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'Unless you were here, how could you ever understand?': Silence, Complicity, and Storytelling in The Memory of Love and The Devil That Danced on the Water
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-14)The Sierra Leonean Civil War (1991-2002) left a population full of scars from the countless atrocities that were committed, while they continue to live in one of the poorest countries in the world. One author that dares to revisit this past, is Aminatta Forna, through a memoir, The Devil That Danced on the Water (2002), and a novel, The Memory of Love (2011). This thesis reflects upon the impact of ... -
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(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-14)Denne oppgaven er en sjangermessig diskusjon av den stedsspesifikke novellesamlingen med spesielt henblikk på Katrine Marie Guldagers novellesyklus København (2004). Oppgaven tar sikte på å utforske novellens dobbeltposisjon i novellesyklusen hvor den samtidig opptrer som autonom tekst og som del av et større verk. Sjangeren konseptualiseres som en balanse mellom det som med Timothy C. Aldermans ... -
The power of stories in educating citizens for the future: How reading The Hate U Give and Noughts & Crosses through the lens of Critical Race Theory can foster Critical Thinking and Ethical Awareness.
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)This thesis examines Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give and Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses through the lens of Critical Race Theory, demonstrating that this theory can function as a guide when approaching the theme of racism in the classroom. Moreover, I explore the potential of using Young Adult Literature about racial conflict to foster Critical Thinking and Ethical Awareness in students. These ... -
Go Your Own Way: Changing perspectives in the contemporary Indigenous literary works of Michelle Good and Niviaq Korneliussen
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-11)This thesis argues that the contemporary literary works by Cree writer Michelle Good and Greenlandic writer Niviaq Korneliussen indicate an evolution in the way we perceive and interpret Indigenous literature. These novels tell stories with complex and dynamic characters whose free-flowing and direct narratives elevate the level of individuality. Built into this argument is the central position which ... -
Authoritarianism vs. Autonomy in Dystopian Literature; A literary study of A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess and 1984 by George Orwell
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-23)This thesis conducts a comparative literary analysis of Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange and George Orwell's 1984, examining the themes of authoritarianism and personal autonomy. Through a detailed examination of the narrative structures, character development, and thematic elements, this study explores how these dystopian novels depict totalitarian societies that use psychological and physical ... -
The Hungry Tide and Heart of Darkness: A Jungian Exploration of the Universalist Dimension as a Supplement to Time-Specific Approaches
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)Common wisdom often prescribes locating the interpretation of literary works within the parameters of the time-specific phenomenon that characterizes the setting of the works including historical context and social setting. While this dictum has great utility, it simultaneously has the potential to draw attention away from the universal insights on offer that are applicable to all times and places, ... -
Exploring child abuse in the Harry Potter Series through the characters Harry Potter and Severus Snape
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)This thesis explores how child abuse is represented in the Harry Potter saga through the characters Harry Potter and Severus Snape. A close reading analysis of scenes and the use of psychological studies that discuss the central elements of these characters’ experiences with abuse. This will help prove that they are representations of abused children. The two characters represent different aspects ... -
Dystopian Fiction as a Pedagogical Tool: Illuminating Democratic Principles and Values through Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron and Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)In this thesis, the main objective is to look at how dystopian fiction can be used to illuminate pupils on democratic principles and values. The two dystopian texts, Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s Harrison Bergeron and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, will be used to exemplify why and how dystopian fiction can be used as a tool. Additionally, the thesis proposes how these two dystopian texts depict the ... -
“No Shadow Unless There is Also Light”: Margaret Atwood’s Dystopia as a Vehicle for Anger and Hope in Feminist Resistance
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)This thesis explores the current relationship between dystopian narratives and abortion politics in the United States with a focus on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Opposition to abortion seems to be fundamentally entangled in religious belief and misogyny, and opponents of abortion are shamelessly basing their arguments on emotion, misinformation, and fearmongering. Throughout this thesis, ... -
Magic and Reality in Fantasy Literature
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)This thesis delves into the world of fantasy literature, focusing on Susanna Clark’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2004) and Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus (2011). Drawing from Farah Mendlesohn’s categorization of fantasy literature in her book Rhetorics of Fantasy (2008), the study explores the five different categorizations: portal quest fantasy, liminal fantasy, immersive fantasy, ... -
Duohta ja fantasiija máilbmi sámi njálmmálaš árbbis girjjálašvuođa prosatekstii. Narratologalaš guorahallan Ilmmiid gaskkas románas.
