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The Subjection Of Authority And Death Through Humor: Carnivalesque, Incongruity, And Absurdism In Cormac Mccarthy's Blood Meridian And No Country For Old Men, Ruth Ellen Covington
The Subjection Of Authority And Death Through Humor: Carnivalesque, Incongruity, And Absurdism In Cormac Mccarthy's Blood Meridian And No Country For Old Men, Ruth Ellen Covington
Theses and Dissertations
Cormac McCarthy's representation of the comic theories of the carnivalesque, incongruity, and absurdism by the antagonists of Blood Meridian and No Country for Old Men demonstrates the unique and ostensible power of humor over (or at least, its awareness of and reconciliation to the absurdity of) death; it also emphasizes the supreme power and influence of humor as a means for destroying other institutions and philosophies which claim knowledge or authority but fail to sustain individuals in times of crisis. This makes humor a formidable factor in determining and justifying the outcome of human interactions and in defining the strengths …
Understanding L1-L2 Fluency Relationship Across Different Languages And Different Proficiency Levels, Olga Vyacheslavovna Maletina
Understanding L1-L2 Fluency Relationship Across Different Languages And Different Proficiency Levels, Olga Vyacheslavovna Maletina
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this research was to better understand the relationship between L1 and L2 fluency, precisely, whether there is a relationship between L1 and L2 temporal fluency measures and whether this relationship differs across different languages and different proficiency levels. In order to answer these questions, L1 and L2 speech samples of the same speakers were collected and analyzed. Twenty-five native speakers and 45 non-native speakers of Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian were asked to respond to questions and perform picture descriptions in their L1 and L2. The recorded speech samples were then analyzed by means of …
Student Perceptions Of Strategies Used For Reading Hispanic Literature: A Case Study, Rebecca Leigh Brazzale
Student Perceptions Of Strategies Used For Reading Hispanic Literature: A Case Study, Rebecca Leigh Brazzale
Theses and Dissertations
This qualitative study investigated the experiences of students during their reading tasks for their university Spanish courses during the Fall 2013 semester at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. The purpose of this research was to explore what types of reading strategies university Spanish students use during literary readings tasks and their perceptions of the reading strategies they use. This case study employed stimulated recall protocol interviews, student reading logs and student notes in texts. Interviews were conducted within 24 hours of the reading, while reading logs and notes were completed during the reading. The data collected were analyzed for …
Perilous Power: Chastity As Political Power In William Shakespeare's Measure For Measure And Margaret Cavendish's Assaulted And Pursued Chastity, Kelsey Brooke Smith
Perilous Power: Chastity As Political Power In William Shakespeare's Measure For Measure And Margaret Cavendish's Assaulted And Pursued Chastity, Kelsey Brooke Smith
Theses and Dissertations
William Shakespeare and Margaret Cavendish each published plays and poems focusing on the precarious implications and cultural enactments of female chastity in their time. Their lives and writing careers bookend a time when chastity's place in English politics, religion, and social life was perceived as crucial for women while also being challenged and radically redefined. This paper engages in period-specific definitions of virginity and chastity, and with modern scholarship on the same, to explore the historicity of chastity and how representations of self-enforced chastity create opportunities for female political power in certain fiction contexts. Through a comparison of the female …
Trauma Of A Perpetrator: Reimagining Perpetrators In Edwidge Danticat's The Dew Breaker, Marinda Quist
Trauma Of A Perpetrator: Reimagining Perpetrators In Edwidge Danticat's The Dew Breaker, Marinda Quist
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This article studies the possibility of perpetrator trauma in Edwidge Danticat's The Dew Breaker. The article gives a brief historical background of the political violence in Haiti that occurred under the Duvalier dictatorship and focuses specifically on the role of Tonton Macoutes, the violent enforcers of much of Duvalier's oppression. Drawing on trauma theory, the article argues that perpetrators have been very little studied within trauma studies because of the possible moral implications of giving research time to individuals who have often chosen their own path of violence. Along with theorists such as Kali Tal and Dominick LaCapra, this article …
Book Reviews: A Concise History Of Switzerland, Rob Sherwood
Book Reviews: A Concise History Of Switzerland, Rob Sherwood
Swiss American Historical Society Review
No abstract provided.
