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Succession To The Caliphate In Early Islam, Faisal H. Al-Kathiri

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis will examine the succession to the Islamic Caliphate as it existed during the time of the orthodox Caliphs (632-661).

The Status In 1980 Of The Toulmin Model Of Argument In The Area Of Speech Communication, Jeffrey Robert Sweeney

Dissertations and Theses

In 1958 Stephen E. Toulmin wrote of inadequacies of formal logic and proposed a new field-dependent approach to the analysis of arguments. Despite a generally negative response to his proposal from formal logicians, Toulmin's model for the laying out of arguments for analysis was subsequently appropriated by several speech communication textbook writers. In some textbooks, the Toulmin model has become successor to the syllogism as the paradigm of logical argument. Yet, perhaps due to their seemingly uncritical acceptance of Toulmin's approach there appears to be serious disagreement and confusion among speech communication professionals about the nature and applications of the …

Aboriginal Clay Figurines From The Upper Rogue Valley In Southwestern Oregon, Lyman Patrick Deich

Dissertations and Theses

A study of 80 clay figurines from aboriginal sites in the upper Rogue River Valley in southwestern Oregon fails to reveal any connection with other figurines found in the Pacific Northwest and northern California. A preference for animal rather than human representations is demonstrated. The temporal distribution of the figurines is not known, but spatial distribution appears roughly coextensive with territories occupied by the upland Takelma at the time of Euro-American contact during the second quarter of the nineteenth century.

Weinen, Hagen [I.E. Klagen] Organ Transcription By Franz Liszt Arranged For Band, Richard Wayne Guidry

Music ETDs

Written for the piano in 1862, "Weiner Hagen" variations were transcribed in 1863 for organ by Franz Liszt. The transcription is really a large fantasia in the key of F minor that consists of groups of variations, all of which are based on two closely related themes. This arrangement for symphonic band was written for the intended use of any university or good high school level organization. There are many exposed solos and other sections and in various places, extreme ranges of instruments are realized. The arrangement imitates the sound achieved by a large church organ and this fact must …

The Suffolk Campaign A Case Study, Brian S. Wills

Honors Theses

"the Suffolk Campaign: A Case Study," covers the Civil War that began on April 11, 1863 and ended on May 3, 1863 and centered around the small Tidewater Virginia town of Suffolk. Suffolk's strategic prominence was derived from its access to the James River, through tributary (the Nansemond), and two major railroads which ran through the town--the Petersburg and Norfolk, and the Roanoke and Seaboard. The Confederates abandoned the town after McClellan's Peninsula Campaign made their position their untenable. Federal troops quickly entered Suffolk and established it as the first line of defense for Norfolk. Suffolk came under the military …

Mothers And Daughters In Nineteenth Century America: Ideology, Experience And Legacy, Nancy Marlene Theriot

History ETDs

This study is an examination of women and femininity in nineteenth-century America. Its central theme is the role of women in creating, responding to, and re-creating feminine gender. I discuss the evidence in terms of two major points: women's creation of gender out of their physical experience, and the centrality of the mother/daughter relationship in the evolution of femininity. My sources include literature written by women and men, the medical writings of physicians, midwives and healers, and the diaries of women whose lives were at least partially lived between 1800 and 1865. The sources necessarily limit the scope of this …

Notes On Viewfinding, Anna Lynn Grimes

Art & Art History ETDs

My mixed media works on paper are a result of an exploration in the landscape that I call “viewfinding. '' This exploration involves looking at the surrounding physical environment from different perspectives, discovering features that are significant to me and producing evidence of these discoveries in my work. To expand my concept of the landscape I explore multiple ways of viewing, i.e. viewing from different positions in the landscape, through window frames and through secondary sources of information such as maps and scientific diagrams. Levels of information are collected and reassembled in my "view” drawings of the landscape. The resulting …

A Construct Validity Study For The Women Workers Scale Questionnaire, Gwen Simpson

Dissertations and Theses

This study attempted to obtain evidence on the construct validity of the Women Workers Scale (WWS), an attitude scale developed to measure male supervisors' attitudes toward women workers. As women enter the work world in increasing numbers, they are usually supervised by men. However, few studies have examined the attitudes of male supervisors toward women workers. At least one author (Bass, 1972) reported that there were significant differences among male managers in their attitudes toward women. Specifically, those male managers who had not worked with women held more favorable attitudes than male managers who had worked with women.

