Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Løfaldli, Eli"
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A Comparative Study of the Cinematic and Serial Adaptations of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Last Tycoon
Aspelien, August (Master thesis, 2021)The thesis discusses F. Scott Fitzgerald’s final and unfinished novel The Last Tycoon and two of its adaptations: the 1976 film and the 2016 Amazon series. A comparative analysis of three of The Last Tycoon’s most notable ... -
Adaptation and Cultural Norms: The Case of Beauty and the Beast
Tangen, Anja (Bachelor thesis, 2020)Through the story of Beauty and the Beast, Disney have been indirectly been relaying their values and shown progressiveness. Disney made the story their own through their first adaptation in 1991, where they adapted the ... -
Adaptations & Archmages: A thesis on adapting the tabletop role-playing game to fantasy film
Isaksen, Håkon Gravem (Bachelor thesis, 2021)Det finnes mange spennende muligheter i det å undersøke bordrollespill innenfor rammene av litteraturstudier, både på generell basis og spesielt for D&D. Spill, spilling og spillere er i seg selv interessante studieobjekt, ... -
Authenticity and Fidelity in Historical Fiction
Karlsen, Hallvard Myrbråten (Bachelor thesis, 2020)I den følgende oppgaven utforsket jeg hvilke virkninger adapsjonen av historisk litteratur vil ha på autentisitet og troskap. Da med fokus på filmen Master and Commander: The Far Side of The World (2003) og novellen The ... -
"Because I don’t want to be a pirate" - A Contextual Study of the Representation of Long John Silver in Treasure Island and Black Sails
Myrvang, Olav Kjetil (Master thesis, 2018)This thesis is a study of contextuality, proximation, and discourse in the novel Treasure Island (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson and the television series Black Sails (2014-2017) by Robert Levine and John Steinberg, ... -
Book Covers and Visual Rhetoric: An Analysis of Literary Classics and their Young Adult novel and Graphic Novel Adaptations
Løften, Marte Brun (Master thesis, 2021)Book covers are the gateway to any literary text, whether it being a plain sheet of paper or a colourful cover filled with illustrations of various elements. They can be boring, decorative, beautiful, old, or covered in ... -
Closing the Emotional Distance: An Adaptational Analysis of the Book of Exodus and The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Maliks, Bendik (Bachelor thesis, 2020)Hensikten med denne oppgaven er å granske og analysere de adaptive metodene benyttet i den animerte Bibelfilmen fra 1998, Prinsen av Egypt og sammenlikne den med de forutgående tekster i den originale 2. Mosebok og dens ... -
Communication in Clothing: Alcott´s, Armstrong´s & Gerwig´s Little Women
Wik, Julie Amundsen (Bachelor thesis, 2020)Denne bacheloroppgaven er basert på adaptasjonsstudier, med en vinkling innenfor kostyme. Klærne i boken Little Women fra 1868 blir sett i sammenheng med kostymene i Gillian Armstrongs adaptasjon fra 1994, og Greta Gerwigs ... -
Critiqueing Society and Disappearing Logic Down the Rabbit Hole
Jentoft, Oda (Bachelor thesis, 2021)The novel Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland was a revolutionary novel at the time of its release as it introduced a brand-new way of writing children’s novels. Several attempts have been made to understand the novel, and ... -
Cultural Homelessness Shown Through Music: Cultural Diversity and the Blending of Cultures in the Soundtrack of Crazy Rich Asians
Jensen, Thea (Bachelor thesis, 2021)Hollywood filmen Crazy Rich Asians (2018) er en filmatisert adaptasjon av novellen ved samme tittel (2013), skrevet av Kevin Kwan. Denne oppgaven tar for seg en analyse av hvordan musikken som er presentert i Hollywood ... -
Dualities and Complexities: Winnie-the-Pooh on Page and Screen
Simonsen, Mai-Britt (Master thesis, 2021)Children’s literature and film is commonly assumed to be simplistic and therefore, deemed by some, unworthy of examination. Texts and films that are categorised children’s entertainment are expected to not be as complex ... -
Eighteenth-Century Private Life Writing as Evidence of Men’s Sexual Practices: Case Reopened
Løfaldli, Eli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)It has been a common practice in scholarly literature on eighteenth-century sexuality to use private life writing as evidence of sexual behavior. The choice of texts in the examination of male nonmarital and extramarital ... -
Endangered Masculinities: A Study of Masculinity Crises in Ian McEwan’s On Chesil Beach and Enduring Love
Pedersen, Camilla Finstad (Master thesis, 2020)Ian McEwan is an author who is widely admired for his ability to create diverse and believable characters. Many of his novels portray characters that struggle with finding their identity, often related to issues regarding ... -
Exploring Historical Young Adult Fiction: A Study of the Representation of Historical Elements in the Novel and Film Adaptation of The Book Thief
Tysnes, Ingrid Dahl (Master thesis, 2022)Dette er en studie av de historiske elementene i Markus Zusaks roman The Book Thief. Romanen inneholder flere referanser til og beskrivelser av viktige historiske hendelser under andre verdenskrig og Holocaust. Uavhengig ... -
Fantastic Crimes and Where to Find Them: Exploring the Social Context of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Lillevik, Sandra (Bachelor thesis, 2021)Det oppstår visse ulikheter av avgjørelser når litteratur skal transformeres til film. Hva bør det legges større vekt på av i forhold til det originale litterære verket, og hva kan man utelate? Adaptasjon av litterære verk ... -
From Biographical Text to Biopic: Adapting the Cultural Memory of the Eighteenth Century
Løfaldli, Eli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The article investigates how recent biopics of eighteenth-century women can be seen to form and/or revise the cultural memory of the period, with a particular emphasis on how the individuals represented in biographical ... -
From Formal Context to Historical Knowledge: Representations of the Politicians', Public's, and Soldiers' Perspective in Darkest Hour (2017) and Dunkirk (2017)
Johnson, Jakob Gjerde Espolin (Master thesis, 2023)Denne masteroppgaven tar for seg hvordan Joe Wrights Darkest Hour og Christopher Nolans Dunkirk, begge fra 2017, formidler fortiden ved hjelp av den historiske filmsjangeren som uttrykksform. Oppgaven analyserer filmenes ... -
From Short Story to Film - A Modern Adaptation of Walter Mitty
Johnson, Jakob Gjerde Espolin (Bachelor thesis, 2021)Denne bachelor oppgaven gir en analyse av filmen av Stiller og Conrad, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), som en adaptert versjon av Thurber sin novelle, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", fra 1939. Da en film er, ... -
From Text to Sound: Retelling time and place in Barry Lyndon through film music
Einum, Even (Master thesis, 2013) -
From the Little Mermaid and the Snow Queen to Ariel and Elsa: The Development of the Disney Princess Through Adaptation
Skorstad, Vanja Garcia (Master thesis, 2018)Costume, color and music are common elements of the film adaptation process, as they contribute to the representation of the emotional depth of a character or narrative. This thesis is a study of how the figures of H. C. ...