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Composite (Dis)Order Cultural Identity In Wieland, Edgar Huntly, And Arther Gordon Pym, Jochen Achilles
Composite (Dis)Order Cultural Identity In Wieland, Edgar Huntly, And Arther Gordon Pym, Jochen Achilles
1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era
No abstract provided.
A Kantian Sublime In Shelley "Respect For Our Own Vocation" In An Indifferent Universe, Christoph Bode
A Kantian Sublime In Shelley "Respect For Our Own Vocation" In An Indifferent Universe, Christoph Bode
1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era
No abstract provided.
The Counsel Group: Rhetorical And Political Contexts Of Court Counsel In "The Canterbury Tales"., Marc S. Guidry
The Counsel Group: Rhetorical And Political Contexts Of Court Counsel In "The Canterbury Tales"., Marc S. Guidry
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The Counsel Group: Rhetorical and Political Contexts of Court Counsel in The Canterbury Tales argues that counsel-taking is one of the most important themes in Chaucer's masterwork. Court counsel--which includes giving the ruler or lord political advice, making laws and treaties, and passing judicial sentence--was a major form of medieval discourse that recurs throughout Ricardian poetry. Indeed, the modern principle of consultative government has its roots in the medieval discourse of counsel and consent. As a diplomat in the service of Richard II, member of parliament, and acquaintance of several leading members of the king's council, Chaucer was well positioned …
Implementing Computer-Assisted Language Learning In An Esl Program Serving Adult Refugees From Vietnam: Findings From A Qualitative Case Study., Susan Mary Weishar
Implementing Computer-Assisted Language Learning In An Esl Program Serving Adult Refugees From Vietnam: Findings From A Qualitative Case Study., Susan Mary Weishar
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This qualitative case study explored the implementation of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in an ESL program serving adult refugees and immigrants from Vietnam. The case consisted of two sub-cases: implementation of CALL in the beginners' class and implementation of CALL in the advanced beginners' class. The investigation, which lasted 46 weeks, was intense and holistic. The researcher was also the administrator of the refugee program. The research methodology used was largely qualitative in design, so that an emic understanding of how the innovation impacted the actors and brought about change in the learning environment could be constructed. Quantitative research methods …
Representing Shakespeare's "Brave New World": Latin American Appropriations Of "The Tempest"., Ximena Gallardo
Representing Shakespeare's "Brave New World": Latin American Appropriations Of "The Tempest"., Ximena Gallardo
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Representing Shakespeare's "Brave New World" is a descriptive analysis of Latin American appropriations of William Shakespeare's The Tempest. The first part explores the written appropriations by Jose Enrique Rodo, Roberto Fernandez Retamar, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Aime Cesaire and George Lamming. The second part analyzes four major dramatic appropriations of The Tempest: a 1989 production by the Chilean company El Conventillo, a 1994 adaptation by the Chilean company La Bordada, a 1991 version by the Venezuelan company Rajatabla and a 1992 production by the Mexican company Por Amor Al Arte. Representing Shakespeare's "Brave New World" also explores the connection between these …
Linguistics And Poetry: Phonological Performance Analysis As Key To Interpretation In Donne's Lyrics., Sara Witsell Anderson
Linguistics And Poetry: Phonological Performance Analysis As Key To Interpretation In Donne's Lyrics., Sara Witsell Anderson
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study blends linguistic science and literary criticism by using phonological theory and methodology to uncover interpretive clues in the form of structurally-based guidance to the manner of performance of certain lines of selected poems. Its underlying assumption is that with regard to interpretation, the oral dimension of metrical lyric poetry is at least as important as the written dimension, since such commonly accepted features as meter, rhyme, and alliteration depend on oral performance of the poetry involved, at least in the form of the reader's sounding it imaginarily to the mind's ear. It follows that intonationally precise renditions of …
The Terminology Of Composition Studies: A Historical Approach., Kimberly Lynn Harrison
The Terminology Of Composition Studies: A Historical Approach., Kimberly Lynn Harrison
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Recently, composition scholars have shown interest in examining their own language. My study furthers this interest by providing a historical analysis of the terminology commonly used in composition studies. The historical focus allows an analysis of how our vocabulary has changed in relation to specific schools of thought in composition studies, thus encouraging an awareness of the influence of context--professional, institutional, cultural, and personal--on the scholarship in composition studies. Such influences, I argue, are often ignored to the detriment of our discipline. Chapter one further explains the scope and purpose of my study. Chapters two and three analyze in-depth two …
Moved By The Spirit: Protestant Diffusion And Church Location In Central America, With A Case Study From Southwestern Honduras., Terri Shawn Mitchell
Moved By The Spirit: Protestant Diffusion And Church Location In Central America, With A Case Study From Southwestern Honduras., Terri Shawn Mitchell
