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The Fellowship Of The (Devil) Ring: Ethnographic Translation In The 2002 聯經 Edition Of Tolkien's The Fellowship Of The Ring, Matthew G. Wright May 2006

The Fellowship Of The (Devil) Ring: Ethnographic Translation In The 2002 聯經 Edition Of Tolkien's The Fellowship Of The Ring, Matthew G. Wright

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

A recent book written by Tom Standage pays homage to six drinks that helped shape the history of the world. Following his discussion of the first five drinks (beer, wine, spirits, coffee and tea), Standage concludes with what he calls, the drink of the twentieth century. "Coca-Cola encapsulates what happened in the 20th century: the rise of consumer capitalism and the emergence of America as a superpower. It's globalization in a bottle," Standage said in an interview with National Geographic News (Handwerk). Today Coca-cola is everywhere from Cuba to the Czech Republic (Standage even claims the drink is in more …

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Moral Ambiguity And Drunkenness In The Canterbury Tales, Daniel A. Nyikos May 2006

Moral Ambiguity And Drunkenness In The Canterbury Tales, Daniel A. Nyikos

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

In the scholarship surrounding The Canterbury Tales, the subject of drunkenness has generally been neglected. For instance, Charles Shain's "Pulpit Rhetoric in Three Canterbury Tales," although discussing at length the reprentations of sin in Chaucer's work, does not address drunkenness as any more than a form of the sin of gluttony. This is a mistake, because the frequency with which drunkenness appears in The Canterbury Tales alone should demonstrate that it is worth closer comparative study. By examining the treatment of drunkenness in several of the tales, a more complete picture can be drawn.

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Digital Romanticism In The Age Of Neo-Luddism: The Romantic Circles Experiment, Steven Jones May 2006

Digital Romanticism In The Age Of Neo-Luddism: The Romantic Circles Experiment, Steven Jones

English: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The Romantic Circles Website, along with a number of other major projects in digital Romanticism, came online around 1995, a historical moment that also saw the emergence of neo-Luddism, in part as a reaction to the techno-hype of the Internet boom. At the time. neo-Luddites often claimed as a precedent the original historical Luddism of 1811-16, but they usually also Romanticized that collective labor subculture to fit their own late-twentieth-century ideas of “technology.” This essay looks back at the interlinked assumptions in the air around 1995–neo-Luddite and Romantic–as the context out of which Romantic Circles defined its own engaged experiment …

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Cultural Analysis Of The Indian Women's Festival Of Karvachauth, Puja Sahney May 2006

Cultural Analysis Of The Indian Women's Festival Of Karvachauth, Puja Sahney

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The festival of Karvachauth is celebrated by upper class married women of North India and occurs in the month of October or early November. On this day married women fast to ensure the long lives of their husbands. They wake up before dawn and eat a meal. After sunrise they do not drink water or eat any food until they see the moon at night. The moon is watched through a sieve and prayed to before breaking the fast. An important part of Karvachauth is a ritual that is performed by women in the afternoon. This ritual is hosted by …

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Handling And Preventing Journalistic Fraud: Janet Cooke, Stephen Glass, Jayson Blair, Kenneth Munson May 2006

Handling And Preventing Journalistic Fraud: Janet Cooke, Stephen Glass, Jayson Blair, Kenneth Munson

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

Fraud is a growing concern in the news business, especially in recent years where numerous journalism scandals rock its foundation. This paper examines the most prominent cases: Stephen Glass, the reporter for The New Republic newsmagazine who completely or partially fabricated 27 stories in the late ‘90s; Jayson Blair, the New York Times reporter who was found to have plagiarized or made up his supposedly on-thescene reporting in 2003; and Janet Cooke, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for her Washington Post story about a child heroin addict who, in actuality, did not exist. This paper will examine flaws …

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Cathexellanea, Pir Rothenberg Apr 2006

Cathexellanea, Pir Rothenberg

Theses and Dissertations

Cathexellanea is a portmanteau word blending "cathexis," a psychoanalytical term meaning an investment of mental or emotional energy on a person, object or idea; and "miscellanea," a collection of objects or writings. One theme running through these stories concerns characters attempt to define themselves through their desires. "Bottomless" explores the idea of emotional and physical fulfillment. "Croquembouche" revolves around self-loathing and corruptibility. In "Destripado," the protagonist discovers that one way to dispel fear is to become the thing that causes it. "Ghosts" asks whether it is a past lover the protagonist longs for, or her phantoms. "Versions" deals with the …

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Identity And Authenticity: Explorations In Native American And Irish Literature And Culture, Drucilla M. Wall Apr 2006

Identity And Authenticity: Explorations In Native American And Irish Literature And Culture, Drucilla M. Wall

