Innocence Vs. Experience: A Conflict Revealed Through Storytelling,
2013
Valparaiso University
Innocence Vs. Experience: A Conflict Revealed Through Storytelling, Kate Guidera
Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)
Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy contains a critique of religion and theology that is unique insofar as it is directed not at Christianity as its primary audience, but instead to young readers of science fiction and fantasy. He criticizes the Church for its idealization of innocence and passivity, proposing instead that there is nothing to be lost in a fall from grace and everything to gain in a new world of experience in which one constantly engages in active understanding. The ongoing conflict between innocence and experience persists through the trilogy’s entirety. In this, Pullman’s books react against C. …
Perspectives On Identity, Migration, And Displacement,
2013
National Sun Yat-Sen University
Perspectives On Identity, Migration, And Displacement, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek, I-Chun Wang, Hsiao-Yu Sun
CLCWeb Library
Perspectives on Identity, Migration, and Displacement -- edited by Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek, I-Chun Wang, and Hsiao-Yu Sun (Kaohsiung: National Sun Yat-sen University Press, 2010. ISBN 9789860235418 209 pages, bibliography, index) is a collection of articles about sociological and literary aspects of identity formation as a consequence of (im)migration. (Im)migration results in the problematics of assimilation and hybridity and in postcolonial scholarship, in particular, attention is paid to the concept of migration termed "Creolization" on the ground that cultural contact, cultural transmission, and cultural transformation result in the creation of new cultures. Copyright release by National Sun Yat-sen University to …
Jane Austen’S Anglicanism By Laura Mooneyham White,
2013
Wayne State University
Jane Austen’S Anglicanism By Laura Mooneyham White, Andrew O. Winckles
ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640–1830
No abstract provided.
April 23, 2013: Happy Shakespeare's Birthday,
2013
Western Michigan University
April 23, 2013: Happy Shakespeare's Birthday, Department Of English
Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive
No abstract provided.
April 22, 2013: Comparative Drama Is Pleased To Announce The Publication Of Our Spring 2013 Issue, Volume 47.1.,
2013
Western Michigan University
April 22, 2013: Comparative Drama Is Pleased To Announce The Publication Of Our Spring 2013 Issue, Volume 47.1., Department Of English
Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive
No abstract provided.
Poetry, Philosophy, And The Self,
2013
Whittier College
Poetry, Philosophy, And The Self, Joshua Carlton
Whittier Scholars Program
This project explores the foundational aspects of human identity and is a collection of poetry that investigates themes of human identity such as sexuality, love, faith, rebirth and death. This study’s goal is to bridge poetic writing and philosophy in a creative way that offers insight about human identity while including different traditions and perspectives. This project begins with an excerpt from Mila Kundera’s novel, The Unbearable Lightness of Being and begins with philosophical commentary using Frederich Nietzsche’s philosophy. The rest of the project are poetry pieces that vary in subject matter and wording but relate back to themes such …
A Freudian View Of Dilsey And Fulfillment In Faulkner's The Sound And The Fury,
2013
Arkansas State University
A Freudian View Of Dilsey And Fulfillment In Faulkner's The Sound And The Fury, Lauren Haley Adams
Student Theses and Dissertations
This work serves as a character analysis of Dilsey Gibson from William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. Dilsey is viewed in this work from a Freudian perspective, and this work details how she fulfills her id and superego as is evidenced in the novel. She thereby becomes a representation of the ego within the novel and is shown to be a fully-developed and multi-faceted character.
Sainsbury Honored With 2013 Dougan Award,
2013
Illinois Wesleyan University
Sainsbury Honored With 2013 Dougan Award, Matt Kurz
News and Events (Discontinued Series)
No abstract provided.
"The Feelings Immediately Consequent Upon Stating The Case": Conduct In The Regency Applied To All,
2013
Wright State University - Main Campus
"The Feelings Immediately Consequent Upon Stating The Case": Conduct In The Regency Applied To All, Ethan Baumgartner
Pride and Prejudice: The Bicentennial
The author discusses standards of conduct in the Regency era and how it affected both men and women of the time.
Symbolic Capital And The Performativity Of Authorship: The Construction And Commodification Of The Nineteenth-Century Authorial Celebrity,
2013
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Symbolic Capital And The Performativity Of Authorship: The Construction And Commodification Of The Nineteenth-Century Authorial Celebrity, Whitney Helms
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Victorian and Antebellum writers were the first literary figures to construct and perform their authorship within the sphere of celebrity. Unlike their Romantic predecessors who endured fame as an unexpected consequence of their popularity, the Victorians and their contemporaries understood celebrity as a condition of authorship. This dissertation takes as its subject the origins and development of symbolic power for authors as it was expressed in the trappings of celebrity and mass culture and argues that authorship became no longer strictly a profession of writing, but rather a performative endeavor that could be presented through diverse commercial markets. Investigating the …
Linked To His Fellow Man Of Civilized Life: Washington Irving, The Transatlantic Native American, And Romantic Historiography In A History Of New York And The Sketchbook Of Geoffrey Crayon,
2013
Brigham Young University - Provo
Linked To His Fellow Man Of Civilized Life: Washington Irving, The Transatlantic Native American, And Romantic Historiography In A History Of New York And The Sketchbook Of Geoffrey Crayon, Kara Rebecca Kemp
Theses and Dissertations
As representatives of "an earlier stage of civilization," Native Americans in early nineteenth-century literature were integral in conversations of race relations, cultural development, and anthropological strata. They were a baseline of humanity against which more "civilized" nations of the world marked their progress, determined the value of their own cultural advancements, and proclaimed their superiority (Flint 1). They were an object of continuing fascination for Americans and Britons seeking to reinvent themselves in the aftermath of war and revolution, but their image in these nations was used as a derogatory slur (Fulford and Hutchings 1; Flint 6--7). Suggesting that a …
The Construction Of The Gothic Nun: Fantasies And The Religious Imaginary,
2013
Marquette University
The Construction Of The Gothic Nun: Fantasies And The Religious Imaginary, Diane L. Hoeveler
Conversations across the Humanities
No abstract provided.
