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Alexander Korda And His "Foreignized Translation" Of The Thief Of Bagdad (1940), Jessica Caroline Alder Wiest 2010 Brigham Young University - Provo

Alexander Korda And His "Foreignized Translation" Of The Thief Of Bagdad (1940), Jessica Caroline Alder Wiest

Theses and Dissertations

Adaptation studies has recently turned an eye towards translation theory for valuable discussion on the role of movie makers as translators. Such discussion notes the difficulties inherent in adapting a medium such as a book, a play, or even a theme park ride into film. These difficulties have interesting parallels to the translation of one language into another. Translation theory, in fact, can shed important light on the adaptation process. Intrinsic to translation theory is the dichotomy between domesticating translation and foreignizing translation, the two major styles of translation. Translation scholar Lawrence Venuti, the author of these two terms, argues …


Politics Of Pansies: D. H. Lawrence's Philosophical Vision Of Reform, Andrew Keese 2010 University of Texas at Brownsville

Politics Of Pansies: D. H. Lawrence's Philosophical Vision Of Reform, Andrew Keese

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The primary purpose of this study was to reassess the usefulness of D. H. Lawrence's book of poetry called Pansies, especially regarding his political philosophy. Often dismissed as an inferior work, the poems lead to a greater understanding of Lawrence's political thinking. Due to the application of a new historical critical perspective, any stylistic objections to these highly experimental poems could be avoided. In order to achieve the understanding sought with new historicism, it was necessary to look at Lawrence's biographies and letters, as well as his other works, before attempting to interpret his poetry. The poems show that Lawrence …


Improving English Language Institutions Using Swat Analysis, Syed Abdul Aziz, Syed Naeem Ahmed, Rizwana Amin 2010 Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan

Improving English Language Institutions Using Swat Analysis, Syed Abdul Aziz, Syed Naeem Ahmed, Rizwana Amin

Business Review

The objective of language teaching is effective communication. The role of English as an international language has led to this language being accepted as a symbol of modernity development and empowerment. However, what is of critical importance is that language teaching itself is not as effective as it should have been. This article is based on the findings of a pilot study "SWOT analysis of English Language Institutions in Karachi" conducted by the faculty of Hamdard Institute of Education and Social Sciences, Hamdard University Karachi The study indicates that most of the English Language Institutions in Karachi are; • not …


Gothic Chapbooks And The Urban Reader, Diane Hoeveler 2010 Marquette University

Gothic Chapbooks And The Urban Reader, Diane Hoeveler

English Faculty Research and Publications

This article discusses some principles of Gothic bluebooks and chapbooks. It emphasizes the idea that because of its derivative nature and lack of artistic sophistication, chapbooks were ignored by urban readers. It outlines the views of several scholars, which include Montague Summers, William St. Clair and Gary Kelly, regarding the significance of gothic bluebooks and chapbooks. It also features the works of Sarah Scudgell who is one of the most prolific author writers of gothic chapbooks.


Civic Participation In The Writing Classroom: New Media And Public Writing, Jonathan S. Wallin 2010 Brigham Young University - Provo

Civic Participation In The Writing Classroom: New Media And Public Writing, Jonathan S. Wallin

Theses and Dissertations

Public writing evolved from the social turn in composition pedagogy as scholars sought to determine which practices would be most effective in utilizing writing instruction to help fulfill the civic mission of the university and educate not just for vocational training, but to train students as better citizens as well. Based on the scholarship of Susan Wells, Elizabeth Ervin, and Rosa Eberly (among others), public writing scholars strove to distance the theory from old, generic forms, like letters to the editor, and create new arenas where students could be genuinely involved in civic acts and public discourse. As these scholars …


Burke, Dewey, And The Experience Of Aristotle's Epideictic: An Examination Of Rhetorical Elements Found In The Funerals Of Lincoln, Kennedy, And Reagan, Xanthe Kristine Allen Farnworth 2010 Brigham Young University - Provo

Burke, Dewey, And The Experience Of Aristotle's Epideictic: An Examination Of Rhetorical Elements Found In The Funerals Of Lincoln, Kennedy, And Reagan, Xanthe Kristine Allen Farnworth

Theses and Dissertations

This article examines the role of epideictic rhetoric as a tool for promoting civic virtue in the public realm through the application of Kenneth Burke's theory of identification and John Dewey's explanation of an aesthetic experience. Long the jurisdiction of Aristotle's logical arguments, civic discussion usually works within the realm of forensic or deliberative persuasion. However, scholarship in the last fifty years suggests there is an unexplored dimension of Aristotle's discussion of epideictic and emotion that needs to be examined in an attempt to identify its usefulness as a tool for examining human experience and practical behavior in the political …


Layering The March: E. L. Doctorow's Historical Fiction, Rachel Yvette Redfern 2010 Brigham Young University - Provo

Layering The March: E. L. Doctorow's Historical Fiction, Rachel Yvette Redfern

Theses and Dissertations

E.L. Doctorow implements ideas of intertextuality and metafiction in his 2007 novel, The March, which is most notably apparent through its resemblance to the 1939 film, Gone with the Wind. Using Michel de Certeau's theory of spatial stories and Linda Hutcheon's of historiographic metafiction, this thesis discusses the layering of Doctorow's The March from the film seen in the character of Pearl from the novel and Scarlett from the film and Selznick's version of the burning of Atlanta and Doctorow's burning of Columbia.


