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Scottish And Irish Elements Of Appalachian Fiddle Music, Matthew S. Emmick
Scottish And Irish Elements Of Appalachian Fiddle Music, Matthew S. Emmick
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
This paper is designed to serve as a general introduction to the topic and is not meant to be a definitive resource. The ideas presented here deal with general characteristics which serve as a basis for comparison of the three fiddle styles. A more in-depth study which examines stylistic traits peculiar to small geographic regions within Scotland, Ireland, and Appalachia is needed to give a more complete picture of the Celtic influence on the fiddle traditions of the Southern mountains.
Flight And Hand Imagery, Jennifer L. Fosnough-Osburn
Flight And Hand Imagery, Jennifer L. Fosnough-Osburn
Graduate Thesis Collection
This paper will fill in the gaps in the current criticism regarding Toni Morrison's use of flight imagery and will also introduce a parallel line of criticism regarding Morrison's narrative focus on hands and hand gestures, an important and overlapping phenomenon in her novels. This phenomenon serves to elucidate Morrison's larger ideological project, in which she points out the core of one's life is creativity. Flight imagery and hand gestures work together to show a progression in Morrison's novels; thus, they must be considered together in order to completely comprehend characters and their actions as Morrison had intended.