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The Attack Will Go On The 317th Infantry Regiment In World War Ii, Dean James Dominique
The Attack Will Go On The 317th Infantry Regiment In World War Ii, Dean James Dominique
LSU Master's Theses
The 317th Infantry Regiment was reactivated on July 15, 1942 as a subordinate element of the 80th Infantry Division. The regiment trained for two years in Tennessee, Kansas, Arizona, California, and finally New Jersey before departing for England in June 1944. Entering the European continent after D-Day, the regiment experienced its first combat in August 1944 when it assisted in closing the gap at Falaise and spearheaded Third Army's attack on Nancy. The 317th sat through the logistics shortfall that stopped the Third Army's advance during the "October Pause" in the fall of 1944. But then in November the regiment …
Perspectives On Comparative Literature, Alexandru Boldor
Perspectives On Comparative Literature, Alexandru Boldor
LSU Master's Theses
The main objective of this dissertation was to provide researchers interested in the history and evolution of "comparative literature" with a collection of references delineating the evolution of the concept and the development of academic departments dedicated to its study. The paper includes a first section describing the main issues contributing to the "identity crisis" with which studies and departments defining themselves as "comparative" were consistently confronted ever since the term was coined. The "preliminary concepts" section offers an overview of the elements that usually confer a "comparative" quality to a literary study, such as interdisciplinarity and multiculturalism, together with …
Robert Lowell's Life-Writing And Memory, Gye-Yu Kang
Robert Lowell's Life-Writing And Memory, Gye-Yu Kang
LSU Master's Theses
This thesis examines Robert Lowell's use of memory in such autobiographical works as Life Studies and Day by Day. In those volumes, Lowell returns to recollect his private past; his act of remembering becomes the poetic process by which Lowell is able to create the retrospective truth of his life. The most important feature of memory in his life-writing is in its role as an imaginative reconstruction. In the first chapter, I review recent models that regard memory as a reconstructive process. Memory involves more than fact, according to these investigations; it also represents a fictionalizing process of self. In …
Bathroom Issues, Craig Edward Clifford
Bathroom Issues, Craig Edward Clifford
LSU Master's Theses
"Obscenity is a human manifestation. The toilet has no central nervous system. No level of consciousness. It is not aware; it is a dumb toilet; it cannot be obscene; it's impossible." Lenny Bruce How to Talk Dirty and Influence People Things that make people uncomfortable intrigue me and I find that these same things are very ones that make us laugh the hardest. The fact that sex and bodily functions both make people laugh in addition to making them feel uncomfortable is no accident.
Insiders: Louisiana Journalists Sallie Rhett Roman, Helen Grey Gilkison, Iris Turner Kelso, Angie Pitts Juban
Insiders: Louisiana Journalists Sallie Rhett Roman, Helen Grey Gilkison, Iris Turner Kelso, Angie Pitts Juban
LSU Master's Theses
Sallie Rhett Roman, Helen Grey Gilkison and Iris Turner Kelso were three women journalists in Louisiana, active in consecutive time periods from 1891 to 1996. Their work brings up five particular questions. First, Why did these women start working and how did they negotiate public employment? Second, how did they balance the relationship between work and home since they did find employment outside of the home? Third, how did they fit into their contemporary image of women and journalists? Fourth, how did they use written language to portray a particular voice to the reader for a particular purpose? Fifth, did …
The Role Of Dottie In Tracy Letts' Killer Joe: A Production Thesis In Acting, Elizabeth Jane King
The Role Of Dottie In Tracy Letts' Killer Joe: A Production Thesis In Acting, Elizabeth Jane King
LSU Master's Theses
The role of Dottie in Killer Joe by Tracy Letts was selected as a thesis project spring semester of 2003. This thesis is a written record of the actor’s work on the character of Dottie throughout the rehearsal process in the form of a rehearsal journal and a character analysis.
Conceptualized Direct Perception: A Hybrid Theory Of Vision, Jason L. Megill
Conceptualized Direct Perception: A Hybrid Theory Of Vision, Jason L. Megill
LSU Master's Theses
I formulate a hybrid theory of perception, one in which the mind’s interaction with the world is a more direct affair than many suppose (no perceptual mental representations, no sense data, no Cartesian Theater), but one in which our concepts also play a role. My claims have implications for philosophical attempts to understand perception, cognitive science theories of vision, debates over the nature of consciousness, and philosophical debates concerning Artificial Intelligence.
