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Talking To The People: A Reflection On Recent Glasgow Fiction, Keith Dixon

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

The Intertextual Cresseida: Chaucer's Henryson Or Henryson's Chaucer?, Melvin Storm

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

"They Must Worship Industry Or Starve": Scottish Resistance To British Imperialism In Gunn's The Silver Darlings, Sherrie A. Inness

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

Ambiguity And The Dreams In James Hogg's The Private Memoirs And Confessions Of A Justified Sinner, Jonathan C. Glance

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

Scottish Poetry 1990-1991, Alasdair D. F. Macrae

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

A Hermeneutic Approach To The Detective Story In Our Mutual Friend, Peter Spriggins

Theses : Honours

No abstract provided.

Section 76 As Literature In The Doctrine And Covenants, William H. Brugger

Theses and Dissertations

This project attempts to demonstrate the value of literary approaches to the Doctrine and Covenants, using a predominantly formalistic approach. To establish a foundation, the first chapter discusses the rich literary content of the Doctrine and Covenants, providing examples of the various literary genres represented in it, such as narrative, saga, parable, and poetry. The second chapter presents portions of Section 76 that contain features characteristic of Hebrew poetry, such as figures of speech and parallelism. The third chapter analyzes ways in which Section 76's poetic dimensions are illuminated by "The Vision," a 312-line poem attributed to Joseph Smith. The …

"And The Woman Is A Stranger": The Double-Voiced Discourse In Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea And Voyage In The Dark, Hsiao-Chien Lee

Masters Theses

As the daughter of an English father, Jean Rhys inherited from her father and his sister the assertion that England was her motherland. On the other hand, growing up in Dominica which is inhabited mostly by African-Caribbean people, and surrounded by black servants--some of whom were her childhood playmates, Rhys naturally identifies herself with blacks. In her unfinished autobiography (Smile Please 1979), Rhys points out that she used to envy black people, feeling that they laugh a lot and seem to have a better time than whites do. Nevertheless, the problematic tensions of colonial and postcolonial society obstructed the …

Path To Chaos : Excess, Absence And Anarchy In Tennyson's Idylls Of The King, Peggie A. Howerton

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Revolution And Romance: Politics, Opera And Nineteenth Century Historical Fiction, Timothy O. Gray

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Fractured Certainties: Epistemology And Ontology In David Malouf's Child's Play, The Great World And Remembering Babylon, Chris Lyon

Theses : Honours

This thesis is an exploration of the way in which David Malouf develops ideas of epistemology and ontology in three of his novels. The novels discussed are Child's Play (1982), The Great World (1990) and Remembering Babylon (1993). Of particular concern here are the different ways in which figures in the text are constructed as having imperfect and sometimes contradictory systems of making sense of their world.

Ratbags On The Fringe: Exploring Feminism Through Crime, Danielle Brown

Theses : Honours

This dissertation considers how feminist crime fiction, can transform a traditionally male dominated genre. Contemporary feminist crime writers reject the codified masculine crime genre to create ever-expanding spaces for literary representation. I concentrate on three texts which are ordered as a progression. Firstly, I explore the conservative "male." writing of Jennifer Rowe in The Makeover Murders. I then go on to The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender by Marele Day which privileges a concern with the socio-political position of women and their access to socio-political power. The last text, Finola Moorhead's Still Murder, is a radical work of feminist …

The Uses Of Language In The Portrayal Of Character In Mansfield Park, Anne Chadwick

Theses : Honours

My study of characterisation in Mansfield Park seeks to advance the field and scope of current literary criticism. Recent developments in narrative criticism have included other fields of study in order to elucidate the assertions and observations proposed by literary studies. The findings of traditional literary criticism will be validated and extended in my examination of Mansfield Park, through the application of linguistic theories. My investigation of characterisation intends to assert the significance of linguistic theories in the study of literature.

Exploring The Relationship Between People And The Environment In The English Classroom, Annette Worm

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

The power of literature may help bring the status of the environment into the minds of readers while providing the basis for people to find ways to heal themselves and their world. The English classroom can integrate critical thinking skills with nature literature to help the teenagers learn decision-making techniques and construct their own values and attitudes toward the environment

Our Paper 12/1992, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

Comic Theater In Samoa As Indigenous Media, Caroline Sinavaiana

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Our Paper 11/1992, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

C.S. Lewis And Narrative Argument In Out Of The Silent Planet, Jim Herrick

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Argues that “Out of the Silent Planet is principally an argumentative effort in which Lewis is exploring and exploiting the persuasive, argumentative potential of narrative, and in particular of the science fiction genre.”

