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The Contemporary "White Trash" Memoir In Literary, Social And Political Contexts, Ursula Hansberry Dec 2022

The Contemporary "White Trash" Memoir In Literary, Social And Political Contexts, Ursula Hansberry

Student Theses and Dissertations

This senior thesis is about class in the United States, as expressed and represented in three critically and popularly successful memoirs published by white working-class writers between 2005 and 2018. My thesis explores how these memoirs and their critical and commercial reception demonstrate a profound shift in cultural and social representations of white working-class upbringings in the United States, although not in any simple or obvious way. While readers intuitively grasp that a memoir is not the truth in a directly literal sense, but rather a document that is constructed, edited, framed, shaped, and dramatized, readers and critics at the …


Payton's Final Master's Portfolio, Payton Boshears Dec 2022

Payton's Final Master's Portfolio, Payton Boshears

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

Here is my final Master's Portfolio. I did not have specialization for the English program, so for the portfolio I chose four different projects that represent the variety of courses I have taken during my time here at BGSU.


Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Eng 2800 (Great Works Of Literature I), Joseph Riccio Oct 2022

Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Eng 2800 (Great Works Of Literature I), Joseph Riccio

Open Educational Resources

In this course, we’ll be exploring a wide range of texts from ancient, medieval, and early modern cultures; from oral and written literary traditions; in a variety of genres (epic, lyric, tales, and drama). We will trace the development of themes, ideas, and characters across time and space. Our conversations about these texts will be shaped loosely around the role of literature and storytelling in relation to empires and various formations of power. We will read each of these works in context, thinking about the cultures that produced them, and consider how they relate to our own present moment. And, …


Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Eng 2150t (Writing Ii), Cathryn Crosby Grundleger Oct 2022

Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Eng 2150t (Writing Ii), Cathryn Crosby Grundleger

Open Educational Resources

Writing II is an intensification of Writing I. This course encourages students to read, reflect on, write about, and synthesize ideas from a range of genres and literary forms. Students examine and learn how to employ different styles, various appropriate uses of evidence and counter-evidence, multiple methods of interpretations, close readings of texts, and, finally, literary-cultural contextualizations. As the course proceeds, students further develop competency in the use and evaluation of multiple external sources as they shape and express their own ideas and cast them into well organized, thoughtful, and persuasive argumentative essays. This course is required for all undergraduate …


Collaborative Textbook On English Syntax (Version 1.0), Matt Garley, Karl Hagen, The Students Of Eng 270 At York College / Cuny Jul 2022

Collaborative Textbook On English Syntax (Version 1.0), Matt Garley, Karl Hagen, The Students Of Eng 270 At York College / Cuny

Open Educational Resources

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Arkansas Tech Writing, 15th Edition, Carl Brucker Jul 2022

Arkansas Tech Writing, 15th Edition, Carl Brucker

ATU Faculty Open Educational Resources

This is the fifteenth edition of a text that was first published in 1989 as Assignments and Models for English 2053.

Carl Brucker is a Professor of English in the Department of English and World Languages at Arkansas Tech University, where he has taught technical writing and American literature since 1984. This text includes assignments, examples, and images supplied by Tech professors and staff members.


The Malleability Of Home: A Genealogy Of Clark University's English House, Christina Rose Walcott, Justin Shaw Jul 2022

The Malleability Of Home: A Genealogy Of Clark University's English House, Christina Rose Walcott, Justin Shaw

English

This essay details the history of the land and structures that occupy the property currently located at the corner of Hawthorne and Woodland Streets in Worcester, Mass. Covering over 300 years, it begins with the legacies of the Nipmuc and the early English colonialist settlers before moving into a discussion of Worcester's 19th Century industrialists and 20th Century acquisition by the University. The essay builds on extensive archival research using materials from both physical and digital collections such as atlases, censuses, biographies, directories, criticism, and more. To further develop the story of the English Department and its home, the essay …


Eng 1002g-005: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Ann Hart Jun 2022