The Role Of Ansel In Tracy Letts' Killer Joe: A Production Thesis In Acting, Ronald William Smith
The Role Of Ansel In Tracy Letts' Killer Joe: A Production Thesis In Acting, Ronald William Smith
LSU Master's Theses
This thesis will explore my development of the character Ansel Smith in Tracy Letts’ Killer Joe. The thesis is in a journal format and it will chronicle the rehearsal process from preproduction, through the run, and postproduction. It will explore the progression of finding this character and the overall process of developing the show with two casts.
Street Fighting: Lessons Learned From The Battle For Hue For 21st Century Urban Warfare, Edward J. O'Neill
Street Fighting: Lessons Learned From The Battle For Hue For 21st Century Urban Warfare, Edward J. O'Neill
LSU Master's Theses
Increasing urbanization in a global setting of political and economic instability indicates that urban warfare may well be the major conflict scenario of the 21st century. The United States armed forces are not currently prepared to meet that challenge. The last major urban conflict involving the American military was the Battle of Hue during the Vietnam War. As part of the Tet Offensive in 1968, Communist forces seized control of Hue and held it for nearly a month. Having undergone intensive tactical training for their mission, the enemy, solidly entrenched in buildings of various kinds, offered fierce resistance to the …
Keys Of War, Clay Carter Weill
Keys Of War, Clay Carter Weill
LSU Master's Theses
At the dawn of time the gods created heaven and earth. The creator of the moon joined with the creator of the sun and together they produced the first Empress. She is the embodiment of all that is good and holy. She is the spiritual guide to all the tribes of man. The tribes are ruled by men. When one man, Baron Stier, rises above the others he is crowned Archduke. He rules in the Empress’s name and his dynasty lasts for half a millennia. Upon the discovery of the land beyond the sacred islands the dynasty falls. And tribes …
Accelerate Into The Accident, Jeffey D. Hill
Accelerate Into The Accident, Jeffey D. Hill
LSU Master's Theses
The installation uses purely steel to describe the organic and chaotic nature of thought processes. It looks for a way to confront grief and anxiety. The procedure's purpose is to understand abstract, emotional thinking in immediate, familiar physical terms. By examining each fine strand, either steel rod or line of thought, I attempt to revel in the overwhelming complexity and irrefutable beauty of the mind. It is not a strategy to control mental imbalance. It is rather a humble acceptance of the organic chaos of thought.
From Orthodoxy To Atheism: The Intellectual Development Of Bruno Bauer, Stan Michael Landry
From Orthodoxy To Atheism: The Intellectual Development Of Bruno Bauer, Stan Michael Landry
LSU Master's Theses
In this paper I argue that the Young Hegelian Protestant theologian Bruno Bauer was ‘radicalized’ by the events of 1840s Prussia, and that the personal experiences he endured during this period explain his transition from the orthodox Hegelian Christianity that he espoused during his student days at the University of Berlin, to the vitriolic atheism and criticism of the Prussian state which he spouted from 1842 until the dissolution of his radical band of Young Hegelian friends known as Die Freien. The events that had such profound effects on Bruno Bauer’s thought include his frustration with the reactionary policies of …
Spiritual Union: An Intersection Of Artistic Expression With Scientific Methods, Taehee Kim
Spiritual Union: An Intersection Of Artistic Expression With Scientific Methods, Taehee Kim
LSU Master's Theses
My body of work, “Spiritual Union,” is an exploration of artistic ideas contrasted with approaches to scientific technology. I investigate diverse physical phenomena and media and examine symbolic structures to express concepts of transcendence and spirituality in Buddhism. On deep levels, I have observed the natural beauty, richness, and complexity of organic forms. This has led to exploration and experimentation in the area where the boundaries between the artistic and the scientific fields converge. Employing an interdisciplinary approach that includes art and science, I have expressed the spiritual meaning of Buddhist lotus motifs and created a record of my own …
Led Into Temptation, Pamela Elizabeth Caskanett
Led Into Temptation, Pamela Elizabeth Caskanett
LSU Master's Theses
I am leading the viewer to experience a room full of sinful, sensual and guilty pleasures through a visual feast of sugary excess. I create a tactile environment of anticipation, desire and delight. Using sugary sweet colors, smooth curvaceous forms dressed with spikes, nipples, bumps and knobs, and objects of scale. The objective is to make the viewers salivate, confusing desire with need, leaving them to question, "What is temptation?" A visceral visual sugary landscape is created where food and vessel co-exist, each relying on the other to be complete and fulfilling.
