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Caller Id, Plamen Ivanov Arnaudov
Caller Id, Plamen Ivanov Arnaudov
LSU Master's Theses
As one might expect from a young poet writing at the turn of a millennium, recurrent in "Caller ID" is the theme of struggle with literary tradition and of seeing it as both necessary and constricting to the project of forging one's own creative identity. The collision between history and the self is visible in the often conflicted references to great philosophers and poets of the past as well as in the call for renewal of the body poetic after an envisioned 'end of history' marked by creative sterility and exhaustion. The proposed renewal does not entail destruction of tradition …
Hearsay, Testimony And Conference: Citationality In The Works Of Marguerite Duras, Maurice Blanchot And Jacques Derrida., Mary Carla Criner
Hearsay, Testimony And Conference: Citationality In The Works Of Marguerite Duras, Maurice Blanchot And Jacques Derrida., Mary Carla Criner
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This dissertation involves an examination of the effects and implications of three modes of citationality: hearsay, testimony and conference. As a term coined by Jacques Derrida, citationality involves the problematization of questions related to borders and limits and to the attempt to re-present the originary event thought to lie beyond the performance of citational acts of bearing witness. In chapter one I situate my project theoretically through an examination of the principles of deconstruction. In particular, Jacques Derrida's work on the metaphysical concepts of presence and speech, in terms of repeatability or iterability, bears heavily on my study. As a …
What Goes On In Cross -Language Encounters: The Tactics And Strategies Of Interactional Grammar., Stuart Lee Stewart
What Goes On In Cross -Language Encounters: The Tactics And Strategies Of Interactional Grammar., Stuart Lee Stewart
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This investigation involves analysis of cross-language encounters (CLEs), spoken discourse between native speakers (NSs) and non-native speakers (NNSs) of Spanish involved in two types of interactions: simulated service encounters and free conversation. I use a multi-tiered framework comprised of: (1) Schiffrin's (1994) functionalist approach, (2) a model of interactional grammar adapted from Ochs, Schegloff and Thompson (1996), and (3) one of the principal assumptions from conversation analysis, which focuses on the organization of interaction, while maintaining that participants' behavior provides evidence for the units, patterns and rules that are a part of all spoken interaction. Tactics and strategies examined include …
Re: (Writing) Desire In "Fragments D'Un Discours Amoureux" By Roland Barthes And "La Carte Postale" By Jacques Derrida., Laura Elizabeth Volpe
Re: (Writing) Desire In "Fragments D'Un Discours Amoureux" By Roland Barthes And "La Carte Postale" By Jacques Derrida., Laura Elizabeth Volpe
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This dissertation examines the way in which Roland Barthes and Jacques Derrida rework the psychoanalytical constructions of desire through what can be referred to, short of a better word, as play or gaming. Play takes many forms in these two texts; etymological play and structural play are two of the more prominent manifestations of this gaming. In an effort to analyze and at the same time emulate this play and its use by these two authors, I introduce the idea of the dreidel which functions as a device which objectifies the discourse of desire. It also serves as a physical …
The Structure Of Abstracts: Stylistic And Structural Elements In 48 Scientific And Technical Abstracts., Timothy John Keogh
The Structure Of Abstracts: Stylistic And Structural Elements In 48 Scientific And Technical Abstracts., Timothy John Keogh
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this dissertation is to identify and account for the structural and stylistic features of 48 abstracts written by scientists and engineers at the research and development division of a large company. All of the abstracts were published in industry journals and conference papers during 1990 and 1991. The features identified in the abstracts are compared to the suggestions for structure and style found in fifteen textbooks frequently used in university technical writing courses. Textbook suggestions for structural features include purpose statement, scope, methods, results, conclusions, and recommendations. Textbook suggestions for stylistic features include eliminating unnecessary words, avoiding …
The Stylistic Mechanics Of Implicitness: Entailment, Presupposition, And Implicature In The Work Of Ernest Hemingway And Tim O'Brien., Donna Glee Williams
The Stylistic Mechanics Of Implicitness: Entailment, Presupposition, And Implicature In The Work Of Ernest Hemingway And Tim O'Brien., Donna Glee Williams