April 19, 2013: Nagle Essay On Queer Temporality Published,
2013
Western Michigan University
April 19, 2013: Nagle Essay On Queer Temporality Published, Department Of English
Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive
No abstract provided.
"'More Safe I Sing With Mortal Voice': The Bard, The Reader, And The Problematics Of Creation In Paradise Lost",
2013
Western Michigan University
"'More Safe I Sing With Mortal Voice': The Bard, The Reader, And The Problematics Of Creation In Paradise Lost", Benjamin Moran
Honors Theses
For the first three centuries following its initial publication in 1667, John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost was understood by its critics the epitome of stateliness, a poem brimming with grandeur, and above all, the product of a writer certain about his poetic skills and his theodical mission. Joseph Addison, one of the poem's earliest and most influential critics, summarizes this orthodoxy when he wrote that readers find in Paradise Lost "all the Greatness of Plan, Regularity of Design, and masterly Beauties which we discover in Homer and Virgil." In this essay, I directly and indirectly address Addison's argument as …
Chasing The Ghost Of Melesina Trench: A Film By Qina Liu In Collaboration With Katharine Kittredge,
2013
Ithaca College
Chasing The Ghost Of Melesina Trench: A Film By Qina Liu In Collaboration With Katharine Kittredge, Katherine Kittredge, Qina Liu
ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640–1830
Filmmaker Qina Liu has created a short documentary about Katharine Kittredge's decade-long quest to learn about the life and work of Anglo-Irish diarist and poet Melesina Trench. The story tells of remarkable coincidences, documents lost and found, and the emergence of Trench's descendants in the project's final chapter.
Trading Places: Mary Shelley’S Argument With Domestic Space,
2013
California State University, East Bay
Trading Places: Mary Shelley’S Argument With Domestic Space, Eve M. Lynch
ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640–1830
When Mary Shelley began writing The Last Man in 1824 in the wake of her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley’s untimely death, she drew from her close circle of family and friends as models for her main characters. Although it is tempting to view this novel as an autobiographical expiation of the profound sorrow that overwhelmed Shelley at her husband’s death, to do so is to underestimate her prescient political insight and to risk overlooking the complex implications of class and rank that suffuse the position of the narrator, Lionel Verney. While Shelley’s emotions give a passionate appeal to this novel, …
The Female Quixote As Promoter Of Social Literacy,
2013
University of Arkansas
The Female Quixote As Promoter Of Social Literacy, Amy Hodges
ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640–1830
In Charlotte Lennox’s The Female Quixote, the unruly Arabella clashes with the eighteenth century’s conception of England as an orderly, unromantic site of commercial trade. Arabella’s romances prompt her to expect certain power structures from English society; she invites others to see her body as a spectacle and expects that her actions will solidify her status as a powerful woman. Yet Lennox reveals that English society sees Arabella’s body not as powerful, but as an object upon which they may construct their own potential site for the exchange of knowledge, an objectification that neither Arabella nor Lennox are prepared …
Closing The Book On Libraries? Challenging The Idea That Libraries Are Obsolete And Discovering Why They Are More Important Now Than Ever Before,
2013
Western Michigan University
Closing The Book On Libraries? Challenging The Idea That Libraries Are Obsolete And Discovering Why They Are More Important Now Than Ever Before, Kayla Hampton
Honors Theses
Libraries have been a part of civilization for thousands of years, but many people are beginning to believe that the information centers are becoming obsolete due to the Internet and other technological advancements. This thesis challenges that opinion by focusing on the past, present and future of libraries. In “The Past” section, the historical background of libraries is discussed, beginning with the first libraries in Greece during the fourth century B.C. to the first public library that opened in the United States, which was located in Peterborough, New Hampshire. During the portion of the thesis that discusses the challenges that …
Glottopoeia: A Case Study In Language Change,
2013
Western Michigan University
Glottopoeia: A Case Study In Language Change, Ian Hollenbaugh
Honors Theses
"Glottopoeia: A Case Study in Language Change" is a thesis in the form of a I32-page grammar booklet, entitled An Elementary Ghau Aethauic Grammar, with a preface detailing what I did, why I did it, and how I accomplished it. In effect, I invented a language called Ghau Aethau. It was created almost entirely ex nihilo, borrowing nothing in the way of phonetics, morphology, or vocabulary from any real language. It does employ grammatical concepts present in many real-world languages, but also several of my own design. I chose this project for two reasons: first, to explore the art form …
April 15, 2013: Mfa/Phd Festival: Wmu Creative Writing Program,
2013
Western Michigan University
April 15, 2013: Mfa/Phd Festival: Wmu Creative Writing Program, Department Of English
Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive
No abstract provided.
