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Visions of the Nation and Feelings of Loss in the Works of Steen Steensen Blicher
(Chapter, 2021)The Danish writer Steen Steensen Blicher was an outstanding and influential voice of the Biedermeier period, known for stories such as The Robber’s Den (1827), The Rector of Veilbye (1829), and The Hosier and His Daughter ... -
Vokalforlengelse i bergensk En optimalitetsteoretisk analyse
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Vold og visjoner i sjette bind av Karl Ove Knausgårds Min kamp
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-10-26)In this dissertation, I discuss questions of violence and ethics in the last volume of Karl Ove Knausgård’s novel in six parts, Min kamp (Eng. My Struggle). Perhaps his crowning achievement, the last tome of Knausgårds’s ... -
Walking, Haunting, and Affirmative Aesthetics: The Case of Women without Men
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01-22)Walking and ‘haunting space’ have become means of political and aesthetic resistance to the invisibility or inhospitality that women face in the public sphere. Power imbalance in spatial habitation—‘power-geometry’ in ... -
Ways of knowing with data visualizations
(Chapter, 2020)Data visualizations combine numeric data with visual representation, and these modes allow them to express certain kinds of knowledge more easily than others. This chapter uses examples of historical data visualizations ... -
"We are famous on the Internet": A study of the Chinese phenomenon of Wanghong
(Master thesis, 2017-12-16) -
We speak with our hands and voices": Iconicity in the Adamorobe Sign Language and the Akuapem Twi (Ideophones)
(Master thesis, 2015-05-11)Abstract This research drew on the linguistic concept of iconicity and with a period of three months, five deaf signers of the Adamorobe community and some unspecified Akuapem Twi (Akan) speakers were studied and interviewed. ... -
Weblogs and blogging Constructivist pedagogy and active learning in higher education
(Master thesis, 2007-02) -
Weblogs: Learning in Public
(Journal article, 2005-06-01)Purpose – Seeks to exemplify and discuss how students’ use of weblogs can prepare them for a networked world where writing has consequences outside grades. Design/methodology/approach – Experiences using weblogs with ... -
'What is this strange language?' Reflections on the Barbaric in Jean-Jacques Rousseau and François-René de Chateaubriand
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Examining the ideas of the barbarian and barbarism, this article considers and compares the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and François-René de Chateaubriand in both historical and poetical terms. I argue that both Rousseau ... -
When Galba was still alive: A comparative study of Tacitean vocabulary and language
(Master thesis, 2013-05-12)This thesis explores a particular Tacitean phrase, which occurs twice in his corpus. I argue that this phrase is intentionally ambiguous and reflects Tacitus' clever use of heightened rhetoric. "Incolumi adhuc Galba" occurs ... -
Where was Providence? Religiøs tvil i Thomas Hardys Tess of the D'Urbervilles
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)Denne masteroppgaven tar for seg tematikken rundt religiøs tvil i Thomas Hardys roman, Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Gjennom en nærstudie av romanens hovedperson, Tess, sin ferd gjennom narrativet, vil jeg peke på hennes ... -
Why the child cannot be happy
(Master thesis, 2017-06-13)Intetkjønnsformer av adjektiver i norsk og svensk dannes ved en regelmessig og produktiv regel der man legger et intetkjønnsmorfem /-t/ til stammen av adjektivet. Det finnes unntak i at enkelte adjektiv ikke følger denne ... -
"With His Blood He Wrote". Functions of the Pact Motif in Faustian Literature
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Writing data citation guidelines for linguistics: Lessons learned
(Conference object, 2019)One of the main objectives of the Linguistics Data Interest Group is to develop and adopt common principles and guidelines for data citation and attribution. As a first step, the Austin Principles of Data Citation in ... -
"You listen to love with your intellect" - om kriterier og retoriske virkemidler i kritikk av populærmusikk
(Master thesis, 2009-05-07)Criticism of popular music has, since it started to gain momentum in the sixties, contributed to the debate over what constitutes good pop music. There has only been a limited degree of debate over what constitutes good ... -
Zombies in the classroom. Video games for engagement in a new century of education
(Master thesis, 2015-05-15)The use of video games in the classroom is still a controversial topic in the society. In this thesis I show results from a research with a high school in the autumn 2014. In this research I followed several classes which ... -
Å bo uten årer
(Master thesis, 2017-06-03)I denne masteroppgaven undersøker jeg hvorfor turistarkitekturen langs Costa del Sol i Andalucía, Spania, har beveget seg bort fra et moderne, rasjonalistisk formspråk på slutten av 1950-tallet mot et regionalistisk og ... -
Å bære sin egen byrde. Skyld og utenforskap i Marilynne Robinsons romaner. En litteraturfilosofisk nærlesning
(Master thesis, 2018-06-07)Hvilke muligheter har vi for å leve med særskilte og partikulære erfaringer innenfor rammene av et felleskap? I Marilynne Robinsons romaner «Housekeeping» (1980) og «Home» (2008) blir den ladede ideen om hjemmet både ... -
Å dele eller ikke dele
(Master thesis, 2011-09-01)En kvalitativ studie av ungdoms forhold til å dele informasjon på den sosiale nettverkstjenesten Facebook.