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This collection explores of some of the many ways in which Native American, Irish, and immigrant Irish-American cultures negotiate the complexities of how they are represented as "other," and how they represent themselves, through the literary and cultural practices and productions that define identity and construct meaning. The core issue that each chapter examines is one of authenticity and the means through which this often contested and vexed notion is performed. The Irish and American Indian points of view which I explore are certainly not the only ones that shed light on this issue, but these are the ones I …

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Allusive Mechanics In Modern And Postmodern Fiction As Suggested By James Joyce In His Novel Dubliners, Kynan D. Connor Apr 2006

Allusive Mechanics In Modern And Postmodern Fiction As Suggested By James Joyce In His Novel Dubliners, Kynan D. Connor

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

James Joyce in his novel Dubliners conducts a series of narrative experiments with allusion, and in doing so suggests a new literary criticism based upon the allusive process. This new criticism of allusive mechanics considers the text in terms of its allusive potential for character—that is, the character is treated as capable of signification. Because Joyce can mimic the process of signification, it repositions the author to the act of writing and the reader to the act of reading. Character is greatly expanded through allusive mechanics because narrative elements like allusion in a text are treated as having a character-oriented …

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The Institution Of The American Poet Laureate: Mark Strand And The Laureateship's Indication Of Poetic Voice, Alexandra Seifert Apr 2006

The Institution Of The American Poet Laureate: Mark Strand And The Laureateship's Indication Of Poetic Voice, Alexandra Seifert

English Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

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Unearthing Revolution: The Awakening Of Man Unknown To Himself In Charles Brockden Brown's Edgar Huntly, Halvorson J. Nathaniel Apr 2006

Unearthing Revolution: The Awakening Of Man Unknown To Himself In Charles Brockden Brown's Edgar Huntly, Halvorson J. Nathaniel

English Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

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The Life Of Simon Wiesenthal As Told By The New York Times, Mary Cate Kelleher Apr 2006

The Life Of Simon Wiesenthal As Told By The New York Times, Mary Cate Kelleher

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

On September 21, 2005, The New York Times ran a front page article declaring the death of acclaimed Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal. The story, written by award-winning New York Times journalist Ralph Blumenthal, functioned both as an obituary and as a tribute to the late Holocaust survivor’s life. Weisenthal's life is divided into three periods as chronicled in The New York Times. In the first period we saw Wiesenthal the Nazi-hunter. In the second period we saw Wiesenthal the celebrity, complete with a controversial media war and a series of films. In the third period Wiesenthal revisited the Waldheim controversy while …

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Disclosure Interviews Marianne Hirsch. Intimacy Across The Generations: Memory, Postmemory, And Representation Apr 2006

Disclosure Interviews Marianne Hirsch. Intimacy Across The Generations: Memory, Postmemory, And Representation

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

No abstract provided.

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The Corporate Body, David Nutt Apr 2006

The Corporate Body, David Nutt

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

No abstract provided.

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Souls / Diagnosis:, Jay Ladin Apr 2006

Souls / Diagnosis:, Jay Ladin

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

No abstract provided.

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Artistic Expression, Intimacy, And The Primal Holon: Sam Shepard's Suicide In B-Flat And The Tooth Of Crime, William S. Haney Ii Apr 2006

Artistic Expression, Intimacy, And The Primal Holon: Sam Shepard's Suicide In B-Flat And The Tooth Of Crime, William S. Haney Ii

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

No abstract provided.

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Tolkien In The Land Of Arthur: The Old Forest Episode From The Lord Of The Rings, Corinne Zemmour Apr 2006

Tolkien In The Land Of Arthur: The Old Forest Episode From The Lord Of The Rings, Corinne Zemmour

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A study of Arthurian and other medieval romance motifs in the Old Forest episode, relying heavily on the linguistic features of this chapter.

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Heorot Or Meduseld?: Tolkien's Use Of Beowulf In "The King Of The Golden Hall", Michael R. Kightley Apr 2006

Heorot Or Meduseld?: Tolkien's Use Of Beowulf In "The King Of The Golden Hall", Michael R. Kightley

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A thorough investigation of the way Tolkien used and built on Beowulf in the chapter “The King of the Golden Hall.”

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Forbidden Forest, Enchanted Castle: Arthurian Spaces In The Harry Potter Novels, Alessandra Petrina Apr 2006

Forbidden Forest, Enchanted Castle: Arthurian Spaces In The Harry Potter Novels, Alessandra Petrina

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Examines the influence of the landscape and structure of Arthurian legends on the world of Rowling’s Harry Potter novels.

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Reimagining Rose: Portrayals Of Tolkien's Rosie Cotton In Twenty-First Century Fan Fiction, Amy H. Sturgis Apr 2006

Reimagining Rose: Portrayals Of Tolkien's Rosie Cotton In Twenty-First Century Fan Fiction, Amy H. Sturgis

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A study of fanfiction and what it has to say about how an author’s works are appropriated and reimagined by his or her readers, looking specifically at several types of fanfiction about Rosie Cotton.

