Search results for "Engels"
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Wild at heart : The Connection between Masculinity and Violence in Postmodern Literature: A Study of Masculine Identity Crisis, Violence, and Agency …
2017
Master's thesis English EN500 - University of Agder 2017
Conspiracy, Agential Angst and Resistance in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451
2021
Master´s thesis in English (EN500) This study explores how powerful institutions influence the lives of individuals in the post-war American society as presented in two novels: Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. It focuses on the interpretation of the psychological angst of the characters, their realization of external influences and resistance for the sakes of freedom and individuality. To critically analyze the issue of agential anxiety, this study mainly draws upon Timothy Melley’s concept of conspiracy which he views as a manipulation of the populace without their knowledge. The larger institutions in the society strategically produce oppressive discourses and a…
Ethics of Infinite Improbability and the Logic of Jokes : A look at the philosophical inquiry in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker-series
2018
Master's thesis English EN500 - University of Agder 2018
Humanization of the Science Fiction Alien
2020
Master´s thesis in English (EN500)
Attachment and Trauma in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child
2018
Master's thesis English EN500 - University of Agder 2018
The Transtextuality of Cline’s Ready Player One Comparative Analysis into the Effect of Transtextuality, and the Subsequent Emancipation of its Reade…
2020
Master´s thesis in English (EN500) This analysis looks into the history behind the concept of transtextuality as articulated by Genette, and its implications to the notion of there being a correct way to read. Arguably, Barthes’ Death of the Author gave increased agency on behalf of the reader, but this came at the detriment of authorial intent. Transtextuality often contain significance, which has the potential to destroy any notion of fixed meaning in any given text. In light if this, the following analysis investigated the plural ways in which Cline’s novel can be said to contain meaning. This analysis does not attempt to be exhaustive, and merely aims at demonstrating the ramifications …
Parental Strategies and Embodied Hope of Children in Post-Apocalyptic Works The Road and Bird Box: A study of Literary and Film Adaptation Strategies
2020
Master´s thesis in English (EN500) This thesis investigates alternate parental strategies in Post-Apocalyptic fiction by examining the core family units in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and Josh Malerman’s Bird Box. Additionally, I will analyse their respective film adaptations directed by John Hillcoat and Susanne Bier, to conduct a comparative analysis of the story’s literary and visual depiction. To aid the literary and adaptation investigation, I will utilize selected concepts of Bowenian theory, developed by Dr.Murray Bowen, to heighten the analysis of family relations. I argue that instilling the embodied hope of children is the result of successful parental strategies. Keywords: family …
‘Raised by Wolves ’U2,Trauma& The Troubles
2020
Master´s thesis in English (EN500)
On the Yellow Brick Road : Fantasy, Fairy Tales, and the Coming of Age Journey
2018
Master's thesis English EN500 - University of Agder 2018
The Depiction of Trauma in Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta and Watchmen
2020
Master´s thesis in English (EN500) This thesis will explore the depiction of trauma in Alan Moore’s graphic novels V for Vendetta and Watchmen . It aims to examine how something as unrepresentable as trauma can be portrayed using a balance of art and words in these two narratives. Writer Alan Moore and illustrators David Lloyd and Dave Gibbons have created alternative worlds with recognizable history and realistic characters who endure traumatic experiences that are presented using iconic language. I hope that my readers will gain a greater appreciation for this type of literature after understanding the potential it has in telling stories of importance and sensitivity surrounding trauma. I…