Review Of George Eliot, European Novelist,
2012
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Review Of George Eliot, European Novelist, John Rignall
The George Eliot Review Online, ISSN: 2831-5375
On the opening page of this series of connected essays, John Rignall points out that 'George Eliot's readers and reviewers took it for granted that her novels belonged to a European tradition of fiction'. When Leavis conscripted her into his new canon after the Second World War, this dimension of her work was largely erased and has only recently begun to re-emerge thanks to the work of Rosemary Ashton, Elinor Shaffer and others - not least John Rignall himself. One reason for this neglect was no doubt intrinsic to the work: Rignall concedes that George Eliot's fictions are set overwhelmingly …
"I Can't Think About Kissing": Strong Female Protagonists And Romance In Dystopian Young Adult Fiction,
2012
Eastern Michigan University
"I Can't Think About Kissing": Strong Female Protagonists And Romance In Dystopian Young Adult Fiction, Mollie Hall
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
Though science fiction is dominated by males, strong female protagonists in this genre have become very popular. Current dystopian young adult literature starring girls incorporates romance, blending a traditionally masculine genre with a typically feminine genre. The heroines in dystopian young adult novels are empowered by their own femininity and are able to bring about societal change, taking power not generally given to young females in patriarchal societies. Romance, an often ridiculed genre, has recently been incorporated into science fiction narratives in order to create more authentic characters who deal with both societal problems and personal relationships. Suzanne Collins's Hunger …
Modernism En Vogue: Popular Periodicals And Their Engagement With Modernist Culture,
2012
Loyola University Chicago
Modernism En Vogue: Popular Periodicals And Their Engagement With Modernist Culture, Natalie Kalich
Dissertations
My project investigates commercial magazines from the 1920s, including, The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Vogue, and Vanity Fair to reveal the frequency with which modernist writers contributed to these periodicals and the extent to which editors of these magazines found modernist discourse marketable to larger audiences, thereby undermining the assumption that modernists only spoke to a coterie audience. Furthermore, by investigating the similarities present in discourse on modernism and developments in popular culture such as jazz and film in a commercial context, I expand and complicate constructions of modernist and popular culture from both sides of the cultural …
The Things That Remain: People, Objects, And Anxiety In Thirties British Fiction,
2012
Loyola University Chicago
The Things That Remain: People, Objects, And Anxiety In Thirties British Fiction, Emily O'Keefe
Dissertations
This dissertation analyzes the appeal of things in thirties British literature. I argue that in a time in which a catastrophic and world-changing war seemed to be on the way, many writers saw seemingly unshakable material things as a source of comfort. Drawing on thing theory, I explore thirties writers' recognition of the duality of things, their alienness to human society even as people invest great significance in them. Therefore, I show that despite this frequent appeal to the material world as a place of stability and comfort, many of these writers also recognized conflicting aspects of things, knowing (and …
Desire And Agency In The Modern Women's Sonnet,
2012
Loyola University Chicago
Desire And Agency In The Modern Women's Sonnet, Catherine Anne Ramsden
Dissertations
This dissertation investigates the ways that women poets, from the late Renaissance to the postmodern age, have used the sonnet form both to critique and to re-envision the female experience, particularly in regard to the cultural value of love. In addition to its analysis of poetic form, this dissertation also engages a cultural/feminist critique based on an enduring theme in women's writing: the power of patriarchal constructs to prevent women's individuation within traditional, middle-class cultural norms.
Subversive Liminality And Ideological Warfare: The Zombie Mash-Up As Resistance To Hypermasculine Revenge Narratives Post-9/11,
2012
Eastern Kentucky University
Subversive Liminality And Ideological Warfare: The Zombie Mash-Up As Resistance To Hypermasculine Revenge Narratives Post-9/11, Veronica L. Cooper
Online Theses and Dissertations
This project plots the coincidence of the "zombie renaissance" and system-justifying nationalist rhetoric post-9/11. The project discusses this cultural cross-section with zombie mash-up fiction, using masculinity and trauma theories, in an attempt to illuminate the motives of "us vs. them" rhetoric and hypermasculine revenge narratives in the post-9/11 decade. First, I use Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Zombie Jim (2009) to examine liminality as subversive counter-discourse to the masculine hegemony post-9/11. Second, I use Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009) to look at the effects of revenge culture and how non-emphasized femininity and hegemonic (hyper)masculinity co-construct each other.