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Ilmmiid gaskkas lea gelddolaš fantasyromána, man Guovdageaidnulaš Máret Anne Sara lea čállán. Romána muitalusa dáhpáhusat dáhpáhuvvet duohta máilmmis ja fantasiija máilmmis, go váldopersovnnat geavvaba ilmmiid gaskii. Guorahalan movt njálmmálaš árbevierru adno materiálan romána muitalusas, ja movt materiála lea mielde duddjomin muitalusa ealasin. Lean guorahallan teavstta sihke oarjemáilmmi- ja ... -
"Positivt ubehag" i det tabubelagte rommet En studie av hvordan traumelitteratur kan være en ressurs i norskundervisningen i videregående skole
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-14)Utgangspunktet for denne oppgaven bunner ut i hvordan man kan bruke traumelitteratur i norskundervisningen som ressurs ovenfor både lærere og elever. Tanken om hvordan det kan brukes som ressurs, tar utgangspunkt i å skape større åpenhet, bidra til identitetsutvikling og kunne øke livsmestring. For å kunne svare på problemstillingen har jeg brukt litteraturstudie som hoved metode for å finne teori ... -
Wild and Unnatural: Ideologies of Nature and the Paradox of Sapphic Modernities in Elsa Gidlow’s On a Grey Thread and Djuna Barnes’s Nightwood
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-15)At the turn of the twentieth century, the homosexual identity category was born amid modernity’s rapid urbanization. With the scientific categorization of the ‘sexual invert,’ queerness was naturalized as a degenerate fact of biology, opposing the prevailing mindset that homosexuality was unnatural and sinful. This historical shift gives rise to a nature paradox: How could the modern homosexual ... -
“Eale eatnamis eatnan láhkái” Diiddaid ja sátnevádjasiid girjáivuohta sámi njálmmálaš árbevierus
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2022-06-07)Dán dutkamušas lean čađahan konteaksta- ja fáddáguorahallama dihto diidafearániin ja sátnevádjasiin. Váldomihttu dutkamušas lea guorahallat ahte movt diidafearániin ja sátnevádjasiin bohtet sámi máilmmigovat ovdan, ja movt diidafearániid fáttát sáhttet čujuhit diiddaide. Dutkamuššii lean válljen teoriijaid nugo álgoálbmotmetodologiija, kulturipmárdusa, sámi gulahallanvugiid ja sámi estetihka vuođđun, ... -
Beaivváš nieida mánáidgirjji dulkon: Govviduvvon kulturdovddaheamit ja árvvut Marry Áilonieida Somby girjjis Beaivváš nieida
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2022-05-15)The thesis examines the children's book Beaivváš nieida by Marry Áilonieida Somby. It is based on an old myth about how the Sun's daughter taught the Sámi people to tame reindeer. An overview of the cultural background is given: myths, stories and yoiks in Sámi society, and Sámi child rearing. The book is analysed using narratological theories - in particular Genette's chronology, Barthes' intertext ... -
Is the Precariat the New Proletariat? A comparative study of justice in Charles Dickens’s Victorian novel Oliver Twist (1836) and Guy Gunaratne’s contemporary novel In Our Mad and Furious City (2018).
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-14)This thesis, Is the Precariat the New Proletariat? A comparative study of justice in Charles Dickens’s Victorian novel Oliver Twist (1836) and Guy Gunaratne’s contemporary novel In Our Mad and Furious City (2018), argues that the precariat, a term coined by Guy Standing, is a new emerging social class that is represented in modern literature and is a continuation and modern equivalent to the previously ... -
Improving Metacognition Through Utilizing Disability Literature
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-09)This thesis aims to showcase how one can incorporate disability representation in literature in the classroom by teaching Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Daniel Keyes’ Flowers for Algernon. These novels should be utilised in schools to have disability literature represented whilst simultaneously improving pupils’ metacognition. This thesis has analysed and reflected ... -
Deconstructive Destruction. Violence and Representation in Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems by Michael Ondaatje
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-10-23)Violence is not outside the limits of representation; it remains intertwined in its very textual fabric. This thesis investigates the inherent violence of representation in Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Hand Poems by Michael Ondaatje. The thesis’ main objective is to compare the thematic violence in the text to ... -
Fortell meg alt - En analyse av Kristín Ómarsdóttirs skuespill Segðu mér allt
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-12-02)Oppgaven er en analyse av den islandske dramatikeren Kristin Omarsdóttirs skuespill Segðu mér allt (Fortell meg alt) fra 2005. Fortell meg alt, med undertittelen Verdensbildet til ei 12 år gammel jente, handler om Guðrún som er 12 år gammel og lam fra livet og ned. Hun bor sammen med foreldrene sine i en drabantby til Reykjavik, og skuespillet viser oss virkeligheten sett fra hennes synsvinkel, ... -
Demokrati, medborgerskap og ingenting.
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-30)I denne masteroppgaven har jeg sett nærmere på hvordan Janne Tellers roman Intet kan skape refleksjon og debatt rundt de to tverrfaglige begrepene demokrati og medborgerskap i et klasserom ved å være et slags demokratisk vrengebilde. Jeg har brukt litterær analyse og nærlesing som metode, og modellert et undervisningsopplegg via begrepet dialogisk undervisning. For å få faglig tyngde i tolkningen ...