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Hunter S. Thompson and gonzo journalism
2008
Masteroppgave i engelsk - Universitetet i Agder 2008
The silencing of women in westerns : a psychoanalytic, lacanian, and feminist approach
2007
Masteroppgave i engelsk - Universitetet i Agder 2007
From cohesion to thematics in the multimodal situation : the problem of the modal barrier
2007
Masteroppgave i engelsk - Universitetet i Agder 2007
The new England code : controlling female agency in contemporary American tv drama
2008
Masteroppgave i engelsk - Universitetet i Agder 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 a range of melodramatic traits. Furthermore, as will be seen in Chapters 1 and 3 particularly, melodramatic and Puritan value sets tend to overlap, especially in the attitude towards family. All chapters include analyses of individual Cold Case episodes, and each analysis comes with a description of scenes within the episode written in a slightly more subjective language. This has been done in order to provide the rea…
Peace in the feminist garden : the feminist utopias of the ‘70s and the mythologies of the West
2016
Masteroppgave i engelsk- Universitetet i Agder, 2016
“The Road Not Taken”: poetry and personal insight in the EFL classroom and beyond
2016
Masteroppgave i engelsk- Universitetet i Agder, 2016 This qualitative study examines how Norwegian tenth graders show personal insight through the reading of the poem “The Road Not Taken”. The research is based on the responses from two English classes in a lower secondary school in Kristiansand, and the empirical material includes 39 responses. The data are analysed using literary terms from reader-response theory. Values and expressions embedded in Norwegian curricula are also discussed in relation to the data. My findings reveal that the adolescents perceive the poem in a fairly coherent way, while at the same time many of the respondents have doubts regarding the accuracy of their own p…
Narrative entrapments in the novels of J.M.Coetzee: a postmodern feminist reading of his three female narrating personas
2006
Masteroppgave i engelsk, Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand
Nineteen eighty-four´s dystopian vision: power and the individual
2007
Masteroppgave i engelsk, Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand 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, nor the alleged “prophecy” of the novel. Rather, this thesis focuses on and discusses the dystopian nightmare of Nineteen Eighty-Four, which is characterised by totalitarianism and its power discourse. The novel’s society is emphasised by O’Brien’s statement of “the boot stamping on a human face.” I have used Foucault’s theory on Pastoral power to explain the power discourse of the Party. Furthermore, I have explained …
Can Hunter S. Thompson’s journalism/formulas create a solution for the crisis of today’s media?
2020
Master´s thesis in English (EN500)
Between good end evil: on the moral ambiguity in "Buffy and the vampire slayer"
2007
Masteroppgave i engelsk, Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer aims to empower young women through a declared feminist agenda. The main body of this thesis explores what it is that makes Buffy a television show with a feminist agenda. This thesis analyzes areas which privileges and problematizes human agency from the perspective morals in society. The series advocates using one’s agency in order to optimize potentiality. The thesis examines emotions and human agency; manslaughter and notions of the Übermensch, and finally, the claim of agency and consequent empowerment of women. I have found that several aspects of the series problematize moral choices and p…