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Female Fantasists: Re-Visioning The Archetypal Warrior, Tammy M. Bear-Tibbs
Female Fantasists: Re-Visioning The Archetypal Warrior, Tammy M. Bear-Tibbs
Masters Theses
This thesis discusses female archetypal warriors in several fantasy novels written for children and adolescents. The novels examined include A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle; The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley; Dragonflight, Dragonguest, The White Dragon, Dragonsong, and Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey; and The Tombs of Atuan and Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin. The thesis argues that, by expanding gender roles and portraying their female characters as strong archetypal warriors, these authors force a rethinking of existing archetypal criticism. Using …
The "Double Sorwe" Of Troylus And Criseyde: An Analysis Of Chaucer's Dramatic Tragedy, Suzanne Renae Mclaughlin
The "Double Sorwe" Of Troylus And Criseyde: An Analysis Of Chaucer's Dramatic Tragedy, Suzanne Renae Mclaughlin
Masters Theses
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An "Avowed Contradiction": Gender And Historical Instability In Clarissa, Jennifer C. Berkshire
An "Avowed Contradiction": Gender And Historical Instability In Clarissa, Jennifer C. Berkshire
Masters Theses
As one of the first novels written, Samuel Richardson's Clarissa serves as an important social text with which to examine the eighteenth century. Most theoretical studies of the emergence of novelistic discourse have interpreted the rise of the new genre as a reflection of other broader socio-economic changes. This study focuses on the role of the novel in bringing about such changes--in articulating particular attitudes, beliefs, and opinions that have come to be associated with the middle class. The study involves an examination of Clarissa, Lovelace, and the Harlowe family as representatives of particular ideologies, or understandings of history, with …