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Joy of Reading in the ESL Classroom : Can reading a self-selected graphic novel create joy of reading and lead to free voluntary reading for vocational English pupils? A case study
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis I look at whether reading a self-selected graphic novel can lead to joy of reading, and if it increases the likelihood of free voluntary reading. The study was conducted in a Norwegian vocational ... -
Kroppslighet og jomfrukur i Hans E. Kincks tragedie: Den Sidste Gjest (1910)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)In his play on Pietro Aretino (1492-1556), the Norwegian dramatist and novelist Hans E. Kinck (1865-1926) focuses on his character's relationship to the body and use of young women, in particular the young girl, Perina. A ... -
L'emploi des temps du subjonctif chez Françoise Sagan : reflet du passé ou témoin de l'évolution ?
(Forskningsserien, Peer reviewed; Book, 1998) -
The Language of Lone Wolf Terrorists An in-depth study of the use of personal pronouns and identity terms in lone wolf terrorist manifestos
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis examines the manifestos written by four lone wolf terrorists, Elliot Rodger, Dylann Roof, Christopher Harper-Mercer, and Patrick Crusius before they carried out mass killings in the United States. By conducting ... -
Language, gender and religion : an investigation into some genderspecific issues in religious texts and the impact of language on the role of woman injudaism, christianity and islam
(Master thesis, 2011)The thesis begins by providing background information about the concept of gender within the linguistic, feminist and religious context. Possible definitions of the difference between sex and gender are offered and the ... -
Like Stripes on a Chokecherry Tree : Representations of Trauma and Consolidation of History in Neo-slave Narratives
(Master thesis, 2021)Literature has long been utilised to provide commentary on social and political injustices, give voice to discriminated peoples, and provide context in relation to social and cultural history. The aim of this thesis was ... -
Liminal characters in the science fiction of Philip K. Dick
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Mangelfull opplæring i grunnleggende skriveferdigheter - en studie av barnehagelæreres forkunnskaper for argumenterende skriving i samfunnsfag
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017) -
Marlowe and company in Barnfield's Greene's Funeralls (1594)
(Peer reviewed, 2013)The accomplished and daring but minor poet Richard Barnfield (1574-1620) was among the first poets to engage creatively with the works of Greene, Marlowe, and Shakespeare. This article argues that Sonnet 9 in Barnfield’s ... -
Morphology-based explanation of modal auxiliary syntax in present-day English
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Muslim Otherness in Post-9/11 Novels A postcolonial outlook on the fictional representation of Muslim otherness in post 9/11 novels.
(Master thesis, 2020)The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,led many Americans to vilify Muslims and Islam. Indeed, 9/11 bequeathed to the U.S. a new category of evil other, a decade and more after the “evil empire” of the USSR had been ... -
Negation in English : compared to Norwegian
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The new England code : controlling female agency in contemporary American tv drama
(Master thesis, 2008)In an attempt to contextualize the DC observations, the overarching super-genre of melo-drama has been given particular attention. The relevance of melodrama is evident as the main ‘corpus’ of the survey, Cold Case, embodies ... -
Nineteen eighty-four´s dystopian vision: power and the individual
(Master thesis, 2007)Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is by many known for, and consequently discussed in terms of, its “predictions” of the future, and its political satire. This thesis does not aim at discussing Orwell’s political ambitions, ...