El Catolicismo Y La Revolucion: La Muerte En Cuatro Novelas Mexicanas, V. Emilio M. Castañeda

Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs

In Mexican Literature 1947 is a key date for the novel because of the publication of Al filo del agua, by Agustín Yáñez. With it, the cycle of novels known as “Novelas de la Revolución” ends and a new cycle, “Novelas contemporáneas”, begins. In the In the present study, however, the author considers La vida inútil de Pito Pérez, by José Rubén Romero, published in 1938 as a contemporary novel. Romero’s book and that of Yáñez are examined in this work along with Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo, 1955, and La muerte de Artemio Cruz, 1962, by Carlos Fuentes.

The purpose …

My Onepoint Plan For Saving The World Or Approaching The Goddess, Playfully, Jason Eric Jones

Art & Art History ETDs

This thesis discusses my primary motivations in making art, which center around a felt need to exercise the nonverbal, arational processes that seem inappropriate, or at least generally neglected, in our culture. The trend toward increasing intellectuality at the expense of emotionality is described as a prime cause of Western civilization's “spiritual bankruptcy," and various rebellious movements against this trend, such as the cult of the White Goddess, are mentioned, briefly. Bicameral mind theory is used as a convenient model for the duality of the rational and the intuitive. In the context of this model, my approach to photography, which …

Beyond Fascination, Robert C. Reck

Art & Art History ETDs

This thesis discusses the underlying concepts of my work. Part I reveals how intuition became an active part of my image-making process and chance assisted personal vision. Part II discusses the formal and stylistic means by which I address the relationships between my personal philosophy and the symbolic theory of the work.

Progress In Preparedness, Vahe Guzelimian

Art & Art History ETDs

The primary purpose of this thesis is to discuss the contribution made by these sources toward my "progress in preparedness." I will examine my current photographic work in an effort to show how this preparedness guides the synthetical nature of my creative process.

The Argentine Historical Novel: Trajectory And Panorama, Garth Muirbrook Hansen

Latin American Studies ETDs

This study is an initial survey of the Argentine historical novel (1840-1970). Although Argentina has a rich literary tradition, no previous analysis has considered the trajectory and persistence of such fiction throughout a century and a half of multiple literary influences and changing tastes. The human experience recreated through historical research is as legitimate a matter for literary treatment as that observed first hand by an author and not only provided the form for Argentina's first novels but has proved to be a favorite genre with both readers and writers. The characteristics of historical fiction are identified through an examination …

Mexicans, Labor, And Strife In Arizona, 1896-1917, Michael E. Casillas

History ETDs

The years between 1890 and 1920 were crucial in the rise of modern organized labor in the United States. During this period, America saw the demise of the Knights of Labor and the subsequent ascent to union supremacy of the American Federation of Labor. As the organized labor movement grew, it reached out to encourage the participation of workers throughout the Rocky Mountain region and the far west. Western laborers, led by hard rock miners, created organizations such as the American Labor Union (ALU), Western Labor Union (WLU), and most notably the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) that represented their …

A Developmental Study Of The Choreographic Works Of Erick Hawkins Including A Guide To Available Literature, Jane Ellen Thornbury

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

New Orleans Ethiopian Theatre, 1973-1979, Synn Claire Banks

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents a record of the history of the Ethiopian Theatre from its beginning in 1973 though 1979. It traces and studies the educational validity and essential contributions to the New Orleans community.

The basis for this study is derived mainly from the theatre's organizers, Monroe and Anthony Bean. Together they define the purpose, goals and structure of the Ethiopian Theatre.

The record exhibits the types of activities and productions performed, reviews and coverage by the media, and the community's reactions and support.

It also examines the techniques and methods employed by the directors in the development of believable …

A Survey History Of Islamic Da'wah And The Egyptian-Nigerian Connections, Luka T. Daniel

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

For history sources, I have depended heavily on the relevant pieces of literature in my possession, on those of Loma Linda University, California, and of the University of Washington, Seattle, and on those in the Arab Republic of Egypt, particularly at Al-Azhar University, the American University at Cairo, and the British Consulate in Cairo. Further, I have had personal interviews with professors at Loma Linda and Seattle, and with Muslim and Christian scholars (clergy and laity) in Egypt and Nigeria.

Since this survey is more historical than sociological, and since Islamic da'wah is twelve to thirteen centuries older than sociological …

A Commentary On An Exhibition Of Prints And Photographs, Janet Love-Seward

Theses

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Reason And Revelation In Early Christian Thought The Synthetic Use Of The Term Logos In Justin The Martyr And Greek Apologetic Literature, Rick M. Rogers

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Paul Eluard, Brenda Catron

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

Presented to the faculty of the Humanities School of Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Brenda Catron on November 29, 1979.