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This dissertation traces the evolution of Protestant missions in Central America from the colonial period to the present, focusing on the agents, direction, and methods of Protestant diffusion as well as the changing criteria for site selection. Chapters are arranged chronologically and progress from the macro-scale, Central America, to the micro-scale, six towns in southwestern Honduras (La Esperanza, Intibuca, Yamaranguila, San Juan, Erandique and Gracias). The chapters dealing with Central America outline when and where different mission boards have worked, as well as the geographical, economic, political and theological considerations driving site selection. The focus then narrows to patterns of …
Negotiating Literacy Instruction: Pedagogical Perceptions Of Secondary Preservice Teachers., Julie Hill Lester
Negotiating Literacy Instruction: Pedagogical Perceptions Of Secondary Preservice Teachers., Julie Hill Lester
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Secondary teachers face the challenge of planning instructional activities that combine their own subject knowledge with information from textbooks and other forms of text to help students learn content material. This study explores preservice teachers' perceptions regarding literacy instruction within the context of teaching and learning content material. The participants are senior secondary education students enrolled in a content area literacy course at a regional university in the southeast. Case studies are constructed for six preservice teachers representing different content areas. Qualitative data collection procedures included a questionnaire, guided journal entries, literacy autobiography, and personal interviews. Cross-case analysis was employed. …
An Examination Of Two Contemporary Techniques In Five Works For Solo Bassoon: Descriptions And Performance Suggestions., Steve Vacchi
An Examination Of Two Contemporary Techniques In Five Works For Solo Bassoon: Descriptions And Performance Suggestions., Steve Vacchi
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Much of the literature for solo bassoon of the past few decades is partially dependent upon the player's ability to use contemporary techniques. While it is atypical for an entire composition to rely on such devices, a significant volume of recent solo literature may be unplayable to those who have not mastered them. My aim is to help solo bassoonists in perfecting two specific contemporary techniques: fluttertongue and singing while playing. Though quite standard for other woodwind instruments such as the flute, these techniques have not been adequately described for bassoonists. The repertoire chosen for this project represents works for …
A Theory Of Cortical Neural Processing., David Timothy Young
A Theory Of Cortical Neural Processing., David Timothy Young
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This dissertation puts forth an original theory of cortical neural processing that is unique in its view of the interplay of chaotic and stable oscillatory neurodynamics and is meant to stimulate new ideas in artificial neural network modeling. Our theory is the first to suggest two new purposes for chaotic neurodynamics: (i) as a natural means of representing the uncertainty in the outcome of performed tasks, such as memory retrieval or classification, and (ii) as an automatic way of producing an economic representation of distributed information. We developed new models, to better understand how the cerebral cortex processes information, which …
A Feminist Study Of African American Art In New Orleans: Considerations Of Aesthetics, Art History And Art Criticism., Harriet Joanne Walker
A Feminist Study Of African American Art In New Orleans: Considerations Of Aesthetics, Art History And Art Criticism., Harriet Joanne Walker
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
How students are taught to think about what is considered "art" and who are "artists" contributes to their sense of self within the world. It can confine them to accept a system that devalues and excludes or it can inspire them to explore the political dimensions of art, to recognize social contradictions, and to contribute to cultural dialogue. The purpose of this study is to provide content for an art curriculum that develops the intellectual capabilities and broadens the critical consciousness of students. The study of aesthetics, art history, and art criticism offer possibilities for understanding the multiple social, historical, …
The Myth Of Narcissus And The Narcissistic Structure., Joachim Conrad Hermann Vogeler
The Myth Of Narcissus And The Narcissistic Structure., Joachim Conrad Hermann Vogeler
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Since Freud's article "On Narcissism," behavioral psychologists have predominantly viewed this phenomenon as a personality disorder. This dissertation, in contrast, provides a psychoanalytic, i.e., Lacanian reading of the myth of Narcissus as it is recorded in classical literature, and brings about an understanding of the myth's underlying structure. The four fundamental exigencies of the myth's structure include the incest prohibition which symbolically castrates the human subject, the incestuous desire as a result of this prohibition, the displacement of this desire for another imaginary object, and the obsessive quest of that image as the symptom. This structure--defined as narcissistic structure and …
The Compliance-Seeking Process From The Perspective Of The Respondent: The Role Of Goals In Responses To Requests., Barbara L. Woods
The Compliance-Seeking Process From The Perspective Of The Respondent: The Role Of Goals In Responses To Requests., Barbara L. Woods
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study examined compliance seeking from the perspective of recipients of direct requests with respect to types of responses, goals, liking, and locus of control. A total of 211 employed adults completed a survey that included responses to hypothetical request scenarios involving liked and disliked co-workers, measures of goals factors, and a measure of locus of control. Six types of responses were identified: simple agreement, elaborated agreement, simple refusal, refusal with reasons, request more information, and postpone decision. Participants reported a tendency to agree with requests, regardless of liking. Factor analyses revealed three-factor models for the liked and disliked conditions. …
