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Not (Just) Donne: Alchemical Transmutation As Immortality In Shakespeare’S Sonnets, Brandi L. Moody Jan 2015

Not (Just) Donne: Alchemical Transmutation As Immortality In Shakespeare’S Sonnets, Brandi L. Moody

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Shakespeare, in his sonnets, employs alchemical references in the sonnets that ultimately fail, in order to show how fruitless it is to pursue immortality. The poet urges the fair friend, who himself is like the self-consuming ouroboros, to father a child that will continue his legacy and allow the fair friend to live on via the child. Language associated with the child is alchemical, referencing distillation, vials, flasks, and the renewing power of the philosopher’s stone. The dark lady, the opposite of the fair friend in every way, can be explained as fulfilling alchemy’s union of opposites needed for a …

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Functional Violence In Martin Mcdonagh's The Lieutenant Of Inishmore And The Pillowman, Lindsay Shalom Jan 2015

Functional Violence In Martin Mcdonagh's The Lieutenant Of Inishmore And The Pillowman, Lindsay Shalom

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

While Martin McDonagh’s plays have engendered laughter, disgust, and fear, he might be best known as part of a long line of Irish playwrights who faced controversy due to their art. Much like Synge, Shaw, and O’Casey, McDonagh has faced criticism and even outrage due to the violence and misunderstood portrayals of the Irish in his plays. Though the violence in plays like The Pillowman and The Lieutenant of Inishmore has been labeled gratuitous, we might better understand the purpose of that violence by examining them in light of Michel Foucault’s concepts of knowledge and power. Foucault’s approaches best highlight …

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The Speed Of Our Mental Soundtracks: Tracking The Tempo Of Involuntary Musical Imagery In Everyday Life, Kelly Jakubowski, Nicolas Farrugia, Andrea R. Halpern, Sathish K. Sankarpandi, Lauren Stewart Jan 2015

The Speed Of Our Mental Soundtracks: Tracking The Tempo Of Involuntary Musical Imagery In Everyday Life, Kelly Jakubowski, Nicolas Farrugia, Andrea R. Halpern, Sathish K. Sankarpandi, Lauren Stewart

Faculty Journal Articles

The study of spontaneous and everyday cognitions is an area of rapidly growing interest. One of the most ubiquitous forms of spontaneous cognition is involuntary musical imagery (INMI), the involuntarily retrieved and repetitive mental replay of music. The present study introduced a novel method for capturing temporal features of INMI within a naturalistic setting. This method allowed for the investigation of two questions of interest to INMI researchers in a more objective way than previously possible, concerning (1) the precision of memory representations within INMI and (2) the interactions between INMI and concurrent affective state. Over the course of 4 …

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From Anti-Theater To Anti-Theatricality, Logan Connors Jan 2015

From Anti-Theater To Anti-Theatricality, Logan Connors

Faculty Journal Articles

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Unit Plan: The Role Of Community Organizations In The Oregon Civil Rights Movement, Michael Gifford, Lance Erickson Jan 2015

Unit Plan: The Role Of Community Organizations In The Oregon Civil Rights Movement, Michael Gifford, Lance Erickson

African American History in Oregon: Lesson Plans

This unit will introduce students to the role of Community Organizations in the Civil Rights Movement in Portland, Oregon. They will be presented with information on the various organizations and issues facing African Americans who lived in Portland during the civil rights movement. At the conclusion of the unit students will be able to discuss the community organizations played in relation to the success of civil rights protests in Portland. They will also have an understanding of how the African American civil rights movement served as a model for modern activism.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Transformative Process, Jacob Bigelow Jan 2015

A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Transformative Process, Jacob Bigelow

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This thesis document is a written account of my design process from start to finish for a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. This production was a product of West Virginia University; School of Theater & Dance, and was presented in the Gladys G. Davis Theater in the Creative Arts Center in Morgantown, WV; the performances dates were November 19th-21st and December 2nd-7th 2014. This document includes my analysis of the script, the steps of the design process, the execution of the design, and finally my analysis of the process.