Alienation And Creativity: A Study In Twentieth Century American Art, Judi Church

Art & Art History ETDs

The society in which one lives conditions the creativity of the individual. To quote Herbert Read, alienation, "is the progressive divorce of human faculties from natural process.” A society in which alienation is pervasive will spawn types of artistic activity related to that phenomenon. The desire to create is a positive means of transcending the alienation of contemporary life. In attempting through art to unite self and world I have looked to the works and lives of other artists. These include Jasper Johns, Antonio Tapiès, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, and Richard Diebenkorn. The evolution of my work over the past …

Portraiture--A Psychological Approach, Marcia Lee Perkins

Art & Art History ETDs

Portraiture is examined as a record of the artist's response to both the psychological and physical aspects of the person. The elements and avoidance of depersonalization and idealization are discussed.

The Influence Of Traditional Practices In The Church Life Of Etche People, Emmanuel Amadi

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

All through the ages, even before the advent of Christianity, the Ibos, in general, have treasured these practices because they served their cultural and social concerns. But no sooner was Christianity introduced into the various segments of our society than conflicts upon conflicts began to erupt. The Etche man, like his relatives the Ibos, is torn between two worlds. Christianity demands that he give up his past, while his culture insists that he stick to his heritage. The Etche man today asks how these conflicting thoughts can be reconciled. In this thesis, the writer shall attempt to describe these traditional …

Empire And Opposition: Class, Ethnicity And Ideology In The Mine-Mill Union Of Grant County, New Mexico, Jack Cargill

History ETDs

In the past decade, as more documentation has become available, a growing number of serious studies have begun the process of re-evalua­ting and re-defining the post-World War II period. The Communist Party's role in CIO unions is one aspect of the American experience during this era that demands new inquiry. Party members led some of the largest unions in the United States, and these organizations played an important part in the Cold War polarization and repression. Bert Cochran's Labor and Communism came out shortly before I completed my research, and his monograph does much to separate fact from fancy, but …

The Calendar Of Life Exercise And Value As A Tool For Art Therapy, Betsy Gibbs

Theses

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Art Therapy With The Orthopedically Hospitalized Child: Helping The Child Master The Stress Of Hospitalization, Anne Felts

Theses

This work presents many aspects of the use of art therapy with the orthopedic child in the medical setting. It deals specifically with the use of art therapy to promote mastery of fears, fantasies and conflicts about injury, hospitalization or surgery. Case studies are included to illustrate the use of art therapy in this capacity.

ConcepcióN Arenal And The Social Gospel, Charlotte Lazear Cutter

History ETDs

Concepcion Arenal ranks as one of nineteenth century Spain's most important women. Born in El Ferrol, Galicia in 1820, her principal fame accrues from her voluminous didactic writing on the social question. During her life­time she was a feature writer for Spanish periodicals, a contributor to international congresses, and an insatiable though repetitive expounder on the general themes of beneficence and prisons. After a brief career as a newspaper writer jointly with her husband, Concepcion Arenal was left a widow with two children to raise and bad only her pen as a means of support.

In a world of conformity, …

DéSiré Charnay: Photographer, Keith F. Davis

Art & Art History ETDs

Désiré Charnay, born in France in 1828, was a traveler, explorer, author and photographer best known for his studies of the Pre-Columbian ruins in Mexico. Educated and well-read, Charnay taught school in New Orleans before embarking on his 1857-61 expedition to Mexico. Using the cumbersome wet collodion process, he made the first successful photographs of the ruined monuments of Mitla, Chichén-Itzá, Palenque, Izamal and Uxmal. These were published in a large folio of original photo­graphic prints, entited Cités et ruines américaines, in Paris in 1862. Charnay returned to these and other Mexican sites in 1880-82 and 1886, and published many …

An Analysis Of The Use Of Parody In Hervé'S Le Petit Faust, Sally J. Bissell

Music ETDs

The 19th-century genre of opera known as operetta has been commented upon since its appearance in the early 1830's, and most commentators credit the composer Hervé with the creation in 1848 of a particularly satirical, farcical type of operetta called opéra-bouffe. Hervé's contributions to the genre have not been fully explored, perhaps because Offenbach's contributions were so great. This paper analyzes Hervé's use of parody in Le petit Faust in order to add to the meagre coverage of his work.

Hervé creates a ''mock epic" in Le petit Faust based on the old Faust legend as retold by Goethe and …

Awareness And Growth In An Art Therapy Practice, Gong Shu

Theses

This culminating project explores the role of awareness in personal growth within the context of art therapy. Drawing from phenomenological psychology and Taoist philosophy, the author argues that every individual possesses an innate potential for self-actualization, which can be fully realized through heightened awareness. However, various psychological and cultural blocks—such as repression, trauma, social conditioning, and attachment to past or future experiences—often obstruct this awareness, impeding personal growth and creative functioning.

Art therapy is proposed as a dynamic method for reestablishing awareness by bringing unconscious or suppressed emotions and experiences into explicit focus through the creative process. The paper emphasizes …