Was Gawain A Gamer?,
2014
East Tennessee State University
Was Gawain A Gamer?, Gus Forester
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Describes a theory of gaming inspired primarily by Jean Baudrillard’s claim that gaming is characterized by a “passion for rules.” Key elements of the theory include that games are an attempt to create a new reality, that games create a space for individuality even in an otherwise homogenized world, and that pain and happiness are not diametrically opposed concepts to the gamer. The theory also emphasizes the importance of the player’s meeting with the “superplayer,” the player’s own constructed ideal that he tries to imitate within the game world. This theory of gaming is then applied to the 14th …
Blogs, Books, & Breadcrumbs: A Case Study Of Transmedial Fairy Tales,
2014
Brigham Young University - Provo
Blogs, Books, & Breadcrumbs: A Case Study Of Transmedial Fairy Tales, Kristy Gilbert Stewart
Theses and Dissertations
Understanding transmedial storytelling is particularly important to fairy-tale studies. Monomedial views have long been unable to account for all of fairy tale tradition. Although the form originated in oral culture, it has long been a liminal, hybrid form that retains aspects of orality even while its principal mode of transference for some time has been something other than face-to-face communication. Transformations and adaptations across different media and contexts has resulted in a system of fairy-tale tradition that is massively intertextual and transmedial. No one medium can claim primary control over the fairy-tale tradition. Throughout time, oral tellings have inspired literary …
A Lesson In Rhetoric: Finding God Through Language In “Batter My Heart”,
2014
Brigham Young University - Provo
A Lesson In Rhetoric: Finding God Through Language In “Batter My Heart”, Marc Daniel Giullian
Theses and Dissertations
A reexamination of John Donne's Holy Sonnet “Batter my heart,” especially one looking at the sonnet's relationship to Early Modern rhetoric, is long overdue. In this paper, I hope to show that a focus on Donne's relationship to Early Modern rhetoric yields several useful new insights. I argue specifically that Donne was probably exposed to Non-Ramist rhetorical methods and theory at many points in his education, from his childhood to his college years to his years at the Inns of Court. Furthermore, Non-Ramist rhetoric has moral implications, suggesting that aspects of an author's feelings, character, and desires can be analyzed …
Bound By Words: Oath-Taking And Oath-Breaking In Medieval Lceland And Anglo-Saxon England,
2014
Western Michigan University
Bound By Words: Oath-Taking And Oath-Breaking In Medieval Lceland And Anglo-Saxon England, Gregory L. Laing
Dissertations
The legal and literary texts of early medieval England and Iceland share a common emphasis on truth and demonstrate its importance through the sheer volume of textual references. One of the most common applications of truth-seeking in these sources occurs in the swearing of oaths. Instances of oath-taking and oath-breaking, therefore, are critical textual loci wherein the language of swearing unites an individual’s socially constructed reputation and his personal guarantees under the careful supervision of the community. Traditionally, scholars looking at truth and attestation from the later medieval period tend to view early cases of swearing as procedural, artless, or …
Trashed: The Myth Of The Southern Poor White,
2014
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Trashed: The Myth Of The Southern Poor White, April Elizabeth Thompson
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The fact of class has been a powerful tool in the process of identity formation, particularly in the American South, which has been viewed as a region apart from the national imaginary. To counter this exclusion, Southerners have often relied on stereotypes. One of the most prevalent and tragic of these is the stereotype of poor white trash, a construction that has been utilized to insist upon elite white Southerners' exceptionalism and innocence and to assert their rightful place in American historiography. While it is difficult to calculate their level of success, as perceptions of the region have varied through …
Critical Memoir And Identity Formation: Being, Belonging, Becoming,
2014
Wright State University - Main Campus
Critical Memoir And Identity Formation: Being, Belonging, Becoming, Nancy Mack
English Language and Literatures Faculty Publications
Critique can function as more than a scholarly pursuit; it can become a valued skill for surviving as an outsider within an academic context. Because universities are complex, largely reproductive systems, being a hard worker and following the rules does not necessarily lead to reward or even much notice. Increasing demands and multiple layers of political machinations foster disillusionment and alienation. Participating in programs, grants, and other initiatives only increases the perils, not to mention running the gauntlet of publishing and tenure. As egotistical as I may be, it is best to remember that the academic universe is not the …
Culture In Crisis: The English Novel In The Late Twentieth Century,
2014
Scripps College
Culture In Crisis: The English Novel In The Late Twentieth Century, Michael F. Harper
Scripps Faculty Books
Culture in Crisis begins with political and social history at the moment of the election of Margaret Thatcher. Many saw in this event the dissolution of the ideal of the liberal State once believed to be shared by both the Left and the Right. Ranging widely over such writers as Anthony Powell, John LeCarre, Samuel Selvon, Salman Rushdie, and Margaret Drabble, Harper examines various responses to this “crisis” which he shows to have roots in a pernicious ideal of “Englishness” going back many generations. With considerable skill and a masterful grasp of books and ideas, he presents the novel as …
Extremes Of Gender And Power: Sycorax’S Absence In Shakespeare’S The Tempest,
2014
Northern Kentucky University
Extremes Of Gender And Power: Sycorax’S Absence In Shakespeare’S The Tempest, Brittney Blystone
Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference
No abstract provided.
