Browsing Department of Foreign Languages by Subject "Literature"
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How do Norwegian EFL learners in their first year of upper secondary school experience encounters with English literature? A case study
(Master thesis, 2015-08-31)The aim of my research is to investigate and discuss how upper secondary EFL pupils experience encounters with English literature. My research intends to find answers to the questions of how they approach English literature ... -
Nostalgia, solitude and belonging in Teju Cole's Open City
(Master thesis, 2017-05-31)This master thesis concerns the main character in Teju Cole’s Open City, first published in the United States of America in 2011. The character is called Julius and is also the first person narrator in the novel. This means ... -
Of Monsters and Men: Masculinity and the Gothic in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory
(Master thesis, 2017-06-09)Denne oppgaven utforsker hvordan maskulinitet blir fremstilt og forstått i Mary Shelleys Frankenstein (1818) og Iain Banks The Wasp Factory (1984). Jeg knytter disse to bøkene sammen gjennom hvordan de tar opp mange av de ... -
"That something better ought to come". Structure and canon formation in British literary history
(Master thesis, 2011-05-16)Literary historiography may, among other things, mean the study of how literary history is written. Taking as my departurepoint Hayden White's claim that history is fictional as well as factual, and that writing history ... -
The Use of Literature to Discuss Racism within the English Subject in the Norwegian Lower Secondary School: A Mixed-method Study.
(Master thesis, 2021-06-02)Denne studien tar for seg om, og i så fall hvordan, engelsklærere i ungdomskolen bruker skjønnlitteratur for å diskutere rasisme i engelskfaget. Det blir undersøkt hvordan lærerne definerer rasisme, deres refleksjoner rundt ...