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Sevilla Una Maravilla: A Student's Guide To Study Abroad In Seville, Spain, Kayla F. Buchanan
Sevilla Una Maravilla: A Student's Guide To Study Abroad In Seville, Spain, Kayla F. Buchanan
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
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Cold War Rivalry And The Perception Of The American West: Why Both Westerners And Easterners Became Cowboys And Indians, Pawel Goral
History Dissertations
As the competing ideologies of the Cold War became crucial components of the rivalry, cultural influences gained symbolic power as well. American popular culture had such a tremendous impact upon Europe that the states of the communist bloc denounced it as cultural imperialism. The Western, combined with cultural power and cultural beliefs, analyzed here as a major cold war weapon of influence, contributes to an understanding of transatlantic intercultural transfer, best illustrated by the production of German Westerns between 1962 and 1983. This dissertation demonstrates how the adversaries of the Cold War endeavored to create two distinct and unique German …
Frame By Frame, Jorge Garza
Frame By Frame, Jorge Garza
Art & Art History Masters of Fine Arts Theses
Written portion of creative MFA thesis published as a book. Physical copies are available for viewing in the Art & Art History Department office.
Mystical Experience And Its Defense On The Mystical's Proper Understanding And Usage, Adrian Contreras
Mystical Experience And Its Defense On The Mystical's Proper Understanding And Usage, Adrian Contreras
Philosophy & Humanities Theses
This document will closely examine the issue of mystical experience by reviewing its origins in sacred concepts and leading arguments in the field of philosophy of mysticism. Ultimately, this document will attempt to prove the manner by which it might most properly be understood, as well as the practical use of such experience for those who have lived & experienced it within his/her day-to-day life.
Ronsons, Zippos, Brew-Ups, And Tommycookers: The M4 Sherman Tank And American Armored Development During World War Ii, John Michael Muller
Ronsons, Zippos, Brew-Ups, And Tommycookers: The M4 Sherman Tank And American Armored Development During World War Ii, John Michael Muller
History Theses
In January 1945 the M4 Sherman tank became embroiled in bitter controversy for its inability to match-up with certain tanks of the German Army. Citing many deficiencies of the Sherman, angry American tankers vented their frustrations to the media during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 and January 1945. Questioning the effectiveness of the Ordnance Department and U.S. Army doctrine that governed the tanks produced, members of the media demanded a congressional investigation why American tanks appeared to be substantially inferior in mobility, firepower, and protection in comparison to German tanks. High-level commanders tried to quell the controversy …
Regency Rabble Rousers: The Impact And Legacy Of The Cato Street Conspiracy, Kathleen M. Beeson
Regency Rabble Rousers: The Impact And Legacy Of The Cato Street Conspiracy, Kathleen M. Beeson
History Theses
What were the reasons behind the virtual disappearance of the Cato Street Conspiracy from historical discussion and debate as well as from public consciences? This thesis poses the question: How could a group whose activities had been closely watched for several years by government officials and deemed dangerous enough for these government officials to plant spies within their ranks, not receive the same historical treatment as those who were responsible for the Gunpowder Plot of 1605? This study maintains that both the Cato Street Conspirators and the Gunpowder Plotters set out to do the same thing: they desired to create …
Vanished Legacies And The Lost Culture Of I.M. Terrell High School In Segregated Fort Worth Texas, Samuel A. Wilson
Vanished Legacies And The Lost Culture Of I.M. Terrell High School In Segregated Fort Worth Texas, Samuel A. Wilson
History Theses
From 1954 until 1973, the Fort Worth Independent School District worked to adhere to the ruling of Brown v. Board and entered several years of litigation brought about by the NAACP and attorney Clifford L. Davis. The process of this integration, beginning with the crisis over Fort Worth black students attempting to integrate into the Mansfield School System, and ending with the closing of several all-black schools, most notably the century-old school that was I.M. Terrell High School, was a very difficult process not unlike that of other schools across the nation. However, the Fort Worth School District, after seeing …
The Role Of Ritual And Ceremonial In The Reign Of Edward I, Marla Lynn Morris
The Role Of Ritual And Ceremonial In The Reign Of Edward I, Marla Lynn Morris
History Theses
Often it is said that no one is better at pomp and pageantry than the British monarchy, and indeed, this has been the case at least since the time when medieval kings ruled England. One monarch in particular stands out as having successfully utilized royal ritual and ceremonial to great political, military and personal gain. Edward I is widely considered one of England's most dynamic, respected and successful monarchs. Called a "precedent seeker," the king's reign was ". . . one of the most pivotal in the whole of British history, a moment when the destinies of England, Wales, Scotland …