Reason, Conflict, And Psychological Haunting: Considering The Turn Of The Screw As An Adapation Of Wieland, Elisa A. Findlay 2010 Brigham Young University - Provo

Reason, Conflict, And Psychological Haunting: Considering The Turn Of The Screw As An Adapation Of Wieland, Elisa A. Findlay

Theses and Dissertations

Recent decades have seen heightened interest in Charles Brockden Brown and his contribution to American literature. Scholars have worked to reclaim Brown from the margins of literary history, but he remains on the outskirts of literature classrooms and conversations. In an effort to further map Brown's influence and significance in the American literary tradition, I discuss his most famous novel, Wieland, in relation to Henry James's The Turn of the Screw. Brown has not previously been linked to James or The Turn of the Screw in any significant way, but the similarities between the texts provide plenty of …


A Happy Employee Is A Productive Employee, Erin Dini Davis 2010 Utah State University

A Happy Employee Is A Productive Employee, Erin Dini Davis

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

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Reverence And Rhetorology: How Harmonizing Paul Woodruff's Reverence And Wayne Booth's Rhetorology Can Foster Understanding Within Communities, Jonathan D. Ogden 2010 Brigham Young University - Provo

Reverence And Rhetorology: How Harmonizing Paul Woodruff's Reverence And Wayne Booth's Rhetorology Can Foster Understanding Within Communities, Jonathan D. Ogden

Theses and Dissertations

Wayne Booth's neologism rhetorology, introduced in 1981, hasn't caught on in rhetorical scholarship. Nevertheless, in this essay I hope to revive rhetorology by harmonizing it with Paul Woodruff's work on reverence. I show how harmonizing these terms makes each more comprehensible. In order to illustrate how reverence and rhetorology might be made more practical I also analyze two arguments in the health care debate leading up to the passing of the Affordable Health Care for America Act in early 2010. Ultimately I hope to show that rhetorology is a reverent rhetorical practice, one that can help us restore …


Interrupting The Cycle: Idealization, Alienation And Social Performance In James Joyce's "Araby," "A Painful Case," And "The Dead.", Nicholas Muhlestein 2010 Brigham Young University - Provo

Interrupting The Cycle: Idealization, Alienation And Social Performance In James Joyce's "Araby," "A Painful Case," And "The Dead.", Nicholas Muhlestein

Theses and Dissertations

The thesis considers Joyce's short stories "Araby," "A Painful Case," and the "The Dead," illustrating how these works present three intellectually and emotionally similar protagonists, but at different stages of life, with the final tale "The Dead" suggesting a sort of limited solution to the conflicts that define the earlier works. Taken together, "Araby" and "A Painful Case," represent a sort of life cycle of alienation: the boy of "Araby" is an isolated, deeply introspective youth who lives primarily within his own idealized mental world before discovering, through a failed romantic quest at the story's end, the complete impracticality of …


Rebel With A Cause: The Religious Landscapes Of David Adams Richards, Michael W. Higgins 2010 Sacred Heart University

Rebel With A Cause: The Religious Landscapes Of David Adams Richards, Michael W. Higgins

Mission & Culture Publications

The article focuses on the depiction of religion in the literary works of author David Adams Richards. It notes that his novel "God Is: My Search for Faith in a Secular World," declares that God is present regardless of whether people believe in Him or not. It also relates the life of Richards who was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick in 1950 and whose fiction delves into the economic devastation affecting people in his hometown. It adds that his novel "Passion," includes religious concepts such as kenosis, betrayal and Gethsemane.


Twitter Rhetoric: From Kinetic To Potential, Jeffrey C. Swift 2010 Brigham Young University - Provo

Twitter Rhetoric: From Kinetic To Potential, Jeffrey C. Swift

Theses and Dissertations

Everyone can agree that microblogging service Twitter makes a terrible first impression. Many will agree that this impression is an accurate assessment of many microblogging media, especially considering the narcissistic and egotistical bent that so often dominates the genre. Rhetoricians are justifiably skeptical of microblogging, especially of its rhetorical value (or lack thereof). While many rhetorical scholars have contributed to the field of digital rhetoric, the field of microblogging rhetoric is still undefined. This article examines a new kind of rhetoric exhibited by Twitter, attempting to both start the discussion about Twitter rhetoric and enter the ongoing discussion about theories …


Eng 3001-051: Advanced Composition, Chris Wixson 2010 Eastern Illinois University

Eng 3001-051: Advanced Composition, Chris Wixson

Summer 2010

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002g-001: Composition And Literature, William Searle 2010 Eastern Illinois University

Eng 1002g-001: Composition And Literature, William Searle

Summer 2010

No abstract provided.


Eng 3805-051: The Eighteenth-Century British Novel, Suzie Park 2010 Eastern Illinois University

Eng 3805-051: The Eighteenth-Century British Novel, Suzie Park

Summer 2010

No abstract provided.


Eng 5005-031: Pictures Of Disintegration: Romantic Aesthetics And The Ecology Of Bildung, Wharram 2010 Eastern Illinois University

Eng 5005-031: Pictures Of Disintegration: Romantic Aesthetics And The Ecology Of Bildung, Wharram

Summer 2010

No abstract provided.


Course Schedule, English Department 2010 Eastern Illinois University

Course Schedule, English Department

Summer 2010

No abstract provided.


Eng 4903-001: Young Adult Literature, John Kilgore 2010 Eastern Illinois University

Eng 4903-001: Young Adult Literature, John Kilgore

Summer 2010

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Eng 2007-001: Introduction To Creative Writing: Fiction, John Kilgore 2010 Eastern Illinois University

Eng 2007-001: Introduction To Creative Writing: Fiction, John Kilgore

Summer 2010

No abstract provided.


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