Telling Stories: Discussions With Sidonie Smith, Keith Knapp, And Terry Castle,
2012
University of Kentucky
Telling Stories: Discussions With Sidonie Smith, Keith Knapp, And Terry Castle
disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory
No abstract provided.
The Destroyer Of Souls: The Rhetoric Of Fear In Old English Literature,
2012
University of Texas at Arlington
The Destroyer Of Souls: The Rhetoric Of Fear In Old English Literature, Thomas A. Tutt
English Dissertations - Archive
This dissertation explores representations of fear in Old English literature and examines their rhetorical purposes. Although Anglo-Saxon writers were often unconcerned with or even hostile to the use of rhetorical techniques, I argue that Anglo-Saxons, particularly in their vernacular texts, tailor their writing to appeal to their audiences in specific ways. As such, this writing should be read as highly rhetorical. Reference to fear and fearful imagery in these texts play an important rhetorical role. Fear places the Anglo-Saxon subject in a world defined along rigid lines between Christian and Pagan, legal subject and outlaw, human and monster, recorded and …
Deterritorialization, Pure War, And The Consequences Of Indian Captivity In Transnational Colonial Discourse,
2012
University of Denver
Deterritorialization, Pure War, And The Consequences Of Indian Captivity In Transnational Colonial Discourse, Billy J. Stratton
English and Literary Arts: Faculty Scholarship
The genre of the captivity narrative has operated as a vital circuit for transnational colonial discourse since its inception. Throughout the age of discovery, accounts of the captivity became an indispensible means of connecting the European metropole to foreign lands in Asia and Africa, as well as North and South America. The development of the Indian captivity narrative within the Atlantic context functioned as an effective tool for the dissemination of knowledge concerning the New World and its Indigenous inhabitants. In this essay, I examine some of the ways in which the captivity narrative functions as a colonial apparatus vital …
Ideological Malady: Imprisoned Thoughts Versus Liberated Action In Transgressive Texts,
2012
Eastern Michigan University
Ideological Malady: Imprisoned Thoughts Versus Liberated Action In Transgressive Texts, Juanita A. Walton
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
No abstract provided.
Introduction To Artifacts & Illuminations: Critical Essays On Loren Eisley,
2012
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Introduction To Artifacts & Illuminations: Critical Essays On Loren Eisley, Thomas Lynch, Susan M. Maher
Department of English: Faculty Publications
Acknowledged as one of the most important twentieth-century American nature writers, Loren Eiseley was a widely admired practitioner of creative nonfiction, a genre that, in part due to his example, has flourished in recent decades. Contemporary nature writers regularly cite Eiseley as an inspiration and model. General readers, as well, appreciate Eiseley's eloquent, complex, and informative essays; devoted readers have helped keep Eiseley continuously in print since his books first began appearing more than a half century ago. Clearly, Eiseley is a writer who matters. As many observers lament, current environmental and other problems require a public and media that …
John Rutherford Everett,
2012
Hollins University
John Rutherford Everett, Beth S. Harris
Articles about Hollins and Special Collections
Biographical article on Hollins University's fourth president, John "Jack" Everett (1950-1961).
An American Haunting: The Specter Of Memory In Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge,
2012
University of North Carolina - Wilmington
An American Haunting: The Specter Of Memory In Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge, Katherine Montwieler
Short Story
No abstract provided.
