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A Catalog Of Solo Piano Works Written By Twentieth Century Mexican Composers, Lucas Arcizo

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

"Tindersluts" & "Tinderellas:" Examining Young Women's Construction And Negotiation Of Modern Sexual Scripts Within A Digital Hookup Culture, Mackenzie A. Christensen

Dissertations and Theses

While a growing body of literature exists examining how intersecting social identities and structural organizations shape the on-campus hookup script, research examining the impact of technology on the hookup culture has been virtually nonexistent. Addressing this gap, this study adds to a current body of literature on the hookup culture and online dating by exploring how a diverse sample of young women and non-binary, femme individuals understand and negotiate interpersonal sexual scripts through the mobile dating app Tinder. Ultimately, findings from 25 in-depth interviews reveal how Tinder has shaped the sexual scripts of young adult dating into a "hybrid hookup …

Rapunzel Has Insomnia: Stories, Mary Buchanan Sellers

LSU Master's Theses

Rapunzel Has Insomnia is part story collection, part fairy tale vignette, and part personal memoir, dealing with themes of mental illness and inheritance, the complexity of mother daughter relationships, and childhood trauma. Similar to the structure of a novelin-- stories, Rap unzel ’s connective tissue is made up of memoir, specifically dealing with the aftereffects of my mother’s Bipolar One disorder and subsequent psychiatric commitments throughout my childhood and young adult years. The other more peripheral narratives are magicalrealist in nature, which are made up of fabulist fiction stories. Both of these narratives are then tied to an over arching …

“Enough Of Thought, Philosopher!”: Emily Brontë’S Interrogations Of Death, Katherine Marie Alexander

English Language and Literature ETDs

The year 1847 marked the appearance of Wuthering Heights on the literary scene. Writing under the pseudonym of Ellis Bell, Emily Brontë soon became known as the “Sphynx (sic) of Literature” following the publication of the culminating masterpiece of her literary career. Although she was not a trained philosopher, her drawings, poems, letters, devoirs, and only novel offer an organic approach to philosophical matters, particularly in her engagements with the meanings of time and space and her interrogations of death.

Surrounded by the pervasive presence of death from her earliest years and beyond, Brontë moved to rigorous interrogations of the …

Review Of Joyce Carol Oates's Night-Gaunts And Other Tales Of Suspense, Eric K. Anderson

Bearing Witness: Joyce Carol Oates Studies

A review of Joyce Carol Oates's short story collection Night-Gaunts focusing on the influence of H.P. Lovecraft and gothic fiction.

Modeschau: Eine Stunde Schönheit, Claire Patek

Essays

No abstract provided.

Strindbergs Frauenhaß, Berta Pauli

Essays

No abstract provided.

Von Der Uberwindung Der Geistlichen Streiter Christi, Johanna Eleonora Petersen

Essays

No abstract provided.

Denkwürdigkeiten Der Äbtissin Charitas Pirkheimer, Charitas Pirkheimer

Essays

Text was prepared and edited as a class project by Taylor Profita, Mark Mumford and Cindy Renker.

The Inclusion Of Women’S Issues In Peace Negotiation Agreements: Guatemala, El Salvador, And Colombia, Natalia F. Meneses

Doctor of International Conflict Management Dissertations

Armed conflict and its consequences do not discriminate according to gender. It affects all people. During an armed conflict, women are the majority of civilian victims: they are forcibly displaced, their family members are killed, and they suffer sexual abuse and torture. However, most peace processes have been exclusively controlled and led by men, while women and women’s issues are usually not included in peace negotiations or resulting agreements. In the last 30 years, there have been 35 comprehensive peace accords signed across the world of which only eight included women’s issues in their agreements. It is crucial that women’s …

Christians And Jerusalem In The Fourth Century Ce: A Study Of Eusebius Of Caesarea, Cyril Of Jerusalem, And The Bordeaux Pilgrim, Stephen David Green

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis addresses Constantine's developments of the Roman province of Palaestina. It analyzes two important Christian bishops, Eusebius of Caesarea and Cyril of Jerusalem, and one nameless Christian traveler, the Bordeaux pilgrim, to illuminate how fourth-century Christians understood these developments. This study examines the surviving writings of these Christian authors: the Bordeaux Itinerary, Cyril's Catechetical Lectures, and Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History, Onomasticon, Preparation of the Gospel, Proof of the Gospel, and the Life of Constantine, and the archaeological remains of several Constantinian basilicas to interpret their views of the imperial attentions that were being poured …

Scrolling Alone, Abby M. Foreman

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"We should ask ourselves how we can create community that is hospitable and encourages positive connections with one another."

