Browsing UiS Brage by Author "Ferry, Peter Paul"
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Deconstructing Discourses: Mental Health in Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar
Storstrøm, Tuva Fjørtoft (Master thesis, 2024)The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath has captivated both critics and leisure readers since its publication in 1963 until present day, affirming its place as a classic of American literature. Given its wide and varied reception, ... -
Feminine Ascendence: Rethinking Gender Hierarchies in “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Kjeseth, Sara (Bachelor thesis, 2024)The depiction of female entrapment in patriarchal society is a central issue for Gilman scholars, particularly the depiction of this entrapment through various allusions in “The Yellow Wallpaper”, such as the woman trapped ... -
"I will only become myself": Hegemonic and Ecological Masculinities in John Williams's Butcher's Crossing
Birkedal, Simen Egenæs (Master thesis, 2022)In this thesis, I argue that Butcher’s Crossing (1960) presents a counter-hegemonic narrative for the American male as embodied by the protagonist Will Andrews and his path towards an ecological masculine identity. Scholars ... -
Inner Conflict – An examination of the duality of Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea through his vocal expressions and thoughts.
Rognvoll, Tom Richard Hansen (Bachelor thesis, 2024)Hemingway’s code heroes are a breed of heroes mostly recognized through their stoic behavior. This stoic behavior stemming from a code used as a shield from earlier psychological or physical trauma. This thesis seeks to ... -
Language in the News: Constructing the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict through Use of Language
Elarkoubi, Rida (Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05-10)The current study provides a critical discourse analysis of 18 news reports taken from the Hamodia English newspaper and the Aljazeera English website covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict between the years 2015 and ... -
''Man is not made for defeat'': Hegemonic Masculinity, Manhood, and Emasculation in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea
Olsen, Morten (Master thesis, 2024)Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises (1926) and The Old Man and the Sea (1952) are narratives of masculinity that depict the struggles of the emasculated protagonists Jake Barnes and Santiago. To aid the exploration of ... -
"My Beard Is My Own": Herman Melville’s Beard Poetics In His Narratives Of Maritime Masculinity.
Ferry, Peter Paul (Journal article, 2023)This article celebrates the vital role of the beard in Herman Melville’s narratives of maritime masculinity. While the limited commentary on the beard has thus far focused on the hair on Melville’s face, this article shifts ... -
Ofre for omstendighetene: bruke begrepet degenerasjon for å utforske temaer om kulturell angst og kjønnsroller i Dracula (1897).
Nes, Fredrik Nygaard (Bachelor thesis, 2024) -
Patriarchy and Hegemonic Masculinity in the African Novel: Observing the Position of Religion in Maintaining these Structures
Asare Baffour Awuah, Yvonne (Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-11-16)Abstract Pertinent discussions and arguments have surfaced on the topic of hegemonic masculinities and patriarchy as themes in most African novels. Focus has been thrown on the representation of biased power structures ... -
Representations of Home and Identity for the Migrant Woman in Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West (2017)
Pequeña, April Joy (Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-05-05)This thesis analyzes the representation of the migrant woman in Moshin Hamid’s Exit West (2017) by focusing on the text’s engagement with the diasporic concepts of home and identity. In essence, this study explores the ... -
The liminal space between ‘the self’ and the object: Representation of psychological alienation in Sylvia Plath`s poetry
Jakobsen, Helene Marie (Bachelor thesis, 2024)In recent discussions of Sylvia Plath, scholars have argued that her poetry consists of self-reflecting ambiguous themes and patterns of a self-defining subject. In addition to this, Plath scholars have argued that one ... -
The search for Human Godhood: Challenging Traditional Religious Hierarchies with Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials
Harstad, Emil (Bachelor thesis, 2021)The depiction of religion in Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials [HDM] is a central issue for Pullman scholars, particularly the unique depiction of religious hierarchies in the text. This thesis enters this debate ... -
Trauma and its Representation in Eimear McBride’s A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
Pedersen, Nina Jeanette (Master thesis, 2022)This thesis analyzes the representation of trauma in Eimear McBride’s 2013 novel A Girl is a Half-formed Thing. Since its publication, the academic interest in Girl has continued to grow, with Girl almost exclusively being ... -
Understanding the Wicked Witch: Exploring how “difference” makes Elphaba an inspiration to her audience
Nilsen, Ida Eline (Bachelor thesis, 2024)The Wicked Witch of the West has changed her reputation in recent pop-culture, from the embodiment of evil in The Wizard of Oz, to the quirky and confident Elphaba in Wicked. This thesis aims to explore and explain why ... -
W. B. Yeats, Cultural Nationalism and the Mytical Element: A Study of how the Cultural Nationalist, Yeats, used Mythological Material to Develop a Common Irish Consciousness for the People of Ireland
Torshaug, Truls (Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-11-15)The aim of this thesis is to examine how William Butler Yeats’ early poetry hails an Irish national identity, by means of a cultural nationalism based on Celtic mythology. In recent discussions of Yeats’ early poetry ... -
Writing Men on the Margins: Joseph Mitchell, Masculinity, and the Flaneur
Ferry, Peter Paul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study introduces the philosophies of the flâneur—a figure associated with the acts of wandering, observing, and reporting the realities of life on the city streets—to offer a critical reconsideration of a sociological ...