"To Get Their Labor For Nothing" Criminal Courts And Jim Crow In Tarrant County, Texas: 1887-1908, Thomas A. Paige
"To Get Their Labor For Nothing" Criminal Courts And Jim Crow In Tarrant County, Texas: 1887-1908, Thomas A. Paige
History Theses
The county jail records reveal that Tarrant County Jim Crow was a function of custom and thoroughly institutionalized as a matter of public policy by 1890, before the Texas state legislature required separate railroad coaches for blacks and whites in 1891. Chapter 1 explores Tarrant County's founding as a slave jurisdiction, the county's support of the Confederacy, and the county's post Civil War success in segregating blacks. Chapter 2 describes the machinery of county law enforcement and analyzes the county jail records between 1887 and 1890 using modern statistical methods. The analysis demonstrates that whites used the county court system …
The Dominican Crisis Of 1962-1965, Communist Aggression Or U.S. Intervention, Cary W. Beshel
The Dominican Crisis Of 1962-1965, Communist Aggression Or U.S. Intervention, Cary W. Beshel
History Theses
In this paper I deconstructed the U.S. Invasion of the Dominican Republic in 1965. I also look at the events leading up to the military intervention, such as assassination of Trujillo, the Bosch presidency, and the turbulent period of the military junta. The paper also takes a broader look at the implications of communist expansion and the U.S. response under George Kennan's Domino Theory. I utilized a number of primary documents that have been recently made public to examine the U.S. response to what was seen as a left leaning rebellion within the Dominican Republic. I found that the Cuban …
The Old Bailey: The Court Of Londoners In An Era Of Revolution, Nathaniel Goodwin
The Old Bailey: The Court Of Londoners In An Era Of Revolution, Nathaniel Goodwin
History Theses
The history of the laws and courts of England is a rich subject, but little work has been done on the history of common law prior to the eighteenth century. With fewer sources than later periods and a confusing system of overlapping jurisdictions the late seventeenth century has largely been ignored by legal history scholars. Furthermore, the history of this period is often dominated by grand events like the Glorious Revolution. This thesis attempts to chronicle the activities of the Old Bailey - London's central criminal court during the era of the Glorious Revolution. Analysis of the Old Bailey Sessions …
Envisioning A Postfeminist Composition Studies, Melissa Miles
Envisioning A Postfeminist Composition Studies, Melissa Miles
English Dissertations
We must look at the changing sociological conditions that challenge many of the foundations of composition studies in order to develop the discipline. Although postfeminism is evident within academic and popular culture, so far postfeminism has been little addressed in composition studies. In the composition classroom, we can see evidence of postfeminism in the student resistance to overt and subvert expressions of feminist pedagogy and/or content. The essentialist and emancipatory elements of both feminism and composition studies not only are limiting pedagogically, but, in my view, also in themselves generate student resistance. I argue that, in order to mediate this …
Rhetoric, Composition And Preaching: What Homiletic Pedagogy Can Learn About Imitation From Composition Pedagogies, Calvin Frederick Pearson
Rhetoric, Composition And Preaching: What Homiletic Pedagogy Can Learn About Imitation From Composition Pedagogies, Calvin Frederick Pearson
English Dissertations
Across the centuries there have been thousands of books and articles written about preaching and writing. Homiletics and Composition Studies have this in common. A great difference comes when one looks for information about the teaching of these two closely related fields. Composition Studies has a great abundance of books, articles, journals available to the teacher of composition; Homiletics has only a dozen or so, and those when read yield very little practical guidance as to how to teach preaching. This project seeks to show how the pedagogy of composition can inform the pedagogy of homiletics. Through the study of …
Bug-Eyed Monsters And The Encounter With The Postcolonial Other: An Analysis Of The Common Postcolonial Themes And Characteristics In Science Fiction, Paul David Lee
English Dissertations
Recently, a number of non-Western postcolonial authors have begun to use science fiction to express some of the common concerns of non-Western cultures such as hybridity, alterity and subalternity, as well as other issues like those concerning the body and community/hybridity, the future of former colonies extrapolated from colonial history, and encounters with the Other. This trend has also been common for Western writers from the beginning of science fiction as a distinct genre, and many Western authors have used it to highlight the superiority of Western empires, while others have used it as a tool to emphasize their negative …
