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"I Am No Mean Player Myself": Games And Recreation In Irish Mythology, Julie Lynn Perenchio

Masters Theses

Superhuman heroics in myth certainly succeed in capturing our immediate attention, but it takes a more human touch of talent and fallibility to make heroes personally appealing to readers. In Irish mythology, immortals and humans engage in a marvelous variety of recreational activities, and show universally-felt emotions and tendencies, like competitive spirits, creativity, and tenacity. Far from being idle entertainment, play makes significant impacts on the lives of Irish heroes, individually, socially, and culturally. For example, chess games, even between complete strangers, can cause the upheaval of one's lifestyle and test not only the intellectual powers of players, but also …

Critical Fantasies: Structure Of Chinese Folk Tales, Saihanjula He

Masters Theses

Folk tales provide a unique source of information for cultural studies. They come from the people. Springing from the people's imagination in a social context, they carry historical truths, stir up political undercurrents, and reveal social facts that official history books will not and cannot tell. In a time when writing was a privileged form of expression, the oral folk tale popularly communicated the injustices committed by the upper class, and gave the powerless voices of their own. Common themes of folk tales all reflect, to various degrees, the people's desires to rise above environmental, cultural, social and class constraints …

Gary Snyder's Path, Jason Dockter

Masters Theses

Early in Gary Snyder's life, he lived a rootless existence in pursuance of gaining spiritual satisfaction through a more harmonious relationship with nature. This rootlessness that dominated this period of Snyder's life originated in Snyder's European ancestors lifestyle, which valued exploiting the natural world for a profit. Through exposure to Chinese landscape paintings, Snyder found Buddhism and began to practice it as a means to reconcile his own humanity with the natural world, which his cultural heritage has alienated himself from. Through Buddhism, Snyder realizes the importance of reuniting humanity with the natural world.

Upon gaining this knowledge, Snyder assumes …

"Retracing Our Steps": Storytelling, Time, And Traditional Referentiality In Mama Day And Absalom, Absalom!, Christine Ann Roth

Masters Theses

Gloria Naylor and William Faulkner turn to the history and tradition of oral storytelling in their novels. Mama Day and Absalom, Absalom! especially present the concepts and techniques of the storytelling act. The complexities of the audience-performer dynamic and non-linear time in an oral storytelling event create obstacles for the teller (the writer) and confuse the role of the audience (the readers). Writers create the role of listening audience for the readers, changing the accepted rules of the readers by asking them to become participants. In Mama Day and Absalom, Absalom!, Naylor and Faulkner create connections between audience …

December 7, 1999, Faculty Senate

Minutes

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Daily Eastern News: December 01, 1999, Eastern Illinois University

December

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Daily Eastern News: November 05, 1999, Eastern Illinois University

November

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Daily Eastern News: September 14, 1999, Eastern Illinois University

September

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Daily Eastern News: April 08, 1999, Eastern Illinois University

April

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Daily Eastern News: March 31, 1999, Eastern Illinois University

March

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Daily Eastern News: March 08, 1999, Eastern Illinois University

March

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Daily Eastern News: February 05, 1999, Eastern Illinois University

February

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Eng 3009c-008-013: Myth And Culture, Carol D. Stevens

Spring 1999

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April 27, 1999, Council On Teacher Education

Minutes

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Eastern Illinois University Undergraduate Catalog 1999 - 2000, Eastern Illinois University

Eastern Illinois Catalog Bulletins

This Catalog lists available courses for the 1999-2000 term.

1999 Annual Report, Library Services

Annual Reports

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Daily Eastern News: November 11, 1998, Eastern Illinois University

November

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Daily Eastern News: September 29, 1998, Eastern Illinois University

September

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September 29, 1998, Faculty Senate

Minutes

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Daily Eastern News: September 17, 1998, Eastern Illinois University

September

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Daily Eastern News: September 14, 1998, Eastern Illinois University

September

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09/09/1998 - Fall Lecture To Feature Scholar Of Medieval Literature.Pdf, University Marketing And Communications

1998

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Tarble Arts Center Newsletter September 1998, Tarble Arts Center

Tarble Arts Center Newsletter

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Daily Eastern News: August 26, 1998, Eastern Illinois University

August

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Eng 4300-003: Senior Seminar- "Body And Text", Michael Tarter

Fall 1998

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Eng 3009c-006-009: Myth And Culture, Carol Stevens

Fall 1998

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Eng 3099c-099: Myth And Culture, Honors, Bonnie Irwin

Fall 1998

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08/12/1998 - Eiu Highlights August 20-30, University Marketing And Communications

1998

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Tarble Arts Center Newsletter August 1998, Tarble Arts Center

Tarble Arts Center Newsletter

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April 23, 1998, College Of Science Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee

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