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An Evaluation Of The Shavian Theatre As A Criticism Of Life, Marie Louise Heipp

Bachelors’ Theses

Shaw's plays usually develop a single idea on which he hammers until it is beaten into shape. It is the aim of the writer to take the ideas Shaw has built his dramas upon and consider them as a criticism of life from the ec­onomic, moral and social point of view.

To attempt to write this thesis means to go over ground that has been covered repeatedly. Indebtedness is acknowledged for the following books which have been of most value in the preparation of this thesis: Chesterton: George Bernard Shaw; Shanks: Bernard Shaw; Various mag­azine articles. The plays …

Ibsen's Influence On British Dramatists, Elva Acklam

Bachelors’ Theses

In preparing this thesis I found that one must have an understanding of philosophy, sociology, biology and economics to appreciate the modern drama, and in the reading of the plays I found my knowledge in these subjects broadened. The dramatists and their characters' views on these branches of learning are most interesting, especially those in Bernard Shaw's prefaces.

The labor of the essay was simplified when I found that the reading of a play of Ibsen's or the others gave almost as much pleasure as witnessing it on the stage. Copious stage directions giving character analysis, situations, and literary descriptions …

The Dramatic Technique Of Ben Jonson, Theodore James Hodan

Bachelors’ Theses

"Barring Shakespeare, Jonson is by far the moat significant literary figure of his time,--- leaving be­ hind him a name in the popular drama, second alone to that of Shakespeare." In this vein does Felix E, Schelling speak of the master about whom this thesis is woven, Ben Jonson. In the course of this thesis we will endeavor to set forth the technique, in its various phases of the dramas of Jonson.

The Friendship Of Boileau And Racine, Margaret Lucille Herrick

Bachelors’ Theses

The Age of Louis XIV, which is known as the Golden Age of Classicism can lay claim to two of the greatest poets of the century---Jean Racine and Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux. A short resume of the age in which they lived and attained the summit of their glory will bring us to a better understanding of the works and genius of these two men.

The German Kings And Emperors Of The Saxon Family, Jeanette Marie Altenhofen

Bachelors’ Theses

A century after Germany had started its separate existence as a kingdom and a nation, the Saxon house was called to its government. This family gave to the kingdom five rulers, all of whom belonged to the better or best kings the country ever had. King Conrad I, a Franconian, had died after a brief reign. On his deathbed he recommended Henry of Saxony as his successor. Henry was elected by the Combined Saxons and Franks, but eventually received general recognition.

The Style And Diction Of Cicero In His Orations, Mary Bede

Bachelors’ Theses

Of all great men of antiquity Cicero stands out pre­eminently in the modern world. And pausing we may ask, "ls this imperishable glory his because he saved Rome from the revolutionary movement of Catiline? Or because he very nearly outrivalled Demosthenes in the second Philippic? Or because he ran atheism to the ground in the De Natura Decorum?" And we answer sagely, "It is because of none of these." His literary fame rests solely on the fact that through him Latin prose reached the full height of its splendor.

The Life And Work Of Vicente Blasco Ibanez, Erma C. Fuller

Bachelors’ Theses

Though a Valencian by birth Blasco Ibanez came of a family who emigrated from the old Kingdom of Aragon whose people were the unconquerable in the days of Napoleon's Spanish Campaign. He was born on January 29, 1867, and thus had a childhood which was profoundly impressed with such events as the Carlist War, the Bourbon Abdication, the Brief reign of the "Princeling of Piedmont," the short-lived Republic of Castelar, and the bourbon Restoration. These events doubtless exerted considerable influence over certain phases of his life.

Silent Reading, Daniel W. Corcoran

Bachelors’ Theses

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Dramatic Criticism: Its Place In The American Theater And A Discussion Of Its Exponents, Rowena M. Devine

Bachelors’ Theses

Criticism is as essential to the theater as it is to literature, art or music. It is a connecting link between the theater and the theater-goer. Most authorities today concede that without criticism the theater would wane in popularity.

Optimism Versus Pessimism, James F. Chapman

Bachelors’ Theses

All that promotes success, welfare, or happiness is included in the ideal good. If human beings value their lives and the lives of others; take pride in development and progress-in short, if they consider life worth living, as good, as the best thing for them; they nay be called optimists.

St. Nicholas Began The Age Of Children's Literature, Claudia Harney

Bachelors’ Theses

A magazine destined to be an outstanding one in the field of children's literature was put before the public in December 1873. "St. Nicholas," Scribner's illustrated for girls and boys, first entered the homes during the month when the coming of its namesake is awaited eagerly. The first issue introduces itself in these words.

Source Of Moral Obligation, B. Eugene Hibner

Bachelors’ Theses

The question of the source of moral obligation is one over which great conflicts arise, and concerning which the various schools vary widely. There actually are two possible theories:- the Scholastic theory, which claims that the source of moral obligation is the necessary will of God; and the Rationalistic school, which makes reason, whether individual or of the universal substance, the source of obligation. Kantian Ethics, the foremost of the rationalistic ethics, advocates "practical reason as the source of obligation." However, there are many sub-theories concerning this question of obligation, but we find that they are influenced to a great …

An Historical Review Of Prohibition And An Observation Of Its Conflict With Individual Rights, Harold J. Cook

Bachelors’ Theses

That in any institution of government, but most especially so in one of pro-fessed democratic proclivities, the drawing, legitimatizing, and interpolation upon the subjects of that government, of any legislative measure, which, under the false banner of indispensability, takes away a thing of import in the enjoyment of personal liberty, becomes a mere mockery if there is present, no sentiment or innate under standing of the necessity of such a prohibition back of that law. To show the veracity of this statement will be the purpose of this paper. The method followed will involve chiefly an investigation of the historical …

The Literature Of The Age Of Queen Anne And How It Reflects The Problems And Politics Of The Time, Francis J. Costigan

Bachelors’ Theses

The object of this thesis is to go back into Early Eighteenth Century England and see the literature, the politics and the life of the time, and then to compare the history of the time with the literature and see how the latter reflects the former.

In selecting the writers, I have chosen the two greatest of the first half of the Eighteenth Century, Swift and Defoe.

I have divided the thesis into two parts. Part One gives a resume of the politics of England during this period. Part Two is devoted to the writers themselves and I have used …

The Place Of Syndication In The Development Of The Short Story, James T. Friar

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to weigh, examine and compare the two periods in American Literature from 1870 to 1890 and from then to 1910; with reference to the short story. For it was in 1869 that Bret Harte wrote "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and this story is generally accepted as the first distinct American short story. I propose to do this by examination of the prominent men, their wor1 s. In behalf of the earlier school there is: Bret Harte, Page, Freeman, Cradock, Murfree, Harris, Stockton and Aldrich. On the side of the later writers there is: …

Standards Of Criticism For The American Novel, Marie Dwyer

Bachelors’ Theses

This thesis has been worked out so that I shall have some criteria for judging novels. I have ventured to write about modern novelists about whom critics are not agreed; my interest is not so much in that they said of certain authors as it is in determining why they accept some and reject others, and what they use as their basis of judging.

The technique of the novel, and its approach to great art was developed in order to gain a feeling for the novel apart from any country or section.

If undue emphasis has been placed upon the …