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Short Story, Volume 11, Number 2, Fall 2003 [Download Entire Issue] Jan 2003

Short Story, Volume 11, Number 2, Fall 2003 [Download Entire Issue]

Short Story

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The Problem With Cities, Nicole Mcdaniel Jan 2003

The Problem With Cities, Nicole Mcdaniel

Short Story

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After Work, John Schafer Jan 2003

After Work, John Schafer

Short Story

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The Man Who Knew Big Words, Fernand Roqueplan Jan 2003

The Man Who Knew Big Words, Fernand Roqueplan

Short Story

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Satire And European Decadence In Fitzgerald's "The Hotel Child", Thomas Loe Jan 2003

Satire And European Decadence In Fitzgerald's "The Hotel Child", Thomas Loe

Short Story

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Review Of Edwidge Danticat's The Dew Breaker, Ronny Noor Jan 2003

Review Of Edwidge Danticat's The Dew Breaker, Ronny Noor

Short Story

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Back Cover Jan 2003

Back Cover

Short Story

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Front Matter - Table Of Contents Jan 2003

Front Matter - Table Of Contents

Short Story

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Back Matter - Back Cover Jan 2003

Back Matter - Back Cover

Short Story

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A Question Of Sanity: Women And In/Sanity In Bessie Head’S A Question Of Power And Sylvia Plath’S The Bell Jar, Amanda Lynn Graeber Jan 2003

A Question Of Sanity: Women And In/Sanity In Bessie Head’S A Question Of Power And Sylvia Plath’S The Bell Jar, Amanda Lynn Graeber

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The use of female mental illness in fiction has previously been characterized as a subversive act. Theorists such as Juliet Mitchell, Susan Gubar, and Sandra Gilbert have advocated the use of madness as a way of protesting patriarchal systems and language. Female madness in many cases has been viewed not only as a conscious choice, but as an option that is preferable to sanity. In their view, mental illness is an embodiment of a woman's rejection of the patriarchal order. I would suggest that mental illness is actually about powerlessness. The madwoman is placed in a space outside of normal …


From Realism To Minimalism And Back Again: A Comparison Of Anton Chekhov And Raymond Carver, Olga Olegovna Cherchesova Jan 2003

From Realism To Minimalism And Back Again: A Comparison Of Anton Chekhov And Raymond Carver, Olga Olegovna Cherchesova

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This thesis involves a comparison of two short story writers: Anton Chekhov and Raymond Carver. Anton Chekhov has been acknowledged as one of the most significant influences upon the American literature; in particular, he had a strong personal and professional influence on Raymond Carver. Examination of these authors' works traces the tradition of literary inheritance and the development of the short story genre itself in the twentieth century. This thesis explores the survival of Chekhovian narrative tradition in American postmodern short story as epitomized in the work of Raymond Carver.


A Textual Analysis Of The Portrayal Of Parents In Young Adult Literature, Kathryn L. Reisetter Houck Jan 2003

A Textual Analysis Of The Portrayal Of Parents In Young Adult Literature, Kathryn L. Reisetter Houck

Graduate Research Papers

This research examined the way in which parents are portrayed in young adult literature. Textual analysis was the methodology used to sort and code the 24 books that met the researcher's criteria, which were that books had to be published within the last decade and characters had to be from two-parent, intact families. By looking at the themes, the researcher attempted to interpret the information and draw inferences. The research yielded some surprising results as to how parents are portrayed. in the majority of young adult novels, parents are present at least to some degree. They are typically portrayed in …


The Rules, Lucy Ferriss Jan 2002

The Rules, Lucy Ferriss

Short Story

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Mérimée's "Carmen," The Short Story, And Image Structure, Allan H. Pasco Jan 2002

Mérimée's "Carmen," The Short Story, And Image Structure, Allan H. Pasco

Short Story

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The Placid Head Of The Nymph, Hope Coppinger Jan 2002

The Placid Head Of The Nymph, Hope Coppinger

Short Story

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Wherever You Are, Mary Jo Lobello Jerome Jan 2002

Wherever You Are, Mary Jo Lobello Jerome

Short Story

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Short Story, Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2002 [Download Entire Issue] Jan 2002

Short Story, Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2002 [Download Entire Issue]

Short Story

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Front Matter - Table Of Contents Jan 2002

Front Matter - Table Of Contents

Short Story

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Real Life Load, Bim Angst Jan 2002

Real Life Load, Bim Angst

Short Story

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Blackjack, Shotgun, Harmony, Robert Ficociello Jan 2002

Blackjack, Shotgun, Harmony, Robert Ficociello

Short Story

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Unfinished Business, Gina Ochsner Jan 2002

Unfinished Business, Gina Ochsner

Short Story

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Ourselves, Not War, Fernand Roqueplan Jan 2002

Ourselves, Not War, Fernand Roqueplan

Short Story

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The Nicest Guy In The World, Raymond See Jan 2002

The Nicest Guy In The World, Raymond See

Short Story

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A Day Off, Ron Tanner Jan 2002

A Day Off, Ron Tanner

Short Story

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Review Of The Iowa Award: The Best Stories, 1991-2000, Ronny Noor Jan 2002

Review Of The Iowa Award: The Best Stories, 1991-2000, Ronny Noor

Short Story

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Back Matter - Back Cover Jan 2002

Back Matter - Back Cover

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Front Matter - Table Of Contents Jan 2002

Front Matter - Table Of Contents

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The Source, Matthew Brophy Jan 2002

The Source, Matthew Brophy

Short Story

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Halcyon Days, Cheryl Clements Jan 2002

Halcyon Days, Cheryl Clements

Short Story

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Short Story, Volume 10, Number 2, Fall 2002 [Download Entire Issue] Jan 2002

Short Story, Volume 10, Number 2, Fall 2002 [Download Entire Issue]

Short Story

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