• Acquiring a new understanding of illness and agency: a narrative study of recovering from chronic fatigue syndrome 

      Bakken, Anne Karen; Mengshoel, Anne Marit; Synnes, Oddgeir; Strand, Elin Bolle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background: The condition known as chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is poorly understood. Simplified medical models tend to neglect the complexity of illness, contributing to a terrain of ...
    • Litterære strategiar og sjølvopplevd kreft 

      Synnes, Oddgeir; Bondevik, Hilde (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      In this article four literary works that thematise cancer are analysed in light of two recent trends in society: (1) the emergence of the bodily turn and the writing of one’s cancer experience through illness narratives, ...