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Jack Of All Genres: A Brief Analysis Of C.S. Lewis's Works, Kimberly Day-Camp

Senior Research Projects

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Toward A Theory Of Gendered Reading, Larry Edward Schoenholtz

Masters Theses

Sociolinguistic studies have long acknowledged that men and women sometimes read, write, speak, and view differently. This is often recognized as a cultural phenomenon, but there are increasing reasons to suppose that biology may play a larger role in these differences than was suspected two or three decades ago. Over the last fifteen to twenty years, in particular, evidence has continued to mount in that direction from studies in neurophysiology, endocrinology, and infant behavior. In addition, sociobiological perspectives first proposed in the 1970s seem to have met with large success in being confirmed by cross-cultural studies done in the 1980s. …

Angry Half-Rebels, Areeg Abdel-Hamid Ibrahim

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Birth And After Birth And Painting Churches: Tina Howe's Examination Of Love And Savagery In The American Family, Sarah Ennis-Chambers

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Playwright Tina Howe has been quoted as saying that "family life has been over-romanticized; the savagery has not been seen enough in the theatre and in movies . . ." (Moore 101). In two of her plays, Birth and After Birth (1973) and Painting Churches (1983), that savagery appears in the form of name-calling, jealousy, apathy, disregard, and physical and mental abuse. A juxtaposition of the similarities in Birth and After Birth and Painting Churches will explain the "savagery" Howe is examining. The earlier play is written in the surrealistic style of lonesco and Beckett, playwrights who have been a …

People On The Edges Of Dreams, Francesca B. French

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis is composed of a collection of twelve short stories, varying in length from 2 to 14 pages. Each story contains its own discrete theme, but fits as well within the overarching theme of the collection as a whole. This overarching theme is what gives the collection its cohesiveness. The main theme of the larger work can be found in the title of the collection, People on the Edges of Dreams. In many of the stories dreams, or dream-states, figure in the lives of the protagonists. In addition to the dream-state theme there is a less obvious theme, which …

Holy War In Henry Fifth, Steven Marx

English

No abstract provided.

Wordsworthian Errancies: The Poetics Of Cultural Dismemberment. David Collings, Steven Bruhm

Steven Bruhm

No abstract provided.

The Love Poems Of John Clare And John Keats: A Comparative Study, Elizabeth Stafford Grodd

Dissertations and Theses

This study addresses lesser known works of romantic poets John Clare and John Keats--Clare's Child Harold and Keats's poems to Fanny Brawne--which I refer to as their love poems because the works are informed by intense feelings the poets had for women they loved. Although these works have been the brunt of negative criticism because Clare was considered insane at the time of the composition of Child Harold and Keats was accused of using the poems to give vent to his personal sufferings, nonetheless I argue that the love poems are significant for several reasons. They are a reflection of …

The Blessings Of A Good Thick Skirt: Issues Of Dress In Women's Travel Narratives, Lila Marz Harper

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Arts and Humanities

This paper argues that as illustration became expected in travel accounts between 1870-1900, the visual image produced a constraint on how women presented their dress and general appearance in their narratives.

L'Objet X, Russell A. Potter

Faculty Publications

... white envy of black history, even though that history is written with whips and chains, extends to countless other visual and aural signifiers of black culture; in today's suburban enclaves it's hip-hop culture that brings the 'flava' to what many white kids apprehend as a flavorless cultural landscape.

On Purchasing A Second Case Of R. W. Knudsen Family Pomegranate Juice, Nathalie Anderson

English Literature Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

My South, Nathalie Anderson

English Literature Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Vol. 15, No. 4 (1995), Peter Stoicheff, William E. Strickland

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.

Listening To Cassandra: A Materialist-Feminist Exposé Of The Necessary Relations Between Rhetoric And Hermeneutics, Krista Ratcliffe

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Bringing Bakhtin To Beethoven: The Ninth Symphony And The Limits Of Formalism, Jayme Stayer

English: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Jayme Stayer returns to the question of the meaning and form of the ode "To Joy."

"Exploring The Boundaries Of Academic Freedom", Jayme Stayer

English: Faculty Publications and Other Works

A review of the article "Exploring the Boundaries of Academic Freedom" by Mary R. Lefkowitz.

Ruby Bayou, Fall 1995, Ruby Bayou Staff

Ruby Bayou

3......"IDENTITY POLITICS" .... Pat Dimpfl
6......BEYOND GENDER ....Betty Friedan
9......PEACE IN ISRAEL? ....Jodi Perelman
12....The Threats to Children .....Bill Lofquist
14....Budget Cuts Threaten SUNY System ....Julie Rivchin
18...One More Closet: Lesbian Partner Abuse .... Gregory P. Beehler
20...University Police & Guns .... Victoria Law
21...Letter to President Reagan .... Rev. Douglas Wilson
24...The Controversy Over Our Insurance Plan .... Jodi Perelman
26...WE SHARE YOUR FEAR .... Stefan Reinhardt
28...WHERE THE GIRLS ARE: Growing Up Female With the Mass Media .... Sara Beinert
30...You wouldn't know it to look at him -- .... Matt Derby
31...Strong black hands.... Lisa Glinsky
32...MARIANNA …

Breaking And Entering: An Italian American's Literary Odyssey, Fred L. Gardaphé

Publications and Research

In this personalized account, Gardaphe presents audiences with his own-first person story of the meaning of ethnic identity in America. Gardaphe relates his story of how his own adventures, on the streets of Chicago and in the libraries and school, shaped his views on becoming an intellectual and fashioned his career as a writer and professor of Italian American culture.

Armand Schwerner: An Interview, Willard Gingerich

Department of English Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

In an interview, writer and educator Armand Schwerner discusses his recent and earlier Tablets, the creation of the icons in them, and his Scholar/Translator. Schwerner projects another 21 Tablets.

