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Gender Benders: Shakespeare's Rosalind And Woolf's Orlando, Katrina Armenteros Nov 2014

Gender Benders: Shakespeare's Rosalind And Woolf's Orlando, Katrina Armenteros

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

English Renaissance playwright, William Shakespeare and twentieth century modernist author, Virginia Woolf’s works, “As You Like It” (1599) and “Orlando” (1928), respectively posit a vision of gender that transcends the physical sex of the body. The play’s heroine, Rosalind, and the novel’s protagonist, Orlando, each challenge the stability of the binary categories of male and female, demonstrating how gender is not absolute but rather a constantly adapting and evolving construct. This thesis traces the development of Rosalind and Orlando by analyzing and comparing both protagonists’ journeys towards concordia discors, considering how gender transformation plays a pivotal role in helping …


Simply Genre Films: Extracting “King Lear” From “House Of Strangers” And “Broken Lance", Sophia G. I. Funk Sep 2014

Simply Genre Films: Extracting “King Lear” From “House Of Strangers” And “Broken Lance", Sophia G. I. Funk

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate and refute Yvonne Griggs’ claims that the films “House of Strangers” (1949) and “Broken Lance” (1954) are as Griggs deems “genre-based adaptations” of William Shakespeare’s “King Lear. I argue that the films, although they have some essential elements of “King Lear, lack intentionality and reception, pivotal components in determining viability as a Shakespearean film adaptation. Using Griggs’ book as my critical background, I will show that these films are better classified under their respective genre categories, Western and film noir, not as “King Lear” genre adaptations. I will …


Fridy, Wilford Eugene, B. 1934 (Mss 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2014

Fridy, Wilford Eugene, B. 1934 (Mss 384), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 384. Correspondence, class materials, published and unpublished papers, and research material collected by Dr. Wilford E. Fridy in his study of Robert Penn Warren and his writings. Includes an untitled and unpublished novel by Robert Penn Warren, correspondence between Fridy and Warren, and photos of Warren and Guthrie, Kentucky, Warren’s hometown.


Eng 1001g-005-030: Composition And Language, Carol Dudley Aug 2014

Eng 1001g-005-030: Composition And Language, Carol Dudley

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001g-038: Composition And Language, Rachael Heicher Aug 2014

Eng 1001g-038: Composition And Language, Rachael Heicher

Fall 2014

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Eng 1000-002: Fundamental Of College Composition, Daiva Markelis Aug 2014

Eng 1000-002: Fundamental Of College Composition, Daiva Markelis

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001g-001_022_035: Composition And Language, William Feltt Aug 2014

Eng 1001g-001_022_035: Composition And Language, William Feltt

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001g-002_015_040: Composition And Language, Dan Tessitore Aug 2014

Eng 1001g-002_015_040: Composition And Language, Dan Tessitore

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001g-003: Composition And Language, John Moore Aug 2014

Eng 1001g-003: Composition And Language, John Moore

Fall 2014

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Eng 1001g-004_017: Composition And Language, Denise Preston Aug 2014

Eng 1001g-004_017: Composition And Language, Denise Preston

Fall 2014

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Eng 1001g-006: Composition And Language, Sean Towey Aug 2014

Eng 1001g-006: Composition And Language, Sean Towey

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001g-009: Composition And Language, Lucinda Berry Aug 2014

Eng 1001g-009: Composition And Language, Lucinda Berry

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001g-010: Composition And Language, Stephen Swords Aug 2014

Eng 1001g-010: Composition And Language, Stephen Swords

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001g-014_024_041: Composition And Language, Robert Zordani Aug 2014

Eng 1001g-014_024_041: Composition And Language, Robert Zordani

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001g-020: Composition And Language, Michael Leddy Aug 2014

Eng 1001g-020: Composition And Language, Michael Leddy

Fall 2014

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Eng 1001g-044: Composition And Language, Robert Martinez Aug 2014

Eng 1001g-044: Composition And Language, Robert Martinez

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002g-009: Composition And Literature, Duangrudi Suksang Aug 2014

Eng 1002g-009: Composition And Literature, Duangrudi Suksang

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 2009g-002: Literature And Human Values: Faith, Survival, Progress, Julie Campbell Aug 2014

Eng 2009g-002: Literature And Human Values: Faith, Survival, Progress, Julie Campbell

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 3405-001: Children's Literature, Jamila Smith Aug 2014

Eng 3405-001: Children's Literature, Jamila Smith

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 3805-001: Alien Encounters: Study Of British Literature And Culture From 1660-1790, Charles Wharram Aug 2014

Eng 3805-001: Alien Encounters: Study Of British Literature And Culture From 1660-1790, Charles Wharram

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 4775-001: Literature And Science: On Bugs, Zombies, And Literary Theory, Suzie Park Aug 2014

Eng 4775-001: Literature And Science: On Bugs, Zombies, And Literary Theory, Suzie Park

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 5000-001: Introduction To Methods And Issues In English Studies, Randy Beebe Aug 2014

Eng 5000-001: Introduction To Methods And Issues In English Studies, Randy Beebe

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 5002-001: Neglected Shakespeare, Chris Wixson Aug 2014

Eng 5002-001: Neglected Shakespeare, Chris Wixson

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 5005-001: Studies In Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Dagni Bredesen Aug 2014

Eng 5005-001: Studies In Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Dagni Bredesen

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Wst 2309g-002: Women, Men, And Culture, Robert Martinez Aug 2014

Wst 2309g-002: Women, Men, And Culture, Robert Martinez

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Wst 2309g-003: Women, Men, And Culture, Jeannie Ludlow Aug 2014

Wst 2309g-003: Women, Men, And Culture, Jeannie Ludlow

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 2007-001: Creative Writing: Fiction, Daiva Markelis Aug 2014

Eng 2007-001: Creative Writing: Fiction, Daiva Markelis

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eiu 4192g-099: Film And Contemporary Society, Honors, Parley Boswell Aug 2014

Eiu 4192g-099: Film And Contemporary Society, Honors, Parley Boswell

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 1000g-003: Fundamental Of College Composition, Denise Preston Aug 2014

Eng 1000g-003: Fundamental Of College Composition, Denise Preston

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001g-007: Composition And Language, Olga Abella Aug 2014

Eng 1001g-007: Composition And Language, Olga Abella

Fall 2014

No abstract provided.