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A New Version Of Borges’ Three, Mark Harris

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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An Unblinking Gaze: Readerly Response-Ability And Racial Reconstructions In Toni Morrison's 'The Bluest Eye' And 'Beloved', Lara Mary Fulton

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This thesis examines Toni Morrison's reconstruction of racial representations in The Bluest Eye and Beloved. Morrison stresses the need for a transformation of current representations of black and white culture in her critical study, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination, in which Morrison examines how black culture has been (mis)represented and (mis)perceived by white Western culture and discourse. She argues that idealized and valorized notions of "whiteness," white identity, and white culture have been constructed from denigrating, binary oppositional (mis)perceptions of "blackness," black identity, and black culture. These stereotypical (mis)perceptions maintain white cultural dominance over …

Our Time, 1997, Our Time Staff

Our Time

Poetry
4.....Two Men See One Building. ..................... joanna Thompson
5.....Heart Happening ...................................... Hope K. Comerro
6....."She smiles ... " ................................................. Brian Riley
7.....longing ....................................................... Rebecca Godan
8.....Dive into the Winter ............................. Samantha Langton
11.....Silent Night. ................................................ Matt Zambito
13.....In the Han River .............................................. Peter Yang
14.....In the Garden ......................................... Hope K. Comerro
15.....Canyons .................................................... Alison Breach
16.....Her Wounds Are Like Voices ...................... Kelly Mooney
17..... Gemini ..................................................... Rebecca Godan
18.....Brother to Brother: After the Illness ... Wendi Hoffenberg
20.....How to Write Poetry in the Dark. ................. Matt Zambito
21....."Red and green are ... " ............................. Kelly Mooney
30.....Two Limericks ..................................... …

Yoknapatawpha As Camelot: The Influence Of The Arthurian Legends On The Writings Of William Faulkner, Sally Dye

Masters Theses

In my thesis I examine works of William Faulkner which show the influence of the legends of King Arthur. In the introduction to the thesis, I discuss evidence that Faulkner was not only familiar with the characters of the Arthurian legends but was also aware of many of the different versions of these stories.

The main sections of my thesis consist of character studies of various characters from Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha works in light of their similarities to their Arthurian counterparts. The King Arthur section includes the characters of John Sartoris of The Unvanquished and Thomas Sutpen of Absalom, Absalom!, …

The Ruins Of Childhood: Jim Thompson, Erskine Caldwell, And William Faulkner Expose Guilt And Consequence, Robert Thomas Newell

Masters Theses

In this thesis, I examine the novels of Jim Thompson, Erskine Caldwell, and William Faulkner and, in turn, depict their exploration of poisoned childhood. This theme is prevalent in many of these authors' works, and I not only illustrate what horrors children are put through in their novels, but I also show that uncaring and unthinking adults are the root cause. The ruining of a child's life is a rippling problem; often times, adulthood is ruined because of a person's childhood.

I explore the devastation that irresponsible adults can have on their impressionable children. Through either neglect or selfish values, …

Barring The Nursery Window: Narrator Intrusion And Separation Anxiety In Children’S Literature, Mary Alice Dwiggins

Masters Theses

This thesis examines the effects of the various degrees of narrative intrusion within the genre of children's fantasy literature addressing the theme of separation. The primary texts include the Grimm Brother's folk tale, "Hansel and Gretel," Maurice Sendak's picture books Where the Wild Things Are, Outside Over There and Dear Mili, and finally ends with J. M. Barrie's novel Peter Pan. In examining these texts there emerge three distinct levels or types of narrative. The first type of narrative is zero degree where little narrator intrusion enters the text. The author does not exist as a persona; thus readers may …

The Incident At The Colonel's, Jason G. Clark

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

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Bionic Eye: The Resources And Limits Of The Cinematic Apparatus, Paul Douglass

Faculty Publications, English and Comparative Literature

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Shaw For The Utopians, Capek For The Anti-Utopians, Julie A. Sparks