Posting about the problem of social isolation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/scrolling-alone/

Sibille, Elisabeth Von Nassau-Saarbrücken

Prose Fiction

This text was digitized and graciously donated to Sophie by Dr. Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona. This particular work has been extracted from Classen's Frauen in der deutschen Literaturtgeschichte; the full text is available on this site.

Der Lebensabend Einer Idealistin, Malwida Von Meysenbug

Prose Nonfiction

No abstract provided.

The Taming Of The Shrew, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

1985-1986 Season

A ribald, raucous, rowdy look at the eternal “battle of the sexes.” The beautiful Catherine has acquired a reputation as “Kate the Curst” because she apparently does not like the kind of potential suitors encouraged by her father. Enter the swashbuckling but roguish adventurer, Petruchio, who wants both Catherine and her dowry. The father happily agrees to the match and the resulting “battle” ends up as one of Shakespeare's most famous love matches.

Istvan Orosz, Erin Williams

Communication Design: Design Pioneers

No abstract provided.

Morgan, William Montrose, 1842-1926 (Sc 3231), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3231. Letter, 2 February 1862, of William Montrose Morgan to his parents and sisters, of Wisconsin. From Camp Wood, Kentucky, he writes of the rainy and snowy weather; the number of soldiers sick in company regiments; he describes his regiment and his brigade commander as being the best in the division. He comments about the regiment being on guard duty and held in reserve to protect a bridge and ferry on Green River. He further reports that there are 20,000 men in his regiment under General Negley; …

Hydrological Assessment Of The River Network Of Shatt Al-Diwaniyah And Its Impact On Agricultural Production In Al-Qadisiyah Governorate, Khaled Marzouq Rasn, Mohammed Hussein Mohsen

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This study aims at highlighting the Fundamental aspects to adequacy to assess the ups and downs draining of annual and monthly water resource respectively to the area of ​​Shatt Al-Diwaniya as well as other water channels network. The study also target uncovering relevant aquatic resources in AL-Qadisiyah governorate. The target is achieved by shedding light on the natural factors which have effectively cemented a tangible variation within the annual and monthly drainage rates of local water resources.

Qualitative Characteristics Of The Waters Of Al-Dalmaj Marsh In Al-Qadisiyah Governorate And Their Impact On Fish Farming., Abdul Redha Matar Al-Hashemi, Jameel Abdel Hamza Al-Omari

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The study revealed the temporal variation of the level of inundation, as the inundation rate increased to more than 70% of the total area in 2002 and decreased to approximately 18% of the total area in 2016, due to natural factors, especially climate and surface, as well as the inefficiency of the general estuary in meeting the water needs of Lake Dalmaj. The study showed that the values ​​​​of some qualitative characteristics exceeded the water determinants for fish farming, such as turbidity (NTU), which reached (55.9) mg/L, while the specified (25) mg/L, and electrical conductivity (E.C) also exceeded the specified …

Otherwise Known As Attempting Christianity, Rebecca Evans

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This thesis examines the relationship between the pursuit of spiritual principles and the genre of the essay. The three essays are accounts of the author’s experiences with faith, hope, and charity.

The introduction provides a thorough explanation for the motivations, limitations, and goals of the project. It also helps to highlight the reasons why the essay genre was the most suitable style for this thesis.

The first essay, “Be Believing” discusses the role of faith in book censorship. The second piece, “Hope of Israel” explores how the average person can maintain hope in a world full of serious conflicts. Inspiration …

Empoword: A Student-Centered Anthology & Handbook For College Writers, Shane Abrams

PDXOpen: Open Educational Resources

EmpoWord is a reader and rhetoric that champions the possibilities of student writing. The textbook uses actual student writing to exemplify effective writing strategies, celebrating dedicated college writing students to encourage and instruct their successors: the students in your class.

