This thesis examines two works of climate fiction, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road (2006) and Saci Lloyd’s The Carbon Diaries 2015 (2009), and suggests ways to teach them. The thesis draws on ecocritical work from theorists such as Lawrence Buell and criticism regarding the Anthropocene and ideas on how to integrate climate change in the English subject (ENG01-04). It argues that teachers of all subjects ...

This thesis investigates how historical consciousness can be used as a literary tool of analysis in English in upper secondary school to foster the core value “Critical thinking and ethical awareness” specified in the Norwegian Education Act 2020. Based on the research on critical thinking, ethical awareness and historical consciousness, and considering the competence aims in English, a lesson plan ...

Creating a love of reading is important for students to develop early to prepare them for academia and their work life is also mentioned by UDIR. With the concept love of reading there is an implied intrinsic motivation to read, which is why the thesis will look at motivational factors that impede or facilitate motivation to read. The introduction of the new curriculum in 2020, also brought with it ...

This thesis investigates two young-adult novels, Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007) and Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003), in light of how they can enhance reading motivation among young male readers in lower secondary school. By looking at previous studies on boys’ reading habits and their reading preferences, this thesis ...

An exploration of LGBTQIA+ gender and identity, with emphasis on transgender issues, in Rick Riordan’s Hammer of Thor and Meredith Russo’s If I Was Your Girl. Using concepts of intersectionality, gender performativity and resistance consciousness, the text contextualizes these award-winning young adult fiction novels within the framework of the Norwegian curriculum and exploring some potential for ...

This thesis, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, a Canonical Representation with an Entry to In-Depth Learning in the Norwegian Classroom, defines a bridge between Western Canonical literature and in-depth learning by using the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003) by Mark Haddon. The novel is a popular choice already in Norwegian classrooms, ...

The main objective of this thesis is to address how we can use Mark Haddon’s complex 2004 multitextual novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Jay Asher’s controversial novel Thirteen Reasons Why with the methods of digital storytelling (DST) and podcasts to educate pupils in upper secondary school in Norway to become creative, engaged, inquisitive and critical thinkers. Furthermore, ...

Denne masteravhandlingen undersøker virkelighetstendenser i Jeg foreslår at vi våkner (2020) av Beate Grimsrud. Formålet med prosjektet er å undersøke hvordan vi leser fiksjonslitteratur som inneholder spor av virkelighet, og å undersøke hvordan forfattere bruker sine egne liv i estetisk betonede interaksjoner. Avhandlingens problemstilling er: Hvordan forholder romanen Jeg foreslår at vi våkner seg ...

For en elev på vg-3 kan det være vanskelig å finne det essensielle på forfatterskapet til Henrik Ibsen. Hva har lærebøker formidlet om den store forfatteren? Dette er en komparativ lærebokanalyse med utgangspunkt framstilling av Henrik Ibsen i videregående skole. Studien tar utgangspunkt i fire lærebøker gjennom historien. Lærebøkene er Norsk litteraturhistorie for gymnasiet (1925), Norsk ...

Abstract The current thesis examines the themes trauma and orphanhood and how they are connected in Toni Morrison’s two novels A Mercy (2008) and Beloved (1987), respectively. I will examine how traumatic experiences and the notion of both literal and cultural orphanhood affects the community, and how this has changed from the story in A Mercy being set in the late 17th century and to the story in ...