The Destroyer Of Souls: The Rhetoric Of Fear In Old English Literature, Thomas A. Tutt
The Destroyer Of Souls: The Rhetoric Of Fear In Old English Literature, Thomas A. Tutt
English Dissertations
This dissertation explores representations of fear in Old English literature and examines their rhetorical purposes. Although Anglo-Saxon writers were often unconcerned with or even hostile to the use of rhetorical techniques, I argue that Anglo-Saxons, particularly in their vernacular texts, tailor their writing to appeal to their audiences in specific ways. As such, this writing should be read as highly rhetorical. Reference to fear and fearful imagery in these texts play an important rhetorical role. Fear places the Anglo-Saxon subject in a world defined along rigid lines between Christian and Pagan, legal subject and outlaw, human and monster, recorded and …
Language, Order And The Problem Of The Other: Inventing A Postmodern Service-Learning Pedagogy, Dianne Pearman
Language, Order And The Problem Of The Other: Inventing A Postmodern Service-Learning Pedagogy, Dianne Pearman
English Dissertations
My dissertation argues for a different approach to implementing service-learning into composition pedagogy. I argue that because critical pedagogy has long been the primary vehicle for incorporating service-learning initiatives into the composition classroom, and because this pedagogy--despite claims to the contrary-- is still deeply committed to the tenants of modernism, service-learning's potential has also been confined to this narrow world view. I further argue that the confrontational strategies employed by critical educators often work to undermine not only their own pedagogical goals, but also any benefits students might receive from their service experience. In making my argument, I examine closely …
Liquid Assets: The Functions Of Forgetting In Shakespeare's Second Henriad, Jonni Koonce Dunn
Liquid Assets: The Functions Of Forgetting In Shakespeare's Second Henriad, Jonni Koonce Dunn
English Dissertations
This dissertation examines Shakespeare's second historical tetralogy in which the playwright employs forgetfulness despite its pathologized position in early modern culture and its seeming incompatibility with history. In Richard II, the King's forgetfulness attempts self-stabilization while his sustained forgetfulness, in response to the historical sublime, results in tragic poetry. Nietzschean ideas of judicious forgetfulness and plasticity, Langerian concepts of comedy, and the Andersonian notion of a unifying national amnesia inform a comparison of the functions of forgetfulness for Henry IV, Prince Hal, and Falstaff in 1 Henry IV. In 2 Henry IV forgetfulness deploys in the figure of Rumor, who …
Indi'n Humor, Tricksters, And Stereotype In Selected Works Of Gerald Vizenor, Thomas King, And Sherman Alexie, Corby J. Baxter
Indi'n Humor, Tricksters, And Stereotype In Selected Works Of Gerald Vizenor, Thomas King, And Sherman Alexie, Corby J. Baxter
English Dissertations
Humor in American Indian literature is a popular and important area of study. Yet, to date few full-length studies have compared the role of humor in Gerald Vizenor, Thomas King, and Sherman Alexie. This study offers a comparison of the ways three of the best-known American Indian humorists use humor to talk about contemporary Native American experience. The dissertation explores the way humor--especially trickster humor--is used to re-imagine the Indian stereotype. The dissertation asserts, first, that American Indian stereotypes are created through American, utopian impulses and that the stereotypes are then distributed by colonialism to make both North American identity …
The Best And The Brightest: The Overachievement Rhetoric During America's Polio Epidemics, Samantha Taryn Putman
The Best And The Brightest: The Overachievement Rhetoric During America's Polio Epidemics, Samantha Taryn Putman
English Theses
In 1985, Dr. Richard Bruno, a post polio syndrome specialist, conducted a study on the personality traits of polio survivors, ultimately concluding that polio survivors have a significantly higher incidence of reporting overachieving tendencies than both people who did not have polio and people who have other, even similar, disabilities. The idea that polio patients were overachievers, however, has been a common theme in a variety of works, from memoirs written by polio patients to medical journals, since the epidemic period. If polio survivors were more likely, as both Bruno's study and the great wealth of anecdotal evidence supports, to …
Implicit Learning In The Remedial English Classroom: Steps Towards A Pedegogy Of Literacy, Jo A. Ward
Implicit Learning In The Remedial English Classroom: Steps Towards A Pedegogy Of Literacy, Jo A. Ward
English Theses
This paper discusses the dynamics of implicit learning in the Remedial English classroom. In order to elucidate the topic, the area of explicit learning is also covered. By tracing the history of implicit learning theoretically and scientifically, its benefits and usefulness are thoroughly uncovered and investigated. Practical implications for the classroom are explained in detail and areas of further needed research are explored.