Tributes To J.R.R. Tolkien, Gwenyth E. Hood, Dainis Bisenieks, Stephen Linhart, Gary Hunnewell, Tim Callahan, Edna Montemayor, John L. Leland, Paul Nolan Hyde

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A collection of tributes written by readers of Mythlore

Donaldson And Tolkien, William Senior

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Takes exception to the assertions of some critics that Donaldson is derivative of Tolkien. Sets out to show that “Donaldson’s chronicles differ from Tolkien’s trilogy in their intent, in their use of the shared materials of fantasy, and in their contemporary, American vision.”

Tolkien In Dutch: A Study Of The Reception Of Tolkien's Work In Belgium And The Netherlands, Johan Venhecke

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

An account of the reception by reviewers of the publication of In de Ban van de Ring (The Lord of the Rings) in Dutch. Also covers response to The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.

The J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992 - Mythcon 23, The Tolkien Society, The Mythopoeic Society

Mythcon Programs

This is the program booklet for Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992 / Mythcon 23.

This event was organized by both The Tolkien Society and The Mythopoeic Society.

Tristram Shandy And The Discursive Self, Susan Denman Breeden

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Indiana Laws Affecting Health Care Providers In Psychology: Abuse Of Children And Endangered Adults, Nancy K. Repetz

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This project discusses Indiana law addressing child abuse and abuse of endangered adults as it relates to the practice of psychology. Intended as a resource for 1 psychologists, this paper reviews important issues in the areas of child abuse and abuse of endangered adults, offers understandable explanations of the laws and procedures utilized in the application of these laws in Indiana, discusses ethical concerns related to confidentiality, and offers suppositions for public policy and advocacy by the profession. In addition, selected text of the Indiana Code is presented for future reference.

Relationship Satisfaction As A Function Of The Discrepancy Between Experienced And Desired Levels Of Intimacy, Joan T. Malcolm

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The present study investigated the effect of discrepancies between experienced versus desired levels ·of intimacy on relationship satisfaction using data from 13§ undergraduate students. Subjects completed the Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships (PAIR), the Dyaqic Relationship Questionnaire (DRQ), the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), and a Background Questionnaire (BQ). Correlation and multiple regression analyses indicated that discrepancies between Desired and Experienced Intimacy, as measured by the PAIR and DRQ, was highly predictive of relationship satisfaction, as measured by the DAS. However, Experienced Intimacy was a better predictor of relationship satisfaction. Both males and females ranked Emotional Intimacy as most important …

On The Edge, Valerie Giusti

The Mythic Circle

Glynnis settled deeper into the thick, cushiony pillows lining the window seat.

Letters Of Comment, Charles De Lint, Angelee Sailer Anderson, Pat Reynolds, Lynn Maudlin, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Muscular Christian As Schoolmarm, John C. Hawley

English

In 1859 the Saturday Review was one of the first journals to associate Charles Kingsley with a "younger generation of writers of fiction" who fostered the sentiment that "power of character in all its shapes goes with goodness." "Who does not know," the reviewer asked, "all about the 'short, crisp, black hair,' the 'pale but healthy complexion,' the 'iron muscles,' 'knotted sinews,' 'vast chests,' 'long and sinewy arms,' 'gigantic frames,' and other stock phrases of the same kind which always announce, in contemporary fiction, the advent of a model Christian hero?"1 After Kingsley's death in 187 5, however, Henry James …

Bleeding: A Collection Of Poetry And Short Fiction, Cecily Von Ziegesar

Senior Scholar Papers

Poetry

Short Stories

The Lost Tribalism Of Years Gone By: Function & Variation In Gay Folklore In Armistead Maupin's Tales Of The City Novels, Jimmy Browning

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis intends to demonstrate that, because of the unusual circumstances of its writing - a semi-journalistic piece produced during a period of crisis in the real-life community fictionally depicted - Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City series stands as an unusually accurate and reliable ethnographic source for information concerning the gay male subculture of San Francisco in the late 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, not only the practice and behavior themselves, but also reflecting their personal and communal function. The methodology employed in demonstrating this thesis is necessarily subjective. Like gay folklore scholar Joseph P. Goodwin in More Man Than …