"Truth So Mazed:" Faulkner And Us Plantation Fiction,
2015
Swarthmore College
"Truth So Mazed:" Faulkner And Us Plantation Fiction, Peter Schmidt
English Literature Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
Use Of Rhetoric In 1960'S Protest Music: A Case Study Of Bob Dylan's Music,
2015
Rollins College
Use Of Rhetoric In 1960'S Protest Music: A Case Study Of Bob Dylan's Music, Colleen Wilkowski
Honors Program Theses
The purpose of this study is to analyze the use of rhetoric in protest music of the 1960s, using Bob Dylan’s music as a case study. The 1960s was a time of revolution and social change in the United States. Throughout this time, protest music served as an outlet for musicians to voice their support for this change. By conducting a rhetorical analysis, this study assesses the ways in which the tools of classical rhetoric can be applied to the music of this time. The analysis focuses on the rhetorical functions of this music in the context of the protest …
Shannon Ravenel Editorial Papers, 1977-1990.,
2015
Hollins University
Shannon Ravenel Editorial Papers, 1977-1990., Beth S. Harris
Finding Aids: Guides to the Collections
This is a collection of editorial papers for Best American Short Stories, published by Houghton Mifflin. The collection includes reading records, letters of notification, permissions, contracts, reviews and clippings related to BASS, manuscripts, drafts of introductions to the annual volumes, editorial correspondence to authors, Houghton Mifflin staff, and between the series editor and the guest editor.
Henry Taylor Papers, 1960-2000.,
2015
Hollins University
Henry Taylor Papers, 1960-2000., Beth S. Harris
Finding Aids: Guides to the Collections
Papers of poet Henry Taylor. The collection includes literary manuscripts, student publications, and professional correspondence. Some files contain clippings, advertisement material, and photocopies of manuscripts
What New Writing Teachers Talk About When They Talk About Teaching,
2015
Boise State University
What New Writing Teachers Talk About When They Talk About Teaching, Heidi Estrem, E. Shelley Reid
English Literature Faculty Publications and Presentations
As a discipline with academic roots in pedagogy (Harris 1996), composition studies has fostered increasingly visible and structured programs to mentor new writing instructors. Several recent essay collections compile examples of programs, thoughtfully theorized approaches, and careful explorations of how to best support and nurture new instructors of first-year writing (see, for example, Pytlik and Liggett 2002; Ward and Perry 2002). It is now common that new college writing teaching assistants (TAs) participate in at least one pedagogy seminar designed to guide them through their initial teaching experience and provide an introduction to composition studies (see Dobrin 2005). Additionally, individual …
Threshold Concepts And Student Learning Outcomes,
2015
Boise State University
Threshold Concepts And Student Learning Outcomes, Heidi Estrem
English Literature Faculty Publications and Presentations
One of the premises of this edited collection is that descriptions of writing matter, and matter deeply. Writing—for reasons articulated throughout this collection—is particularly vulnerable to uneven or problematic portrayals. In higher education, it has become common practice to characterize student learning about writing via identified learning outcomes that students are to meet by the end of a course or program; more recently, entire undergraduate degree experiences are described through an outcomes framework. For example, postsecondary educational reform efforts like the American Association of Colleges and Universities' Liberal Education, America's Promise (LEAP) Initiative structure the undergraduate degree experience around identified …
Narrative Innovation In 9/11 Fiction.,
2015
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Narrative Innovation In 9/11 Fiction., Magali Michael
Faculty Books
Narrative Innovation in 9/11 Fiction demonstrates how certain novels create narratives about the 9/11 attacks that refuse to shy away from exploring and representing their difficult and problematic aspects and, in fact, insist on doing so as the only means of coming to terms with the events in all their cultural and historical specificity.
From Here To There,
2015
Wright State University - Main Campus
From Here To There, Alpana Sharma
English Language and Literatures Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Why George Has To Die: Gloria Naylor’S Mama Day And The Myth Of The Goddess,
2015
CUNY Queens College
Why George Has To Die: Gloria Naylor’S Mama Day And The Myth Of The Goddess, Thomas R. Frosch
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Safety And Silence In A Shakespearean Space,
2015
CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Safety And Silence In A Shakespearean Space, Cheryl Hogue Smith
Publications and Research
This article describes a homophobic incident in a Shakespeare community college class and explains how the teacher then tried to create a safe space for all students.
Augustinianisms And Thomisms (Chapter Nine Of The Cambridge Companion To Political Theology),
2015
George Fox University
Augustinianisms And Thomisms (Chapter Nine Of The Cambridge Companion To Political Theology), Eric Gregory, Joseph Clair
Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology
Excerpt: "The standard linage of Augustine and Aquinas that emerges in twentieth-century textbooks of political philosophy is that of two fundamentally opposed theological approaches to the political. Augustine, in one corner, is the clear-eyed realist, convinced that political society is fallen, mired in the consequences of original sin and the contingent necessity to restrain evil, vice, and sin. Aquinas, in the other corner, is the more cheerful Aristotelian, who emphasizes the inherent goodness and naturalness of political society and its beneficial purposes for human flourishing.' These contrasting visions continue to animate diverse Christian understandings of the limits and possibilities of …
Only Time Changes: A Collection Of Science Fiction Short Stories,
2015
Whittier College
Only Time Changes: A Collection Of Science Fiction Short Stories, Justin Dennis
Whittier Scholars Program
This project is a collection of six short science fiction stories written by the Scholar. The first five stories are all different, and the final one ties them together. The Scholar aims to share as many perspectives as possible through his writing. The final part of this project is an explanatory essay about each of the stories.