Part 2 of a 2-part interview. Part 1 is published in Hambone, no.11, Spring 1994, pp. 28-51

Mythcon 26 - Fairies In The Garden, Monsters At The Mall: Fantasy In The World Around Us, The Mythopoeic Society

Mythcon Programs

A few novels on our conference theme, especially those taking place in Northern California, but also extending across a wide variety of settings, recommended by the Mythcon committee.

The Emergence Of Voice And Identity In The Context Of The Neocolonial Experience: The Writings Of Jamaica Kincaid, Kirstin Ruth Bratt

Culminating Projects in English

Jamaica Kincaid's novels Annie John and Lucy demonstrate a marked resistance to Western philosophy and the British literary canon. The writings of Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Patricia Hill Collins provide useful frameworks for viewing Kincaid's work. Ngugi's metaphor of "moving the centre," combined with Hill Collins' theories of Black feminism are both useful in examining the issues of voice and identity in the neo-colonial experience.

Critics have attempted to identify Kincaid's work as either coming-of-age, pre-oedipal narrative, feminist, or autobiographical. While these categories can also be useful in reading Kincaid's work, they are also limited in their ability to define …

"Nothing But Gold Shall Charm My Heart" : Sexual Economics And The Courtesans Of Aphra Behn And Daniel Defoe, Anthony L. Ellis

Master's Theses

Aphra Behn and Daniel Defoe both manifest a strong interest in the courtesan, a female figure whose unusual success wins her autonomy from sexual and economic subjugation. In order to remain self-governing, Angellica Bianca and La Nuche of Behn's Rover plays and Defoe's Roxana must pay singular heed to their economic self-interest while forsaking the prospect of genuine romantic love. However, whereas Behn's courtesans undergo sexual "reformations"--figured as the acceptance of love (and marriage) and the resulting loss of independence--to their economic detriment, Roxana maintains the emotional reticence that allows her to continue capitalizing fully on her sexual allure. By …

A Linguistic Study Of The Third Person Generic Pronoun: Singular They, Philip Roger Anderson

Culminating Projects in English

Societal change is apparent to us in every regard: from government to language. In the area of language, use of pronouns has changed over the centuries and continues to do so today. After decades of passive adherence to a prescriptive rule condemning the use of the pronoun they as a singular form, evidence suggests that this form is accepted by society, consciously or unconsciously, as an alternative for the generic pronoun he.

Prescriptivism has served to shape the English language through the intents, likes, and dislikes of grammarians who have sometimes formed grammar rules to their own liking rather than …

A Palette Of Unconventional Symbolism: Color Imagery In Three Margaret Atwood Novels, Shannon Martin

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In this thesis, the writer examines the color imagery in three Margaret Atwood novels: Surfacing, Cat's Eye, and The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood uses color in unconventional ways by forcing colors to symbolize the opposite of their common meanings, by allowing colors to represent simultaneously two opposing ideas, and by disregarding traditional color meanings by creating her own unique associations. Atwood's color imagery supports her thematic concerns in that through her themes--as with her use of color--she challenges the reader's expectations by throwing into question many conventional ideas about progress, religion, and the sex-gender system.

The Relationship Between Non-Native English Speakers' English Proficiency And Their Callings In The Lds Church In The United States, Dena Marie Wright Erickson

Theses and Dissertations

As part of BYU's Distance Learning Project to teach English for gospel purposes, a committee created a survey to assess the English needs of LDS non-native English speakers in native-language units in the United States. This thesis uses several sections of the survey to correlate proficiency, callings in the Church, and demographic information. In addition to survey data, this thesis uses qualitative information from focus groups, and interviews to illustrate the statistical findings. The theory underlying this research is that learning precedes involvement in a community. Although learning in the LDS Church community is multi-faceted, this study examines the learning …

The Postmodern Improvisor, Paul Caraher

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis represents a revitalization of the thesis form because it has organically blossomed from an integrated consciousness. Instead of the pre-existing thesis form for a Master of Arts Degree in English bending, limiting, and shaping the content, I have shaped the form according to my own synthetic ambition, resulting in a fusion of elements from both a researched and a creative thesis. This strategy is justified since the very subject of the thesis stresses the improviser's ongoing urge to create as the spontaneous moment/impulse requires while simultaneously creating an organic frame or unique inner logic. Above all, this project …

Preliminary Matters: The Neglected Preludes To Charles Williams' Arthuriad, C. M. Adderley

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Detailed explication of the “Prelude” in Taliessen through Logres and Region of the Summer Stars. Notes that much of the perceived difficulty understanding these poems is the lack of general knowledge of the historical and theological points of the Christian church to which they refer.

Duzen And Ihrzen In The German Translation Of The Lord Of The Rings, Arden R. Smith

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Discusses difficulties in translating Lord of the Rings into German, in particular the complications arising from the second person plural: singular/plural and familiar/ deferential forms. Notes the special challenges in translating dialogue in a fantasy novel, such as conversations with animals and objects.

"The Church Militant" Resurrected: Mythic Elements In George Herbert's The Temple, Darci N. Hill

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Discusses the third movement of George Herbert’s The Temple, “The Church Militant.” Reviews critical reception of the poem, and analyzes how it adapts “Christian myth to the classical epic formulas.”

C.S. Lewis’S Debt To E.M. Forster’S "The Celestial Omnibus" And Other Stories, Douglas Loney

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Demonstrates the debt C.S. Lewis owes to three short stories by E.M. Forster: “The Celestial Omnibus,” “The Other Side of the Hedge,” and “The Story of a Panic.” Notes similarities in the character of Eustace Scrubb and other incidents and themes in Lewis’s works.