Once A Swiss Winegrower Colony Named Chabag In Russia Now A Modern Winegrowing Center Called Shabo In The Ukraine, Heidi Gander-Wolf
Once A Swiss Winegrower Colony Named Chabag In Russia Now A Modern Winegrowing Center Called Shabo In The Ukraine, Heidi Gander-Wolf
Swiss American Historical Society Review
The above picture of Chabag was painted by Eugene Duffoug-Favre in 1850, For many years he journeyed through Russia and also visited Chabag, On December 14/26, 1851, he reported in a letter from Prokrovskoi to Alexandre Michaud that also contains this picture of Chabag
Book Review: Naissance De La Suisse Moderne, Dwight Page
Book Review: Naissance De La Suisse Moderne, Dwight Page
Swiss American Historical Society Review
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Three Weeks In November: A Military History Of The Swiss Civil War Of 1847, Kevin Cronin
Book Review: Three Weeks In November: A Military History Of The Swiss Civil War Of 1847, Kevin Cronin
Swiss American Historical Society Review
No abstract provided.
Fritz Zwicky And The Search For Dark Matter, Kurt Winkler
Fritz Zwicky And The Search For Dark Matter, Kurt Winkler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
The study of astronomy greatly accelerated in the twentieth century. Aided by many advances in technology that improved observations, there has been an explosion of information about the cosmos, and scientists have had to review and overturn many long-held beliefs and assumptions about the universe. Among the most perplexing and enduring questions has been the nature of a mysterious substance known as dark matter.
Mariko Mori's Sartorial Transcendence: Fashioned Identities, Denied Bodies, And Healing, 1993-2001, Jacqueline Rose Hibner
Mariko Mori's Sartorial Transcendence: Fashioned Identities, Denied Bodies, And Healing, 1993-2001, Jacqueline Rose Hibner
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis is an examination of contemporary artist Mariko Mori's use of fashion in her work from 1993 to 2001. Contained within her sartorial phrasing is an involved relationship with the body, female and Japanese, as it exists within technological modernity. Tumult characterizes Mori's body as she images it early on in her career. This highly alienating space in which she positions herself gradually transitions to a space of respite for the performative body of another actor by 2001's Wave UFO. Wave UFO creates a mediated space for healing the modern body plagued with isolation through transcendence provided by technological …
Reading Between The Bloodied Lines And Bodies: Dissecting Shakespeare’S Titus Andronicus And Vesalius’S De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Hillary Gamblin
Reading Between The Bloodied Lines And Bodies: Dissecting Shakespeare’S Titus Andronicus And Vesalius’S De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Hillary Gamblin
Theses and Dissertations
Titus Andronicus is infamously Shakespeare’s first, and bloodiest, tragedy, but only a few scholars link this violence with the Renaissance culture of anatomy and dissection. Although scholars mention the anatomical language in Titus Andronicus, their analyses stop short of more fully developing the rich relationship between dissection and Shakespeare’s play. To remedy this oversight, this paper explores the debt that Titus Andronicus owes to contemporary anatomy and dissection culture by comparing Titus Andronicus (est. 1590) with Andreas Vesalius’s revolutionary anatomy textbook, De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1543). Specifically, this paper will identify four major intents of the Fabrica: 1) to display, …
The Use Of The Terms Piemontese, Waldenses, And Exiles In The Bernese Council Manuals Of The 17th Century, Paul Hostettler
The Use Of The Terms Piemontese, Waldenses, And Exiles In The Bernese Council Manuals Of The 17th Century, Paul Hostettler
Swiss American Historical Society Review
This essay explores the use of the terms "Piemontese," "Waldenses,"and "Exiles" in the Council Manuals of the Bernese government between 1600 and 1700, in order to determine whether these terms are used synonymously and possibly instead mean Waldenses.
Book Review: Mercenaries In Medieval And Renaissance Europe, William John Shepherd
Book Review: Mercenaries In Medieval And Renaissance Europe, William John Shepherd
Swiss American Historical Society Review
No abstract provided.
