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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
This thesis aims to explore how Neo-Conservative think tanks in the United States, represented by The Project for the New American Century (PNAC), have been able to influence the Bush administration’s foreign policy. The ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Denne oppgaven består av en oversettelse av kapittel 1 og 3 av romanen Human Croquet av den britiske forfatteren Kate Atkinson, og en kommentardel som omhandler ulike utfordringer i denne oversettelsen.
Denne romanen har ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Summary
How does Ragtime resemble, and diverge from, a traditional historiographic text, and what is the purpose of Doctorow’s parodic reworking of historiography?
As an introduction to this thesis, the debate in different ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The present master’s thesis is an account of the semantic development of the two modal verbs CAN and MUST in the history of the English language. They were investigated through the use of the Helsinki Corpus of English ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Summary
This thesis looks at J.K. Rowling’s seven-volume Harry Potter series (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, The Chamber of Secrets, The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Goblet of Fire, The Order of the Phoenix, The ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This thesis looks at the use of the Perfect Progressive in Present-day American English. The overall aim is to provide a comprehensive overview of the use of the Perfect Progressive in Present-day American English, and a ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
In this thesis I have argued the case for Katherine Mansfield's Literary Expressionism in my selected stories 'Miss Brill', 'The Fly', 'The Daughters of the Late Colonel', 'Prelude' and 'At the Bay'. I have argued that ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The primary aim of this thesis is to contribute to a mapping of the metaphors used in climate change discourse. The thesis builds on cognitive metaphor theory, which regards metaphor as ubiquitous in human language and as ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2002)
In my thesis I have examined how Americans understand the concepts of fairness and equality in relation to affirmative action, and how this differes according to whether the focus is on race or gender. I have looked at the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
The topic of this thesis is the only collection of short stories the American writer Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) published in her lifetime; <i>The Lottery, or the Adventures of James Harris</i> (1949). Drawing on recent ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
A politician needs to be persuasive. If he does not possess the ability to persuade others, he will never become a great politician. The interesting question is what makes a person persuasive? This thesis investigates a ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
This study is an analysis of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), arguably the most powerful and influential think tank in the U.S. over the last few decades. While recognizing the many dimensions of AEI and the work ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2003)
I have chosen to compare Laurence Sterne's Book 7 of Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey because I found it challenging that several critics have referred to the two texts as quite similar, even to the extent that ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
This thesis is a study of Wordsworth's poetry in the context of pastoral literature. It is made up of two parts. The first is devoted to a general survey of the literary tradition of pastoral. The opening chapter is an ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
Tampa, Florida is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. However, Tampa has fast become a large metropolis where the human scale urban environment, characteristic of traditional American cities, has become ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2004)
This paper takes part in the contemporary discussion around the notion of sovereignty and its viability in the increasingly globalized world. Whereas the question of persistence of sovereignty sets the overall frame for ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)
The reasons for, and the effects of, the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon September 11, 2001 were extensively discussed and analysed in the aftermath of the disaster,. Many theories have been ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
In most of Harold Pinter’s plays, underlying relations between characters are a central feature. Through the slight alteration and further development of naturalistic dialogue, and exploiting the features of The Theatre ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2003)
Abstract of thesis
Portrayals of Space and Identity in the Fiction of Elizabeth Bowen and Alice Munro
By Anne Marie Hagen
This thesis examines the mutually influencing relationship between space and identity through close ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2002)
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 ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2004)
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 ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2002)
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 ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2004)
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 ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2003)
"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 ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2003)
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 ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2002)
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 ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2003)
Thesis Abstract
Identity Preservation and Existential Authenticity in a Wartime Setting:
The Reality of war in Catch-22, The Man in the High Castle, Slaughterhouse-Five and Gravity s Rainbow
This thesis deals with ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)
Spirituality in Douglas Adams's literary version of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Abstract.
This thesis contains an analysis and discussion of spiritual aspects of Douglas Adams's series The Hitch Hiker's Guide ...