Errand Into The Wilderness And America: An Analysis Of The Effects Of Puritan Symbols On The Perceived Purpose Of Education In America., E. Douglas Mcknight
Errand Into The Wilderness And America: An Analysis Of The Effects Of Puritan Symbols On The Perceived Purpose Of Education In America., E. Douglas Mcknight
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Present day America is perceived as immersed in a moral crisis due to certain cultural conditions; that national identity has fractured, resulting in a pervading sense of uncertainty and anxiety about the future; that public schools, as institutions charged with preserving the symbols of national identity and a morality that is the concrete expression of those symbols, have failed and must be reformed; and finally, that only through "schooling" can America be saved from this current cultural crisis. This rhetorical trajectory has a history that extends back to the Puritans who settled in America during the early seventeenth century and …
Black Women's Listening: An Ethnography Of Listening In A Southern Inner-City Adult Learning Center., Jennifer Ann Falls
Black Women's Listening: An Ethnography Of Listening In A Southern Inner-City Adult Learning Center., Jennifer Ann Falls
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The research investigated the phenomenon of listening in the context of adult literacy education. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe listening from the points of view of African American women who were teachers and adult learners in a welfare reform program. Using ethnography as a research methodology, this two-year study explored listening as it occurred in the Writing Class, a classroom culture that was situated in a Southern, inner-city adult learning center (Spindler & Spindler, 1982). The study investigated women's assumptions about listening, their own listening behaviors, and the behaviors they expected of listeners. An aim …
Enacting The Tyranny Of Social Forms In Sheridan's The Rivals, Robert P. Maccubbin
Enacting The Tyranny Of Social Forms In Sheridan's The Rivals, Robert P. Maccubbin
1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era
No abstract provided.
National Identity In Scotland And Germany In The Late Eighteenth Century Affinities, Impact, And Divergences, Fania Oz-Salzberger
National Identity In Scotland And Germany In The Late Eighteenth Century Affinities, Impact, And Divergences, Fania Oz-Salzberger
1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era
No abstract provided.
Eternal Dictates The "Other" Of Blakean Inspiration, Mark S. Lussier
Eternal Dictates The "Other" Of Blakean Inspiration, Mark S. Lussier
1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era
No abstract provided.
How To (Mis)Read Hogarth Or, Ekphrasis Galore, Peter Wagner
How To (Mis)Read Hogarth Or, Ekphrasis Galore, Peter Wagner
1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era
No abstract provided.
Walker Percy's Return To The Feminine., John Patrick Zmirak Jr
Walker Percy's Return To The Feminine., John Patrick Zmirak Jr
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
What has been lacking in the corpus of interpretation of Walker Percy's work is a synthesis of approaches, a reading of the novels that unites the philosophical, psychological, theological, and linguistic insights that have accrued over three decades of criticism, and applies them to the vexing question of sexuality within his novels. In the present work, Percy's four central, non-satiric novels, The Moviegoer, The Last Gentleman, Lancelot and The Second Coming, are analyzed in the light of the Christian allegorical tradition, which employs sexual categories to explicate the meta-physical order, and to inform sexuality with meaning. In each of Percy's …
Deaf Students In Mainstreamed College Composition Courses Culture And Pedagogy., Tonya Stremlau Johnson
Deaf Students In Mainstreamed College Composition Courses Culture And Pedagogy., Tonya Stremlau Johnson
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Composition theorists have already considered the effect of cultural constructs on writing students and have modified pedagogical practices to meet the needs of diverse students. However, disability has remained an almost invisible category in composition studies. This is unfortunate because our society has historically limited the access of the disabled into society, including the academy. Composition teachers need to understand deafness because poor English literacy skills are one culturally constructed attribute associated with hearing loss. The need is especially great now that legal and social developments are encouraging more deaf students to enroll in hearing majority colleges. Also, high-level literacy …
Border Crossers And Coyotes: A Reception Study Of Latin American And Latina/O Literatures., Delia Maria Poey
Border Crossers And Coyotes: A Reception Study Of Latin American And Latina/O Literatures., Delia Maria Poey
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Since the 1970s, there has been an ongoing debate within the humanities regarding the canon and curricular reform. Moving beyond questions of advocacy and the dichotomy of center and periphery (without diminishing the necessity of these), Border Crossers and Coyotes: A Reception Study of Latin American and Latina/o Literatures surveys the various ways which marginalized texts enter U.S. academic discourse as well as analyzing the conflicts inherent in these border crossings. The study proposes the position of the coyote, a person who transports undocumented workers across the U.S./Mexico border for profit, as analogous to that of the critic/teacher. Employing a …
Wordsworth's Mother Tongue: Identification, Separation, And Recognition., Robert C. Hale
Wordsworth's Mother Tongue: Identification, Separation, And Recognition., Robert C. Hale