The Odds And The Ends: What To Do With Some Letters Of Catharine Macaulay,
2015
CUNY John Jay College
The Odds And The Ends: What To Do With Some Letters Of Catharine Macaulay, Olivera Jokic
Publications and Research
Biographers of Catharine Macaulay (1731–91), much like her contemporaries, often agreed that the woman’s reputation was shaped by the peculiar company she kept: prominent, intellectual, political, radical, revolutionary, and occasion- ally “foolish.”3 This essay examines why it matters what company a writer keeps, especially when that writer is a woman and her reputation is tied to the status of her letters and her correspondents.
Removing The Binaries Between Humanity And Nature: The Female Perception Through Science Fiction Utopias,
2015
University of Texas at Arlington
Removing The Binaries Between Humanity And Nature: The Female Perception Through Science Fiction Utopias, Sarah Gail Farrell
English Dissertations - Archive
This dissertation examines utopian science fictions by women from the early modern era and the latter half of the 20th century. While the utopian genre shifts in time, the project focuses on comparing two time periods in order to discuss the topic of humanity’s place in nature. By examining these two distinct eras, I am able to argue that ecofeminist debates about ecological concerns often center around the human/nature binary. These ecofeminist views, I argue, rely on analyzing certain texts in order to glean the truth about the human/nature dichotomy and to offer solutions to these problems. Using Margaret Cavendish’s …
Composing A Literary Adoption Memoir And Self Through Creative Nonfiction Memoir Writing,
2015
South Dakota State University
Composing A Literary Adoption Memoir And Self Through Creative Nonfiction Memoir Writing, Jamie K. Nagy
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Adoption writings span across various forms, such as fiction, non-fiction, essays, poetry, theatre, and scholarly fields of study. While many of these adoption writings speak to the complexities of adoption, the general public still tends to see adoption “such a beautiful thing” to do—as the best plan for the child, a noble act, a selfless decision, and a solution to a long-standing social issue. This thesis explores the “literary adoption memoir”—artful writings about real life happenings; my contribution to this genre addresses the complexities of the closed adoption era, transnational/transracial adoption, and parenting an adoptee as an adult adoptee. For …
"A Great Man's Madness": An Inquiry Into Sanity And Gender In Jacobean Tragedy,
2015
Scripps College
"A Great Man's Madness": An Inquiry Into Sanity And Gender In Jacobean Tragedy, Vittoria Mollo
Scripps Senior Theses
This thesis delves deep into an analysis of madness in two seventeenth century tragic plays: William Shakespeare's Macbeth and John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi. The first portion of the dissertation will provide historical background and context. The rest will be a critical literary analysis centered around the argument that both plays present an inextricable connection between loss of mental clarity and gender.
Queer 'Paradise Lost': Reproduction, Gender, And Sexuality,
2015
Scripps College
Queer 'Paradise Lost': Reproduction, Gender, And Sexuality, Emily R. Kolpien
Scripps Senior Theses
In the span of this thesis, I investigate the queer nature of John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost, and argue that in spite of the biblical subject matter it is in fact a text filled with instances of queer transgression. I focus on preexisting feminist critiques of Milton in my introduction in order to ground myself within the academic field, and in order to illustrate how I will be branching out from it. In my first chapter, I discuss the queered nature of the poem’s landscapes, such as Chaos and Hell, and the specifically queer and masculine nature of …
I Told Him/Her/It/Them?: The Problem Of Epicene Pronouns,
2015
University of Nebraska at Kearney
I Told Him/Her/It/Them?: The Problem Of Epicene Pronouns, Natalie Hall
Undergraduate Research Journal
To determine how Americans have naturally been using epicene pronouns, as opposed to the dictates of prescriptive grammar rules, this study focuses on speech patterns and informal writing. Because of their natural resistance to prescriptions, these two forms of communication tend to be more indicative of the epicenes most commonly used by Americans. 1 In this study, I seek an answer to the question of which epicene is used the most by Americans in speech and informal writing. I will use this information to determine the effectiveness of efforts to change prescriptions and traditions of epicene pronoun usage. After presenting …
Morphing Myths And Shedding Skins: Interconnectivity And The Subversion Of The Isolated Female Self In Angela Carter’S “The Tiger’S Bride” And Margaret Atwood’S Surfacing,
2015
University of Montana
Morphing Myths And Shedding Skins: Interconnectivity And The Subversion Of The Isolated Female Self In Angela Carter’S “The Tiger’S Bride” And Margaret Atwood’S Surfacing, Sara M. Laskoski
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
This project is an analysis of the utilization of mythmaking and human-animal relationships reflected in Angela Carter’s “The Tiger’s Bride” and Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing. Carter and Atwood show how societal restrictions can devalue the connections between the body, the mind, and the natural world. Through the theoretical lenses of primarily post-structuralism and ecofeminism, this project seeks to show how these two authors subvert isolated female identities through the use of the fairy tale element of the human-animal transformation. This subversion rejects dualistic tendencies of the dominant, patriarchal society, opening new ways of identifying the self through interconnections otherwise rejected or …
Hi/Lo Books: Making Struggling Readers Stronger?,
2015
Brigham Young University
Hi/Lo Books: Making Struggling Readers Stronger?, Catherine Crosby
The Utah English Journal
For the last two years I've taught an eighth grade reading intervention class to struggling readers who mostly hate reading and only open a book if a teacher or a parent makes them. Students in this age group should be reading in the 925 to 1185 Lexile range, but in our school, students in Reading SA range from 300 to 900 Lexile. They can graduate out mid-year if they can bring their Lexile score up to 1050, and while this motivates some students, others have had such negative reading experiences that they have given up on reading. The books written …
