies Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) and Matilda (1988), two of the immensely popular children’s books written by Roald Dahl. It compares the books’ popularity in relation to their didactic function, ...

This thesis is an exploration of the connection between fiction literature and the ethics of the human treatment of the domesticated non-human animals who live their lives in constant relation to human society. The fiction ...

This thesis is dedicated to exploring ecofeminist themes in two novels by Alice Walker. Ecofeminism here refers to the theoretical framework that recognizes the interlocking and intersectional nature of oppression. The aim ...

Denne tesen ser nærmere på det litterære monsteret på slutten av 1800-tallet og hvordan den monstrøse kroppen utviklet seg i tre gotiske romaner: "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", "The Island of Dr Moreau", og "Dracula"

This thesis investigates how the front pages of newsprint media presented the national discourse at the outset and peak of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. More specifically, it does so by examining in detail what is given ...

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the two rivaling perspectives of Katniss and the Capitol, in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, to extend our understanding of violence in literature. The violent depictions of the ...

This thesis argues that the poetry of John Donne was propelled by the poet’s deeply held philosophical propositions, among which the existence and triunity of God are chief. Donne understood the unity of one God in three ...

Abstract In my thesis, Stories to Bridge the Borderlands: Anti-Colonial Writing in the Works of Gloria Anzaldúa and Leslie Marmon Silko, I review the complete works of Anzaldúa and Silko. I focus on their seminal pieces ...

There is a common understanding that peace was reached in Northern Ireland with the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) in 1998, which established a devolved consociational or power sharing system of government between the two ...

J.R.R Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire are two landmark works in the genre of medievalist fantasy literature. The main argument of this thesis is that, despite the apparent ...

Abstract The so-called 2015 migration crisis has given rise to many questions at a political level as well as at the human level. These issues have been extensively covered in the media and provoked many reactions of the ...

Dette er todelt masteroppgave. Den første delen består av min oversettelse av Graham Swifts noveller «Tragedy, Tragedy», «Going Up in the World», «Chemistry» og «Seraglio». Den andre delen er en kommentar til oversettelsen. ...

The autobiographical genre is often associated with notions of truth and verifiable authenticity. South African author J.M. Coetzee puts these notions into question in many of his critical writings. In writing Boyhood ...

From 1971 to 1974, North Carolina’s growing prison population topped the per capita incarceration rate in the United States. Thus, North Carolina was a pioneer in mass incarceration, a fairly recent phenomenon specific to ...

Abstract This thesis argues that the two poems ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ and ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ written by John Keats in 1819 are modelled on the sonnet-form. In this sense they stand as examples of experimentations in ...

This thesis explores modalities of time in Nella Larsen’s Passing (1929), Joan Didion’s Play It As It Lays (1970) and Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad (2011). It examines how temporality is thematised in story ...

This thesis will analyse how three different literary texts contribute in the discussion of ‘honour’ killings, and how they challenge cultural values and traditions in honour and shame based communities. The literary texts ...

This thesis explores the process of gentrification in the United States’ most populous city, and particularly in its largest borough, Brooklyn. This process has brought about a change to the socio-economic composition of ...

Oppgaven består av to deler. Første del er min oversettelse av et utdrag fra Fiona Mozleys roman Elmet. I andre del redegjør jeg for utfordringene jeg har møtt på i arbeidet med oversettelsen, og hvordan jeg har gått ...

The main goal of this thesis is to show the advantage of further discussion on nostalgia in relation to retellings of fairy tales. I claim that employing Svetlana Boym’s distinction between reflective and restorative ...

This thesis reviews a selection of American works of fiction dating from 1927 to 2017 in order to discuss changes in the way abortion has been written about in American literature before and after Roe v. Wade. The thesis ...

This thesis explores the issue of female suicide and agency in three novels, namely Lillie Devereux Blake’s Fettered for Life; or, Lord and Master. A Story of Today (1874), Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899) and Edith ...

The story is an explicit motif in Ali Smith’s Hotel World (2001) and How to Be Both (2014), two novels that experiment with the possibilities of narrative voice and explore how the act of storytelling restores the characters’ ...

This study will discuss history as essentially a narrative practice. Through omission and selection, the narratives of history can shape what, and who, is considered real. This study is concerned with investigating the ...

This thesis explores the conditions that constitute and uphold the power hierarchy between the sexes, as emphasized by the two novels The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and The Power by Naomi Alderman. Both belonging ...

Abstract This thesis looks at how shame is depicted in James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room. In doing so, it looks both at how David, the main character in the novel, experiences his own shame in the moment, and how shame can ...

Mass Incarceration: Punitive Laws that Challenge Equal Rights and Opportunities for all explores Americans’ attitudes toward punishment. In order to say something about Americans’ attitudes toward punishment, the U.S. ...

In this thesis I use Carl Jung’s analytical psychology to examine three stories by H.P. Lovecraft. In my discussion of The Call of Cthulhu, I suggest that the figure of Cthulhu be read as a symbol of the objective shadow. ...

Demonstratives are referring expressions that exist in all languages. English and Norwegian are no exceptions to this rule. Their demonstrative systems are similar in both form and meaning. Perhaps due to their similarities, ...

This thesis explores how and why literary representation of genderqueer narratives are important through an in-depth analysis of the young adult novel Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin, published in 2016. The thesis ...

This thesis is an exploration of the clones in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go and, most importantly, their proposed humanness. The first part of the thesis establishes the genre of science fiction and its history, ...

The novels analyzed for this thesis, Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One (2011) and M.T Anderson’s Feed (2002), explore the topic of subjectivity and coming of age in relation to the body and the physical, social and virtual ...