Causality in a cross-linguistic perspective : So, therefore, and thus versus så, derfor, and således
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2004)
This thesis involves a corpus-based cross-linguistic examination of one aspect of the overt expression of causality, comparing and contrasting the uses of six conjuncts of result in two languages. The actual lexemes in the ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2004)
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 ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)
In the course of his 44-year-long career as a recording artist, Bob Dylan has gone through numerous phases with regard to themes and language. This thesis looks at how he has used imagery in his lyrics over the years, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Denne oppgaven undersøker situasjonen for undervisningen av akademisk engelsk skriving i norske videregående skoler etter innføringen av den nye læreplanen Kunnskapsløftet (omtalt også som LK06). I den generelle delen av ...
Thematic options in essays by students of English as a second language : a systemic functional approach Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Abstract
Until very recently, the usefulness and the pedagogical implications of the study of thematic options and their role in the thematic progression of texts have been in a way terra incognita for most teachers of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Heart of Darkness, Marlow’s story.
A summary
What is it that makes Heart of Darkness, a rather simple plot engender so much interest and interpretation? What is really Marlow talking about? Marlow’s description of the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
The Bell Jar presents a thriving period in American history with regards to female gender identity and consumer identity, equally as it implies how the politics of containment during the Eisenhower years lead to an ideology ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Bearing the marks of modern day satire with the evident playful revisions of Forster’s A Passage to India, Kipling’s Kim, and Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Hari Kunzru’s The Impressionist has since publication proved to be ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
SAMMENDRAG
This thesis examines a possible ‘spiritual vacuum’ within the modernist era (1890-1940, approximately). As a basis for this discussion I have chosen the works of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway and T.S. Eliot’s ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The aim of the present study is to examine the form (morphological and syntactic) and function (syntactic and semantic) of the genitive in late medieval London English. These have been studied at four levels: (i) the general ...
The Mythical Thread : A Mytho-Poetical Analysis of The Man-Eater of Mlagudi and The Painter of Signs
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2004)
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 ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)
What I set out to do in this thesis was to examine Raymond Carver s minimalism. For this purpose I have paid most attention to his collection of short stories What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, which is generally ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2004)
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 ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)
Margaret Laurence s (1926-1987) short story composite, A Bird in the House (1970), is a work of fictionalized autobiography, reminiscent of Laurence s own struggles as a writer growing up on the Canadian prairies in a ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2004)
Paul Simon er kanskje best kjent som den ene halvpart av duoen "Simon and Garfunkel", men har gitt ut flere kritiker roste album som solo artist. En av disse er for eksempel "Graceland" (1986). Han blir ofte nevnt i samme ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2004)
Some Aspects of the Written Exam 10th Grade in English
The overall purpose of the thesis is to study the evaluation of reading skills and writing skills in English, at the end of the last year of the lower secondary school ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2004)
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 ...
From valley low to mountain high and everything in between : the function and significance of setting in eight short stories in English by North American writers Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
From Valley Low to Mountain High and Everything in Between:
The Function and Significance of Setting in Eight Short Stories in English by North American Writers
by Ragnhild Steinulvsdatter Stuler
This thesis is about the ...
(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 ...
Sense and sensibility? : characterization in Jane Austen s novel compared to characterization in Ang Lee's film adaptation Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
This thesis aims to discuss characterization of Marianne and Elinor as portrayed in Jane Austen s Sense and Sensibility and Ang Lee s film adaptation of this novel. I concentrate on the use of direct and indirect ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
This thesis sets out to interpret Jonathan Safran Foer’s "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" and Nicole Krauss’ "The History of Love" in the context of recurrent themes in the Jewish tradition. Some of the motifs that ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
This thesis argues that George Herbert develops in The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations (1633) a poetics of integrity, and that his theory of poetry suggests both an ideal poet, as well as an ideal reader, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
This project examines the inventory of recurrent word-combinations and formulaic language in corpora of native and non-native English speech, inspired by the ‘corpus-driven recurrent word-combinations’-approach presented ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The aim of the present thesis is to introduce the topic of dummy or grammatical subjects in English, Norwegian and German and to investigate their relative frequency in a multiple parallel
corpus set up by the University ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
This project investigates Spanish-English language mixing, a.k.a. Spanglish. The investigation aims to compare and contrast spoken and written data of this language contact phenomenon and test hypotheses about code switching ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
I denne oppgaven beskriver jeg oversettelse både som prosess og produkt for å få en forståelse av den 'meningen' som skal bevares i oversettelse. Utgangspunktet for tolkning av mening er det begrepsapparatet Gutt etablerte ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
What current changes are taking place in the York accent today? What are their causes? This thesis aims to explore change-in-progress in York English among ten females in their mid-tolate twenties. The data was collected ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
The evolution of "she" : a case study : reviews and an evaluation of the evolutionary approach to language change Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2007)
This case study is in part a critical evaluation of (and departure from) contemporary approaches to the subject of linguistic evolution that are largely modelled on biological analogues and theory, in part a problematisation ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The research study examines the use of cohesive devices in the argumentative essays of Polish undergraduates, using both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Thirty-two essays were collected from three higher institutions ...
