Browsing Faculty of Arts and Education by Subject "identity"
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"Bort fra kroppen - hjem til Herren" en tolkning av 2. Kor 4,16-5,10 med henblikk på spørsmålet om kropp og identitet i frelsesforløpet.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)In 2 Corinthians 4:16–5:10 Paul points out that he prefers «rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord». This statement of Paul has been interpreted to mean that Paul prefers an existence for ... -
House and homes: identity and interpretations of the human mind in Coraline and The Secret Garden
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-05-27)This Master's thesis conducts an investigation into how the protagonist interacts and explores the architecture and gardens within their world. Through analysing of the protagonists from Coraline (2002) and Mary from The ... -
How shall I live? An analysis of To The Lighthouse, The Bell Jar and Bridget Jones`s Diary
(Master thesis, 2016-05)This thesis is a comparative study of the female discourse in three different literary texts, from different periods, with a focus on how they represent and present identity in different ideological contexts. Historically, ... -
Language and identity: a study of African American Vernacular English and its status in American society
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-05)The present thesis aimed to explore the relationship between language and identity with a particular focus on the status of African American Vernacular English in the American society. The research questions that were ... -
Lekkende kropper som tabu i tekst
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-05)Denne avhandlingen er en diskursiv tekstanalyse av sykdomsnarrativene til Per Fugelli (1943-2017), Thea Steen (1989-2016) og Ingrid Anette Hoff Melkersen (f. 1982) i moderne medietekster som blogg, filmer og bøker, og ... -
Memories of Moses: A survey through genres
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)During the last few decades an increasing number of biblical scholars have turned to memory studies in their analyses of texts. The figure of Moses is one of the topics discussed, yet so far the studies have not sufficiently ... -
Past Tense, Future Perfect? Explorations of Identities in Sylvia Plath´s The Bell Jar, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie´s Half of a Yellow Sun, and Zadie Smith´s White Teeth
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-05-12)Socially constructed ideas about what it means to be female affect women today, as they always have. Throughout history, these ideas have manifested themselves through expectations and demands that women should conform to ... -
PSYCHIC SURVIVAL: Sovereignty, Madness and Anxiety in Alexis Wright's The Swan Book
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-05)I argue that through representations of ‘madness’ in The Swan Book, Alexis Wright reclaims and (re-)defines Indigenous sovereignty as embodied, that is, something which for Indigenous people is felt and realised through ... -
Representations of Home and Identity for the Migrant Woman in Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West (2017)
(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 ... -
Resettlement of Bhutanese refugees: a misery or solution, a case study of Bhutanese refugees from Rogaland and Alta
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IAS/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)Being a refugee from a different culture, tradition and religion, Bhutanese refugees face difficulties in adjusting to a new country and a new environment. The objective of this research was to explore the conditions and ...