Through both creative and traditional activities, readers are encouraged to explore a variety of rhetorical situations to become more critical agents of reading, writing, speaking, and listening in all facets of their lives. Straightforward and readable instruction sections introduce key vocabulary, concepts, and strategies. Three culminating assignments (Descriptive Personal Narrative; Text-Wrestling Analysis; Persuasive Research Essay) give students a chance to …

Murmuration, Braeden Dillenbeck

Dissertations and Theses

The poems that comprise Murmuration are an act of vigilance in the face of loss. At certain moments in the distorted timeline of grief one searches the remaining world around them for signs of the beloved, signs that they are not simply gone but instead transformed or dispersed into another way of being. In this looking one's relationship to the external world undergoes a radical transformation of its own and demands a sustained attention from the bereaved that often draws from, but ultimately outruns cataloguing acts of memory. These poems attempt to render the movements of that attention as it …

Poetic Letters Of Ahmed Shawqi: An Objective And Artistic Study, Walid Shaker Al-Naas, Firdous Naeem Abdul Hussein

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

remarkable to adopt the subject of condolence as an effective manner to be expressed in the form of poetic messages to be sent to his influential acquaintance, friends and relatives for the purpose of sympathy and to be patient to face such ordeal. Moreover, the poet was not to praise the deceased, but further, he expressed wisdom and preaching, symbolizing the history and authenticating that of important events of the Arab homeland, in particular the history of Egypt. Generally, the subject of condolence can be considered as a main purpose all over the Arabic poetry. As it expresses death as …

What If Assessment Was A Gift?, Patricia C. Kornelis

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

No abstract provided.

Spatial Variation In The Level Of Human Development And Its Obstacles In Al-Qadisiyah Governorate In 2011, Abdul Ali Al-Khaffaf, Hassoun Aboud Daboun Al-Jubouri

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Human development aims to raise human reality socially and economically and transform this reality to the best status. The transformation depends on three main indicators namely longevity of life, getting knowledge and suitable life level. Therefore, the major aim of development is man so this research insisted of knowing human development actuality in the governorate included introduction and two parts. Introduction included the problem, hypotheses and goal of research while the first part discussed human development level which was intermediate (0.675). Second part discussed the difficulties that face human development indicators. Results diagnosed that difficulties for educational, healthy and financial …

Legal Regulation Of The Role Of The Administration In Combating Drugs, Glorious Unknown Dervish

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

There is no doubt that drug crimes have become a major challenge facing the state, alongside terrorism, in addition to being a source of financing terrorism financially through the financial resources that can be obtained from drug trafficking and humanly through the exploitation of drug addicts and recruiting them to carry out terrorist operations. These crimes also take on different political, economic, social, security and health dimensions that are not limited to one country but include all countries. What increases the size of the problem is the technological progress and development witnessed by the means of transportation and communications used …

Determinants Of Thinking (Positive - Negative) And Their Relationship To My Personality Traits (Optimistic - Pessimistic), Nasser Hussein Nasser

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The present study aims at identifying the determiners of thinking (positive-negative) and their relationship to the (Optimistic-Pessimistic) personality as well as the differences between the variables of the sample according to the gender (males-females), specialization (pure sciences- humanistic sciences), and grade of studying (second-fourth). The sample of the study includes (400) students, both males and females from the University of Al-Qadisia for the academic year (2015-2016). The present study has adopted two scales: the scale of thinking determiners which includes (36) items, and the scale of traits of personality which includes (32) items. The researcher set both of these scales …

The Influence Of The Prince Of Believers (Pbuh) In The Rooting Of Holy Quran Science, Kadhim Hasan Jasim Alfatlawi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

I have found that the best speech after the Holy Quran’s and Holy prophet Hadith’s, is the speech of the Prince of beleevers, the Master of guardians and Mohammed’s Minister from his households, Ali Bin Abi Talib (Pbuh), I followed traces collected by Alsharif Alradhi belong to his grandfather, the Prince of beleevers, I have chosen texts concering the Holy Quran science, when this scene was matured, settled and ripen on its platform, starting From the statement of the Prince of Believers about his detailed knowledge with this holy book, as he said, “Ask me about the book of Allah”, …

The Systematic Discourse Of Supplication Among The Poets And Jurists In The Second Abbasid Era, Yasser Ali Abdul Khalidi, Zainab Ali Hussein

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This research sheds light on the pattern of dialogue in the religious and poetic space of the second Abbasid scholars. Religion is a dominant phenomenon, at all levels (cultural, social, political). poetry.

The Pragmatics Of The Quranic Dialogue In The Story Of The Owner Of The Two Gardens, Bassem Khairi Khudair

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

I see in this paper that the pragmatic analysis is the best way to reveal the meanings of the Quranic discourse in general, and the interactional techniques in the Quranic stories in specific. Concerning the methodology, the advantage of all the levels of language is described. It is a field for plans and aims especially when we take in our considerations that there are some aims in the Quranic interaction as well as several conversational techniques to be used by communicators who speak and set strategies of their own communication in accordance with the advantages of these techniques. Thus, I …