Browsing Engelsk by Title
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)The thesis investigates the nature of the allusive links that exist between the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and the poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns, and Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya and the poem ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)The present thesis is a corpus-based study of euphemisms from a sociolinguistic perspective. The study is an attempt to reveal if there are any differences in the usage of the euphemisms gee, heavens, gosh, flaming, blasted, ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Oppgaven består av oversettelser av to noveller skrevet av Neil Gaiman, og en kommentardel. Novellene er innenfor sjangeren fantastisk litteratur. Kommentardelen tar for seg relevante problemstillinger, blant annet ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)The primary aim of this thesis has been to investigate the development of unstressed vowels from early Old English and into the late Old English period, and to tie the observed changes to the later merger of unstressed ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)Synopsis Emnet for denne oppgaven er de tre romanene Uke 43, Presten og Kallet – Romanen, av Hanne Ørstavik, og den overliggende problemstillingen som er knyttet til bøkenes felles språklige tematikk, om forbindelsen ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)The classic novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott was published in 1869 and has been adapted several times to the stage, film, and TV to this day. Through the years, the adaptations have given updated and unique readings ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)The present thesis is a corpus based contrastive study. It is devoted to the polysemy of the verb think. The cognates English think and Norwegian tenke are both frequently occurring verbs which express different meanings ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)This thesis looks at representations of girls who read in literature, the literary figure I have chosen to call the ‘reading girl’, as well as the attitudes and reservations about these ‘reading girls’ within society. I ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)This thesis takes you into the exotic world of Bollywood Cinema and it aims at discovering the changes that a film must undergo when being remade across cultural boundaries. My main point of this thesis is to analyze the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)This thesis aims to discuss the important connections and interaction between historical context and narrative presentation in literature. On the basis of a narrow selection of fictional literature, I investigate how two ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)This thesis explores the ideological frameworks in Roald Dahl´s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Danny the Champion of the World. Through a close reading and with elements from childist theory the thesis discusses ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2003)This thesis discusses the representation of Sue Bridehead in Thomas Hardy's novel and the corresponding representation of her in Michael Winterbottom's adaptation. My starting point is the interplay between thematics and ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)15 year old Malala Yousafzai caught the world's attention when she was shot in the head on a school bus in Pakistan by members from the terrorist group known as the Taliban. Since that day in 2012, Malala has built a ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)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 ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Many critics have noted the presence of doubles, or counterparts, in Dickens’s work. These sets of counterparts, which most often consist of two, but sometimes of several, characters, fulfil various functions. While Dickens’s ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)This thesis explores the literary, cultural and psychological landscape of the "the other", as the phenomenon has prevailed throughout human history, in varying forms and functions. Employing postcolonial theories (emphasizing ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)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 ...
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(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 ...