Eng 1002g-005: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Ann Hart

Fall 2022

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Eng 2205-001: Introduction To Literary Studies, Robert Martinez Jun 2022

Eng 2205-001: Introduction To Literary Studies, Robert Martinez

Fall 2022

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Eng 1001g-004: College Composition I, Lucinda Berry Jun 2022

Eng 1001g-004: College Composition I, Lucinda Berry

Fall 2022

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Eng 1001g-010: College Composition I, Shelly Spear Jun 2022

Eng 1001g-010: College Composition I, Shelly Spear

Fall 2022

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Eng 1001g-013: College Composition I, Glen Davis Jun 2022

Eng 1001g-013: College Composition I, Glen Davis

Fall 2022

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Eng 1001g-016: College Composition I, Leanne Akins Jun 2022

Eng 1001g-016: College Composition I, Leanne Akins

Fall 2022

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Eng 1001g-018: College Composition I, Rachel Heicher Jun 2022

Eng 1001g-018: College Composition I, Rachel Heicher

Fall 2022

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Eng 1001g-019: College Composition I, Travis Moody Jun 2022

Eng 1001g-019: College Composition I, Travis Moody

Fall 2022

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Eng 1001g-008: College Composition I, Jamie Golladay Jun 2022

Eng 1001g-008: College Composition I, Jamie Golladay

Fall 2022

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Eng 1002g-002: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Tammy Veach Jun 2022

Eng 1002g-002: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Tammy Veach

Fall 2022

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Eng 1002g-009: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Brad Stiles Jun 2022

Eng 1002g-009: College Composition Argument & Critical Inquiry, Brad Stiles

Fall 2022

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Eng 1091g-099: College Composition Critical Reading & Source-Based Writing Honors, Mike Mcclelland Jun 2022

Eng 1091g-099: College Composition Critical Reading & Source-Based Writing Honors, Mike Mcclelland

Fall 2022

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Eng 2901-003: Structure Of English, Melissa Caldwell Jun 2022

Eng 2901-003: Structure Of English, Melissa Caldwell

Fall 2022

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Eng 3001-001: Advanced Composition, Tim Engles Jun 2022

Eng 3001-001: Advanced Composition, Tim Engles

Fall 2022

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Eng 3062-001: Intermediate Poetry Writing, Colleen Abel Jun 2022

Eng 3062-001: Intermediate Poetry Writing, Colleen Abel

Fall 2022

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Eng 3604-001: Special Topics In Literature And Language, Melissa Caldwell Jun 2022

Eng 3604-001: Special Topics In Literature And Language, Melissa Caldwell

Fall 2022

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Eng 4760-600: Special Topics In Professional Writing, Donna Binns Jun 2022

Eng 4760-600: Special Topics In Professional Writing, Donna Binns

Fall 2022

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Eng 4775-600: Studies In Literature Culture And Theory, Elizabeth Tacke Jun 2022

Eng 4775-600: Studies In Literature Culture And Theory, Elizabeth Tacke

Fall 2022

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Eng 4906-600: Issues In The Teaching Of English, Donna Binns Jun 2022

Eng 4906-600: Issues In The Teaching Of English, Donna Binns

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.


Eng 5061a-600: Special Topics In Literature And Literary Theory, Melissa Ames Jun 2022

Eng 5061a-600: Special Topics In Literature And Literary Theory, Melissa Ames

Fall 2022

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Eng 5500-001: Practicum In Writing Center Theory And Practice, Terri Fredrick Jun 2022

Eng 5500-001: Practicum In Writing Center Theory And Practice, Terri Fredrick

Fall 2022

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Wgs 2309g-002: Introduction To Women's And Gender Studies, Jeannie Ludlow Jun 2022

Wgs 2309g-002: Introduction To Women's And Gender Studies, Jeannie Ludlow

Fall 2022

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Eng 1001g-011: College Composition I, Zahin Zaima Jun 2022

Eng 1001g-011: College Composition I, Zahin Zaima

Fall 2022

No abstract provided.