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This psychoanalytic study complicates prevailing notions about William Wordsworth's representations of mothers. Wordsworth does not invariably conflate mothers with Nature or consistently construct women as silent objects of male quest. Rather, he explores a variety of mothers' voices, often associating them with language acquisition and poetic composition. In early work he acknowledges mothers' significance directly and creates more vocal mothers, while in later work and revisions he often conceals mothers' significance and depicts more object-like mothers. In the 1805 version of book two of The Prelude, Wordsworth recalls himself as a "blessed babe" who recognizes his mother as a separate …
Social Skills In Adults With Severe Disabilities., Linda Ann Leblanc
Social Skills In Adults With Severe Disabilities., Linda Ann Leblanc
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Recently, the concepts of social competence and social skills have become important aspects of the evolving definitions of mental retardation (Siperstein, 1992). However, few studies have focused on social behavior in adults with severe developmental disabilities, despite the proliferation of research in assessment and training of social skills with other populations. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills for Individuals with Severe Retardation (MESSIER)--a scale designed to measure social skills in adults with severe developmental disabilities. A reliable and valid measure of social skills for this population would be useful in determining target behaviors …
An-Archy And Justice: An Introduction To Emmanuel Levinas's Political Thought., William Paul Simmons
An-Archy And Justice: An Introduction To Emmanuel Levinas's Political Thought., William Paul Simmons
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Emmanuel Levinas's political thought is best understood as a tension between an-archy and justice. Levinas claims that the aim of philosophy has most often been a search for an arche, or a neuter term that accounts for all of reality. Levinas argues that the reduction of reality to an arche obliterates all transcendence and subordinates man to a totality. Against the predominance of totality in the Western tradition, Levinas proposes a philosophy of transcendence. This transcendence is not found in the direct relationship with God, but in the face of the other person, the Other. Since the face of the …
The Amazon Myth In Western Literature., Bruce Robert Magee
The Amazon Myth In Western Literature., Bruce Robert Magee
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This dissertation identifies and evaluates the ways in which the Amazon myth has functioned. The Amazon myth functions within broader discourses about the Orient, Africa, and women. It has implications for the ways we define "self" and "other." Because they are often represented as a threat to the border from long ago and/or far away, Amazons can serve both as an excuse for fortifying the center against the margin, and as a way of projecting fantasies into the void. The Amazon myth has incited men to action as they have searched for adventure and Amazons abroad. Intended in part as …
The Piano Improvisations Of Chick Corea: An Analytical Study., Daniel Alan Duke
The Piano Improvisations Of Chick Corea: An Analytical Study., Daniel Alan Duke
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Though the number of theoretical studies of jazz has increased in recent years, detailed analysis has been applied to only a small fraction of the body of jazz music. Chick Corea's Piano Improvisations are of particular interest: high quality transcriptions are available, the pieces have never been dealt with in detail, and they embody an intriguing mixture of classical and jazz styles. Analysis of Corea's Piano Improvisations raises issues as to what methods are appropriate in the analysis of jazz. There are currently two, somewhat conflicting, schools of thought. Some believe that analytical techniques traditionally applied to classical music (e.g. …
Efficacy Of Communicative Reading Strategies As An Instructional Approach For Adult Low-Ability Readers., Sara S. Reichmuth
Efficacy Of Communicative Reading Strategies As An Instructional Approach For Adult Low-Ability Readers., Sara S. Reichmuth
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Twelve adult low-ability readers participated in a pretest-posttest control group study investigating the efficacy of Communicative Reading Strategies (CRS) as an instructional reading approach. Six adults received CRS instruction and constituted the experimental group. The remaining six adults received skill-based instruction and served as the control group. All participants demonstrated instructional level reading skills at or below a fifth grade level and completed 40 hours of instruction. Changes in performance on measures of word recognition, comprehension, and reading rate from pretest to posttest were used to compare CRS and control groups. Results of Mann Whitney U analyses revealed that both …
Tonal Structure In The Mazurkas Op. 50/I Of Karol Szymanowski., Thais Egydia Perkins
Tonal Structure In The Mazurkas Op. 50/I Of Karol Szymanowski., Thais Egydia Perkins
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) is generally considered to be one of Poland's most significant composers after Frederic Chopin (1810-1849). His work represents a nationalistic link between Chopin and the twentieth-century Polish school, which includes Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) and Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933). Szymanowski's twenty Mazurkas, Op. 50 (1922-1924), are an important contribution to piano literature because they demonstrate the first true development of the genre after Chopin. Written during Szymanowski's 'Nationalistic' period (1920-1937), the Mazurkas reflect the composer's intent to utilize elements of Polish folk music in a twentieth-century musical context, thus contributing to the development; of the modern Polish nationalistic …