Browsing Master's theses in English by Subject "EN501"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Planning Sentences in Second Language English : Effects of Language Similarity and Language Proficiency
(Master thesis, 2019)This experiment examines the effects of syntactic structure, interlingual word similarity, and semantic relationships on second-language English sentence production and planning scope. Syntactic structure was manipulated ... -
Politics of Identity Exploring the relevance and salience of identity as a political concept within contemporary American politics
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis examines how politics became identity and how politicized identities are shaping contemporary American politics. Identity as a political concept in the Western sphere evolved by virtue of our human thymotic ... -
Racist chants in contemporary English Premier League : A study of English football supporters’ racist language
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis explores the English supporter culture in contemporary English Premier League, focusing on racist football chants. It discusses why selected football supporters or groups choose to express racist content when ... -
Reacting to the Past in an EFL-classroom : How does RTTP promote oral communication and development of critical thinking in a Norwegian EFL-classroom?
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis investigates how RTTP(Reacting to the Past)promotes the development of oral communication and critical thinking in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) -classroom.RTTP is an activerole-play methodwhich is ... -
Reclaiming Authorship : A Thematic Approach to the Poetry of Elise Cowen
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Role-playing in Norwegian EFL classrooms : The pedagogy behind Reacting to the Past meeting the “silent classroom”
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis is a study of the use of the pedagogy behind Reacting to the Past (RTTP) in Norwegian EFLclassrooms. Thethesisstatement is, “RTTP can transform Norwegian EFL classrooms from silence to engagement.”The ... -
Root canals : identity in Zadie Smith`s White teeth
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The Scope of Bilingual Sentence Planning in L1 and L2 : Effects of Complexity and Bilingual Profile
(Master thesis, 2021)Investigating the scope of bilingual sentence planning, this two-component study compared first and second language sentence production at different complexity level sin relation to aspects of bilingual profile. Norwegian-English ... -
The silencing of women in westerns : a psychoanalytic, lacanian, and feminist approach
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‘Some degree of hope’ A queer reading of two young adult novels in post-agreement Northern Ireland
(Master thesis, 2020)In 2018, a report published by Stonewall UK revealed that 52 per cent of LGBT individuals struggled with depression in the past year. The same year, an article claimed that Northern Ireland had the highest prevalence of ...