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Nine Months With Elvis, Angel J. Bart

Theses and Dissertations

“Nine Months with Elvis” is a coming-of-age travel memoir about a time the author spends as a drummer in a theater company, touring the U.S. and Mexico. The writer, who previously lived a sheltered life, finds he is separated from all that is well-known to him. He documents with humor and pathos the physical miles he travels with the group, along with the personal growth he experiences. Each of the seven chapters takes place in a different geographic locale and centers on an event that prompts this young man to consider the ways he sees himself and how the decisions …

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Yalobusha Review

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Become A Name, James Steed

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis takes the form of a memoir, exploring the possibility of finding meaning in personal narratives by applying the archetypal structure of myth and legend. Using the Quest for the Holy Grail as an analogy for the author's life, personal essays are arranged in relation to the stages of the Grail Quest, as they reflect the author's search for wholeness. Referring to Carl Jung's extensive work with the mandala as a visual symbol of the self, Emma Jung's work on the Grail Quest as an archetypal representation of human psychological growth toward a unified self, and Anthony Giddens's research …

Connections Available On The Land: A Reflection On Place And Writing, Michael Robert Hodge

Theses and Dissertations

This is a collection of three personal essays, two of which are each coupled with an encyclopedia article also written by the author that deals with significant places in the author's life. Through the experience of writing in diverse forms, the author seeks to resolve for himself the connections between personal writing and more formal genres. As a common subject linking the two different types of writing, the concept of “place” is also explored. The author discusses relevant influences on his writing, reflects on the experience of writing in two different forms and discusses some conclusions in an afterward.

Reviewing The Author-Function In The Age Of Wikipedia, Amit Ray, Erhardt Graeff

Articles

In "Reviewing the Author-Function in the Age of Wikipedia," Amit Ray and Erhardt Graeff examine how wiki technology challenges traditional concepts of authorship and authority in knowledge production. The authors build on poststructuralist theory, particularly Roland Barthes's "Death of the Author" and Michel Foucault's concept of the "author-function," to analyze how wikis destabilize individual authorship in favor of collaborative, community-driven content creation.

The essay argues that wikis represent a fundamental shift from the Romantic notion of the solitary author-genius to what they term the "wiki writing process"—a dynamic system where traditional roles of reader, writer, and editor blur into a …