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The Role Of The Supernatural Element In The Creation And Development Of The Tragic Hero In Shakespeare's Plays Macbeth And Hamlet, Yehia Kamel El Sayed Youssef Oct 1984

The Role Of The Supernatural Element In The Creation And Development Of The Tragic Hero In Shakespeare's Plays Macbeth And Hamlet, Yehia Kamel El Sayed Youssef

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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The Great Day: A Fantasy Play In Five Acts, Six Scenes By Vladimir Kirshon, Christopher Lee Philips Oct 1984

The Great Day: A Fantasy Play In Five Acts, Six Scenes By Vladimir Kirshon, Christopher Lee Philips

Institute for the Humanities Theses

Vladimir Kirshon was a proletarian playwright of the Soviet Union who died in the Great Purge. The thesis presents an English version of the author's last play, The Great Day, which is preceded by an introduction which places Kirshon and his plays in their proper historical context. The introduction details Kirshon's political and artistic background and his politico-literary position as a playwright. The introduction and analysis of the play produce an understanding of Vladimir Kirshon as a Soviet proletarian playwright and an understanding of the spirit in which The Great Day was written.


Chretien De Troyes' Erec Et Enide And Cistercian Spirituality, Patricia Ann Quattrin Aug 1984

Chretien De Troyes' Erec Et Enide And Cistercian Spirituality, Patricia Ann Quattrin

Masters Theses

Many critics confess to a "vague uneasiness" with the meaning of Chretien de Troyes' Erec et Enide, especially with the motivation for Erec's adventures. Such critics as D. W. Robertson, E. Talbot Donaldson, and Northrup Frye posit methodological approaches to the meaning and understanding of vernacular romances. However, researching Cistercian monasticism, especially William of St. Thierry, I noted similarities between and parallels in the structure of a spiritual quest for God and a model of the secular quest found in Chretien de Troyes' Erec et Enide.

Approaching the romance by examining and discussing the parallels in structure and thought between …


Recognition And Reversal In The Short Story, Hamida Ibrahim Mashali May 1984

Recognition And Reversal In The Short Story, Hamida Ibrahim Mashali

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Madness And Form In The Short Story, Faten Ismail Morsy May 1984

Madness And Form In The Short Story, Faten Ismail Morsy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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A Reading Of The Influence Of Stoic And Nietzschean Thought On Hardy's Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Jude The Obscure, The Dynasts, Aziza Saleh Ahmed Hafez May 1984

A Reading Of The Influence Of Stoic And Nietzschean Thought On Hardy's Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Jude The Obscure, The Dynasts, Aziza Saleh Ahmed Hafez

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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George Etherege's Satire Of Restoration Society, Mervat Shukry Shafik May 1984

George Etherege's Satire Of Restoration Society, Mervat Shukry Shafik

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Compassion In The Caretaker And The Zoo Story, Randa Rushdy Kamel Helmy Apr 1984

Compassion In The Caretaker And The Zoo Story, Randa Rushdy Kamel Helmy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Beckett's Bleak Universe And Its Objective Correlatives, Mohamed El-Said Ahmed Mar 1984

Beckett's Bleak Universe And Its Objective Correlatives, Mohamed El-Said Ahmed

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.