Systemic Functional Linguistics and the Language of Journalism Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
This paper is a new assessment of systemic Functional Grammar, a test to examine how SFG can reveal bias in media language, specifically the language used to report on hard news items about the clash between the so-called ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Seth's 1986 novel in sonnets, The Golden Gate, received mixed critical reviews, and has been given limited detailed poetic analysis. I use close reading analytical techniques and contextual analysis tools to examine the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)
The proliferation of hip-hop culture today is so great that we may speak of a modern-day pop-cultural phenomenon. This phenomenon has found its way from the ghetto areas in the Bronx to white suburbia in the U.S. and Europe ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
In my thesis have done a comparative reading of J.M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians and Age of Iron and asked the following question: Do the novels facilitate a deconstruction of dominant discourse through the trope ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
In my reading of three novels by J.M. Coetzee, I examine the role of isolation in the lives and struggles of the characters. These novels are In The Heart of the Country, Life & Times of Michael K, and Age of Iron. With ...
Utdrag fra Avenue Q : En kommentert oversettelse Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Første del av denne oppgaven er en oversettelse av utvalgte scener og sanger fra musikalen Avenue Q av Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx og Jeff Whitty.
Andre del er en kommentar til oversettelsen. I denne delen kommenterer jeg ...
(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 ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Denne masteroppgaven består av oversettelser av to noveller skrevet av den britiske forfatteren Rosamunde Pilcher, samt en kommentar knyttet til disse oversettelsene. De to novellene jeg har oversatt er ”A Walk in the Snow” ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
The thesis is an interdisciplinary investigation of the usefulness of a linguistic inquiry as a part of a literary analysis of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad through the use of M.A.K Halliday’s theory of Systemic ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This project examines the patterns of use of fun and funny in American and British English using a data-driven phraseological approach to corpus linguistics to show similarities and differences between their use and shades ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Abstract
The primary objective of this study is to analyse how two speakers communicate their message(s) in light of their communicative goals. An interrelated secondary objective is how the two speakers communicate the ...
New ways of being British : issues of race and class in Hanif Kureishi's My beautiful laundrette and The Buddha of Suburbia Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2007)
Hanif Kureishi is a charismatic and outspoken mixed-race writer who is not afraid to provoke an outcry through his work. He was one of the first writers to explore the situations of British Asians and, in several ways, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
In this thesis I have examined the narration in Joseph Conrad’s Typhoon (1902) and Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild (1997). These texts have man’s confrontation with extreme nature as a decisive feature. Being respectively ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
This thesis is about Monica Ali’s "Brick Lane" which appeared in 2003. Ali is half English and half Bangladeshi who grew up in England. "Brick Lane" is her first novel which unusually included in Granta’s list of the Best ...
