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Attachment and Isolation: Exploring Kya's Relationships in Delia Owens' Where the Crawdads Sing
(14.02.2025)In this thesis I examine the influence of childhood abandonment and isolation on the protagonist Kya Clark’s attachment style and relationships in Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing (2018). By analysing Kya’s interactions ...suljettu -
Belle of the Ball: Notions of Female Beauty in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park
(12.11.2024)This thesis studies the definitions of female beauty within the context of the Regency era of England (1811-1820) as depicted in English writer Jane Austen’s two novels, Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Mansfield Park (1814). ...suljettu -
Bending the Truth in The Bell Jar : Deceitful Communication in the Direct Speech of Esther Greenwood
(22.04.2025)The aim of this bachelor’s thesis is to analyze the deceitful direct speech of Esther Greenwood in the novel The Bell Jar. Esther Greenwood is the protagonist of the novel, and her dialogue is analysed in terms of honesty. ...suljettu -
Childhood Trauma and Family Dysfunction in Bá and Way’s The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite
(13.03.2025)In my thesis, I analyze the parental neglect in Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite and its impact on the characters and the development of their superhero identity. I also discuss how these ...suljettu -
Coffins and Closets: Vampirism as a Metaphor for Homosexuality in Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire
(25.02.2025)Metaphors are used as tools to allow an in-depth analysis of literary material. In this thesis I focus on themes of queerness in Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (1976) and study the novel’s portrayal of vampirism ...suljettu -
Communality and Social Status Presented by Food in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
(05.03.2025)Food and social status are recurring topics in Charles Dickens’ works and A Christmas Carol is no exception to that. This famous Christmas novella presents food from various angles and shows how different social groups see ...suljettu -
Defining Competence: Assessing the Role of Media Bias in Framing Leadership in the 2024 U.S. Election
(17.02.2025)This thesis examines how CNN and Fox News frame the leadership competence of presidential candidates during the 2024 U.S. presidential election and investigates how these frames might influence public perception. CNN aligns ...suljettu -
Elio — the Self and Love Intertwined : A Self-narrative Analysis of André Aciman’s Call Me by Your Name
(23.09.2024)Aciman’s novel, Call Me by Your Name (CMBYN) (2007) is a coming-of-age tragic love story, narrated by 17-year-old Elio in the first-person past tense as he looks back on his young and infatuated love for confident 24-year-old ...suljettu -
Etymology and Semantic Change of Words of Nautical Professions
(29.04.2024)In this thesis I examine a set of words used for contemporary nautical professions. I research the word formation and etymology of these words and their possible semantic changes by comparing their original meanings to ...suljettu -
Fan Translating Non-Equivalent Idioms: A Comparative Study of the Strategies Used in the Two Finnish Translations of All The Young Dudes
(21.05.2024)This thesis studies the strategies used by fan translators to translate non-equivalent idioms, using the popular fanfiction work All the Young Dudes by MsKingBean89, and its two Finnish translations by backtoseigfried and ...suljettu -
Female Adversity: An Exploration of the Oppressive Gender Norms in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar
(22.04.2024)This thesis investigates the multitude of ways in which the contemporary gender norms facilitate female suffering in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. Through the lens of feminist literary theory, I aim to examine how detrimental ...suljettu -
Framing Leadership: Gendered Media Portrayals of Two Politicians on CNN and Fox News
(06.01.2025)In this thesis I examine the linguistic tools that liberal and conservative outlets use to frame female and male politicians. The study focuses on CNN and Fox News’ coverage of Finland's former prime minister Sanna ...suljettu -
From Anti Hero to Antihero : Cruella De Vil's characterization as an antagonist and a protagonist
(11.10.2024)The topic of this thesis is the characterization of Cruella De Vil. She is both the antagonist of The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) and the protagonist of Cruella (2021). In this thesis, Cruella is studied both as an ...suljettu -
From Loverholic Robotronic to All the Girly Girls : A content analysis of English usage in Korean pop song lyrics
(24.09.2025)The aim of the thesis is to look into the phenomenon of the use of English in Korean Pop – commonly shortened to K-Pop – song lyrics. The thesis focuses on whether the use of English has increased within the last 15 years ...suljettu -
From Script to Screen : Investigating Translation Strategies in the Differences Found in the Subtitles and Dub of the Movie 'Notre Damen kellonsoittaja'
(21.05.2024)In my BA thesis, I investigated translation strategies in audiovisual translation, focusing on subtitling and dubbing, and their impact on the final translation product. The emphasis was placed on the utilisation of ...suljettu -
How to ride like a cowgirl : A study on the types of euphemistic language used by sex educators on the social media platform TikTok
(27.03.2024)The topic of this thesis is the euphemistic language use of sex educators on the social media platform TikTok. The aim is to observe what the types of euphemistic language used to avoid the removal or limitation of content ...suljettu -
Kendrick Lamar’s Criticism of Systemic Racism in the Album To Pimp a Butterfly
(10.03.2025)This thesis examines how Kendrick Lamar criticizes systemic racism in his album To Pimp a Butterfly. At the time of making this album in the 2010s systemic racism was a highly discussed topic and the tension related to ...suljettu -
Love Kills and Dies : Oscar Wilde’s Poetic Meditations of Mortality
(22.04.2024)This thesis studies the themes of love and death in Oscar Wilde’s (1854–1900) poems, including “Requiescat” (1881) and “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” (1898). Through close reading, the thesis examines how the poet employs ...suljettu -
Narrative Closure in Diana Wynne Jones's Howl's Moving Castle
(14.03.2025)In this BA thesis, I explore how narrative closure is carried out in Diana Wynne Jones’s famous children’s novel Howl’s Moving Castle. In this novel, the narrative purposely evokes multiple questions that stir curiosity ...suljettu -
Nicole Richie’s Mouth of the South : Challenging Gender Norms and Reinforcing the Stereotype of Dumb Blondes in ‘The Simple Life’
(26.04.2024)This study focuses on the connection between gender norms, one’s linguistic production, and how breaking these norms may affect how a speaker is perceived by others. Stereotypes are a concrete example of how certain ...suljettu