When Words Defile Things: Homoerotic Desire And Extreme Depictions Of Masculinity In Shakespeare’S Coriolanus And,
2014
University of Akron
When Words Defile Things: Homoerotic Desire And Extreme Depictions Of Masculinity In Shakespeare’S Coriolanus And, Aaron Hubbard
Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference
No abstract provided.
Jean-François Ducis: Re-Creating Shakespeare For An Eighteenth-Century Audience,
2014
Franklin University
Jean-François Ducis: Re-Creating Shakespeare For An Eighteenth-Century Audience, Amy Drake
Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference
No abstract provided.
A Hot Mess: Knowing Juliet Through Accidental Encounters In Popular Culture,
2014
Olivet College
A Hot Mess: Knowing Juliet Through Accidental Encounters In Popular Culture, Kirk Hendershott-Kraetzer
Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference
No abstract provided.
Helena And “The Rarest Argument Of Wonder”: All’S Well That Ends Well And The Romance Genre,
2014
West Virginia University
Helena And “The Rarest Argument Of Wonder”: All’S Well That Ends Well And The Romance Genre, Byron Nelson
Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference
No abstract provided.
Front Matter,
2014
University of Akron Main Campus
Front Matter, Hillary Nunn
Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference
No abstract provided.
Radost Rangelova, Assistant Professor Of Spanish,
2014
Gettysburg College
Radost Rangelova, Assistant Professor Of Spanish, Musselman Library, Radost A. Rangelova
Next Page
In our newest Next Page column, featured reader Radost Rangelova, Assistant Professor of Spanish, shares with us what she reads for fun and the course it inspired (she had to warn the students NOT to read ahead!); one of the influential works that solidified her passion for the study of gender and the cultural construction of space; and her recommendation of a contemporary Colombian author to read next – perhaps something to add to your holiday wish list?
Lexical Dichotomy And Ethics In Macbeth,
2014
Pennsylvania State University, Fayette
Lexical Dichotomy And Ethics In Macbeth, Lindsey Simon-Jones
Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference
No abstract provided.
“How This World Is Given To Lying!”: Orson Welles’S Deconstruction Of Historiographies In Chimes At Midnight,
2014
West Virginia University
“How This World Is Given To Lying!”: Orson Welles’S Deconstruction Of Historiographies In Chimes At Midnight, Jeffrey Wayne Yeager
Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference
No abstract provided.
Tortured Calculations: Body Economies In Shakespeare’S Cultures Of Honor,
2014
Knox College
Tortured Calculations: Body Economies In Shakespeare’S Cultures Of Honor, Brandon E. Polite
Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference
No abstract provided.
The Dangers Of Playing House: Celia's Subversive Role In As You Like It,
2014
University of Akron
The Dangers Of Playing House: Celia's Subversive Role In As You Like It, Allison Grant
Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference
No abstract provided.
“Much Virtue In If”: Ethics And Uncertainty In Hamlet And As You Like It,
2014
Capital University
“Much Virtue In If”: Ethics And Uncertainty In Hamlet And As You Like It, David Summers
Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference
No abstract provided.
Hamlet’S Hard-Boiled Ethics,
2014
Shepherd University
Hamlet’S Hard-Boiled Ethics, James Lewin
Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference
No abstract provided.
