Lost Voices Of Ancient Israel Reclaiming Eden: An Ecocritical Exegesis,
2015
University of Central Florida
Lost Voices Of Ancient Israel Reclaiming Eden: An Ecocritical Exegesis, Nazeer Bacchus
HIM 1990-2015
This work addresses the historically-read despotism Genesis 1.28 has often received in its subordination of nature for the interests of human enterprise and counters the notion of reading the entire Bible as an anti-environmental, anthropocentric text. In using a combined literary lens of eco-criticism and new historicism, this work examines the Hebrew Bible with particular attention to the books of Genesis and Exodus, offering within the Torah’s oldest literary tradition (the J source) an environmental connection between humanity and the divine that promotes a reverence of natural world and, conversely, a rejection of rampant urbanization and its cultural departure from …
The Early Modern Space: (Cartographic) Literature And The Author In Place,
2015
University of Central Florida
The Early Modern Space: (Cartographic) Literature And The Author In Place, Michael C. Myers
HIM 1990-2015
In geography, maps are a tool of placement which locate both the cartographer and the territory made cartographic. In order to place objects in space, the cartographer inserts his own judgment into the scheme of his design. During the Early Modern period, maps were no longer suspicious icons as they were in the Middle Ages and not yet products of science, but subjects of discourse and works of art. The image of a cartographer’s territory depended on his vision—both the nature and placement of his gaze—and the product reflected that author’s judgment. This is not a study of maps as …
Eugene Debs And The Politics Of Parrhesia,
2015
University of South Carolina - Columbia
Eugene Debs And The Politics Of Parrhesia, James P. Flynn
Theses and Dissertations
The general public often views the practice of politics to be incompatible with truth telling. Despite this perspective, I argue these two concepts coexisted in the 1912 campaign of Eugene V. Debs. Using Michel Foucault‟s unfinished work on parrhesia, or frank speaking, I argue that Debs functioned as a parrhesiast. To make this argument, I analyze Debs‟s discourse against what Foucault‟s work suggests are the three essential elements of parrhesia: compulsion, risk, and authenticity. Because Debs‟s parrhesiastic sensibilities become more obvious when compared with his opponents in the 1912 election, I analyze Debs‟s discourse in relation to William Howard Taft, …
Pecan Grove Review Volume 16,
2015
St. Mary's University
Pecan Grove Review Volume 16, St. Mary's University
Pecan Grove Review
Creative writings by students, faculty, and staff of the St. Mary's University community.
Using Text Sets To Foster Critical Inquiry,
2015
Brigham Young University - Provo
Using Text Sets To Foster Critical Inquiry, Dawan Coombs, Devery Bellingham
Faculty Publications
This article explores three ways a teacher incorporated text sets into her seventh-grade classroom to foster authentic inquiry. Student reflections suggest this approach helped them cultivate questioning, researching, and cooperative learning skills that became lasting habits of inquiry and helped them succeed on core tests.
New Essays On Clint Eastwood,
2015
Brigham Young University - Provo
New Essays On Clint Eastwood, Dennis Cutchins
Faculty Publications
As John M. Gourlie and Leonard Engel state in their introduction to New Essays on Clint Eastwood, the intention of this collection of essays is “both to expand our understanding of individual films and to deepen our overall appreciation of Eastwood’s artistry as, through the various stages of his career, he becomes an even greater master of his craft” (2). In these goals the collection succeeds. The essays are not all equal in their value, and the collection lacks an overall unity, but for Eastwood scholars this is a useful and worthwhile book.
Dystopian Cinderellas: "I Follow Him Into The Dark",
2015
Central Washington University
Dystopian Cinderellas: "I Follow Him Into The Dark", Courtney Lear
All Master's Theses
Research indicates that adolescents use fiction as a template for mitigating problems in their own lives based on the ways that fictional characters handle conflict. Dystopic narratives extrapolate on the potential sociopolitical consequences of contemporary social issues that adolescents face. In recent years, authors of young adult fiction have proliferated dystopian novels about disciplinary societies that conform to Michel Foucault’s Panoptic frameworks. Using the novels Matched, Delirium, Uglies, The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner, and The Knife of Never Letting Go, this project will demonstrate that the agency of female protagonists of young adult dystopian novels is curtailed by …
The Agentive Play Of Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee,
2015
Brigham Young University - Provo
The Agentive Play Of Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee, Richard Benjamin Crosby
Faculty Publications
The epigraph comes from the section of the Pentateuch in which Moses descends Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments and communicates the will of God to the children of Israel. God has been speaking with Moses for forty days and nights and has conferred on him the authority to serve as revelator and prophet of the children of Israel. In this passage, Moses has become the literal conveyance for God's word, a conduit for the divine Logos. Perhaps the detail that gets the least attention in this familiar story is Moses's veil. The image suggests a deliberate self-effacement. The veil, …
From This Dark Place To The Other: Violence And Connection In The Poetry Of Brian Turner,
2015
Georgia Southern University
From This Dark Place To The Other: Violence And Connection In The Poetry Of Brian Turner, Alan R. Swirsky
College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations
Brian Turner is a poet and American soldier who served in Iraq at the start of the 21st century. His poetry is about his experiences as a soldier interacting with the Iraqi people, his time in America following the war, PTSD, and the endless violence in the war zone. As a comparatively recent entry into the genre of War Poetry, his work pays homage to the writers who preceded him, like Wilfred Owen and Bruce Weigl, while also referencing Middle Eastern poets typically outside the scope of American literature. Through Turner’s recurring themes and motifs, connections are established between …
Functional Violence In Martin Mcdonagh's The Lieutenant Of Inishmore And The Pillowman,
2015
Georgia Southern University
Functional Violence In Martin Mcdonagh's The Lieutenant Of Inishmore And The Pillowman, Lindsay Shalom
College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations
While Martin McDonagh’s plays have engendered laughter, disgust, and fear, he might be best known as part of a long line of Irish playwrights who faced controversy due to their art. Much like Synge, Shaw, and O’Casey, McDonagh has faced criticism and even outrage due to the violence and misunderstood portrayals of the Irish in his plays. Though the violence in plays like The Pillowman and The Lieutenant of Inishmore has been labeled gratuitous, we might better understand the purpose of that violence by examining them in light of Michel Foucault’s concepts of knowledge and power. Foucault’s approaches best highlight …
Gouging For Glass,
2015
University of Alabama at Birmingham
At Dante's Tomb,
2015
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Stars,
2015
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Alice Dreams The Storm,
2015
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fluidity,
2015
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Museum With My Father,
2015
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sidewalks,
2015
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Enter The Guest,
2015
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lifting The Turtle,
2015
University of Alabama at Birmingham
The Drinker's Almanac,
2015
University of Alabama at Birmingham