Cathy Trask, Monstrosity, And Gender-Based Fears In John Steinbeck’S East Of Eden, Claire Warnick
Cathy Trask, Monstrosity, And Gender-Based Fears In John Steinbeck’S East Of Eden, Claire Warnick
Theses and Dissertations
In recent years, the concept of monstrosity has received renewed attention by literary critics. Much of this criticism has focused on horror texts and other texts that depict supernatural monsters. However, the way that monster theory explores the connection between specific cultures and their monsters illuminates not only our understanding of horror texts, but also our understanding of any significant cultural artwork. Applying monster theory to non-horror texts is a useful and productive way to more fully understand the cultural fears of a society. One text that is particularly fruitful to explore in this context is John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel, …
"Make Them Pay": Charting The Social Topography Of An Old Assyrian Caravan Cycle, Edward P. Stratford
"Make Them Pay": Charting The Social Topography Of An Old Assyrian Caravan Cycle, Edward P. Stratford
Faculty Publications
With one foot on the Tigris and the other on the Anatolian plateau, Assyrian merchants conducted a brisk trade in tin, textiles, and silver in the late twentieth and early nineteenth centuries BCE. The structural aspects of the shipment and sale of tin and textiles in exchange for silver in caravan cycles have been the subjects of many excellent studies with methodologies including lexical studies and text-type studies. In addition, archival studies have been helpful in giving a sense of the variety of organization and involvement in the trade among different individuals. However, approaches that focus on structural activities like …
L2 Spanish Speakers' Attitudes Toward Selected Features Of Peninsular And Mexican Spanish, Grant Perry Stotts
L2 Spanish Speakers' Attitudes Toward Selected Features Of Peninsular And Mexican Spanish, Grant Perry Stotts
Theses and Dissertations
Many studies have been done on language attitudes, including attitudes toward languages in contact, various dialects of a language, nonnative speech, and attitudes of second-language (L2) learners toward the language that they are learning. Typically the studies of second-language learning deal with the attitudes toward the language in general rather than toward specific varieties within the language. The present study measures the attitudes of L2 learners of Spanish who lived in Spain, Mexico and Argentina toward native speakers from Spain and Mexico. The nonnative speakers listened to recordings of four native speakers, a male and a female from Spain, and …
Questioning The Comma In Verse 13 Of The Word Of Wisdom, A. Jane Birch
Questioning The Comma In Verse 13 Of The Word Of Wisdom, A. Jane Birch
Faculty Publications
The 1921 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants included an additional comma, which was inserted after the word “used” in D&C 89:13: “And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine.” Later authors have speculated that the addition of the comma was a mistake that fundamentally changed the meaning of the verse. This article examines this “errant comma theory” and demonstrates why this particular interpretation of D&C 89:13 is without merit.
Parisina: Literary And Historical Perspectives Across Six Centuries, John Scoville Evans
Parisina: Literary And Historical Perspectives Across Six Centuries, John Scoville Evans
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis explores the relationship between the many literary texts referring to the deaths of Ugo d'Este and Parisina Malatesta, who were executed in Ferrara in 1425 in accordance with an order by Niccolò III d'Este after he discovered their incestuous relationship. The texts are divided in three categories: (1) the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italian novellas and their translations; (2) the seventeenth-century Spanish tragedy; and (3) the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Romantic works. Although these categories divide the various texts chronologically, they also represent a thematic grouping as the texts within each category share common themes that set them apart from …
Discovering The "God Within": The Experience And Manifestation Of Emerson's Evolving Philosophy Of Intuition, Anne Tiffany Turner
Discovering The "God Within": The Experience And Manifestation Of Emerson's Evolving Philosophy Of Intuition, Anne Tiffany Turner
Theses and Dissertations
Investigating individual subjectivity, Ralph Waldo Emerson traveled to Europe following the death of his first wife, Ellen Tucker Emerson, and his resignation from the Unitarian ministry. His experience before and during the voyage contributed to the evolution of a self-intuitive philosophy, termed selbstgefühl by the German Romantics and altered his careful style of composition and delivery to promote the integrity of individual subjectivity as the highest authority in the deduction of truth. He would use this philosophy throughout the remainder of his life to encourage his audience to experience the same process he did.
The Specific Object, Jared Lindsay Clark, Brian Christensen
The Specific Object, Jared Lindsay Clark, Brian Christensen
Journal of Undergraduate Research
“The history of painting may be characterized in terms of the gradual withdrawal of painting from the task of representing reality – or of reality from the power of painting to represent it – in favor of an increasing preoccupation with problems intrinsic to painting itself…painting and sculpture became free to pursue concerns intrinsic to themselves.”