Murder In The Digital Age: Rethinking Crime Fiction Theory Through The Medium Of Videogames, Fanny Anne Ramirez
Murder In The Digital Age: Rethinking Crime Fiction Theory Through The Medium Of Videogames, Fanny Anne Ramirez
English Theses
Videogames are a multibillion-dollar industry. Their high definition graphics and sophisticated gameplay cater to a continuously growing crowd of enthusiastic players. But what is their standing in the academic community? Can games be studied as texts or are they limited by the ludic qualities of their medium? Through a careful application of crime fiction theory to the videogames Heavy Rain and L.A. Noire, I will demonstrate the genre's ability to expand beyond the media of print and cinema. Features such as interactivity, decision-making, and player immersion offer new ways of looking at existing literary conventions. The omission of videogames in …
No Utopia Is An Island: The Ecosystem Of Utopias In Paul Mcauley's Quiet War Saga, Kerri Beauchesne
No Utopia Is An Island: The Ecosystem Of Utopias In Paul Mcauley's Quiet War Saga, Kerri Beauchesne
English Theses
In this thesis, I argue that a new, ambitious variety of literary utopia, which I call an ecosystem utopia, has developed over the past forty years, chiefly in science fiction and fantasy. My primary examples are Paul McAuley's The Quiet War and Gardens of the Sun. An ecosystem utopia portrays a dynamic network of societies in a text's fictional time and space. Like a traditional utopia, it explores the structure and functioning of individual utopias, and like the critical utopia, their flaws and ambiguities. Sociopolitically complex, it explores threads of influence, alliance, conflict, exploitation, and dominance within and between multiple …
The Development Of Rhetorical Satire In Humanist Literature: Erasmus' The Praise Of Folly And More's Utopia, Luke Story
The Development Of Rhetorical Satire In Humanist Literature: Erasmus' The Praise Of Folly And More's Utopia, Luke Story
English Theses
This thesis explores how early Renaissance humanists developed an effective rhetorical satire to combat the follies, injustices, and inequalities that afflicted the European population in the late Middle Ages, particularly Desiderius Erasmus' The Praise of Folly and Sir Thomas More's Utopia. I examine both how the humanists were able to work out of the satirical tradition that was popular in the Middle Ages as well as how they utilized the rhetorical knowledge from various classical texts that were rediscovered in the early portion of the Renaissance.I pay close attention to how More and Erasmus used aspects of narration, characterization, and …
A Graduate English Major's Search For Meaning: Toward A Pedagogy Of Creative Rhetoric, Lindsey Gendke
A Graduate English Major's Search For Meaning: Toward A Pedagogy Of Creative Rhetoric, Lindsey Gendke
English Theses
Building upon recent work by Gerald Graff, Tim Mayers, Douglas Hesse, and Graeme Harper and Jeri Kroll, I propose a pedagogical approach that integrates creative writing with rhetoric, much as the emerging "creative writing studies" is integrating creative writing with literature. As I demonstrate through a fusion of personal, academic, and creative writing, composition pedagogies that have ignored creative writing have alienated writing-disposed students such as myself, as well as failed to prepare them for basic and necessary writing and teaching tasks outside the university. As an antidote to these problems, I suggest Creative Rhetoric, a pedagogy that champions authentic …
Blood Path: An Original Screenplay Based On The Life And Works Of John Rollin Ridge, Jennifer Chamberlain
Blood Path: An Original Screenplay Based On The Life And Works Of John Rollin Ridge, Jennifer Chamberlain
English Theses
Blood Path is an original, feature-length screenplay based on the life of John Rollin Ridge (1827-1867), a mixed-blood Cherokee whose work of sensational fiction, The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta, is considered the first novel written in English by an American Indian author. A synopsis of the plot is as follows: After seeing his father murdered before his eyes at the age of 12, Ridge vows revenge on the rival faction responsible. As a young man, Ridge kills one of his rivals during an argument and is forced to flee to Gold Rush California, where he becomes obsessed with …
Networked Authorship: A Community Of Creators In Born-Digital Literature, Tricia Jost Dupew
Networked Authorship: A Community Of Creators In Born-Digital Literature, Tricia Jost Dupew
English Theses
Authorship of born-digital literature exists in a state referent to but decidedly apart from authorship of more traditional printed texts. Ranging far from the idea that the author exists in a state of solitary genius, authorship in born-digital literature is a collective endeavor which both reacts to and anticipates an ongoing cultural shift from material goods produced in an industrial setting to immaterial goods produced in the networked environment of the cultural collective. By examining the creation of born-digital texts, the placement of the reader within the textual and multimedia experience itself, and the influence of the intelligent machine in …