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Tha 30004 : Advanced Performance Lab Iv, Theatre Jan 2015

Tha 30004 : Advanced Performance Lab Iv, Theatre

Approved Course Proposals

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Tha 30013 : Hands-On Theatre: Advanced Costuming Lab Iii, Theatre Jan 2015

Tha 30013 : Hands-On Theatre: Advanced Costuming Lab Iii, Theatre

Approved Course Proposals

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Tha 30001 : Advanced Performing Lab I, Theatre Jan 2015

Tha 30001 : Advanced Performing Lab I, Theatre

Approved Course Proposals

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Tha 30003 : Advanced Performance Lab Iii, Theatre Jan 2015

Tha 30003 : Advanced Performance Lab Iii, Theatre

Approved Course Proposals

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Tha 2002 : Scenic/Lighting Lab I, Theatre Jan 2015

Tha 2002 : Scenic/Lighting Lab I, Theatre

Approved Course Proposals

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Tha 2001 : Costuming Lab I, Theatre Jan 2015

Tha 2001 : Costuming Lab I, Theatre

Approved Course Proposals

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Every Frame Counts: Creative Practice And Gender In Direct Animation, Kayla Parker Jan 2015

Every Frame Counts: Creative Practice And Gender In Direct Animation, Kayla Parker

Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses

This thesis interrogates the ways in which the body-centred practices of women film artists embrace the materiality of direct animation in order to foreground gendered, subjective positions. Through the researcher's own creative practice, it investigates how this mode of film-making, in which the artist works through physical engagement with the film materials and the material processes of film-making, might be understood as feminine and/or feminist. Direct animation foregrounds touch as the primary sense. Its practices are process-based and highly experimental, because images are made through the agency of the body operating within restrictive parameters, making results difficult to predict or …

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New Insights Into William James's Personal Crisis In The Early 1870s: Part Ii. John Bunyan And The Resolution & Consequences Of The Crisis, David E. Leary Jan 2015

New Insights Into William James's Personal Crisis In The Early 1870s: Part Ii. John Bunyan And The Resolution & Consequences Of The Crisis, David E. Leary

Psychology Faculty Publications

This article, the second in a two-part sequence, will cast new light on the strong possibility that John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress played a previously unrecognized role in inspiring James’s means of defense against the frightening hallucination and panic fear that characterized his well-known personal crisis in the early 1870s. It will also present an argument about the influence of his defensive measures upon his subsequent views on the nature and importance of attention and will in human life. Along the way, it will identify James’s specific, newly discovered copy of Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress and the specific, newly discovered …

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Performing The Role Of Sylvestro In Scapino!, Zachary Cal Lee Jan 2015

Performing The Role Of Sylvestro In Scapino!, Zachary Cal Lee

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to successfully portray the character of Sylvestro in Frank Dunlop and Jim Dale's Scapino!, an adaptation of Moliere's Les Fourberies de Scapin. In order to fully grasp the comedy of the script, an analysis of the comedy of Scapino! was conducted using French philosopher Henri Bergson's essay Laughter. This helped to find what made situations and characters funny in the script. It also influenced an analysis of the character of Sylvestro. By using Bergson's philosophies and applying them to the research, the third chapter illustrates that the rehearsal process of Scapino! has been successful …

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Pedagogy And Culture: An Educational Initiative In Supporting Uae Nursing Graduates Prepare For A High-Stakes Nurse Licensing Examination, Sharon Brownie, Ged Williams, Kate Barnewall, Suzanne Bishaw, Jennifer L. Cooper, Walter Robb, Neima Younis, Dawn Kuzemski Jan 2015

Pedagogy And Culture: An Educational Initiative In Supporting Uae Nursing Graduates Prepare For A High-Stakes Nurse Licensing Examination, Sharon Brownie, Ged Williams, Kate Barnewall, Suzanne Bishaw, Jennifer L. Cooper, Walter Robb, Neima Younis, Dawn Kuzemski

School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa

Graduates of an Abu Dhabi transnational nursing degree struggled with the mandatory national licensing examination. Poor pass rates undermine graduate career futures and impact on the workforce capacity building contributions of the partnering transnational educational providers. This paper describes how the design and delivery of an intensive examination preparation program dramatically reversed this trend. The objectives of this educational initiative involved the design, delivery and evaluation of a program that would align with cultural learning preferences and which improve the success rates of graduates attempting the national nurse licensing examination. To achieve these objectives, the program combined a range of …

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“Man? Where’S A Man? Don’T Let Him Go!”: Molina’S Trans/Gender Web In Interpretation And Performance, Bella V. Smith Jan 2015

“Man? Where’S A Man? Don’T Let Him Go!”: Molina’S Trans/Gender Web In Interpretation And Performance, Bella V. Smith

