Blar i Department of Cultural Studies and Languages (HF-IKS) på forfatter "Jones, Allen C."
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A white homosexual American male: The idealized American identity in Giovanni’s Room
Helgevold, Anna Charlotte. (Bachelor thesis, 2021) -
Abject Relationships: Expressing Affection with Violence in Phaedra's Love
Clementi, Federica (Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-08-31)This thesis argues that Sarah Kane’s “Phaedra’s Love” is designed to open a discussion on the struggles of the feminine sexual and emotional identity and its relationship with desire, framed as abject in the male dominated ... -
Det materialistiske bilkrasjet: Hvordan objektifiseringen av et samfunnsproblem i The Great Gatsby og The Picture of Dorian Gray falsifiserer holdninger
Eide, Eira. (Bachelor thesis, 2022)Denne oppgaven undersøker hvordan The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald) og The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde) kritiserer samfunnets besettelse av materialistiske verdier. To konsepter hentet fra teorien vil bli brukt for å undersøke ... -
Enter Middle-earth: A Comparison of The Lord of the Rings Online with The Lord of the Rings
Waage, Rigmor. (Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this study has been to explore how the story in The Lord of the Rings is experienced in the game, The Lord of the Rings Online, compared to the book. The focus has been on the concepts of narrative, interaction, ... -
Gender Performativity and Identity in Virginia Woolf's Orlando
Kildedam, Karianny (Bachelor thesis, 2021)The novel, Orlando, brings forward important topics such as gender categorization, gender roles and identity issues. The main protagonist goes through a transformation in where she goes from male to female. Therefore, ... -
"I am the king around here": Myth and Gender Identity in Tennessee Williams´ A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
McClure, Miranda. (Master thesis, 2021)American society is founded on myths such as the American Dream and Manifest Destiny. Tennessee Williams, an American, wrote plays that often contained subtle hints toward the supernatural and myth, yet the time-period of ... -
“I caint make it be if it aint”: Insistent Materiality, Subjectivity, and Agency in Cormac McCarthy’s Suttree
Mathisen, Daniel (Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-05)This thesis explores how subjectivity is negotiated in the interplay between ideology, material objects, use, and the spaces these objects construct, in Cormac McCarthy’s novel Suttree. McCarthy constructs a powerful and ... -
Kun gode folk forteller historier: historiefortelling og tradisjon i Midgard
Løyning, Morten. (Bachelor thesis, 2022)The thesis combines the concepts of storytelling and tradition, and their potential for moral value, and aims to show how the reader may gauge the morality of selected character's in Tolkien's fictional world by their ... -
Memory and Ishiguro’s musical method in Never Let Me Go
Bjørnsen, Endre (Bachelor thesis, 2021)I would argue that Ishiguro’s musical method is an overlooked element in making Never Let Me Go” affect the readers’ feelings and empathy, and through using musical theory, I have found that his past as a musician and ... -
The Antagonistic Nature of Humans and Trauma’s Temporal Delay in Oryx and Crake.
Jaarvik, Jens E. (Bachelor thesis, 2021) -
The Effect of Performance on Gender and Identity in Contemporary Poetry
Frostadottir, Katrin Kine (Master thesis, 2018-05-11)This thesis aims to analyze what effect performance has had on contemporary poetry. This is based on the assumption that performance poetries like slam poetry, have not only changed poetry but also allowed poets to use ... -
The Horrifying Consequences of Bad Parenting: Explaining Matilda's Strong Desire for Love as Cause and Reason Behind Her Victimization and Death
Mobekk, Ingrid (Bachelor thesis, 2021)An analyzis of Mary Shelley's Matilda. -
The Integration of a New Ideology and Its Fragile Dependency on Memories in The Handmaid's Tale
Skjæveland, Amalie Bøe. (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 ...