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“The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot by the Taliban”: A Comparison of Narratives between Articles in U.K and U.S News Websites with I Am Malala
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-05-12)This is presented in I Am Malala in a section called ―A note on the Malala Fund‖ at the end of the book. In this section the intention of the narrative in I Am Malala is written in a short passage presented as a note from ... -
The Good, the Bad and the Madness – An investigation of the double narrative and subjectivity in Piranesi (2021) and YOU (2014)
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis conducts an investigation into how narrative structures as well as the literary device of the double is used to explore subjectivity in YOU (2014) and Piranesi (2021). A particular focus is placed on the literary ... -
The Gothic Ghost Story of Peter Pan
(Bachelor thesis, 2024)The story of Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up, is considered a classic in children's literature. However, as children we do not imagine that such a picturesque and alluring story about pirates, mermaids and fairies ... -
The Governess og måter å tolke hennes rolle på.
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The Hidden Chamber: The influences of Affect and Feminism on Angela Carter’s “The Bloody Chamber”
(Master thesis, 2023)Historically, fairytales have been written to educate people about acceptable behavior and morals and to make them understand how to behave. Traditionally fairytales were used to shape children into morally good adults, ... -
The Horrifying Consequences of Bad Parenting: Explaining Matilda's Strong Desire for Love as Cause and Reason Behind Her Victimization and Death
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)An analyzis of Mary Shelley's Matilda. -
The Hypocrisy of Victorian Gender Roles, as Shown in Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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The identity of Calliphora bezzii Zumpt, 1956 (Diptera, Calliphoridae)
(Journal article, 2016-09)The holotype male of a nominal species described from Italy, Calliphora bezzii Zumpt, 1956, including a microscope slide of its terminalia, was examined. The holotype is shown to belong to the Nearctic taxon Calliphora ... -
The identity of Tachina westermanni Wiedemann, 1819 (Diptera: Calliphoridae or Tachinidae) with a solution to a nomenclatural problem
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-05)Tachina westermanni Wiedemann, 1819 was based on four syntypes, two conspecific calliphorids and two conspecific tachinids. Two existing but contradictory lectotype fixations have resulted in confusion as to the correct ... -
The Illuminating Power of Fiction: A Reading of A.L. Kennedy’s Day, Ian McEwan’s Atonement, and Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything is Illuminated.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-05-12)Can fiction contribute to history? Through a reading of A.L. Kennedy’s Day, Ian McEwan’s Atonement, and Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything is Illuminated, this thesis explores how three contemporary novels, written by authors ... -
The impact of Home Language and Home Resources on Reading Achievement in ten-year-olds in Norway, PIRLS 2016
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-04)The aim of the current study was to examine the associations between a child’s home language, home resources for learning to read and reading achievement. Whereas the role of a child’s first language in second language ... -
The impact of reading self-efficacy and task value on reading comprehension scores in different item formats
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-02)It has been hypothesized that students with low self-efficacy will struggle with complex reading tasks in assessment situations. In this study we examined whether perceived reading self-efficacy and reading task value uniquely ... -
The Impact of SMS Language and Abbreviations on the Academic Writing of Secondary School Students
(Master thesis, 2021)This study is based on the possible impact the use of SMS language and abbreviations by students may have on their academic writing. Students from secondary schools in Norway between the ages of 13 and 16 were examined. ... -
The Impact of Social Media on VG1 Pupils’ English use in Second Language Learner Texts.
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Our writing practices have changed significantly since the end of the twentieth century, due to the increasing use of text messages, e-mails, and different social media platforms. In the past couple of years, due to the ... -
The Integration of a New Ideology and Its Fragile Dependency on Memories in The Handmaid's Tale
(Master thesis, 2023)In this thesis I will explore how ideology has been implemented in The Republic of Gilead as they are amid a forced ideological shift, turning away from an ideology much like our own, and building a new society grounded ... -
The Intelligent Monster: An Analysis of the Creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
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The localization of proper nouns in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997) as presented in Harry Potter og de Vises Stein translated by Torstein Bugge Høverstad (2001)
(Bachelor thesis, 2024)This thesis conducts a comparative analysis of proper noun localization in the Norwegian translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by Joanne K. Rowling (1997, translated 2001), focusing on the decisions made ... -
The mediating role of a teacher’s use of semiotic resources in pupils’ early algebraic reasoning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-09)This paper focuses on the semiotic resources used by an experienced sixth-grade teacher when her pupils are working on a mathematical task involving written text and the two inscriptions of figure and diagram. ... -
The Miseducation of the Missionary Narrative: An Investigation of Discursive Ideology in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea and Zadie Smith's White Teeth
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05)In a post-colonial world, the focus on colonial issues might seem like kicking in open doors; however, on an ideological level, narratives from the imperial era still lives on. Thus, this thesis focuses on an ideological ... -
The Move onto the Big Screen: Discussion between Novel and Film and the Evangelical Potentials in Taiwan (R.O.C.)
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05-11)The following thesis uses the 2005 film: The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as main text in the Case Study section to analyse the process of adaptation with measurements mainly provided by scholar ...