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Haggard's She: Burke's Sublime In A Popular Romance, Dale J. Nelson Apr 2006

Haggard's She: Burke's Sublime In A Popular Romance, Dale J. Nelson

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Applies Edmund Burke’s critical theory of The Sublime to the enduringly popular H. Rider Haggard’s She, a favorite of both Lewis and Tolkien.

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Editorial, Janet Brennan Croft Apr 2006

Editorial, Janet Brennan Croft

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

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Hermeticism And The Metaphysics Of Goodness In The Novels Of Charles Williams, Scott Mclaren Apr 2006

Hermeticism And The Metaphysics Of Goodness In The Novels Of Charles Williams, Scott Mclaren

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Examines metaphysical symbols in three novels by Charles Williams: the Holy Grail in War in Heaven, the Stone of King Solomon in Many Dimensions, and the Tarot deck in The Greater Trumps.

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"The Golden Key": A Double Reading, Bonnie Gaarden Apr 2006

"The Golden Key": A Double Reading, Bonnie Gaarden

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Discusses the significant differences of the paths Mossy and Tangle take through the story.

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"In My End Is My Beginning": The Fin-Negans Motif In George Macdonald's At The Back Of The North Wind, Catherine Persyn Apr 2006

"In My End Is My Beginning": The Fin-Negans Motif In George Macdonald's At The Back Of The North Wind, Catherine Persyn

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

On MacDonald’s conception of death as an integral part of the life cycle.

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From Hades To Heaven: Greek Mythological Influences In C. S. Lewis's The Silver Chair, Amanda M. Niedbala Apr 2006

From Hades To Heaven: Greek Mythological Influences In C. S. Lewis's The Silver Chair, Amanda M. Niedbala

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A look at the way C.S. Lewis used and transcended Greek myth, particularly The Odyssey, in The Silver Chair.

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"Spirit Of Health" And "Goblin Damned": The Ghost Of King Hamlet As A Symbol For The Religious Ambialence In England During The Religious Reformation, Bridget O'Connor '06 Apr 2006

"Spirit Of Health" And "Goblin Damned": The Ghost Of King Hamlet As A Symbol For The Religious Ambialence In England During The Religious Reformation, Bridget O'Connor '06

Honors Projects

A mysterious apparition appears during the opening scene of Hamlet, paradoxically seeking revenge and eternal peace. The Ghost of King Hamlet, unlike the supernatural spirits in most of Shakespeare's plays, is one of the most significant characters in Hamlet because he is the catalyst that sets the play in motion. Without him, Hamlet would never have known the truth about his father's death and would never have embarked upon the mission to kill Claudius. Because the Ghost's role is so pivotal to the plot, it was essential that the Elizabethan audience believed that the Ghost was real in order for …

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Eng 4903-001: Young Adult Literature, Fern Kory Apr 2006

Eng 4903-001: Young Adult Literature, Fern Kory

Spring 2006

No abstract provided.

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Eng 4903-002: Young Adult Literature, Donna Binns Apr 2006

Eng 4903-002: Young Adult Literature, Donna Binns

Spring 2006

No abstract provided.

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Fritz Oelshlaeger. Love And Good Reasons: Postliberal Approaches To Christian Ethics And Literature, Alan Blackstock Apr 2006

Fritz Oelshlaeger. Love And Good Reasons: Postliberal Approaches To Christian Ethics And Literature, Alan Blackstock

English Faculty Publications

In the interest of full disclosure, Professor Oehlschlaeger identifies his purpose and intended audience at the outset of the book: "This study seeks to articulate a particular moral vision, a Christian one, and discover what it entails for reading texts." This Christian moral vision is one "marked by the specific convictions of a body of people formed by the history of Israel, Jesus, and the Church" (3), (Oehlschlaeger never specifies which church he means by this, but his appeals to the authority of Pope John Paul II and neo-Thomist philosophers and theologians Alisdair MacIntyre and Stanley Hauerwas are suggestive, as …

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Self-Discovery Journals In The College Composition Classroom, Heather Mcallister Apr 2006

Self-Discovery Journals In The College Composition Classroom, Heather Mcallister

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

What is it that makes writing so enjoyable to some people, and such a troublesome task to others? What, if anything, can teachers of composition do to promote an enthusiasm for writing? As I have found examination of my past experiences a key to answering these questions, I am persuaded that the key to enthusiastic writing lies in the opportunities students have to explore themselves as individuals within their writing. As Socrates in Plato's Phaedrus states above, we write well when we know the truth about that which we are writing. Providing students the occasion to write about themselves will …

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