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Disenchantment: The Formation, Distortion, And Transformation Of Identity In Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, Lydia K. Christoph
Disenchantment: The Formation, Distortion, And Transformation Of Identity In Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, Lydia K. Christoph
Masters Theses
Charles Dickens' Great Expectations (1861) stands apart from his other works as a powerful expression of his later social and theological views. Rife with rich characterizations, fairy-tale elements, grotesque and bizarre plot twists, Victorian social issues, and a beautifully thoughtful and imaginative commentary on the universal human themes of loss, guilt, abuse, identity, money, social status, and love, this novel remains an outstanding example of truly great art, both popular and classic. This story of identity formation in a nineteenth-century English context demonstrates how Dickens' life and writings, influenced by spurious and inconsistent theological beliefs, express the idea that sin …
The "Ruins Of The Future": Counter-Narratives To Terrorism In The 9/11 Literature Of Don Delillo, Jonathan Safran Foer, And Ian Mcewan, Matthew Francis Carlini
The "Ruins Of The Future": Counter-Narratives To Terrorism In The 9/11 Literature Of Don Delillo, Jonathan Safran Foer, And Ian Mcewan, Matthew Francis Carlini
Masters Theses
In the days after 9/11, Don DeLillo asserted that the narrative of the future ended in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, and "it is left to us to create the counter-narrative" (34). In this thesis project, I illustrate how Jonathan Safran Foer and Ian McEwan take up DeLillo‘s call to construct a counter-narrative to empty futurism and the backwards-oriented narrative of terrorism. Through my comparative analysis of Cosmopolis and Falling Man in Chapter One, I illustrate how DeLillo argues for the renewed importance of the place of memory in the world following the attacks of 9/11. Cosmopolis’ world …
"I Can't Be Punished Anymore": Exploring Incapacity And Carceral Formations In Samuel Beckett's Endgame, Happy Days, Play, Not I, And Catastrophe, Victoria Helen Swanson
"I Can't Be Punished Anymore": Exploring Incapacity And Carceral Formations In Samuel Beckett's Endgame, Happy Days, Play, Not I, And Catastrophe, Victoria Helen Swanson
Masters Theses
While there has been a great deal of scholarship and a variety of approaches to analysis of the works of Samuel Beckett, there has been surprisingly little excavation of the carceral, restrictive, and debilitating formations vital to the structure of his plays. For example, the carcerality prevalent throughout While there has been a great deal of scholarship and a variety of approaches to analysis of the works of Samuel Beckett, there has been surprisingly little excavation of the carceral, restrictive, and debilitating formations vital to the structure of his plays. For example, the carcerality prevalent throughout Endgame informs the dramatic …
A Disordered Domesticity: Constructions Of Masculinity In The Dramatic Works Of John Gay, Jeremy Brandon Wear
A Disordered Domesticity: Constructions Of Masculinity In The Dramatic Works Of John Gay, Jeremy Brandon Wear
Masters Theses
This thesis examines how John Gay portrays constructions of masculinity in domestic spaces—the households, estates, and royal courts—of three plays: Three Hours After Marriage,Polly, and Achilles. Gay illuminates how constructions of masculinity are ultimately linked to an emergent sex/gender system based upon shifting ideas of masculine authority and patriarchal right in the eighteenth century. Ultimately, Gay‟s drama reveals the concept of a “natural” sex to be little more than a cultural construction. He criticizes the often artificial nature of masculinity, and posits that a masculine gender identity becomes linked to power over the supposedly “natural,” feminine …
Pedagogy For Millennials: Using New Literacies And New Media To Teach Old Texts, Keli Woodard Weed
Pedagogy For Millennials: Using New Literacies And New Media To Teach Old Texts, Keli Woodard Weed
Masters Theses
When teaching the rhetorical situation, English teachers often emphasize the importance of ―knowing one‘s audience.‖ As we move into a new century, it is important that these teachers consider their own advice. This project aims a critical lens at millennials – those tech-savvy, multi-tasking students who were born after 1994 – and aims to equip teachers with the skills, tools, and confidence needed to step out of the routine of skill-and-drill pedagogy in the language arts classroom and into the interactive, multi-modal world of 21st-century education. The project begins with an analysis of demographic information on millennial students that is …
An Examination Of William Faulkner's Use Of Biblical Symbolism In Three Early Novels: The Sound And The Fury, As I Lay Dying, And Light In August, Richard North
Masters Theses
During the years 1928-1932, William Faulkner wrote and published three novels containing varying but significant amounts of Biblical content and symbolism: The Sound and the Fury (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930), and Light in August (1932). In The Sound and the Fury, the characters of Benjy and Quentin Compson share some characteristics of Christ figures, but receive irony-laden treatment. The novel, however, presents the purest Christian character of this period of Faulkner's writing--the Compson family's Negro servant Dilsey. The Bible holds a similar influence over As I Lay Dying, specifically in the Old Testament. The Christian characters in this …
The First Adventure Of Raspberry And Lime: A Futuristic Screenplay, Sarah E. Mims
The First Adventure Of Raspberry And Lime: A Futuristic Screenplay, Sarah E. Mims
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Translating Anglo-Saxon Poetry: Foreignized Translations Of The Seafarer And The Wanderer, Andrew Timothy Eichel
Translating Anglo-Saxon Poetry: Foreignized Translations Of The Seafarer And The Wanderer, Andrew Timothy Eichel
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
The Letters Of Elizabeth I: Rhetoric For Ruling, Anna M. Patton
The Letters Of Elizabeth I: Rhetoric For Ruling, Anna M. Patton
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Where We Can't Follow: A Collection Of Short Stories, Megan Holt
Where We Can't Follow: A Collection Of Short Stories, Megan Holt
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
"Freedom In Working": Representations Of Working Women In Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton, Ruth, And North And South, Amy King
Masters Theses
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Exploring At-Risk Student Writers In Academic Success Programs And The Role Instructors Play In Their Evaluation, Katrina Monique Dunbar
Exploring At-Risk Student Writers In Academic Success Programs And The Role Instructors Play In Their Evaluation, Katrina Monique Dunbar
Masters Theses
No abstract provided.
Exploring Social Class And The Rural/Urban Dichotomy: A Critical Approach To Rural Community College Student Empowerment Through Composition, Amanda Groves
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