Civic Participation In The Writing Classroom: New Media And Public Writing,
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,
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,
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,
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,
2010
Utah State University
A Happy Employee Is A Productive Employee, Erin Dini Davis
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Reverence And Rhetorology: How Harmonizing Paul Woodruff's Reverence And Wayne Booth's Rhetorology Can Foster Understanding Within Communities,
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.",
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,
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,
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,
2010
Eastern Illinois University
Eng 1002g-001: Composition And Literature,
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,
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,
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,
2010
Eastern Illinois University
Eng 4903-001: Young Adult Literature,
2010
Eastern Illinois University
Eng 2007-001: Introduction To Creative Writing: Fiction,
2010
Eastern Illinois University
Eng 2007-001: Introduction To Creative Writing: Fiction, John Kilgore
Summer 2010
No abstract provided.
Eng 3702-051: American Literature: Mid-19th Century To 1900,
2010
Eastern Illinois University
Eng 3702-051: American Literature: Mid-19th Century To 1900, John Allison
Summer 2010
No abstract provided.
Eng 3009g-001: Myth And Culture,
2010
Eastern Illinois University
Margaret Davidson Watson,
2010
Illinois Wesleyan University
Margaret Davidson Watson, Margaret Davidson Watson '46, Ann Harding
All oral histories
Margaret Davidson Watson is a Sigma Kappa and graduated with a degree in English Literature in 1946. She was interviewed at Westminster Village in Bloomington by the Director of Alumni Relations.
Spill,
2010
Marquette University
