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Eng 2009g-003: Literature And Human Values: Labor, Power, Class, Zahlan

Fall 2002

No abstract provided.

How Does It Mean? Literary Theory As Metacognitive Reading Strategy In The High School English Classroom, Lisa J. Schade

Dissertations

In the last two decades, serious scholarly attention has been paid both to theories of teaching reading and to theories of literary interpretation. These potentially related fields have been treated as separate, focused either on teaching reading in the elementary grades or on teaching interpretation to advanced college literature students. Until very recently the relevance of either reading theory or literary theory to middle school or high school pedagogy has remained unexamined. My research, as a reflective practitioner, addresses this important gap. I focus on the teaching of literary theory in the high school English classroom as a strategy to …

Mythcon 33 - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Shakespeare And Fantasy, The Mythopoeic Society

Mythcon Programs

Mythcon 33's primary conference theme focuses on William Shakespeare both as an influence on modern fantasy literature and as a fantasist himself. A secondary theme for this thirty-third conference is "Coming of Age."

Eng 3803-051: English Literature 1500-1660, Carol Stevens

Summer 2002

No abstract provided.

White Knowledge And The Cauldron Of Story: The Use Of Allusion In Terry Pratchett's Discworld., William Thomas Abbott

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In the last twenty years, Terry Pratchett's Discworld series has become very popular. Pratchett's success hinges in part on his use of allusion, in what Tolkien called the "Cauldron of Story," and what Pratchett refers to as "white knowledge." This paper explores the Discworld novels and illustrates Pratchett's use and success of storytelling through a few key directions: folk tales, fantasy literature, movies, and rock music.

Pratchett has received limited critical review, mostly of a negative nature, while producing a strong literary series, one crafted with both obvious and subtle recognition of his genre's sources. While standing on the shoulders …

An Investigation Into The Current Status Of The Paradigm Shift In Technical Writing Textbook Pedagogy., Terre D.M. Byrd

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether a paradigm shift is occurring or has occurred in technical writing textbooks since 1994. This study will further the work of Jerold J. Jeansonne, who chronicled the paradigm shift in technical writing textbooks from 1900 to 1994. Using product and process orientation guidelines, this thesis will examine several technical writing textbooks produced after 1994. The findings will then be calculated to determine the present status of the paradigm shift.

The thesis will also propose that the technical writing paradigm shift mirrors the paradigm shift in academic writing textbooks. To make this …

More Than Just Imaginative: A Qualitative Study Of Values In Literature For Young Children From The 20th Century, Anna L. Cates

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation endeavors to address the issue of proper methodology for character education. Although character education enjoys wide support among teachers, parents, and society at large, the proper manner with which to accomplish this educational objective continues to be debated. Literature-based approaches to character education are among the most popular means of presenting values to students. This popularity has prompted scholars to closely scrutinize the value patterns in literature for young people. In part, the resulting studies have aimed to ascertain the worthiness of literature itself as a medium for introducing discussion about values and related issues. The method used …

Review: Material Matters: Bodies And Rhetoric, Krista Ratcliffe

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Selected Bibliography For The Study Of Central And East European Culture, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek

CLCWeb Library

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Process-Product Ambiguity: Theorizing A Perspective On World Wide Web Argumentation, Sean Williams

Publications

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Mr. Stewart And Mr. Colbert Go To Washington: Television Satirists Outside The Box, Amber Day, Jeffrey P. Jones, Geoffrey Baym

English and Cultural Studies Journal Articles

The political satirists Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are largely celebrated for their nightly television programs, which use humor to offer useful political information, provide important forums for deliberation and debate, and serve as sites for alternative interpretations of political reality. Yet, when the two satirists more directly intervene in the field of politics—which they increasingly do—they are often met by a chorus of criticism that suggests they have improperly crossed normative boundaries. This article explores Stewart and Colbert’s “out of the box” political performances, which include, among others, the 2010 Rally to Restore Sanity, Colbert’s testimony before Congress in …

On Alan Moore And Eddie Campbell's From Hell (1996) And The Hughes Brothers' From Hell, Rodney Sharkey

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

Allen and Albert Hughes' film version of From Hell is visually striking and strong on memorable images. For those who enjoy attending films based on graphic novels they have read, the first framed shot of a London skyline beneath a scarlet sky is superbly reminiscent of the menacing and yet enticing comic world of the novel. Moreover, the film develops its theme visually as well as narratively; the impulse behind the ripper murders is chillingly realized in some ensemble scenes at the Royal College of Physicians and police barracks where single female victims are counter-pointed against a metaphorical …

Constructivism And Comparative Cultural Studies, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek

CLCWeb Library

No abstract provided.

Selected Journals Of Media And Communication Studies, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek

CLCWeb Library

No abstract provided.

Eng 3009-001-006, Martone

Spring 2002

No abstract provided.

Eng 3009-003: Myth And Culture, Carol Stevens

Spring 2002

No abstract provided.

Eng 3099-098: Myth And Culture, Honors, Carol Stevens

Spring 2002

No abstract provided.

Eng 3401-001: Methods For Teaching Composition In Secondary Schools, Jerie Weasmer

Spring 2002

No abstract provided.

Eng 2011-001: Literature, The Self, And The World--Fiction, Zahlan

Spring 2002

No abstract provided.

Eng 3808-002: Twentieth-Century British Literature, Zahlan

Spring 2002

No abstract provided.

Eng 4300-002, Olga Abella

Spring 2002

No abstract provided.

Eng 3803-001: English Literature 1500-1660, Carol Stevens

Spring 2002

No abstract provided.

Eng 2005-001: Beginning Playwriting, David Radavich

Spring 2002

No abstract provided.

Eng 1092-097: Composition And Literature (Honors), Zahlan

Spring 2002

No abstract provided.

Journeys: A Critical Analysis Of The Diary Of Sarah L. Wadley, Regina C. Davis

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

As a young woman living in Louisiana during the Civil War, Sarah Lois Wadley documented in her diary the fractured, conflicted perspective that was her experience as a woman living in the war ravaged South. Her writing is evidence of the confusion she felt as a result of the discrepancy between the expectations of Southern patriarchal society and her own needs as a woman. Wadley’s diary is a complex text similar to a novel in that it relates events through a construct that reflects her response to her reader’s/society’s expectations. From a deconstructionist perspective, the power of Wadley’s text lies …

Parnassus 2002

Parnassus

The 2002 edition of the student literary journal, Parnassus, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Blending Of Strengths: The Convergence Of Christian Themes And Epic Motifs In Beowulf, The Faerie Queene, And Paradise Lost, Aysha Inankur

Capstone Research Projects

No abstract provided.

The Rise Of Mass Culture Theory And Its Effect On Golden Age Detective Fiction, Sarah Jean Trainin

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis will explore the segregation of detective fiction from the general fiction market between 1920 and 1940.

Root Canals: The Neutered Vampire And The Metamorphosis Of Undead Metaphor, Chris Mcgunnigle

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.

"Unconscious Cerebration" And The Happy Ending Of Dracula, John Greenway

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.