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The life of Tom Marvolo Riddle aka Lord Voldemort : a study of the origin of evil and how it is portrayed in fantasy
2008
Masteroppgave i engelsk - Universitetet i Agder 2008
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…
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 …
The Language of Lone Wolf Terrorists An in-depth study of the use of personal pronouns and identity terms in lone wolf terrorist manifestos
2020
Master´s thesis in English (EN501) 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 an analysis of these perpetrators’ use of the personal pronouns I, me, us, we, you, they, and them, this thesis looks at their presentation of themselves, their actions, and the perceived threats against which they are fighting. Additionally, an examination of the identity terms Black, Hispanic, White, Asian, Jewish, Muslim, Christian, woman, man, and immigrant will further investigate ideological perceptions of the different identity gr…
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…