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Rites Of Passage In The Hobbit, J. R. Wytenbroek

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

Analyzes the initiation phase of Campbell’s journey of the hero as represented by Bilbo’s journey through the Misty Mountains, interlude with the goblins, and battle with the spiders of Mirkwood.

Letters, L. Sprague De Camp, Jan Noble, Alexei Kondratiev, Melanie A. Rawls, Sandra Miesal, Lawrence W. Cobb, Patrick Wynne

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

No abstract provided.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

No abstract provided.

Editor's Opening - Two Decades: Looking Back, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Our Paper 06/1987, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

The Evolution Of The Literary Fish, Sharon R. Wachter

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Fish symbolism, which is mythologically linked with fertility gods in many instances, changes with man's changing concept of himself and his relationship to the universe. Christians, who perceive their God as asexual, have divided fish symbolism into two mutually exclusive categories: religious symbolism, which deals solely with things divine, and secular symbolism, which deals solely with things sexual. This division survives until well into the twentieth century. An examination of various poets from the last hundred years shows a trend to focus on images traditionally associated with God in order to show divine and religious failure in dealing with the …

The Effects Of A Course In American Jokes On A Class Of Intermediate Level Esl Students, John Randolph Carruthers

Dissertations and Theses

Teachers of English to speakers of other languages have often incorporated humor in the curriculum, yet a recent computer search revealed that there were no empirical studies which have shown that curricular humor enhances English language learning. The three specific questions of the thesis are: does the use of curricular humor 1) improve memory/recall, 2) improve over-all English proficiency, and 3) result in the subjects' having more positive attitudes towards Americans, and if so, does a more positive attitude correlate with improved memory/proficiency?

James A. Michener: Social Historian, Elizabeth Conrad

Theses & Honors Papers

This thesis studies the works of James A. Michener as a social historian. Six of his novels, three international and three American, have been examined and shown to be reflections of his deep interest in our country and other lands. His works contain a vast amount of information about the regions or topics. Additionally, they provide the reader with a record of historical events in the manner expected of a historical work. The mind of James Michener has, indeed, created works that ring with beauty and truth. The novels examined in this thesis are infused with the moral sense of …

House Burning And Other Poems, Julie D'Amico

Senior Scholar Papers

No abstract provided.

Our Paper 05/1987, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

Comparative Instructor Attitudes Toward College Level English And Mathematics Experiences For Gifted High School Students, Bruce Vickers

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Samples derived from a mailed questionnaire were compared. The sample represented high school, community college and university instructors of mathematics and English. The Kentucky public schools sampled were equally represented among high school, community colleges and universities. The research indicated that of those instructors sampled a very high percentage (97.7%) feel that those high school students shown to be academically gifted would benefit from a college experience before high school graduation. The attitudes of those instructors sampled indicated that multiple criteria – grades, recommendations, standardized test scores and personal interview – were considered the preferred method of selection (82.5%). The …

A New Poem By Samuel Taylor Coleridge, James C. Mckusick

English Faculty Publications

The poem published here is transcribed from an original holograph manuscript in the Berg Collection of the New York Public Library. The poem is a fragmentary verse translation of the Song of Deborah (from Judges 5). Its existence has been known to Coleridge scholars for several years, and its authenticity seems unquestionable. Kathleen Coburn mentions it in her edition of Coleridge's Notebooks: "The ms was with Coleridge's 'German Journal' of 1798-9 on acquisition by the library, but whether only accidentally there is not known. It appears to be fairly early." To this remark I can add my own observation that …

Surfacing And The Diviners: A Comparative Study, Helen Beach Cannon

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This paper explores religio-folkloric connections in two works of Canadian fiction--Surfacing, by Margaret Atwood, and The Diviners, by Margaret Laurence. On several levels these books have striking parallels. They are here treated as novels of quest and in terms of elemental symbology.

1987 Literary Review (Vol. 3, No. 1), Sigma Tau Delta

The Greenleaf Review

No abstract provided.