The polysemous cognates English go, German gehen and Norwegian gå : a corpus-based contrastive study
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The cognates English go, German gehen and Norwegian gå are among the most frequently occurring verbs and are found to express several different meanings. This thesis aims to describe English go, German gehen and Norwegian ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Oppgaven undersøker bruken av engelske pensumstekster i seks fag undervist ved Universitetet i Oslo våren 2007; tre naturvitenskapelige kurs og tre teologikurs. Studenter fra disse kursene deltok i en spørreundersøkelse, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
In this thesis, I explore George MacDonald’s novel Phantastes and C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia in light of world views. The focus is on four aspects of their world views, namely their views on the nature of God, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Denne oppgavens hoveddel er en oversettelse av første, andre og fjerde kapittel av Flannery O’Connors roman Wise Blood fra 1952. Kapitlene utgjør en handlingsmessig enhet, men presenterer likevel ulike oversettelsesrelaterte ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This thesis is a stylistic study of Mark Haddon’s "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" (2003). The aim of the thesis was to explore the mind style of the narrator of the novel, Christopher Boone, who suffers ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This thesis is about the significance of the gutter in graphic narrative. I will look at this empty space between the panels and how it works, and relates to the narrative. First I will delve into the surface of the physical ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
THE THESIS OVERVIEW
This thesis is all about Nigerians who immigrated to Houston and other parts of the United States and those of them who later returned to Nigeria for good. The period of time under review is between ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
In this thesis Octavia Butler’s Kindred is analysed with the use of Judith Butler’s theory of performativity. As the protagonist is a black woman, Kindred is especially helpful in order to understand the racializing norms ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the characters’ sense of belonging in the novel The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje. The idea is that the characters all have a sense of belonging before they arrive at the Villa ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The overall purpose of this thesis is to compare and contrast Jane Austen’s intentions behind the portrayal of two of her male characters, Mr. Darcy and Mr. Wickham, in 'Pride and Prejudice', with particular emphasis on ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This thesis aims to conduct a characterological study of John Fante’s protagonist Arturo Bandini from the two novels Wait Until Spring, Bandini and The Road to Los Angeles. Through an analysis of the narrative technique ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This thesis is about the Harry Potter series and in particular the important character of Albus Dumbledore. J.K Rowling’s series is still a very popular series, and it has a massive audience. This series does not only ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
This study presents a thorough representation of how New Orientalist narrative is evident in Khaled Hosseini ́s The Kite Runner (2003), Susan Froetschel ́s Fear of Beauty (2013), and Trent Reedy ́s Words in the Dust (2011) ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Peter Pan has come to be seen as a cultural icon. This thesis is an examination of the play Peter Pan or the Boy Who Would not Grow Up by James Matthew Barrie, which premiered at The Duke of York theatre in London on ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
This thesis introduces the concept of a “queering subject,” a protagonist who through boundary transgressions and the destabilizing character of her/his subjectivity challenges the fixity and finality of the socially ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
Rap music has been one of the dominant genres on the charts over the last few years, and Hip Hop imagery has become a part of popular culture. It is not unusual for trends, especially in fashion, to be inspired by subcultures, ...
David Lightfoot and Theories of Language Change Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
David Lightfoot’s account of diachronic syntax proposes the autonomous operation of a Transparency Principle to remove opacity and complexity in a language by means of radical re-analysis. Parameter setting and “bumpiness” ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
Masteroppgaven består av to deler. Første del er min oversettelse av et utdrag fra Brandon Sandersons kortroman The Emperor’s Soul. Andre del er en kommentar til oversettelsen, hvor jeg redegjør for og diskuterer utfordringene ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
This thesis sets out to do close readings of the Pakistani author Bapsi Sidhwa’s novels The Pakistani Bride and Cracking India. It sheds light on the ways in which the image of the female body is used in the two novels and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This master’s thesis presents a corpus-stylistic analysis of Margaret Mitchell’s novel "Gone with the Wind" and Ernest Hemingway’s novel "A Farewell to Arms". The analysis draws on a corpus stylistic approach, outlined by ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This thesis is a corpus based contrastive study concerning the translation of swearing and other taboo words in movie subtitles. The material consists of English and Norwegian subtitles from 15 different movies that were ...
Elements of Postmodernism : In John Irving's The World According to Garp and A Prayer for Owen Meany
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The aim of this thesis is to explore two of John Irving's most popular novels, The World According to Garp and A Prayer for Owen Meany, in connection with some of the most established parameters of postmodernism. Irving ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
While working for airline companies in Latvia and in Norway, I noticed that English plays an important role in the aviation environment, as it is the only language used in international aeronautical communication. However, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The thesis “Greek-American Identity in Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex, Self-Transformation through the Lens of Ethnicity” examines how three generations of a Greek-American family reinvent their identities in a lengthy process ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
Using English as a lingua franca is different from using it as a foreign language for communication with native speakers. English as a lingua franca (ELF) can be defined as the use of English among communicators of different ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
This study makes use of the Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis (Granger 1996) to examine the differences in use of modal auxiliaries may and might in the interlanguage produced by Norwegian and Japanese learners of English, ...