"It's Such A Cool Word!" Reflections On In-Dept Vocabulary Instruction In A Middle School Language Arts Classroom,
2012
Brigham Young University
"It's Such A Cool Word!" Reflections On In-Dept Vocabulary Instruction In A Middle School Language Arts Classroom, Naomi Watkins
The Utah English Journal
After several years of teaching vocabulary in a very traditional manner—list of words, copy the definitions, memorize them, take a test—I had grown weary of spending my time on instruction that I knew (even from my own personal experience as a student) did not work. I wanted instruction that resulted in my students really using the words in their own speech and writing, rather than just having superficial knowledge or merely being able to recognize words. I knew that my students were capable of a deeper processing level and of acquiring more sophisticated “everyday” words and academic language. I really …
Bullies, Bystanders, And A Birthday,
2012
Brigham Young University
Bullies, Bystanders, And A Birthday, Janae Shepherd
The Utah English Journal
Kelly Jo… Kelly Jo Fransden, the bully of Forbes Elementary School. She was in my classroom and my neighborhood, and I had to see her at church. She wasn’t particularly pretty, although for some reason she seemed to think she was. She strutted around the classroom and anywhere else with an air about her that she was somehow better than everyone else. As some kids today would say, she thought she was “all that and a bag of chips.” I’m still not sure why she acted that way. Perhaps it was her own lack of self-confidence, her projection of what …
Word Ways: Revisiting Ancient Greco-Latin Myths To Build Vocabulary,
2012
Brigham Young University
Word Ways: Revisiting Ancient Greco-Latin Myths To Build Vocabulary, Jacqueline S. Thursby
The Utah English Journal
I recently assigned an old children’s tale to my senior undergraduate students called “!e Story of the Cruel Giant Barbarico, the Good Giant Benefico, and the Little Pretty Dwarf, Mignon,” written by Sarah Fielding, who lived from 1710 to1768. It was an unfamiliar story to them and written in the archaic style of 18th century English. The primary characters in the story were the giants, Barbarico and Benefico, and the sweethearts, Fidus and Amata. The names clearly reflect characteristics of the players in the story. By using root Latinate forms, Sarah Fielding foreshadowed the characters’ primary personality attributes: Barbarico (barbarous: …
The Pitfalls Of Publishing: Unforseen Challenges When Students Write To Publish,
2012
Brigham Young University
The Pitfalls Of Publishing: Unforseen Challenges When Students Write To Publish, Jill Muir
The Utah English Journal
Sitting at my desk, I read an email regarding grants for teachers. As I pondered the needs of my students that might be met with a grant, I thought about my English Language Learners. Over the course of the school year, I gradually learned their stories of why and how they came to the United States. Some students had stories I had predicted: Their families wanted them to come to school in the United States, so the students were living with relatives and planned to return to their native countries. Other students, however, had dramatic stories: stories of kidnapping, escape, …
All Work And No Play Makes Jack (Or Jill) A Dull Writer,
2012
Brigham Young University
All Work And No Play Makes Jack (Or Jill) A Dull Writer, Joseph Anson
The Utah English Journal
Yes, I am one of those geeky idealistic English teachers, who occasionally fantasize about being Robin Williams’ character Mr. Keating from the classic film Dead Poets Society. After twelve years of unsuccessfully convincing my students to call me “O Captain, My Captain,” I still hold to the belief that I can get my students to “savor words and language” (Haft, Henderson, Witt, Thomas, & Weir, 1989). Regardless of an individual’s ability or inherent wordsmithiness, I encourage all students to play with words on many different levels. On Fridays, we set aside time to play with words. Just play. But why? …
Book Review: Writing Across The Curriculum: A Critical Sourcebook,
2012
Utah Valley University
Book Review: Writing Across The Curriculum: A Critical Sourcebook, Thomas Henry
The Utah English Journal
The Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) movement provides some of the most substantial strategies for keeping our discipline relevant for students and for ourselves. More-over, the WAC movement allows us to put focus into our work by informing us of outside writing practices. In a sense, WAC reminds us that our work as teachers does not exist in isolation, but exists to support a much larger economic and pedagogical structure (at all levels). This edited collection, complied by Zawacki and Rogers, provides a wonderful insight into the WAC movement and its literature.
Teaching Textual Recycling,
2012
Brigham Young University
Teaching Textual Recycling, Thomas Henry, Jim Pettersson
The Utah English Journal
Linguist, Michael Lewis suggests that a “recycling” strategy should be at the heart of an approach to teaching English (especially to speakers of second languages). He calls this specific approach the “Lexical Approach.” This approach focuses on ways in which students can use pre-fabricated linguistic units and/or formulaic expressions to form new language. In addition to the Lexical Approach, a “Template Approach” endorsed by Gerald Graff & Cathy Birkenstein, also advocates the “recycling” of chunks of language to form new discourse. Their text, They Say, I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing, contains formulaic language used to promote …