How To Tell A Sea Story, Brock Yusef Hamlin
How To Tell A Sea Story, Brock Yusef Hamlin
LSU Master's Theses
A young African American adolescent named Lion is forced to leave his hometown of Rivertown, and join the navy. While in the navy, Lion acts an enforcer and collector for another sailor who runs an illegal money-lending operation on the ship. Lion also learns how to box and manages to fight his way to the Fifth Fleet championships. After winning the championship fight, the captain of the ship uses his influence to place Lion in a very competitive commissioning program. With the chance of becoming an officer, Lion changes his behavior, leading to serious conflict with old allies. He escapes …
Drawing Of The Mind, Buddy Harper
Drawing Of The Mind, Buddy Harper
LSU Master's Theses
The rules of drawing I have described are an outline to my method of working. It is to be used like the rules of a game. The thesis paper provides the viewer the basic parameters for looking at my work. The body of work is produced like two people playing a game of chess. I establish the rules and then I develop the work in an investigative manner.
Disarming The Externalist Threat To Self-Knowledge, Gabriel Guy Cate
Disarming The Externalist Threat To Self-Knowledge, Gabriel Guy Cate
LSU Master's Theses
The purpose of this thesis is to examine various attempts to disarm the externalist threat to self-knowledge. That threat is engendered by a certain causal theory of meaning and reference, which suggests that empirical investigations may be required to know the contents of our own thoughts. It is claimed, then, that direct, non-inferential self-knowledge of our own mental states, is not possible if externalism is true. The leading compatibilist strategies that attempt to reconcile these apparently conflicting theses are explored and criticized. I conclude by offering what I take to be the essential features of a more successful compatibilist strategy.
Truth's Veil: Language And Meaning In Merleau-Ponty And Derrida, Helen Troy Mellon
Truth's Veil: Language And Meaning In Merleau-Ponty And Derrida, Helen Troy Mellon
LSU Master's Theses
The linguistic structuralism of Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) attracted the attention of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, prompting what is thought to be Merleau-Ponty’s “linguistic turn” of 1947. Saussure’s theory of the self-referential structure of linguistic signs as constitutive of value, was tied by Merleau-Ponty to his conception of the structure of intercommunication as constitutive of human value and meaning. Jacques Derrida, in the 1960s, also appealed to Saussure’s theory in formulating his thesis of a deferring and differing relationship between linguistic signs as constitutive of meaning, but rejected what he saw as the privileging of a metaphysics of presence-to-meaning in Saussure. One …
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 …
Re-Evaluating The Mausoleum Of Galla Placidia, Lisa Onontiyoh West
Re-Evaluating The Mausoleum Of Galla Placidia, Lisa Onontiyoh West
LSU Master's Theses
The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia has generated a lengthy bibliography over the centuries but, in spite of repeated investigations, the north and south arm barrel vaults have received almost no attention. Commentary on these areas of the mosaic program is usually brief and limited to a comparison between the appearance of the barrel vaults and patterns found in various textiles, such as carpets. This thesis seeks to fill the void in the body of scholarly research pertaining to the north and south arm barrel vaults by viewing their decorative motifs through the eyes of a fifth-century Christian. When seen from …
A Vivid Exploration Of Shakespeare's Silvia In The Two Gentlemen Of Verona: An Mfa Production Thesis In Acting, Debbie A. Fleming
A Vivid Exploration Of Shakespeare's Silvia In The Two Gentlemen Of Verona: An Mfa Production Thesis In Acting, Debbie A. Fleming
LSU Master's Theses
The role of Silvia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare was selected as a thesis project in the fall of 2002. This thesis is a written record of the actor's work in and out of rehearsal in the form of a score. It also includes an introduction, character analysis and a conclusion.
The Correlation Between College Students' Familiarity With Potentially Offensive Popular Music And Self-Reported Tolerance Of Obscene Language And Sexual Behavior, Harry Emons Martin
The Correlation Between College Students' Familiarity With Potentially Offensive Popular Music And Self-Reported Tolerance Of Obscene Language And Sexual Behavior, Harry Emons Martin
LSU Master's Theses
This study's purpose was to examine the correlations among popular music preference, sexual behavior tolerance, and potentially obscene language usage. Subjects (N = 81) were college freshmen over the age of 18 who graduated from high school in 2001. They were drawn from one section each of a Music Appreciation course (non-music majors) and an Introduction to Music Study course (music majors). The top 20 songs from the October 27, 2001 Billboard Magazine's Top 100 charts were analyzed for occurrences of potentially offensive words and whole lines of lyrics containing sexual references. Subjects responded to a 4-part questionnaire. In part …
The Role Of Proteus In William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen Of Verona: A Production Thesis In Acting, Adam B. Hose
The Role Of Proteus In William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen Of Verona: A Production Thesis In Acting, Adam B. Hose
LSU Master's Theses
The role of Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona written by William Shakespeare was selected as a thesis project in the fall semester of 2002. This thesis is a written record of the actor’s work on the character throughout the rehearsal process and performance of the production in the form of an Actor’s Score. It also includes an Introduction, Character Analysis, Research, Photos and a Conclusion.