T. S. Eliot's Conversion, Nur Abd El-Wahab Elmessiri

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Towards An Understanding Of The Creative Event: A Hermeneutic Perspective, Sahar Moheb Mashhour

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Sex Differences In Reading Erotic Stories: A Schema Approach, Matthew Mcglone

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

The Geometry Of James Joyce's Ulysses: From Pythagoras To Poincaré: Joyce's Use Of Geometry For Structure, Metaphor, And Theme, Susan Sutliff Brown

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The extensive, previously unrecognized, use James Joyce made of contemporaneous geometric concepts for structure, metaphor, and theme in Ulysses provides new keys to how Joyce, following the model of his predecessors and contemporaries in Cubism, responded to the revolutions in aesthetics and physics which marked his intellectual milieu. As an examination of pre-publication materials reveals, during the six months before February 2, 1922, Joyce manipulated the pagination of the Ulysses placards and page proofs to impose geometric aesthetic proportions on the overall text and within individual episodes. Most significantly, Joyce aesthetically proportioned the pagination of the disparate eleven "initial style" …

Honoring The Farm: Identity And Meaning In Personal Narratives, Jeannie Banks Thomas

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This thesis employs the literary folklorist methodology to explore personal narratives. Personal narratives told by Elizabeth (Beth) Wyatt Winn were analyzed. It was discovered that these narratives provide an eyewitness account of history, reveal world views, and encapsulate experiences into values and personal meanings. The depth of meaning found in Elizabeth (Beth) Wyatt Winn's personal narratives illustrates the importance of personal narratives in historical research and historical re-creation and simulation.

Appendices include several oral interviews containing personal narratives.

Pivoting: A Novel, Glenn Cummings

Senior Scholar Papers

No abstract provided.

"Gandalf, Please, Should Not 'Sputter'", Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Asks “to what degree does Tolkien consistently use introductory verbs and modifiers to develop his characters?” Discovered Tolkien was quite consistent in use of both semantically significant (“marked”) and “unmarked” verbs and modifiers to delineate character.

Masters Of The Universe: Deconstruction And The Yuppies, Judith Weissman

Syracuse Scholar (1979-1991)

A critical view of the postculturalist school of literary criticism known as deconstruction, including discussion of both its internal flaws and its possible connections with wider aspects of contemporary capitalist culture.

Bushes And Briars: Women In Fantasy, Charles De Lint

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

Guest of Honor speech. Notes the changes brought to recent fantasy by the increasing number of women writers, particularly more focus on characterization.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Paula Disanti, Wayne G. Hammond, Christine Lowentrout

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

The Shaping of Middle-Earth: The Quenta, the Ambarkanta and the Annals. J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. by Christopher Tolkien. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The 1987 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar. Illustrated by Alan Lee, Roger Garland, Ted Nasmith, and John Howe. Reviewed by Paula DiSanti.

Present Concerns. C.S. Lewis. Ed. by Walter Hooper. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Clive Staples Lewis: A Dramatic Life. William Griffin. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Many Waters. Madeleine L'Engle. Reviewed by Wayne G. Hammond.

Apple, Staff, and Silver Crown. Nancy-Lou Patterson. Reviewed by Sarah Beach.

Epic Fantasy in the Modern World: A Few Observations. Stephen R. Donaldson. Reviewed by Wayne …

Editorial, Glen Gookknight

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

No abstract provided.

Zora Neale Hurston And The Emergence Of Self, Cheryl Y. Williams

Honors Theses

Abraham Maslow in his work From The Farther Reaches of Human Nature made the statement:

Every human being has (two) sets of forces within him. One set clings to safety and defensiveness out of fear, tending to regress backward, hanging to the past, afraid to grow... afraid of independence, freedom and separateness. The other set of forces impels him forward toward wholeness of Self and uniqueness of Self, toward full functioning of all his capacities, toward confidence in the face of the external world at the same time that he can accept his deepest, real, unconscious Self (45-6).

What makes …

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

No abstract provided.

Fergus O'Connor And The Mermaid, Joe R. Christopher

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

No abstract provided.

The Dream System In The Lord Of The Rings, Sean Lindsay

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

Explores use of dreams in The Lord of the Rings for various purposes, especially as foreshadowing or reconstruction of events. Includes a lengthy appendix of occurrences of or reference to dreams or dreamlike conditions.

Girls In Narnia: Hindered Or Human?, Karla Faust Jones

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

Asks if five heroines in the Chronicles of Narnia: remain “characters worthy of imitation” by girls or are “rendered obsolete and impotent by cultural stereotyping.” Despite occasional sexist references, the female characters are not stereotyped.