Linguistic Support For Non-Native English Speakers: Higher Education Practices In The United States, Norman W. Evans, Maureen Snow Andrade, K. James Hartshorn
Linguistic Support For Non-Native English Speakers: Higher Education Practices In The United States, Norman W. Evans, Maureen Snow Andrade, K. James Hartshorn
Faculty Publications
Higher education institutions in English-speaking nations host significant populations of non-native English speakers (NNES), both international and resident. English language proficiency is a critical factor to their success. This study reviews higher education practices in the United States related to this population. Findings indicate weaknesses in how institutions identify NNES, measure their English language skills, and track their success. These issues must be addressed to support the needs of this population, fully benefit from their contributions, and achieve educational parity.
Summary Of Creative Activities Grant Results- Abinadi, An Opera In Two Acts, Meredith Ryan Taylor, Dr. David Sargent
Summary Of Creative Activities Grant Results- Abinadi, An Opera In Two Acts, Meredith Ryan Taylor, Dr. David Sargent
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Abinadi, at the time of this report, has not been completed. Originally the opera was intended to be finished with an orchestration requiring soloists, chorus and a small instrumental ensemble of not more than twenty players. Early on in the process of writing, Dr. Lawrence Vincent (head of BYU opera) expressed an interest in somehow staging the work, but was unsure that the funds would be available for an orchestra. In consideration of this and the prospect of having the work staged I decided to reduce the amount of instrumentalists to three- two pianists and a woodwind specialist (the cast …
On Spanish Loanword And Loanblends In Hawai'i Creole English, Robert N. Smead
On Spanish Loanword And Loanblends In Hawai'i Creole English, Robert N. Smead
Faculty Publications
Hawai'i Creole English (HCE) has been the object of much linguistic research. Virtually all researchers agree that its principal lexical sources include English, Hawaiian and Japanese. Other languages, such as Chinese and Portuguese, have also contributed. To date, however, few publications have considered Spanish as an important lexical source for HCE. The research reported herein attempts to remedy that oversight by considering ten putative loanwords and loanblends thought to derive from Spanish. These include ethnic markers associated with and local dishes brought by Filipino and Puerto Ricans immigrants in the early twentieth century. By documenting cultural traditions and consulting authoritative, …
Review And Analysis Of The Marketing Practices Of Independent Local Musicans, Michael Hammari, Dr. Paul Deurden
Review And Analysis Of The Marketing Practices Of Independent Local Musicans, Michael Hammari, Dr. Paul Deurden
Journal of Undergraduate Research
It was the intent of this research to identify and analyze the current and possible marketing practices of independent, local musicians based in the Provo Area. In order to accomplish this objective three methods were employed. First, local musicians were interviewed to examine their current marketing practices. Second, a sample of the public was surveyed to gage their awareness of local music. Thirdly, music events were promoted with the intent of experimenting with different marketing strategies. Over the course of the research more effort was focused on the final aspect of this project.
Text Panels For The Museum Of Archeology, Palmyra Syria: The Temple Bel / Palmyra’S Coinage, David Amott, Dr. Cynthia Finlayson
Text Panels For The Museum Of Archeology, Palmyra Syria: The Temple Bel / Palmyra’S Coinage, David Amott, Dr. Cynthia Finlayson
Journal of Undergraduate Research
This project helps to fulfill a crucial need for research on a highly important collection of ancient artifacts housed in the Archeology Museum of Tadmor-Palmyra, Syria. The collection is significant in that it documents the history and culture of a major center of the ancient Mediterranean world. This research has been used to create several museum text panels and exhibition layouts that, once assembled, will be shipped to Palmyra, Syria and installed as part of a permanent exhibition in Palmyra’s Museum of Archeology. Below is text that will be featured on panels concerning Palmyra’s Temple Bel, Palmyra’s principle god Bel, …
A Biography Of Inez Knight Allen: The First Single Proselytizing Sister Missionary For The Lds Church, Amy Connelly, Dr. Rachel Cope
A Biography Of Inez Knight Allen: The First Single Proselytizing Sister Missionary For The Lds Church, Amy Connelly, Dr. Rachel Cope
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Inez Knight Allen, the daughter of Amanda and Jesse Knight, was born on September 8, 1876, on the Knight Family ranch just outside of Payson, Utah. Inez received a formal education at Brigham Young Academy. Originally intending to go on a study abroad to Europe, Inez instead received the unexpected call to be a proselytizing sister missionary for the Church in England. Inez served from 1898-1899. Through this mission service, Inez represents the broader context of Mormonism as a sister missionary in Great Britain during the 19th Century. She serves as a representative of the shifting of the Latter-day Saint …