This thesis studies three pairs of sisters in works of literature written and published during the 19th century, namely in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility (1811), Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White (1859) and Christina ...

This thesis investigates the climate of media discourse immediately following the Brexit referendum of 2016. More specifically, it does this by examining in detail four editorial articles published by The Guardian and the ...

This thesis argues that there are parallels between the situation of women today and Lucy Snowe in Charlotte Brontë’s novel Villette (1853). Based on reception studies, feminist theory and an historically informed close ...

The English country house is at once a historical reality, an ideal and a trope in literature. Modern novels which incorporate the country house must navigate through the extensive power dynamics that permeate them. This ...

This thesis has explored the identity and legacy that the 79 Group left to the Scottish National Party. The 79 Group was an organization created within the SNP in the aftermath of the Devolution Referendum held in Scotland ...

Extralinguistic Cultural References (ECRs) are certain elements in a source culture, which are difficult to translate to the target language. These elements refer to specific concepts in the source culture, such as people, ...

English-medium instruction (henceforth called EMI) refers to the use of English as a language of instruction in settings in which English is not an official language. This phenomenon has started to attract attention from ...

This Master´s Thesis explores selected policies implemented by Sadiq Khan that is based on material from his manifesto prior to the candidate election to become Mayor of London in 2016. A distinct observation prior to the ...

En oversettelse av 'Sale' og 'Scholar and Gypsy' fra Anita Desais Games at Twilight and Other Stories, med kommentar og teori i egen del. Fokus på blant annet stil, lyriske virkemidler og fremmedgjøring.

Denne oppgaven består av to deler. Første del er min oversettelse av fire utdrag fra skuespillet The Steward of Christendom av Sebastian Barry. Andre del er en kommentar til oversettelsen, hvor jeg først redegjør kort for ...

This thesis attempts to follow Zakiyyah Iman Jackson’s idea based on what she terms “posthumanist animal studies.” Paul Outka, in drawing on theories of sublimity, trauma, and ecocriticism, sees no possibility for African ...

Denne oppgaven består av to deler. Første del er min oversettelse av fire kapitler fra Lud-in-the-Mist av Hope Mirrlees. Andre del er en kommentar til oversettelsen der jeg redegjør for valg jeg har tatt i oversettelsesprosessen. ...

This study explores differences and similarities in the Southern Baptist and Pentecostal discourse on Islam through a qualitative analysis of the two evangelical news outlets Charisma and the Baptist Press. The first chapter ...

This study is an investigation of which phonetic aspects of Norwegian-accented English that might hinder communication in a situation where English is used as a lingua franca. The study is based on investigating the concept ...

Denne oppgaven består av to deler. Første del er min oversettelse av fem essayer fra Amy Schumers The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo. I andre del snakker jeg om noen av utfordringene jeg støtte på i min oversettelse og ...

This thesis presents an investigation of discourse markers in written Norwegian learner language. Previous studies indicate that learners of English tend to embrace a style of writing which is influenced by oral language. ...

In response to Garth Greenwell’s claims that Hanya Yanagihara’s 2015 novel A Little Life is a subversive work of gay literary fiction due to its queer negativity and melodrama, I assert that tragedy has dominated the gay ...

Summary This thesis examines the ways in which young adult literature represents sexual trauma inflicted on adolescent protagonists. The appliance of trauma theory to the novels I have chosen shows how trauma is represented ...

This thesis explores the relationship between literature and psychology. It explores how literature has the capacity to describe different aspects of the psychological phenomenon known as “the hook”. In short, the hook is ...

This thesis discusses The Hunger Games trilogy and film series as gynocentric, motivation driven narratives. For that purpose, the motivation driven narrative is defined and introduced as an opposing end to the androcentric ...

Inhabitants of large post-war council estates are subjected to a double layer of stigma: one attached to the tenure of council housing, and one attached to the specific council estate on which they live. The present thesis ...

The purpose of this study was to look closely at the way Norwegian adolescents with dyslexia coped with learning L2 (English) during their secondary school years, and what coping strategies they used in the regular English ...

This study looks at how the Norwegian adverb egentlig and its closest equivalents in Norwegian and English, i.e. faktisk, actually and really, are translated in the English–Norwegian Parallel Corpus (ENPC). The aim is to ...

This thesis presents a psychological framework rooted in archetypal criticism, which I have named the “LMD” triad. The triad consists of three distinct yet connected archetypes, namely “Love”, “Madness” and “Death”. Each ...

The present thesis explores the stance adverbial placement patterns of L2 learners of English from three different L1 backgrounds (i.e. Norwegian, Turkish, and Chinese), focusing on a selection of 20 stance adverbials, ...

In this thesis I will lay out an argument for an implicit intimacy between Hemingway and his reader that runs counter to a great deal of the tired ideas we have about the writer. I will propose that the aesthetic dimension ...

This thesis explores nonhuman landscapes in two works of contemporary nature writing, i.e. Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974) and Barry Lopez’s Arctic Dreams (1986). A close reading of the texts vis-à-vis ...

This thesis takes as its main purpose the exploration of Alice Munro's short story collection The View from Castle Rock. In this study, my main interest is to examine the historical consciousness of Castle Rock through an ...

This thesis explores issues and processes of identity in three pieces of James Baldwin’s fiction: “Going to Meet the Man” (1965), Giovanni’s Room (1956), and Another Country (1962). The point of departure is Baldwin’s ...

The characters of John Milton’s Paradise Lost are portrayed throughout large parts of the epic poem in acts of speaking. This thesis sets out to demonstrate how speech plays an essential part in the characterisation by the ...