True Blood: The Vampire As A Multiracial Critique On Post-Race Ideology,
2010
University of Hawaii at Manoa
True Blood: The Vampire As A Multiracial Critique On Post-Race Ideology, Nicole Rabin
Journal of Dracula Studies
No abstract provided.
The Fear Of Castration And Male Dread Of Female Sexuality: The Theme Of The “Vagina Dentata” In Dracula,
2010
University of Dayton, Ohio
The Fear Of Castration And Male Dread Of Female Sexuality: The Theme Of The “Vagina Dentata” In Dracula, Laura Linneman
Journal of Dracula Studies
Bram Stoker’s Dracula reflects the Victorian fear of reverse colonization by the “Other” or the encroachment of the outsider on the British Empire as well as the repression of sexuality in Victorian England; however, there is one facet of the text that has never been fully explored: the inherent male fear of castration and feminine sexuality as well as its relationship to the “vagina dentata” motif. Furthermore, this dread of female sexuality has not been adequately explored in light of the novel’s historical context. Written during the rise of the New Woman, Stoker crafts a response to the increasing independence …
Vampirism, And The Visual Medium: The Role Of Gender Within Pop Culture’S Latest Slew Of Vampires,
2010
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
Vampirism, And The Visual Medium: The Role Of Gender Within Pop Culture’S Latest Slew Of Vampires, Kristopher Broyles
Journal of Dracula Studies
No abstract provided.
Our Lady Of The Telegraph: Mina As Medieval Cyborg In Bram Stoker’S Dracula,
2010
University of Minnesota
Our Lady Of The Telegraph: Mina As Medieval Cyborg In Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Eric Brownell
Journal of Dracula Studies
No abstract provided.
Vamping Up Sex: Audience, Age, & Portrayals Of Sexuality In Vampire Narratives,
2010
Eastern Illinois University
Vamping Up Sex: Audience, Age, & Portrayals Of Sexuality In Vampire Narratives, Melissa Ames
Journal of Dracula Studies
No abstract provided.
All In The Family: A Retrospective Diagnosis Of R.M. Renfield In Bram Stoker’S Dracula,
2010
Kutztown University
All In The Family: A Retrospective Diagnosis Of R.M. Renfield In Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Elizabeth Winter
Journal of Dracula Studies
No abstract provided.
Fahrenheit 451: Tempreture Rising,
2010
Cleveland State University
Fahrenheit 451: Tempreture Rising, Douglas C. Moore
ETD Archive
Fahrenheit 451 is acknowledged by many theorists as one of the most symbolic dystopias of the twentieth century, and although the novel has been analyzed extensively with a focus on the influence of mass communication, no study has addressed the hyperreal factors of television in Bradbury's world. Bradbury has expressed his concern about the influence television has on the masses, not only in his fictional dystopia, but in American society today. Television's capability of mass-producing simulacra promotes hyperreality, which results in a distortion of meaning and implosion of reality. This study will use Jean Baudrillard's theory of hyperreality as a …
Richard Powers's The Echo Maker And The Trauma Of Survival,
2010
Cleveland State University
Richard Powers's The Echo Maker And The Trauma Of Survival, Nicolas J. Potkalitsky
ETD Archive
In this study, Cathy Caruth's innovative description of trauma as a crisis of survival in works such as "Traumatic Departures: Survival and History in Freud" and Unclaimed Experience (1996) is applied to the story of Mark Schluter's traumatic experience in Richard Powers's The Echo Maker (2006). Theoretically, Caruth's description owes much to Freud's classic accounts of trauma in Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920) and Moses and Monotheism (1939). In particular, Caruth capitalizes in on Freud's reference to the experience of awakening from traumatic unconsciousness as an "another fright" in the second section of Beyond the Pleasure Principle (Freud 11). For …
Self-Evident Truths,
2010
Cleveland State University
Self-Evident Truths, Jennifer J. Hoyt
ETD Archive
The date is sometime in the future. The United States is divided into two areas: the technologically advanced Municipality and the more Eco-true Physis Expanse. Living in the Municipality, Caroline prides herself on being the ideal Citizen. Never a rule-breaker, she proceeds through life happily obeying the Central Government's edicts. Her husband Brady works for a branch of the government called the Progress Promotion Board. In a time when former lobby groups are given full status in the government, Brady is secretly forced to stay loyal to his Career at the possible expense of their unborn child. Caroline befriends Abby, …
Suicide Pelicans,
2010
Cleveland State University
Suicide Pelicans, Amanda A. Mccoy
ETD Archive
