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'A Bettre Felawe Sholde Men Noght Fynde': Satirical Criticism of Chaucer's Friar, Summoner, and Pardoner
(Master thesis, 2018-06-07)I denne oppgaven tar jeg for meg hvordan Geoffrey Chaucer bruker satire i sin Canterbury Tales til å belyse sosial kritikk av middelalderkirken i England, og hvordan denne kritikken gjør leserne oppmerksom på Kirkens misbruk ... -
Between here and there: aspects of the diasporic experience in the brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
(Master thesis, 2011-05-16)Through this exploration of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao I demonstrate how Díaz' narrative conveys the immigrant experience in a true" form through fiction. As the cultural framework we encounter in the novel is a ... -
Between Parody and Pastiche: The Posthuman Biomechanics of Bulgakov’s Novellas
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The article examines the birth of biomechanics in Soviet scientific discourses and how it was absorbed by the theater and literature of the day, in a reading of Michail Bulgakov’s three novellas “D′javoljada” (1924), ... -
Between the Threshing Floor and the Amen Corner: James Baldwin’s Search for Love in Religion
(Master thesis, 2020-06-20)Hvordan fremstilles kirken og religiøs tro i James Baldwins tidlige forfatterskap? Det er utgangspunktet for denne masteroppgaven. Historisk sett har religion hatt en viktig rolle både som sosialt lim i afroamerikanske ... -
Beyond the English Classroom: A Study of Upper Secondary School Students’ Extramural English in Norway
(Master thesis, 2022-05-20)Formålet med dette studiet har vore å undersøka norske elevar sin bruk av extramural English (EE) (engelsk utanfor klasserommet), til å identifisera ulikskapar mellom kjønn og for å sjå samanhengen mellom elevar sin EE og ... -
Bilder av den Andre Vesten sett gjennom den populære arabiske presse
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Bildung in EFL Learning in Norway: Teacher dependent?
(Master thesis, 2017-06-09)Formålet med oppgaven er å studere engelsklæreres forståelse av danningsbegrepet og hvilken innflytelse det kan ha på undervisningen. Det er lagt til grunn danningsteori av W. Klafki, J. Dewey og G. J. Biesta. Grunnlaget ... -
¿Biografía o novela? Los límites y alcances de la invención narrativa en Hostos, el sembrador
(Master thesis, 2011-05-13)La presente tesis discute y analiza la obra Hostos, el sembrador de Juan Bosch a la luz de diferentes teorías biográficas y literarias. Los objetivos que me planteo son tres. El primero está orientado a discutir a qué tipo ... -
Blended Learning in English Literature
(Master thesis, 2015-05-14)Abstract Blended Learning This study investigates blended learning used in a course of English Literature and Culture in upper secondary school. It raises the question how the use of blended learning may promote and encourage ... -
Breaking the mould: The voyage out by Virginia Woolf
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Breaking the silence: Power relations and sexual violence in Octavia E. Butler's Kindred and Valerie Martin's Property
(Master thesis, 2013-05-29)Octavia E. Butler's Kindred (2003) and Valerie Martin's Property (2003) revisit slavery as a site of memory and offer alternative perspectives on America's history, which critique and complement the historical master ... -
Bride and Prejudice: A Feminist Perspective
(Master thesis, 2008-12-15)This thesis discusses, with a feminist perspective, Gurinder Chadha's film Bride and Prejudice. Using Jane Austen's novel to show womens' situation twohundred years ago in comparison to Indian womens' situation today. It ... -
Britannia still rules the waves. Norwegian teachers' and students' attitudes to British English and American English
(Master thesis, 2015-05-15)This MA thesis investigates Norwegian teachers' and students' attitudes toward British English and American English. To the best of my knowledge no previous language studies have been conducted on both of these groups in ... -
"But if you can't fix it you got a stand it" Determinism in Postcards and Selected Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)This thesis is interested in examining how determinism shapes the characters in Postcards and a selection of the Wyoming Stories by Ameican author Annie Proulx. Throughout this thesis it becomes clear that Proulx's characters ... -
By whatever name
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)This paper explores the significance of naming and the role of editing practices of Shakespeare's plays: Is it Imogen or Innogen, Falstaff or Oldcastle? By looking into how editors of Shakespeare have approached these and ... -
Caged verses: some new notes on the politics of The Pisan Cantos
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The Pisan Cantos is the most notorious section of Pound’s masterpiece The Cantos, which was named after the concentration camp of Coltano, near Pisa, where Pound was imprisoned by the US army after the fall of Italian ... -
Cardiff English: A sociolinguistic study of phonological variation and change in Cardiff English
(Master thesis, 2017-06-08)Denne masteroppgaven utforsker den fonetiske utviklingen i den Cardiff Engelske aksenten. Med utgangspunkt i fem forskjellige fonetiske trekk, ser jeg på utviklingen fra et bruk av tradisjonelle til nye supra-regionale ... -
Carving the body at its joints: Does the way we speak about the body shape the way we think about it?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05)Looking at the way different linguistic communities speak about a universally shared domain of experience raises questions that are central to the language sciences. How can we compare meaning across languages? What is the ... -
Charting a new course for translator and interpreter training in Africa: Lessons from the COVID-19 experience in selected countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Translator and interpreter (T&I) training, using virtual learning environments, was largely uninterrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the Global North. This might not have been the case in the Global South, ... -
¡Chingar tu madre! El uso del verbo chingar y sus derivados entre los jóvenes de la Ciudad de Mexico
(Master thesis, 2012-05-15)Este trabajo pretende describir el uso del verbo chingar y sus derivados en el habla juvenil de la Ciudad de México.