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Back Cover Jan 2011

Back Cover

Short Story

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Notes On Contributors Jan 2011

Notes On Contributors

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Front Matter - Table Of Contents Jan 2011

Front Matter - Table Of Contents

Short Story

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Greyhounded, Robert Ficociello Jan 2011

Greyhounded, Robert Ficociello

Short Story

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Short Story, Volume 19, Number 1, Spring 2011 [Download Entire Issue] Jan 2011

Short Story, Volume 19, Number 1, Spring 2011 [Download Entire Issue]

Short Story

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Al-Qaeda At The Sign Of The Green Tomato, James Hannah Jan 2011

Al-Qaeda At The Sign Of The Green Tomato, James Hannah

Short Story

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What Happened In Camden, Ernest Loesser Jan 2011

What Happened In Camden, Ernest Loesser

Short Story

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American Idle: Washington Irving, Authorship, And The Echoes Of Native American Myth In "Rip Van Winkle", Sean Kelly Jan 2011

American Idle: Washington Irving, Authorship, And The Echoes Of Native American Myth In "Rip Van Winkle", Sean Kelly

Short Story

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Black-Out, Arielle Le Boulicaut Jan 2011

Black-Out, Arielle Le Boulicaut

Short Story

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Short Story, Volume 19, Number 2, Fall 2011 [Download Entire Issue] Jan 2011

Short Story, Volume 19, Number 2, Fall 2011 [Download Entire Issue]

Short Story

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Ghost, Robert Johnson Jan 2011

Ghost, Robert Johnson

Short Story

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Famous Last Lines, Mark Pearson Jan 2011

Famous Last Lines, Mark Pearson

Short Story

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Kewpie, Susan M. Rochette Jan 2011

Kewpie, Susan M. Rochette

Short Story

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The Saint And The Snake: Sufism And Social Critique In Naguib Mahfouz And Alifa Rifaat, Suzanne Black Jan 2011

The Saint And The Snake: Sufism And Social Critique In Naguib Mahfouz And Alifa Rifaat, Suzanne Black

Short Story

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True Stories Are Lies: Postmodern Signifying In John Edgar Wideman's Short Fiction, Laurie Champion Jan 2011

True Stories Are Lies: Postmodern Signifying In John Edgar Wideman's Short Fiction, Laurie Champion

Short Story

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Notes On Contributors Jan 2011

Notes On Contributors

Short Story

No abstract provided.


Back Cover Jan 2011

Back Cover

Short Story

No abstract provided.


Sleepwalking, Salah El Moncef Jan 2011

Sleepwalking, Salah El Moncef

Short Story

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First Day, Katie Singer Jan 2011

First Day, Katie Singer

Short Story

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Dramatic Immediacy And Imaginative Distortion In Robert Olen Butler's "Anne Boleyn," Severance, Alice Clark Jan 2011

Dramatic Immediacy And Imaginative Distortion In Robert Olen Butler's "Anne Boleyn," Severance, Alice Clark

Short Story

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Front Matter - Table Of Contents Jan 2011

Front Matter - Table Of Contents

Short Story

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A Vitalist Perspective On Nature Journals, David M. Grant Jan 2011

A Vitalist Perspective On Nature Journals, David M. Grant

Faculty Work

This paper argues that journals do more than simply record individual observations. Using a vitalist conception of writing – one that explicitly acknowledges writing as an ecological act – journals are formed from what literacy theorists call the “scene” of writing. This paper forwards an expanded conception of journal writing, the pedagogical uses of journals, and ways we see all writing, not just journals, as participations with the natural world.


A Content Analysis Of American Civil War Historical Fiction For Upper Elementary Grades, Gwen L. Van Dee Jan 2011

A Content Analysis Of American Civil War Historical Fiction For Upper Elementary Grades, Gwen L. Van Dee

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to analyze the treatment of complex issues of the American Civil War in a fifth grade social studies textbook and historical fiction novels, written for upper elementary readers. The study focused on slavery and racial issues, the stresses of war on families, and the aftermath of war.

A content analysis was conducted, using the fifth grade textbook information as a baseline for concepts to be learned. A sample of American Civil War historical fiction books was gathered using the following method: the H W Wilson's Middle School & Junior High Core Collection database was …


Hope And Despair In Young Adult Science Fiction, Erin Stohlmeyer Jan 2011

Hope And Despair In Young Adult Science Fiction, Erin Stohlmeyer

Graduate Research Papers

As young adult science fiction evolves, it can be difficult to understand the themes and tones found within the genre. The purpose of this research was to discover the hopeful messages or the lack of hope in current young adult science fiction. The themes found during the research process included survival, the search for identity/humanity, post-apocalypse/governmental control, medical advancement (technology), and adventure. Thirteen novels written between 2005 and 20 IO were analyzed for themes and messages. Many novels were found to have vastly different societies, governments, and even landscapes. Some of the differences were due to war, climate change, and …


The Presence Of Gender Stereotypes In Children's Picture Book Illustrations, Jenahlee Chamberlain Jan 2011

The Presence Of Gender Stereotypes In Children's Picture Book Illustrations, Jenahlee Chamberlain

Graduate Research Papers

Numerous studies have been conducted throughout the past several decades on the topic of gender stereotypes present in children's picture books. The purpose of this quantitative content analysis is to examine the portrayal of males and females and the representation of gender roles in children's picture book illustrations. This analysis of 43 children's picture books awarded the Caldecott Award or Caldecott Honor between 2001 and 2011 sought to determine whether or not 21st century award winning children's picture book illustrations portrayed gender stereotypes. Each title was analyzed using a content analysis form to test the three hypotheses for this study. …


The Thanatos Drive Of Insects, Lenni Anne Clemons Jan 2011

The Thanatos Drive Of Insects, Lenni Anne Clemons

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The Thanatos Drive of Insects is a collection of stories dealing with people who are in bad situations but want something better for themselves.


A History Of The Pigtail Bridges In South Dakota, Krystol R. Frerking Jan 2011

A History Of The Pigtail Bridges In South Dakota, Krystol R. Frerking

Graduate Research Papers

The history of the Pigtail Bridges in the Black Hills of South Dakota is an interesting historical story that in children's non-fiction books has not told. Three questions that guided this research were what the best layout/design is for a children's book on the Pigtail Bridges, how does an author select the content for a children's book on a local history topic like the Pigtail Bridges, and what is the most appropriate text structure for this content? The purpose of this research project was to create a non-fiction children's book about the history of the Pigtail Bridges in the Black …


Immigration As Portrayed In Literature For Youth, April A. Crowder Jan 2011

Immigration As Portrayed In Literature For Youth, April A. Crowder

Graduate Research Papers

This study addressed the problem that immigrant children face difficulties that may not be portrayed realistically in children's literature. Research questions included 1. Are the immigrant children's situations portrayed authentically, and in what ways? 2. How is the undocumented immigrant child depicted? 3. What are the emerging themes of the authentic literature, and how might they bring greater understanding to the authentic experiences for immigrant children?


Notes On Contributors Jan 2010

Notes On Contributors

Short Story

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Transgressive Tendencies Or The Case For "The Wrong Man": Narrative Strategies And Scenes Of Passing In Nella Larsen's Allen Semi Short Fiction, Yolanda M. Manora Jan 2010

Transgressive Tendencies Or The Case For "The Wrong Man": Narrative Strategies And Scenes Of Passing In Nella Larsen's Allen Semi Short Fiction, Yolanda M. Manora

Short Story

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