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The Protagonists Of John Updike, Charles Monroe Cock
The Protagonists Of John Updike, Charles Monroe Cock
Master's Theses
My purpose in this paper is to show that the protagonists of Updike can be categorized into groups and that these protagonists are as real for me as they are for Updike. It is because of these protagonists that the works of Updike will live for many years to come.
Shaw's Comic Tone : From Laughter To The Broken Harp String, R. K. Thomas
Shaw's Comic Tone : From Laughter To The Broken Harp String, R. K. Thomas
Honors Theses
George Bernard Shaw's literary career lasted over seventy years. He wrote prolifically. The most complete collection of his work, the Ayot St. Lawrence Edition, runs to over thirty-one volume, yet it is not all inclusive. His efforts were always motivated by the desire to expand and expound his social and political philosophy. Although the canon of Shavian criticism approaches his motives from a wide of variety of angles and avenues, Shaw singled out "passion of pure political Weltverbesserungwahn (worldbettermentcrase)" as his "own devouring malady." Defining his artistic objectives as conveying a "feeling" to an audience and making "them sympathetic with …
Sherwood Anderson : An Experiment In Journalism, Carol Senell Ware
Sherwood Anderson : An Experiment In Journalism, Carol Senell Ware
Master's Theses
James Schevill in his Sherwood Anderson His Life and Work describes Anderson's plunge into journalism as "an episode unique in American newspaper history, the first time a mature writer of important stature had been completely responsible for the contents of two country papers." Although it ha s bee n generally acknowledged that Anderson's journalistic experiments are unique and make a significant contribution to the history of American journalism, these areas have never been analyzed in any detail by students of his work. This thesis will explore in depth the nature of Anderson's journalistic experiments and evaluate his achievement in the …
The Comic Vision Of Samuel Beckett, James Ambrose Walsh
The Comic Vision Of Samuel Beckett, James Ambrose Walsh
Master's Theses
The twin poles of eating and excreting which he mentions point up Beckett's preoccupation with the physical over the spiritual, an interest which stands as a clue to tho understanding of his comic vision, the one element which remains constant and at the heart of his writing throughout bis career. At the center of this interest is a theory of comedy best investigated through his relationship to Henri Bergson, the French philosopher and author of Laughter, a theory of the comic. Though there is no concrete evidence of any direct influence on Beckett from Bergson, the incredible similarities in their …
Images Of Creation And Destruction In The Early Poetry Of Dylan Thomas, Willard Liston Rudd
Images Of Creation And Destruction In The Early Poetry Of Dylan Thomas, Willard Liston Rudd
Master's Theses
The intent of this thesis is to examine the two major categories into which Dylan Thomas' images seem to fall: images associated with creation and images associated with destruction.