The Need For Autonomy, Paul Jude Naquin
The Need For Autonomy, Paul Jude Naquin
LSU Master's Theses
Autonomy researchers over the last three decades have largely focused on the hierarchical, content-neutral theories proposed by Harry Frankfurt and, to a lesser degree, Gerald Dworkin. Both of these theories claim that one must have higher-order endorsement of her lower-order desires to be autonomous with respect to the lower-order desires. However, neither of these theories makes the claim that one must be autonomous with respect to the higher-order endorsing desire. This leads to a dilemma known as the ab initio problem. Specifically, the problem is that it is not clear how one can become autonomous with respect to one desire …
Perceptions Of Classical Armenia: Romano-Parthian Relations, 70 Bc-Ad 220, John Joseph Poirot, Iii
Perceptions Of Classical Armenia: Romano-Parthian Relations, 70 Bc-Ad 220, John Joseph Poirot, Iii
LSU Master's Theses
Relative to its importance, little research has been done on the Romano-Parthian rivalry that existed during the first two centuries AD. By extension, even less has been written concerning the kingdom of classical Armenia, which often served as the focal point of that bitter conflict. The absence of such research is regrettable, for it was this very rivalry that dictated how the Empire’s eastern border would be defined. According to many modern scholars and several of the classical authors, Romans feared the looming threat of the Parthian state. Although such panic was unfounded, this fear supposedly then prompted the Empire’s …
The Role Of Killer Joe In Tracy Letts' Killer Joe: A Production Thesis In Acting, Christopher C. Cariker
The Role Of Killer Joe In Tracy Letts' Killer Joe: A Production Thesis In Acting, Christopher C. Cariker
LSU Master's Theses
This thesis covers the experience of Christopher C. Cariker in his portrayal of the character Killer Joe Cooper in the play Killer Joe. It contains a character analysis, a daily record of the rehearsal process, an interview with the actor who played the original Killer Joe, Paul Dillon, a breakdown of the fight at the end of the show, acknowledgments, and thoughts/conclusions on the lessons learned throughout the experience of doing the play.
Helen M. Turner, American Impressionist, Maia Jalenak
Helen M. Turner, American Impressionist, Maia Jalenak
LSU Master's Theses
A renewal of interest in the French impressionists began in 1974 with the 100th anniversary of the first exhibition of the artists who broke with the official Salon in Paris and held their own exhibitions from 1874 through 1886. Since 1974, there has been a swell of interest in reinvestigating lesser-known European and American impressionist artists, especially women artists whose work often was relegated to second-class professional status. Among them was Helen Maria Turner (1858-1958), an artist whose work merits further examination. In the first two decades of the twentieth century, Turner's art was held in great esteem by critics, …
Out The Loop, Matthew Christian Anderson
Out The Loop, Matthew Christian Anderson
LSU Master's Theses
Often referred to as resembling an architectural blueprint, the screenplay is known for its laconic style. Discarding the subjective abstractionism of a more flowery writing, the screenplay's brevity forces the writer to make use of the physical world of the text to display its underlying currents of thought. This trend in artistic representation, of which the influence has been heatedly discussed since the onset of the cinema, is not stagnant but evolving. The screenwriters of today produce their craft with an increased savoir faire not only in relation to plot and form but also in regards to the aesthetics of …
"Baleful Weeds And Precious-Juiced Flowers": Romeo And Juliet And Renaissance Medical Discourse, Erica Nicole Daigle
"Baleful Weeds And Precious-Juiced Flowers": Romeo And Juliet And Renaissance Medical Discourse, Erica Nicole Daigle
LSU Master's Theses
This thesis claims that Shakespeare exaggerated the characterization of two figures in Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence and the apothecary, to make a statement about the conditions of medical treatment in sixteenth century London. These two figures represent two very different approaches to healing, one that is informed with ancient holistic medical theory and one that is driven by economics, and this work attempts to explain the cultural conditions that warranted such a discrepancy in the play. I address these two medical figures in the contexts of the events of the text, of the contemporary medical profession, and of materialism …
Blurr, Yuka Seko
Blurr, Yuka Seko
LSU Master's Theses
Blurr is a short narrative based on the author’s life accompanied by a series of paintings and drawings.