The Dantean Structure Of The Great Divorce,
2011
(emeritus) Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX
The Dantean Structure Of The Great Divorce, Joe R. Christopher
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Examines the underlying structure of Lewis’s The Great Divorce, and its mirroring of the Purgatorio.
Cordial Dislike: Reinventing The Celestial Ladies Of Pearl And Purgatorio In Tolkien's Galadriel,
2011
California University, PA
Cordial Dislike: Reinventing The Celestial Ladies Of Pearl And Purgatorio In Tolkien's Galadriel, Sarah Downey
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Considers the Celestial Lady characters from Pearl and Purgatorio as influences on Tolkien’s Galadriel, in character, appearance, situation, and allegorical significance.
The Precious And The Pearl: The Influence Of Pearl On The Nature Of The One Ring,
2011
The Citadel, SC
The Precious And The Pearl: The Influence Of Pearl On The Nature Of The One Ring, Noah Koubenec
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Examines some roots of Tolkien’s One Ring in Pearl’s themes and motifs, characters, and allegorical functions.
Two Rings To Rule Them All: A Comparative Study Of Tolkien And Wagner,
2011
Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa
Two Rings To Rule Them All: A Comparative Study Of Tolkien And Wagner, Jamie Mcgregor
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
A close comparison of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and the history of the One Ring in Tolkien’s legendarium which goes far beyond the usual shallow or dismissive comparison between the two. Here we see Tolkien, as he frequently did, absorbing the influence of an earlier author and responding in the form of a correction based on his sense that Wagner had, as Shippey put it, “got something very important not quite right” (Road 344).
Túrin And Aragorn: Evading And Embracing Fate,
2011
University of Oklahoma
Túrin And Aragorn: Evading And Embracing Fate, Janet Brennan Croft
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Considers the characters of Aragorn and Túrin and how, at the level of motif, their name changes throughout the legendarium reflect their own very different relationships with their wyrd and the fate of the universe.
Letters: Stalin's Orcs,
2011
Texas State University
Letters: Stalin's Orcs, Robert T. Tally Jr.
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Following up on his article in Mythlore 29.1/2, the author summarizes a recent discovery that Josef Stalin once attempted to create a superior species of warrior by cross-breeding humans and apes.
Intertwinglement; Or A Request By Way Of A Story (Text And Video),
2011
Illinois Wesleyan University
Intertwinglement; Or A Request By Way Of A Story (Text And Video), Daniel Terkla
Honorees for Teaching Excellence
No abstract provided.
I Know I Haven’T Said A Thing,
2011
Trinity University
I Know I Haven’T Said A Thing, Layla Benitez-James
English Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Contained In Her: The Latent Volcano Within Emily Dickinson And H.D.,
2011
University of Mary Washington
Contained In Her: The Latent Volcano Within Emily Dickinson And H.D., Meghan Edwards
Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects
No abstract provided.
Delicate Maps,
2011
Trinity University
City Of Slow Dissolve,
2011
English Language & Literature
City Of Slow Dissolve, John M. Chavez
Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
City of Slow Dissolve examines identity, displacement, and construction of the self. Beginning with the persona’s root location of Colorado Springs, Colorado, moving to Detroit, Michigan and concluding with Las Cruces, New Mexico, the speaker of the included poems articulates the complexities of lived emotion (e.g., anxiety, anger, guilt, and eventual acceptance), of the critical evaluation of one’s surroundings, and of the fractures of the self as the result of elected displacement in the service of personal advancement. It is with this in mind that these poems avoid thematizing what it means to be a Latin@ living in the United …
Kenneth Burke, John Dewey, And The Rhetoric Of Aesthetics,
2011
Brigham Young University - Provo
Kenneth Burke, John Dewey, And The Rhetoric Of Aesthetics, Meridith Reed
Theses and Dissertations
Kenneth Burke and John Dewey each published books on aesthetics in the 1930s. These texts present parallel conceptions of aesthetics as holding a distinctly rhetorical role in society. My project is to line up these theories, focusing particularly on two key terms in each theory: Burke's eloquence and Dewey's expression. Together, these two terms explain what constitutes an aesthetic experience and explain how an aesthetic experience can open up individuals in a society to a variety of perspectives and identifications. As individuals are allowed to inhabit the experiences of others through their interactions with art, they are poised to …
Gesamtkunstwerk And Other Trifles: Poems,
2011
Brigham Young University - Provo
Gesamtkunstwerk And Other Trifles: Poems, Derk A. Olthof
Theses and Dissertations
In all their various categories, the arts serve as the dominant subject matter of Gesamtkunstwerk and Other Trifles. The title itself begins with a German word-meld—gesamt (total) + kunstwerk (work of art). Thus a primary aim of these poems is to bring as many elements of art together as possible and to use their various forms (self-portraits, nocturnes, odes, etc.) as metaphorical frameworks that inform abstractions such as regret ("How to Draw Regret"), psychological disorders ("Insomnia Nocturnes") and confusion in how one should feel about living realities as opposed to inanimate objects ("Dead Starling"). Most of the poems …
Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928 (Sc 2436),
2011
Western Kentucky University
Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928 (Sc 2436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2436. Letter of George Otto Trevelyan to Joseph H. Choate, 18 March 1912, written on the publication in the United States of Trevelyan’s book George the Third and Charles Fox. Trevelyan remarks on the book’s favorable reception in Britain and gives news of his family.
