Department of Languages and Literatures / Institutionen för språk och litteraturer (2009-): Recent submissions
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Der unbekannte Kontinent. Zur Europa-Darstellung bei Karl-Markus Gauß
(2013-05-22)The aim of this study is to investigate the Austrian author Karl-Markus Gauß' literary representation of Europe. The study focuses on the book "Im Wald der Metropolen" by the mentioned author and compares it with other ... -
”Fröken! Er choklad är utmärkt” Franskt vous-tilltal och titlarna Madame, Mademoiselle och Monsieur i undertexter på svenska
(2013-04-26)I denna uppsats undersöks översättning av vous-tilltal i sex svenska undertextningar av franska filmer. Även översättning av titlarna Mademoiselle, Monsieur och Madame undersöks, eftersom dessa titlar förekommer i samband ... -
Happy Multicultural Land? Reading Zadie Smith’s "White Teeth" as a Critique of Multiculturalism as an Ideology
(2013-04-16)This essay explores the portrayal of multiculturalism in Zadie Smith’s White Teeth in order to show how Smith, rather than as an ideology, depicts it as a reality. Through its characters’ experience as immigrants of different ... -
La intertextualidad "queer" en "El mismo mar de todos los veranos" de Esther Tusquets
(2013-04-11)The purpose of this study is to analyze the queer intertexuality and the representation of the lesbian main characters in El mismo mar de todos los veranos by Esther Tusquets (1978). The plot of the novel, which is set in ... -
Germanic and French adjectives in The Canterbury Tales How are etymologically different adjectives used in the General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales?
(2013-04-09)The aim of this paper is to investigate how etymologically different adjectives are used in the General Prologue of "The Canterbury Tales". Are etymologically French adjectives used for people of higher society and are ... -
El enfoque comunicativo en los libros de texto. Un estudio sobre el enfoque comunicativo y su papel en los libros de texto de expañol como lengua extranjera
(2013-04-09)Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att ge kunskap om den kommunikativa språksynen i spanska läroböcker. Jag har analyserat utvalda delar av två läroböcker med olika svårighetsgrad, producerade av olika förlag och författare. ... -
"Botchan" – en jämförelse av två översättningar till engelska
(2013-04-05)In this paper two translators of Natsume Soseki's "Botchan" by Matt Treyvaud (2009) and Joel R. Cohn (2005) are compared with each other and with the original. Yoko Hasegawa's "The Routledge Course in Japanese Translation" ... -
Comment traduire la culture ? Etude sur la traduction des mots culturels dans la traduction d’un roman de Mons Kallentoft
(2013-04-05)Uppsatsen undersöker hur de kulturella referenserna i Midvinterblod av Mons Kallentoft har översatts till franska. Målet är att undersöka vilka strategier översättarna har valt och hur detta har påverkat den franska texten. -
SJ och JR – en tvärkulturell jämförelse av tågföretags hemsidor i Sverige och Japan
(2013-04-05)Syftet med denna studie är att analysera fyra tågföretags hemsidor (SJ, JR East, JR Central och JR West) från Sverige och Japan i relation till två teorier om kulturella skillnader för att se vilka eventuella skillnader i ... -
拡張新字体の認識について
(2013-04-05)This thesis is concerned with the extended new character form (拡張新字体) in Japanese. The study of character form (字体) is not so common and as for the extended new character form, the studies are even more limited. The purpose ... -
The Future of Society: Dystopian and Utopian - Aspects in H.G. Wells’ "The Time Machine and Men Like Gods"
(2013-03-20)My essay will discuss the subject of dystopia and utopia in two selected works by H.G. Wells. I will show that both novels reflect the changing discourse of the time in which they were written, and will argue that the ... -
Love and Marriage in Jane Austen’s Novels - Parallels of "Sense and Sensibility" and "Pride and Prejudice"
(2013-03-20)That Jane Austen’s most beloved novels Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Pride and Prejudice (1813) have many things in common can be rather easily deducted by any reader. In this essay, I take that view one step further ... -
En Möbelhandlares Testamente på japanska – Översättningsanalys av Ingvar Kamprads ideologi på japanska
(2013-03-20)IKEA är ett svenskt heminredningsföretag som verkat i ca 50 år och dess varuhus återfinns i många länder runt om i världen. IKEAs koncept och marknadsföring har översatts till många olika språk och de fortsätter sin expansion ... -
Challenging heteronormativity through literature - Teaching David Levithan’s "Boy meets boy" with norm critical pedagogy
(2013-03-20)There are many reasons to use literature in the language classroom. It can help pupils develop their abilities to read, listen, speak and write. Literature can also give pupils new perspectives and cultural enrichment. ... -
Teaching Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games from an Ethical Perspective
(2013-03-20)Ethics is something that is difficult to work with in school in an approachable manner. The claim of this study is that the novel The Hunger Games can serve as help when teaching ethics. There are no guidelines in the ... -
The Rise of the Underworld - Felines, Mythology and Psychology in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat
(2013-03-20)The narrator in The Black Cat tells the story which leads him to the gallows. The unreliable tale depictures the morbid details of violence and murder, hauntings and terror. At the centre of the story is the cat which ... -
The Transmission of Musashi - An analysis of translation methods and differences in "The Book of Five rings"
(2013-03-20)An analysis on the translational differences between English translations of the Japanese text Gerinsho, i.e. The Book of Five Rings. The results of the analysis show that the methods the translators employed differed ... -
Capturing Intangible Cultural Heritage - Oral Arabic Storytelling in Hammarkullen, Sweden
(2013-03-20)The vibrant suburb of Hammarkullen in Gothenburg, Sweden, provides the field of research for this thesis on oral Arabic storytelling in an exile community. In an effort to capture and document samples of tales that constitute ... -
Dualities in the Mind of Pi Molitor Patel A Philosophical Approach to Truth in "Life of Pi"
(2013-03-19)The aim of the essay is to analyze what happens to the protagonist Pi in Martel Yann‟s novel Life of Pi. The essay will focus on how he devolves as a sophisticated human being, how the extreme situation he is in triggers ... -
How to use "The Rock and the River" in the English classroom - The benefits of literature in the language classroom
(2013-03-19)The aim of this study is to illustrate the advantages of literature in the teaching of English as a second language for Upper Secondary School. More specifically, the study will focus at how the African-American Civil ...