Faculty Publications, English and Comparative Literature

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Bedlam, Charity, And Renaissance Drama: Reconfiguring The Relationship Between Institutions In History, Kenneth S. Jackson

Dissertations

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Receiv'd With Plaudits In The Capitol: Whitman's Readers And The Politics Of The Canon, Alan Edward Kozlowski

Dissertations

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Imitating Fathers: Tradition, Inheritance, And The Reproduction Of Culture In Anglo-Saxon England, Michael David Craig Drout

Dissertations

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Let It Pass: Changing The Subject, Once Again, Pamela L. Caughie

English: Faculty Publications and Other Works

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Saying Grace: A Collection Of Short Stories, Tina Floyd Whittle

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

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The Revolution Is Being Televised: Pedagogy And Information Retrieval In The Liberal Arts College, Daniel Terkla, Steve Mckinzie

Scholarship

In this period of rapid and ongoing technological change, teaching undergraduates sophisticated research skills demands more than the traditional library tour or instruction. It requires collaboration between faculty and librarians. The authors offer the plan they have tested and which they and their students find beneficial in filling this demand.

A Whole Range Of Women, Marianne Hartz

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

A Whole Range of Women is a novel which challenges prevalent notions about the value of many kinds of female creativity. At the beginning of the story, one of the main characters is sculpting a collection of famous North American women. She soon decides she would rather celebrate the creativity exhibited by women in their daily lives. The development of this idea is one of the main themes of the novel. The central focus of each chapter alternates between the lives of three female characters: the above-mentioned sculptor; an English professor who specializes in African-American literature; and, a history professor …

An Examination Of Biography In Possession By A.S. Byatt And Dickens By Peter Ackroyd, Sylvia Mcleod

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This thesis is an examination of Possession by A.S. Byatt and Dickens by Peter Ackroyd, and aims to contribute to the Poetics of biography. Although there has been a paucity of literature about biography until the latter part of the twentieth century, a growing number of writings, by biographers and scholars, reflects the interest in developing a body of theory of the biography genre. My thesis is a part of this initiative. The two works which I have chosen for this project are critiques of biography, albeit from different perspectives. Possession is a novel which narrativises issues of biography, while …

Trying To See What The World Is Trying To Be, Richard D. Martin

Short Story

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An Intimate Gesture, R. M. Kinder

Short Story

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Dreams, Jack L. Wilson

Short Story

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Where The Hawk Flies Free, Polly P. Nicoll

Short Story

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What Pierre Cooked For Paul, Claudia Waszkis

Short Story

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Ray Jason's Christmas, Robert Hiles

Short Story

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Waiting For Johnny, Delbert E. Wylder

Short Story

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Review Of Charles E. May's "The Short Story: The Reality Of Artifice", R. C. Feddersen

Short Story

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Postmodernism And Children's Picture Books, Jane Siddall

Theses : Honours

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Early British Espionage Fiction And The Differentiation Of Clandestine Realities: A Study In The Paradox Of The Protagonist’S Motivation In Erskine Childer’S The Riddle Of The Sands, Joseph Conrad’S The Secret Agent, John Buchan’S The Thirty-Nine Steps, And Arthur Conan-Doyle’S The Last Bow, Hans-Jörg Grohmann

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This thesis offers a phenomenological approach to four examples of early British espionage fiction; by discussing the experiences of four protagonists with their perceptions of reality, the study also gives a reconsideration to the literary essence of the figure of the spy of early British espionage stories. In attempting the combination of phenomenology and espionage fiction, the thesis first of all reviews the canon of criticism on British espionage fiction in general. This review criticizes the dilemma of preceding scholarly contributions, focusing on their general ignorance of the early phase of espionage fiction, which was due to the comparison between …

Mr. Bliss And Mr. Toad: Hazardous Driving In J.R.R. Tolkien's Mr. Bliss & Kenneth Grahame's The Wind In The Willows, David Sandner

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

Symbolic meaning of the driving of automobiles in Mr. Bliss and The Wind in the Willows, especially as contrasted with the activity of picnicking. Implications for the question of Nature versus Rural, technology, food, and home.