Calvert Undergraduate Research Awards

Using perspectives typical of English and theatrical fields of study, this capstone project interprets Molina from Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel Kiss of the Spider Woman as a heterosexual transgender woman and then investigates why such an interpretation does not exist in performance adaptations. Although Molina has been called a transgender woman in recent criticism, there is a conflation of gender and sexuality that has been uninvestigated in this text. It has not been addressed how Molina constructs her identity or how this interpretation might be employed in performance, which this essay seeks to confront. The first half of the project …

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Jane Austen And Belles Lettres : The Rhetorical Influence Of Hugh Blair In Jane Austen's Fiction, Miriam Elizabeth Antonia Wolff Jan 2015

Jane Austen And Belles Lettres : The Rhetorical Influence Of Hugh Blair In Jane Austen's Fiction, Miriam Elizabeth Antonia Wolff

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation explores the rhetorical influences of Hugh Blair, minister, rhetorician and member of the 18th Century Scottish Enlightenment, on the fiction of Jane Austen. Specifically, the author argues that Austen used the precepts of belletristic rhetoric as promulgated by Blair as both a narrative device integral to the plots of her novels and as a means of illuminating her fictional characters.

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Anatolii Lunacharskii And The Soviet Theater, John E. Dunkum Jan 2015

Anatolii Lunacharskii And The Soviet Theater, John E. Dunkum

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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The Use Of Concept Mappingpattern Matching To Conceptualize The Desired Domain Of Student Learning In The First Year Of College, Jacob B. Sanwidi Jan 2015

The Use Of Concept Mappingpattern Matching To Conceptualize The Desired Domain Of Student Learning In The First Year Of College, Jacob B. Sanwidi

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This study conceptualized the desired domain of student learning in the first year of college as it pertains to a success program serving first-time, full-time undecided students at a land-grant and high research activity classified university. Trochim's Concept Mapping/Pattern Matching approach, an exploratory mixed methods research methodology, was used to collect and analyze data. The researcher sought the contribution of 23 participants including sixteen students, and seven faculty and staff members involved in the success program. As a group, participants generated 100 statements representing desired learning outcomes. They individually sorted the items into groups and rated them for relative importance …

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Word Play: Modernist Women And Performative Writing, Kathryn Ridinger Smorul Jan 2015

Word Play: Modernist Women And Performative Writing, Kathryn Ridinger Smorul

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

In Word Play: Modernist Women and Performative Writing I read modernist literary texts informed by theories about theatre, performance, and art. Exploring lesser-known works of Djuna Barnes, Gwendolyn Bennett, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Mina Loy, I combine literary analysis and performance studies to discover how modernist texts "talk back" to performance theories.;Performance studies, of course, is an inter-discipline that includes anthropology, sociology, performing arts, and literary theory. Modernist authors, influenced as they often are by art, performance, and ritual, incorporate these interdisciplinary interests into a writing practice, specifically performative writing. Performative writing is not so much a matter of …

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Imagination, Cultivation, Creation: An Exploration Of A Customized Acting Process And Personalization Of Theresa Rebeck's "Seminar", Brianne N. Taylor Jan 2015

Imagination, Cultivation, Creation: An Exploration Of A Customized Acting Process And Personalization Of Theresa Rebeck's "Seminar", Brianne N. Taylor

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

"...all anyone wants anymore are memoirs. And I'm not saying, I think it's an interesting form, I'm as curious about the inside of my own brain as anyone but please!" -Douglas, Seminar..;The following document delineates the process of undertaking my thesis role of Kate from Theresa Rebeck's Seminar for West Virginia University's fall production in the Gladys Davis Theatre. The process will examine the themes and fervors of the play as contrived through the ideals and desires of a young writer in the modern fiction world. It will illustrate the research I have collected from the vast world of fiction …

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A Midsummer Light's Dream: The Journey Of Designing The Lighting For A Classic Tale, Tim Thistleton Jan 2015

A Midsummer Light's Dream: The Journey Of Designing The Lighting For A Classic Tale, Tim Thistleton

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This document is a discussion of the process involved with creating and executing a lighting design for A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare. It will follow my journey as the designer from first read, through the evolution of the design, and finally opening night. This paper will show my process as a designer through examples of my research, paperwork, and stories of collaboration. It will conclude with an evaluation of my work.