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The discipline of linguistics has identified three patterns through which unstated information may be conveyed: entailment, presupposition, and implicature. Using these theoretical constructs, analysts may determine systematically how propositions which are never asserted may nonetheless be communicated. In the old writers' maxim "Show me; don't tell me," "showing" corresponds to implicit communication of unstated material, while "telling" corresponds to the overt assertion of the proposition of interest. Examination of texts by Hemingway and O'Brien reveals carefully controlled use of the linguistic strategies of implicitness to suspend meaning between and behind the fixed points of the words on the page. This …
The Death Of A Dialect: Brule Spanish In Ascension Parish, Louisiana., Charles Edward Holloway
The Death Of A Dialect: Brule Spanish In Ascension Parish, Louisiana., Charles Edward Holloway
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The goals of this dissertation are: (1) to describe the Brule dialect, (2) to investigate aspects of language death, and (3) to provide important information to the area of Hispanic dialectology. The vestigial Spanish dialect spoken by the Brule dwellers of Ascension Parish, Louisiana is at the brink of linguistic extinction. The "Brule dwellers" have remained isolated from other Spanish-speaking groups since they arrived in Louisiana from the Canary Islands in the late 1700's. The specific phonological, morphological and syntactic characteristics of this unique variety of Spanish are documented here. Although the close relationship of Brule Spanish to the dialects …
A Catalyst For Change: The Libretti Of Jean -Philippe Rameau's 'Tragedies En Musique', (1733-1764)., Jonathan Philip Joseph Radvan
A Catalyst For Change: The Libretti Of Jean -Philippe Rameau's 'Tragedies En Musique', (1733-1764)., Jonathan Philip Joseph Radvan
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Jean-Philippe Rameau was the most celebrated composer of opera and the foremost music theorist in eighteenth century France and great attention has justly been given to his musical and theoretical works, but there has been no corresponding study, such as this one, of the libretti of his operas, which depart from the precepts of neo-classical drama and reflect a new sentimental age. The librettists of the tragic operas of Rameau introduced many innovations to the tragic genre, hitherto forbidden by the rigid canons of neo-classicism. They were free to do so because opera was a relatively new genre which could …
Modernism's Illegitimate Progeny: Fictions Of Crime And The Experience Of Modernity., Jon Francis Thompson
Modernism's Illegitimate Progeny: Fictions Of Crime And The Experience Of Modernity., Jon Francis Thompson
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This dissertation has two main concerns. The first is to see fictions of crime--a general term which I use to signify those genres concerned with crime, including detective fiction, spy thrillers, and crime fiction proper--as attempts to mediate and contain the anxieties brought about by the experience of modernity. Modernity is theorized as having three primary moments: the nineteenth, early twentieth-century experience of imperialism; the post World War I period, the high water mark of urban capitalism; and the post World War II period, which I theorize as postmodernism. I attempt to situate crime fiction within these social contexts, and …
El Concepto De La Imitacion En Nueve Tratados Sobre La Poetica Del Siglo De Oro. (Spanish Text)., Currie Kerr Thompson Iii
El Concepto De La Imitacion En Nueve Tratados Sobre La Poetica Del Siglo De Oro. (Spanish Text)., Currie Kerr Thompson Iii
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.
James Weldon Johnson: In Quest Of An Afrocentric Tradition For Black American Literature., Arthenia Bates Millican
James Weldon Johnson: In Quest Of An Afrocentric Tradition For Black American Literature., Arthenia Bates Millican
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.
Letters, Petitions, And Decrees Of The Cabildo Of New Orleans, 1800-1803: Edited And Translated. (Volumes I And Ii)., Ronald Rafael Morazan
Letters, Petitions, And Decrees Of The Cabildo Of New Orleans, 1800-1803: Edited And Translated. (Volumes I And Ii)., Ronald Rafael Morazan
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.
A Critical Study Of The Life And Writings Of Sidonie De La Houssaye With Special Emphasis On The Unpublished Works., Joseph John Perret
A Critical Study Of The Life And Writings Of Sidonie De La Houssaye With Special Emphasis On The Unpublished Works., Joseph John Perret
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.
The Phoenix And The Urn: The Literary Theory And Criticism Of Cleanth Brooks., Anthony G. Tassin
The Phoenix And The Urn: The Literary Theory And Criticism Of Cleanth Brooks., Anthony G. Tassin
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.
The Economic Development Of Southwest Louisiana: 1865-1900., Donald Joseph Millet Sr
The Economic Development Of Southwest Louisiana: 1865-1900., Donald Joseph Millet Sr
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
No abstract provided.