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The Antagonistic Nature of Humans and Trauma’s Temporal Delay in Oryx and Crake.
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The assessment of English in two Norwegian upper secondary schools: A comparative study
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-05-14)This thesis examines how two upper secondary schools in Norway approach the assessment of English at the first year level. It aims at comparing the teachers’ and pupils’ attitudes to, beliefs and experiences of assessment ... -
The correlation between Extramural English activities and vocabulary growth of High school students in Pakistan
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis is about the English vocabulary growth of the 9th grade Pakistani students through the extramural English (EE) activities. The main purpose of this thesis was to find the correlation between Pakistan ninth ... -
The cult of the perfect mother: An investigation of motherhood and femininity in Joan Didion’s Blue Nights (2011), Jeanette Winterson’s Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (2011) and Deborah Levy’s The Cost of Living (2018)
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis takes its point of departure in the recognition that contemporary literary representations of female selfhood and motherhood are permeated by a neoliberal discourse of false idealizations, which can be traced ... -
The cultural significance of the governess in Agnes Grey, Jane Eyre and The Turn of the Screw
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05)My thesis explores how Victorian society viewed the women who did not live up to the female ideal created by patriarchy. I base my study on Anne Brontë’s (1820-1849) Agnes Grey (1847), Charlotte Brontë’s (1816-1855) Jane ... -
The cyborg as a posthuman figure in science fiction literature
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-05-13)This thesis explores how cyborg figures within science fiction literature represent the posthuman, and function to comment on a contemporary process of posthumanization of the human species. It is a study of species ... -
The Effect of Performance on Gender and Identity in Contemporary Poetry
(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 effects of iconic gestures on L2 vocabulary learning in a Norwegian primary school
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2014;, Master thesis, 2014)The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of iconic gestures on young learners’ vocabulary acquisition in L2 settings. The main purpose of the study was, therefore, to determine the effects of teacher and learner ... -
The everlasting grip of Kazuo Ishiguro`s Never Let Me Go: empathy, narrative and a bureaucratic system
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)The aim of this thesis is to analyze and exhibit how the narrator and clones in Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro are unable to break out of a bureaucratic system. I will also be looking at how the specific narration makes ... -
The exclusive use of authentic material instead of textbooks/smartbooks in the EFL/ESL classroom from 8th grade and onwards in Norway
(Master thesis, 2023)Despite the fact that the English Curriculum in Norway does not make the use of textbooks compulsory, most teachers in Norwegian schools use a textbook or a smartbook to teach English from 1st to 10th grade. This project ... -
‘The French do not speak English’: myth or reality? A study of French attitudes and practices towards speaking English with foreign tourists
(Master thesis, 2022)The main purpose of this thesis is to investigate the practices and attitudes of the French when questioned by foreign tourists in English. In addition, it explores to what extent the French understand foreign tourists who ... -
"The Future and the Past Merge to Meet Us Here": Black Feminism and Performative Biographism in Beyoncé's Visual Album Lemonade (2016)
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IKS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-05-06)Beyoncé's visual album Lemonade has been faulted by radical feminist theorist bell hooks for its lack of intersectionality and for stereotypically victimising Black women. This thesis will counter this by arguing that ... -
“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 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 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 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 ...