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An Actor's Process In Performing The Role Of Oberon In William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Kyle Walter Jan 2015

An Actor's Process In Performing The Role Of Oberon In William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Kyle Walter

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

I was actually fortunate enough to choose the role I could use to write my thesis on during my last year of graduate school here at West Virginia University. I played the role of Martin in Theresa Rebeck's Seminar in the production of the WVU School of Theatre and Dance season; however I chose to use Oberon for multiple reasons.;I was originally going to use both roles and write a sort of compare and contrast document. I realize that would have been a "Midsummer Nightmare." So this decision led me here, taking on Oberon. I wanted to attempt to put …

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Urban Regeneration: Thirty Years Of Change On Plymouth’S Waterfront, Stephen Essex, Peter Ford Jan 2015

Urban Regeneration: Thirty Years Of Change On Plymouth’S Waterfront, Stephen Essex, Peter Ford

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Waterfront revitalisation has become one of the main areas of concentration and activity in urban regeneration as former port, military and resort sites seek new and appropriate uses. Various regeneration approaches have been implemented over the years, with most involving central-government funding, but with different levels of partnership with the private sector and/or the local community. This paper explores in detail the transformation of the waterfront in the English city of Plymouth from its former functions as a naval port and dockyard, with both military and commercial port activities, to its predominantly post-industrial focus on residential, leisure, tourism, and heritage …

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The Eccentricities Of A Fading Southern Belle: Personalizing The Iconic Role Of Amanda Wingfield In Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie", Stephanie Freeman Jan 2015

The Eccentricities Of A Fading Southern Belle: Personalizing The Iconic Role Of Amanda Wingfield In Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie", Stephanie Freeman

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This document chronicles, from the first read-through to the final curtain call, the process of diving into the role of Amanda Wingfield from Tennessee Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie'. It details my path toward character development (personalizing Amanda's point of view and drawing on others for inspiration), the rehearsal process, and ultimately how I couldn't help but be changed by the experience. The opportunity to play one of Tennessee Williams' most famous women brought with it a myriad of emotions at the start---from excitement (due to the fact that this was a dream come true for a thesis role)---to absolute incredulity …

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A Good Persuasion: Becoming Lysander In William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Landon Green Jan 2015

A Good Persuasion: Becoming Lysander In William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Landon Green

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

"Lysander" is likely a title borrowed from the ancient Spartan admiral whose naval command was crucial to the resolution of the Peloponnesian War (Plutarch). His exploits as a Spartan navarch and steward against the forces of Athens, and then Thebes in the Corinthian War, were romanticized, as were many of the legends and history of Greece and Rome, by the time of William Shakespeare's writing of A Midsummer Night's Dream . Shakespeare must have felt it appropriate to set his fantasy romance in Athens, and to name the plot propellant lover after one of its most renowned conquerors. Lysander, for …

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An Actor's Process In Performing The Role Of Tom Wingfield In Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie", Beau Harris Jan 2015

An Actor's Process In Performing The Role Of Tom Wingfield In Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie", Beau Harris

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The following pages will chronicle my experience of discovering The Glass Menagerie, as well as my development of the character of Tom for a production at West Virginia University under the direction of Kathleen Amshoff. I will walk you though my experience from the day I was cast to the very last show by describing to you my research, the rehearsal process, outcomes of the process, and finally my evaluation of the production as well as my own work.

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Clarence Cameron White: Classical Violin Performance And Pedagogy In The African American Community, Alexandra Kori Hill Jan 2015

Clarence Cameron White: Classical Violin Performance And Pedagogy In The African American Community, Alexandra Kori Hill

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This thesis focuses on the performing and teaching career of the African American classical violinist, Clarence Cameron White. Discussions of recital programming, reviews, pedagogical articles and musical essays written by White will provide a look into African Americans' presence and involvement within classical violin performance and instruction. The racial and cultural signifiers that are tightly woven with many styles and genres in American music have also been applied to Western art music and classical violin, requiring a discussion of racial and cultural stereotypes in American society.

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Performing Placeslessness: Early American Drama And The Liminal State, 1775-1859, James R. Holsinger Jan 2015

Performing Placeslessness: Early American Drama And The Liminal State, 1775-1859, James R. Holsinger

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

In Performing Placeslessness, I argue that the lack of a consistent attachment to place--the geopathology that manifests in the problem of placelessness---contributed to the incoherence of American identity from the Revolutionary War through the mid-nineteenth century. In making this argument, I bridge the critical gap between Martin Brueckner's description of the geographic revolution (late-seventeenth to mid-eighteenth century) and Una Chaudhuri's Staging Place, in which she characterizes place as a problem in modern realist drama. Examining dramatic publications and performances from 1775-1859, I treat drama as a key site of negotiating problematic conceptions of space and place in America. This period …

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