The suicide pelican lives in Costa Rica. You may not believe me, but I've seen it with my own eyes. Blindness is common for these birds, mostly caused by their form of fishing: dive-bombing into the water at full speed and spearing fish with their beaks. This head-first diving damages the eyes over the years. Once blind, some of the pelicans intentionally crash into rocks to avoid an unbearable, unnatural existence. These birds and their surprisingly beautiful, graceful suicide plunges influenced this collection of short stories aptly titled Suicide Pelicans. Though my collection is mostly about women and not actual …
Shells,
2010
Cleveland State University
Shells, Joline L. Scott
ETD Archive
This thesis combines four short stories which revolve around themes of loss and disorientation. The first three stories, "Costa Rica," "Greece," and "On the Way Down to Florida" are derived from a larger work entitled GhostShells, and are connected by character development and a common mystery. The fourth piece, "Car Crash," is an independent piece that centers around a minor auto accident and the community activity it creates. All four pieces are linked by a central assertion that our physical bodies are merely shells for the souls within, and may be empty or full depending on the state of the …
The Non-Specificity Of Location In Emily Brontë'S Wuthering Heights,
2010
Cleveland State University
The Non-Specificity Of Location In Emily Brontë'S Wuthering Heights, Brian P. Voroselo
ETD Archive
Emily Bronte's sole novel, Wuthering Heights, is unusual among nineteenth-century works due to the non-specificity of its locations. While many of her contemporaries were very specific in the use of their settings, using real place names and locations that paralleled real-life locations of the time very closely, Bronte uses details of place that make it impossible to draw one-to-one correspondence between her settings and real-life locales, and includes details that serve to remind the reader that the places in which her story takes place, and thus the story itself, are unreal. She does this in order to exert total narrative …
String Theory,
2010
Cleveland State University
String Theory, Rachel A. Baird
ETD Archive
DEE struggles to uphold her political ideals in the face of her very proper mother, THERESA, and her long-time, over-achieving friend, LEENA. She makes stands that shock and antagonize both women, including becoming a case worker for bad neighborhoods, and having lesbian romantic relationships rather than heterosexual ones. Her friend GABRIEL, a cynical gay man, is her one ally in these choices. When DEE falls in love with a man, however, these relationships are inverted, and GABRIEL feels betrayed by her cavalier attitude towards sexual orientation. GABRIEL stops speaking to DEE, and DEE and ALLEN get married. When ALLEN dies, …
Ivy Leaves, Volume 84,
2010
Anderson University
Ivy Leaves, Volume 84, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff
Ivy Leaves
The 2010 edition of the Anderson University journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.
The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Kathryn White, Brenna Davis, Josh Sorrells, Steven Bailey, Anna Marie Davis, Brianna Holmes, Jennifer Hall, Laura Jones, Kelly Johnson, Chris Waldrop, Beth Cooper, Jivan Davé, Andrew Higgins, Katherine Carter, Megan Morris, Cameron Ridenour, Melanie Smalley, Dr. Teresa Jones, and Tim Speaker.
Upstart Crow Index,
2010
Clemson University
Upstart Crow Index, Upstart Crow
Upstart Crow (Table of Contents)
No abstract provided.
Caroline Emelia Stephen,
2010
George Fox University
Caroline Emelia Stephen, Kathleen A. Heininge
Faculty Publications - Department of English
Excerpt: "Caroline Emelia Stephen, born on December 8, 1834, was notable for a number of reasons. Her connections were impressive: she was the unmarried daughter of Sir James Stephen (the noted Under-Secretary for the Colonies in 1836-1847), the sister of Leslie Stephen (author of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography), sister-in-law to Minny Thackeray Stephen and Anny Thackeray Ritchie (daughters of William Makepeace Thackeray), and aunt to Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. Her grandfather, also Sir James Stephen, wrote the legislation that ended slavery in England. Known as a Quaker mystic, she is credited with bringing about the revival of …
The Wolf Yearling,
2010
Brigham Young University
Words,
2010
Brigham Young University
Spectral,
2010
Brigham Young University
Re-Assessing Persuasive Writing: An Essay-Free Approach,
2010
Brigham Young University
Re-Assessing Persuasive Writing: An Essay-Free Approach, Alyssa Randall
The Utah English Journal
As many of you may be aware, the ninth grade Utah persuasive writing test was changed to the eighth grade year. The state core requirements, however, did not reflect this change, and as many of you probably did, I began thinking of the challenge I faced to fit a persuasive writing unit into my already tight schedule. The more I thought about how to implement this new requirement, the more I thought about the typical persuasive essay that seemed mandated by the test and I cringed. While I believe the five-paragraph essay to be an important writing tool, I did …