Reviving The Latent Content Of Alchemy In William Shakespeare's Othello,
2011
Brigham Young University - Provo
Reviving The Latent Content Of Alchemy In William Shakespeare's Othello, Sarita Clara Rich
Theses and Dissertations
While many of Shakespeare's alchemical allusions are noted for their language of positive regeneration and healing, the playwright's departures from these conventional uses of alchemy deserve further attention. This essay presents an examination of inversions in the redemptive alchemical paradigm of Othello, a play whose connections to alchemy are not announced by obvious references to gold making, the philosopher's stone, or other key terms relating to the discourse of the opus that a modern audience is likely to recognize. I argue that in Othello, alchemical allusions are more subtly deployed in the language that describes Othello and Desdemona's …
Closet Feminists: Women At University Branch Campuses,
2011
Wright State University - Lake Campus
Closet Feminists: Women At University Branch Campuses, Christine R. Wilson, Hope Jennings
English Language and Literatures Faculty Publications
Female faculty members at university branch campuses face unique challenges when it comes to leadership opportunities and the ability to lead successfully in the realm of higher education.
What Is This Life?: Responses To Contingency In Chaucer's Pagan Romances,
2011
Stephen F Austin State University
What Is This Life?: Responses To Contingency In Chaucer's Pagan Romances, Luke Landtroop
Undergraduate Research Conference
In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, the pilgrims’ host Harry Bailey invites the Monk to “quyte” or “repay” the Knight’s tale. Intrigued by various thematic and verbal connections between The Knight’s Taleand The Franklin’s Tale, and informed by critical opinions which identify the former as the “other” against which the remainder of the Canterbury Talesis arrayed, I set out to examine the ways in which The Franklin’s Tale “quytes” or responds to the issues raised in The Knight’s Tale. Not only are both tales chivalric romances set in the pagan past, but both also address the question …
Between The Camera And The Gun: The Problem Of Epistemic Violence In Their Eyes Were Watching God,
2011
Brigham Young University - Provo
Between The Camera And The Gun: The Problem Of Epistemic Violence In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Katherine Ann Rich
Theses and Dissertations
Since the 75th anniversary of the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane in 2003, a growing number of journalists and historians writing about the disaster have incorporated Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God as part of the official historical record of the hurricane. These writers often border on depicting Their Eyes as the authentic experience of black migrant workers impacted by the hurricane and subsequent flood. Within the novel itself, however, Hurston theorizes on the potential epistemic violence that occurs when a piece of evidence—a photograph, fallen body, or verbal artifact—is used to judge a person. Without a person's …
Black Magic And White Guilt: Voodoo In Angel Heart,
2011
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Black Magic And White Guilt: Voodoo In Angel Heart, Douglas Keesey
English
On first viewing, Alan Parker’s 1987 film Angel Heart may seem like just another in a long line of films that equate voodoo with Satanism, blacks with the black arts. However, the film also struggles toward an acknowledgment of white guilt, an admission that evil resides within the self. Evil’s repression and projection onto the “black other” must be understood as a defensive strategy for denying one’s own guilt. The difference between good whites and bad blacks must be redefined as a difference within, the capacity for good and evil inherent in each of us, regardless of skin color or …
The Great Gatsby Music Analysis,
2011
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
The Great Gatsby Music Analysis, Brent Wu
2011 Spring Semester
With the production of the upcoming film version of The Great Gatsby, an appropriate music selection must be made for the movie. The song’s placement in the film, such as which scene it will be played in, its lyrics and its overall theme must be analyzed in order to find its suitability for the movie. As music producer, I have chosen the song “I Miss You” by Aaron Hall to be incorporated into The Great Gatsby film. This song is appropriate for the film because its lyrics and emotional feel match the novel’s themes of the heartbreak of lost …
